Year: 1879

THE LEADER OF TAMMANY AND CORONER FLAN-


AGAIN AT LoGGEEHEADs SOME PLAIN TALK


IN THE MUTUAL ADMIRATION CIRCLE OF


POLITICIANS.


The General Committee CT Tammany Hall held q
brief session last night The object of the meeting
was TO issue a call for holding primaries in the
various Assembly districts for the election of men,
bers of the General Committee for 1880. When
Chairman Henry l.. Clinton had taken his seat. and
Major Quincy. the secretary had read the minutes
of the previous meeting report was received from
the Committee on Organization. in which it
was recommended that primaries be ordered
In all the districts except the Thirteenth
and q few other districts. The Thirteenth
district is regarded being Coroner Richard Flana-
gan's stronghold. aud when the latter that it
intended not to have primary held in his dis
trct he arose and asked the why it was pro-
posed to leave the district out of the call. He
thought the Thirteenth had as much right to hold .
primary as any other district OF the city. and he
therefore moved that the report OF the Committee
on Organization be 80 amended as TO include that
part OF the city. This brought ex-Aderman James
Thirteenth. aud in his remarks he charged that
Mr.. Flanagan had not proved very strong
friend of the Tammany organization. He
Coroner Fianagan) had held lucrative positions for
twenty years. and yet after all he had received
the party ne had nag 9ne Daes on soms of its
tion of the party most de'irable. and good
place to begin in would be the Thirteenth district


At this point the spokesman of Tammany smiled.
and afterward arose and walked in front OF the
Chairman's desk.


.'The gentleman from the Eighteenth" said Mr..
Clinton, and the spokesman began:-"I hope said
the spokesman, "thut the report of the Committee
Organization will be adopted 1t has been read
here. think it would be wise and just and proper
to defer holding primary election i'll the
Thirteenth district It about timo that
folds except those in whom confidence could be
placed. Tho time has come, repeat docking at
Mr. Flanagan) "when men who have made living
out of the party should be taught that they owe
something in return. What the party wants Is mon
that can be trusted men that will command conf
let say right here still looking ut Mr.. Elanagan
shat man should have manliness enough IN him
get out Of party that does not want him in its
councils instead of waiting to be put out"


With this closing threat the spokesman sat down
and Coroner Flanagan got up. Mr.. Flanagan said
that he should not be held responsible for the snat
number OF votes Tammany received in the Thir-
teenth district. What caused this was the feeling
that prevailed among the people against the
leader of Tammany Hall. They wouldn't follow him
on any account. 1he people said they wouldn't
and the result showed they didn't. Mr.. Flanagan in
saying this referred to the leader of Tammany by his
surname simply. The speaker continued by explain
ing why he had not paid his political assessment.
Il received notice after my nomination" " said he,
"that expected to pay So 500 as an assessment
Now. thought that was pretty large assessment
for nomination for Office that is only worth
$1,000 year. and didn't pay 1t. think still that
tho sum was too large"


Mr.. Flanagan then sat down. and Chairman Gin
ton put the motion of the Coroner to amend the re-
port Of the Committee on Organization. II
voted down, after which the original report was
adopted.