Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-16
FAMOUS POLITICAL EMBL. EMs-By John T. Boifeu1et

Six in New York City, of which Tweed was,
one of the original members, and foreman.
back in the '40s, and which was his step
ping-stone to politics 1t is said that the
big Six had tigers head as an emblem
Tweed became the dominating spirit over
Tammany about twenty years after his fore
manship of the fire company.
Tweed's Magnificent Club
Tweed's favorite retreat the Americas
club which had tiger it's symbol, and
it is believed by some writers that Mast
adopted the tiger because of this fact In
many of Nasts cartoons the tiger appeared
with the word "Americus" on its collar,
and the inference is natural that Mast trans
ferred the tiger from the club to Tammany.
Mr.. Gustavus Myers has written highly
interesting history of the Americas club and
of ,Tammany Hall, in which he says that the
splendor of the badges of the members or
the club well illustrated their extravaganza
One style of the badges was solid gold
tigers head in a belt of blue enamel: the
tigers eyes were rubies and above sparkled
three diamonds of enormous size. Another
style of badge was of solid gold with the
tigers head in papiermache under rock crys-
tai. 1t was surrounded by diamonds set in
the Americas belt Above was a pin with "a
huge diamond, with two smaller diamonds
on either side. This badge was estimated to
be worth $4,000. A third style showed the
tigers head in frosted gold, with diamond
eyes.
SumptuOuS Wedding Presents
The clubs initiation fee was $1,000, and
each member also had to pay an additional
charge of S., 900 for the sumptuous furnish
ngs of the room which each was allowed.
This all of them gladly did in order to be
in the society of BOSS" Tweed, who FREE
quented the club at the meridian OF his
power, and in the full glow of wealth, and
was constantly the center of a circle OF POI
litical followers who sought his favor. When
Tweed's daughter married, these henchmen
gave her gorgeous wedding presents. There
were forty sets of silver, and fifteen diamond
SETS one of which cost $4,000.
Roosefelt Felt Like a Bull Moose
One day, in a characteristic outburst- of
enthusiastic impulse and emotion, Theodore
Roosevelt, when engaged in his effort to de-
stroy the Republican organization and lead
the PrOgressiyes to victory, exclaimed that
he "felt like bull moose, and instantly
this animal was employed as the emblem to
represent the new party.
History tells an interested world that
away back yonder, in 1829-37, during the
administration of President Andrew Jackson.
the embIems of the Democratic party were
the hickory pole and broom, representative
of Jacksons nickname of sold Hickory, and
his policy Of clean sweep of opposing en-
ployes from office.
The Rooster Emblem of Victory
According to the story, in 1910, there
lived in Indiana a Democrat named Chap
man, who had local reputation for exercis-
ing his vocal organs in the way OF GROWING.
In answer to a respondent letter of Chap
mans concerning the political situation,
friend wrote an encouraglng reply en1lns
with the words, "Crow, Chapman. crow.
The letter was published, and the phrase
spread, and following the defeat OF the
wings in 1912 and 1874, "the rooster came
into general use as the Democratic emblem
of victory" as you have frequently observed
on the pages of Georgia newspapers, espe-
cially OF the country weeklies. Watch for
this Growing fowl next year.