The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-25
ALL TAMMANY
IN A PANIC
MAYOR GAYNoR RIDES ROUGH
SHoD OVER THE TIGER.
HAS SAVED THE CITY MILLIONS
The Great Tammany Hall organiza.
ton in New York City is on the
Verge Of Collapse as Result Of Gay.
nor's Election to Mayoralty.


New York, Feb. 24.-The New York
Evening Telegram says:
Unless Charles f. Murphy proves by
March | to the rank and file of Tam
many hall that he can deliver the
goods" with the present city admin
istration, there is likely to be a shake
up in that political organization I'M
precedented in it's history.
Political stock taking after two
months of the administration of Mayor
Gaynor reveals condition that Dor
ders on panic. What has been re-
garded as the most effective political
machine in the country is now face
to face with a situation il has not
known before. The district clubhouses
are for the most part deserted. Many
OF the braves have stopped paying
dues, some because they have lost
their political positions and cannot
afford it, and others, in office, because
they can see no benefit to themselves
in contributing.
Leaders Sit Alone.
The district leaders, who ordinarily
after the election of democratic
mayor would sit in state and send for
those they wished to punish or reward,
now sit all but alone in the deserted
headquarters. The few who keep
them company are there in gratitude
for benefits received rather than in
hope of favors to come.
Mayor Gaynor has three years and
ten months more to serve. No Tam
many man cares to predict what the
| condition of the organization will be
at the expiration of his administration
In some districts there is talk of clos
ing headquarters for time, or of get
| ting cheaper rooms.
Any district leader will admit that
Tammany hall, as an organization,
would be better off if Mayor Gaynor
had been defeated. Then the loss of
, patronage, which means not alone [r,,
| distribution of places, but influence
| with the administrative departments
| as well, would be attributed to the
| fortunes of war.
1t is hard work to make the Tam
| many workers understand why with
the election of the man they worked
for, cheered for, and fought for, the
district leader cannot prevent the po-
lice interfering with a corner saloon,
obtain favors in the fire department
and keep laborers on the payroll in
the park department. The district
leaders are passing this responsibility
on the Charles F. Murphy. They had
hoped when Mr. Murphy began his
visits to the city hall that results
would come, and they are waiting still.
The Blows for Tammany.
The mayor has administered
series of shocks to Tamamny hall
One has followed the other in quick
succession.
| There has been a saving of more
than one million year in the dis
charge of men and the reorganization
of the different departments. In the
fire department enough men have been
removed from easy details, a part of
these by the installation of new and
up-to-date systems, to equip five fire.
houses. A reorganization of the bu-
reau of street openings will save mil
lions" according to his findings.
Tammany has suffered the loss Of
the enormous patronage that it had
in the offices of the borough presi-
dent of Manhattan and the Bronx.
Comptroller Pendergast has been dis
missing the Tammany men in the fl.
nance department.