The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-25
THE JEFFERSONIAN.

Adh IuOy Kept u1Ln dUSOAuISAy III CAO
background, kept his name off the
public tongue and from being seri-
ously mentioned, and, when he was
suggested or his name mentioned
the matter was hushed and under
standingly ridiculed to the best of
their ability.
According to Tammany, the very
person slated for that very position
was the very last one to be consid-
cred for the place-the one who
could not be persuaded to resign a
longer term, larger salaried judge
ship for a shorter term, less salaried
senatorship-the one who was final
ly held out as the person whom
Charley Murphy was to be forced to
swallow" and whom, we are told,
Charley Murphy finally was COM
PEELED to swallow. The person,
O'Gorman.
Now go with me to Albany and
permit me to give you a snapshot
view of the workings of the legisla-
ture of New York at the session
when the naming of O'Gorman oc-
Cured. What do we find? First:
Charley and his Tammany tools adj
vance creature of ountry-wide
reputation for being worse than
Depew. What howl went up from
the country generally, but more es-
pecialIy from the sup State Demo-
Gratis under the eadership of one
Roosevelt, a distant relative of the
bumper bunco steerer, bIunder-
buster, Teddy. The howl? Why,
What! Swap Depew for Sheehan?"
'Never!" shouted the "up-Staters,"
and then they began concentrating
on the man whose heart was broken
when he saw the deal put through by
Tammany. q refer to the man
Sheppard. It finally killed him
This was just what Tammany
wanted, played for and got. Now
what occurred? The progressives
fought Sheehan to the extent of
dead-locking the legislature. Condi-
lions became alarming The legisla-
ture might adjourn without naming
Democrat to succeed Depew. What
a calamity!
In the distance we see that great
stalking factor in political affairs
putting in an appearance. On all
sides up goes the cry ''for the good
OF the party get together on some
one other than either of your first
choice and save the day and the
party" But where was the pressure
apparently first placed? On Charley.
of course. Charley resented it and
held out for Sheehan first and last.
Then he appeared to weaken. Then
he gave in. Then the "up-Staters''
began to feel the real pressure. They
saw Murphy's pretended concessions
and We're loath to be told that they
were standing in the way of party
harmony and they swallowed the
hook, bait and line-they were ready
to compromise 10 and behold,
the fisher was the Pope, the line
Tammany, the hook the party and
the bait the good of the party"
And they caught?-the political
suckers, who they proceeded to do to
turn for a feast of joy, at which
this same judge was the honored
guest as the representative of his
Dago papa. And then those Cup
Staters,'' poor fellows, proceeded to
puff themselves up and take unto
the glory of having elected Tam
manys tool; they wouldn't give
Charley the least bit of credit-they
made Charley swallow O'Gorman."
1t is to laugh if it were not for the
seriousness of their being so hood
Winked. Charley didn't need any of
that credit-he knew where his was
to come from, and he got it, allow
me to assure you of that. Charley
will not so much q G Ont tO COO p11roo