The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
HE INNERMOST CIRCLE
OF THE ORGANIZATION

SURVEY Of tn" careers and charactcrstics bf district leaders of Tam
II " iin does not SHOW them to pc Of " m general type. though
all must necessarily possess p"lthals,gachy as we'll rs max u per-
s"nl appeal To h voters. Their makeup from the physical and men.
tai aspects varies greatly. There HAY" heen dtstrtt leaders who ave seemed
to dominate. heir districts 10y physical strength and rough and ready methods
This type Of 'at'r is generally found in part o. thu city. where the inhabi-
tants are IMPRESSED 10y courage aud " listed methods
There is on the other hand. the h"ader wo seldom says a word much
above II whisper. it whose order is "t~yed instantly. There is the leader
whose power in his wi dstrnt is So complete that oher eadrs Hook Il him
for advice or suggestions thereby gt,m him great strength in the Tammany
Hall organization Men of all these types make u the organization.
Hut little Of what goes on at the meetings Of he executive committee
reaches th. public. II il GENERALLY supposed hat a leader in order to hold his
job must bot sutinisH>cy to the orders which ome directly from Tammany
Hall. This is not at all the case. There have been leaders who yea after yer
They nave protested against rmming certain candidates. against particular
who believe in Il smoothly running machine. They have nevertheless been
able toretan control OF heir districts through wise and sensiblem anasemen
0uentIy ,lmost week, in act, These meetings, are held not oniy in the ndnter
aucnde IF lc,Lar H. ,, Of town hc nust haye vnd ex,,s. n, ,sm.n
away. The amman Hall leader himself is AS punctual IN attendance as any
Of the district leaders. 1t is the custom Of Charles r. Murphy to attend each
meeting even II he has 10 travel AR ty automobile or train.
II the district leaders themselves have n pet name for these gatherings
II has not beef disclosed. They discuss among themselves the conditions in
the various districts. They report m their W districts and offer suggestions
,orr cn,.rsd IT me .,,nnt,c In,srs-, seorn si,ckens !, Is os,o,. that
there nus lc much more activity just before An election. but the summer
meetings are 10y no means dun as then a effort is made to get the political
pulse Of each district.
often very pointed. They 10 not hesitate to Joint mt what they consider de-.
feds or to urge a change of policy. The Importance Of meetings Of the execu-
entirely from hem that The leader Of TammanyH Hall gets the information on
which he BASES his course. Each district leader is supposed tok know what Is
gotrE n in his W district to report truthfuny u ~ the SITUATION ne In this
way he field is covered.
Every subject connected directly n indirectly with the welfare of the Dr.
discussed. handled without gloves ad eventually the choice Is made. II 10
usually left to the leader of the organization to pt his stamp Of approval on
the Ina selections The wishes of the hader himself ar lot always followed
10 does H.. INSIST tina they shall he.
Politicians recall that Charles p Murphy. although PERSONAL, favorns
u the majority of the leaders. who desired for reasons which they thought
sufficient the nomination Of Edward 4 Mccall