The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-10-25

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ton % Tammany Hall. the state end
city % New York have been curtct BY
its insidious manipulations 20 oontrol
the vast resources % these two en-.
plrcs-empircs IN wealth and p0pula-
ten. Like the man Who placed the
different and differing materials u tho
POLITICAL crazy quilt together into one
harmonious garment. this Tammany
organization has had one suprcmely
selfish purpose In constant view. Aaron
Burr was ono OF the most selfish. over.
bearing. conniving fgufcs Of his day.
Tie seems 10 have impaired 20 his only
child. Tammany. his prevailing char
actorlstics. This professcdly demo
cratic organization has fought for the
past century and over for the political
control OF both the state and city.
When u was plain they could not con.
troll both. Tammany has been satisfied
with one. and 80 the conflict has
swung. pendulum-like. back and forth
-Tammany in and Tammany out
There was a short period when this
organization was supposed TO repre-
sent the better class of voters, but
there was so much Of the Burr and
kindred essence In is make.up that u
could not. nj least did not. remain dc.
cent very Ions. Tho history Of Tam
many Hall Is one OF thiovery and po-
litcal murder, treason and trcachery;
and Il stands today a burning dis.
grace, not only TO New York city and
state. but tho political and civil.
ized world. Like the Quadrupcd so
deeply despised by the Israclitcs, Tam
many never gets enough: so long as
even the trough remains this conglom.
crate hog stands with all four feet In
Il and squoals for everything In sight
For the past forty years. or there.
abouts, Tammany Hall has been con-
trolled by Roman Catholics. Its lead.
ers and lieutenants. together with its
most faithful tools, have been Cath.
ollc. II exists today as the most pow.
orful agency of the Romish church in
the Empire State. What Tammany
does plcasos the church. and what the
church wishes. that Tammany does
The church profits nightly by the
conQuests Of her secular ally, and for
the votes OF the church. Tammany di.
yldes the ill-gotten spoils.
Tammsny a Catholic Organization.
The world has had before It's eyes
for the past few weeks tho disgrace.
full spectacle OF Tammany Hall i'm.
peaching the governor OF tho state,
without endorsing or palliating Gov.
ernor Sulzer's course, previous TO his
election, Il Is plain that this thieying,
traitorous thing called Tammany has
been engaged in a death struggle. To
kill sulzer meant the elevation OF
Glynn, a faithful Catholic, TO the 20
sltion OF governor. The legislature be,
ing already Catholic two 10 one, and
practically every state officer either
Catholic or subssrvient TO Catholicism
the conviction and removal OF Sulzer
would place the entire machinery OF
state in their hands.
| The plans were well laid and their
execution scientific.
With the state and its s1OO,OOO,OO
almost within their grasp. the next
strategical move is to make certain
OF New York city.
Therefore, there is being fought IN
New York city this fall a most i'm
pcrtant political battle. The conflict
is between the same forces that have
waged the fight against Governor
Sulzer and decent state government
Murphy, Foley and McAvoy, the Tam
many bosses with Mccall. faithful
Catholic, as candidate for mayor Oh
one side, and the fusionists (more re
spectacle people)) with Mr.. Mitchell
as their candidate.
No one denies the character Of the
Tammany crowd: neither Is there
aught but good said OF Mitchell. There
Is no real Issue. except that the people
want decent government, and Tam
many on the other hand wants the OF
fees and a chance 10 loot the treasury
While the campaign is being waged or
one side on the principle Of honesty and
decency, Tammany Hall Is pursuing
her old tactics of lining up her tools
thieves, thugs. gamblers, grafters
saloon keepers and the veritable trash
Of the underworld. laying her plans
to rush the polls. II necessary. on elec
tlon day and count in their candidates
II Menace readers think this Il
strong, Just read what appeared in thC
New York World Of October I'd. as an
authentic history Of Murphy and
Foley:
aSiIent CharIie's- Rise.
In the history OF Murphy the asser.
tion Is made that he, a graduate ol
'hc Gas-House gang" Is now wortl
about S2.0O0, 900 and owns seven motoi
cars. The historian dubs the Tammany
boss silent Charlie" and gives in de.
| taii his gradual rise from the saloor
business and the management % two
| baseball teams. to the ownership OF
a large country estate at Good Ground
and a kennel OF bulldogs.
At one point the history reads:
Murphy gathered in a fourth saloor
llo 1891 and. at the same time. acquired