The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-17
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lvA the idear that because evvery time sH they see a cartoon of Tammerny it is a7 Tiger that Tammerny is one of New York s justly celebrated Geological collect sion of freeks such as Lefty Lewie, Gyp the Bud, the Singer Bilding and Mayer Gay ner. But that is not the case. Tammerny is polytical organization, and beleeve me it Is sum organization too. Tammerny was organized for the express purpose of at finding to the City of New York and all pnblick offises therein contained just about two weeks aftur George Washington was inauglrrated as the first Presidint of the United States Tammerny has been attind- ing to the purposes of. its organization ev- yer cents with grate attension to detail
 They got the name rum an Indyan Cheef lie was not member of the Giants, for that was in the days before baseball be- cum one of our nasional instltusions, but he was the grand high Mogull and then sum of about thirteen tribes of Redskins who used to opperate eytensivly jn scalps and uther commodyties round that country in the Coloniel days Old Cheef Tammerny used to be NiteA Watchman on Maphatten He, before the strong-arm squad got bizzy. In those days if you got a little mellencolly and wandered too far away in the gloaming, j you would proabully continue to gloam in- definitely. New York in them days was a comparatively small and respectibull viii lage, and it was unsafe to get outside the corporate limmits without large and ern- est escort, utherwise you was habull to rush back into town looking like an ovverworked pin-cushion, and also mynus your wig. Cheef Tammerny collected grate menny wigs that way. The cheef used to go on the basis that white man had no rite to grow a lot of long locks simply to worry thewind In Cheef Tammerny's time reel estate was not so valuabull in New York-you could buy hole ten acre patch for bottle or two of New England rum and a hedache.
 Tammeny grew up with the town, and now when you go to New York 1t is hard to tell which IS New York and which is Tam merny, but if you have doubts is not wise to express them Evvery now and then sum polytlsian gets his name in the papers by taking filng at Tammerny, and roasting it 10 a fare you-well, but when the cold blasts of November begin to howl a reck uum to those that also ran, he will be IT. Iaminerny makes a speshalty of winning and also afftir winning of being sole proprI- atur of evvery thing in site.
 sA, grate .nenny things have been sed about Tammeiny, Pro and Con mostly Con--but 1ammerny keeps rite on deliv- vering tue goods just the same.
 Flvyery now and then sum one hangs a patch ovver Tammerny rite eye, or jerks q knot in the Tigers tail, but such little insidents have newer been successfully maid permanent Willyum j. Bryan has played hot and cold' with Tammerny
 one yeer being as thick with them as mem bers of the same lodge and giving 1t out through the megafone that Tammerny is all ihere is to it in the patryottic stuff-and sr fhe next handing them large packages of in fecktive in vain endevvor to put perma- hint crmp in there running geer. Ovver in Baltimoor, Afr. Bryan intinlated in sneering tones that Tammerny was irving to domiS nate that convension-a job that he had al