Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01
DOPEY DAN AND LON
Tdmmany Hall.
BY w. H. CLAGETT.

Say, boss. just what is Tammany
Hall, an when was it started?' ask
ed Lon of Dopey Dan as he pulled
out the makin's.
why, Lon,' laughed Dopey Den.
''Tammany Hall is the oldest an most
powerful political organization in the
| world today. An while disputed by
some. figures itself the regular.
boney-fidy democratic organization Of
lii old Moo York,
The name is took from that of a
great sachem of the Delaware In
dams. who. back in them days when
our glorious country wasn't nothin'
more'n a wilderness. used to dabble
in real estate with old WilIyum
PENN
TN Indian. Tammany means the
affable, an judged from the manner
displayed by bunch o Tammany
braves when in need of your .yodel,
it's gotta be admitted they live up
to their monica
IT'S said that the original old
'rain-in-the-face' was a bear-cat for
peace-but not without reservations
an durin' that blood-curdlin' perlod
when these United States was on the
outs with John Bull. many American
fines of the sovereign states OF Mary
land an Pennsylvania took the Ola
red-Skin as their patron SAINT an
called all members in good standln
the Sons of Saint Tammany
Like many of our benevolent as
sociations today, these Tammany so
cieties buried their own kilt. patched
up their wounded an looked after
their squaw folks, In consequence
they branched out considerable. an
in 1890 one of them opened shop on
the Isle o. Manhattan, an accordln
70 the ads they run in the papers,
called themselves the Tammany So
ciety or Columbian Order of the CITY
o. Moo York.
90 course. folks fit at election time
in them days the same as they 90
now. an .'twasn't long before Gus
brands founders of the present
democratic brigade) formed poiltl-
cal club. lined up agin the federailst
party an hired a hall from the ram
many Society, which they've held ever
since!
ITO this day the Tammany Society
amt supposed to be related in no
way whatever to the general COM
mittee of Tammany Hall (keep quiet,
GingerD, but We'll skid over that!
The first Tammany Hall stood at
Franklin street right across from the
city haIl-the early chiefs takin' no
chances on overlookin' a bet-but as
the organization growed an space
become scramped, in 1867 the present
wigwam was erected on East 14th
street between Irving place and Sd
avenoo. an is pointed out to all FUR
reigners as one of the show places
of the city!
"While often bawled out for meth
DDS resorted to in corralin' it's votes.
there amt no denyin' that Taumany
Hall is a rattleSnake' for c'opera-
ton, By means Of crackerjack
system of organized Tammany clubs
an assembly district associations, the
old organization. if feelin' in the
humor, can usually get what it wants
politically in Greater Moo York.
From Battery place to Harlem bridge
is generally hern for the askin',''
THE old tigers a moody cat. though,
an take it from me, faint no easy job
to pat her! More'n one candidate has
mistook her growl for purr an hada
call in doctor! If united behind you.
you've sure got some backin', but be-
fore gettin skiddish be certain she's
united.'
by the way. boss. what's meant by
comm down to the bridge when
dopin' Moo York;" chirped up Lon
as Dopey Dan stopped to let Ginger
out.
"Why, it's like this. son: The
whole state O. Moo York outside of
the Greater City is scandously repub-
lican, In fact, could easily be classed
as a Moo England state without
hurtin' nobody's feeIin's,
Outside of the Greater City there's