Year: 1875

VIEWS OF THE oENERALIssIMo OF THE ANTI-TAM-
MANY CRUSADE, HON. BEN wooD-TAMA1ANY
AND KELLY BOTH DooMED-AN EXHAUSTIVE
ANALYSIS OF KEILY's CHARACTER


SARATOGA, August 81 1875.
The Hon. Fen Wood, who may well be regarded as
the General-in- Chief of the antIammany party, has
given the following interesting epitome of antiTam-
many hopes desires and feelings 1t will be seen that
he ardently convinced of the ability of the Democratic
County Committee the new organization is called, to
accomplish Tammany's speedy destruction What he
says about the Hon. John Kelly is rather exciting
reading in these warm days but nobody can doubt the
sincerity Of Ben Woods feelings be they political
individual His views were given with much earnest
ness Of tone and manner


''The fight against Tammany" said he in reply to
my questions, "has nothing with Morrissey's dis
agreement with Kelly has 1t any relation to Tilden
or the Canal question. 1t is not fight against the
democracy but simply against this secret organization
which say


DOES NOT REPRESENT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OF New York. say that the 500 members of the Gen.
eral Committee do not represent 15OO voters. They
are simply chosen by John Kelly. Any one whom he
does not like he does not admit and if he does not act
to suit him when he has been admitted, why, John
Kelly quietly puts him out"


"But you also oppose the very system upon which
the Tammany Society is based, do you not ?"


"Most assuredly, for Tammany is as have already
remarked, secret society With the exception of the
KnowNothings, it is the only society known to
the political history of our country Now say that
this secret system has banefu influence upon demo-
cratic government and is utterly Of place it 1t
is wrong Were it not close corporation all the demo-
Gratis Of New York could be represented in
it, but 1t is Tammany says that
mea in hui ha
who controls admission to the building controls the
organization and decide who shall belong to 1t and
who shall be excluded Is this perfectly rghtful
state Of things in democratic country John Kelly
holds the key-or his doorkeeper does-and rules Tam
many Now, remember, that while Tweed Sweeny and
their coadutors stole money John Kelly does some
thing Car worse,


FOR HB STEALS OUR FRANCHISE
Here are $4,000 democrats who have voice in the
city government John Kelly can to-day make out
list of every judge and every candidate be nominated
In the fall This is insult to 80 900 citizens both
and foreign born They all compelled to vote
his ticket or to be declared bad democrats Is this
shockingP"


But DO you think John Kelly elect these candi
''No l do not" Mr.. Wood responded, his language
flowing with great rapidy, tive shall succeed in defeat
ing his candidates and eectng ours in the nomination
of which every democrat will have a free choice One
OF the reasons of Tammanys past power has been that





generally admitted Tammany; but there this remark
able feature about this aspect of the case when those
exceptions took place the democratic vote larger
than ever before"


PROBABLE LENGTH OF KELLY's REIGN


'Is Kelly's power destined to last longS"


'His reign will be shorthved one, but 1t may be
long enough TO injure the party and it disgusts
many good prominent democrats, who stay away from
the polls rather than submit to the dcatoria will OF
John Kelly. Tammany Is doomed, that is certain and
when Tammany is once defeated John Kellys power
will vanish like ghost In few years Tammany will
nd Kallu uOra todu
else Its very name has done infinite injury to the de-
mocracy all over the country 1t has been reproach
and stencil in the nostrs Of every decent democrat"
"And what Is at the root OF John Kellys ambition 9n
swell, John Kelly Is pecuniary honest but he is
stubborn wifu and conceted The aim of his ambition
is TO be looked upon by lesser politicians as a great
wonderful man. be the admiration of crowd in the
street, to be pointed out by every gam and have
said,


lrHERR GOES JOHN KELLY,
the boss Of Tammany Hail. There he goes that's himr
He's fond Of adulaton and subserviency and there
fore, will not advise with anybody of independent
thinking and who will not tolerate him -
., 1T has been said that this opposition comes simply


well, will frankly admit that there are probably
sune office seekers in it There some of those in
every organization; but of this sure that there
not onefourth the number of the class that Tam
many contains am sure ninety per cent Of them have
no thought Of office For my own part, wish 10


PUT MYSELF soUARELY on THE RECORD
by saying that there no position In the gift OF Tlden
Wickham or anybody else that would accept think
that declaration s explicit enough"


what do you think Of the allegation that Wickham
used to visit Morrssey's house ?"


81 give you some trustworthy information on this
point, as happen TO know that Wickham never plays
cards, and am sure was never in gambling house in
his life when cards played there but during the
Apollo Hall fight | think, he went there TO some
gentlemen, and them UP stairs where no playing Is
ever going on"


''wil your party join hands with the republcansS"


mo we shall put up separate ticket and elect our
men II the victory played into the hands Of the
publicans il will be Key's fault for it he who
drove good democrats into opposition"