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WHY TAMMANY WINS.
METHODS OF NEW YORK’S UNIQUE
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
The Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson—How
Richard Croker Has Gained His Influ
ence—District Leaders and Captains—The
Will of the Majority.
[Special Correspondence.]
Aew York, Nov. 23.—The great po
litical surprise of the last election,
■which passes at once into history as one
of the peremptory declarations of the
American people, is eminently suggest
ive of an inquiry as to the means em
ployed to bring about such an astonish
ing result.
In New York city the election was
emphatically a Tammany Hall victory
and was all the more pronounced be
cause of the crushing defeat of 1894.
That defeat seemed like a thorough re
pudiation of Tammany Hall, its princi
ples, its methods and its leaders. Many
intelligent people have believed that it
was exactly that, and to them the pres
ent triumph seems almost inexplicable.
What is it, then, that has enabled an
organization discredited and apparent
ly demoralized three years ago to win
the most important victory ever achiev
ed by a local political party?
Tammany Hall won this year because
of two things. The relative importance
of the two will be judged differently by
different people. First, I place the fact
that the organization has stood stead
fastly and continuously for more than a
century for one settled and well for
mulated political faith, and the faith
which Tammany professes outside of
the temporary complications of local
politics seems to be the faith that the
majority of New Yorkers hold. It is
the philosophy of Jefferson as opposed
to that of Hamilton.
But sentimental considerations do
not alone control municipal elections.
The practical power lies in organiza
tion, and it is of the organization of
Tammany Hall that outsiders appear to
be curiously ignorant. Simple as it is,
it has been more misrepresented and
more misunderstood than almost any
other open, public association than can
bf> called to mind.- •
No better example of this general
misunderstanding could possibly be
found than has been afforded within
the last few weeks. It is almost univer
sally believed —it is even- believed in
side the organization by some—that
Richard Croker came back to New York
after a long absence and by the exercise
of some mysterious, unexplained power
imposed his own personal will upon the
party and dictated a “slate” which his
followers were obliged to accept.
This is entirely erroneous and mani
festly impossible. If Tammany Hall
had not chosen to accept Richard Cro
ker’s judgment, there is no power on
earth that could have compelled the fol
lowing— certainly none that Croker
controlled. What he did was to place
at the disposal of his party his political
sagacity, his intimate knowledge of
New York men and affairsand his judg
ment. He imposed his judgment on the
party and not his will, and they accept
ed his jugment just so far as they ap
proved it and no further. The best proof
of this is the well known fact that he
was defeated in the nomination of some
candidates whom he recommended.
To make it clear that this is true it is
worth while to consider just how Tam
many Hall is organized and how it be
comes possible for one man’s judgment
to override another’s in a party which
strenuously upholds the absolute equal
ity of voters.
In the first place, the organization is
a' permanent one. It is not got up from
campaign to campaign, but a permanent
enrollment is maintained always of
such voters as stand committed to the
party, who are willing, or perhaps de
sirous, that they shall be considered
regular numbers of the party, ready to
support it wit 11 personal effort, and on
occasions v ;2 t 'h contributions toward.
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no protection
against his arrow. Yet many a young woman
whose affections are already engaged, hesi
tates to assume the obligations of wifehood
and motherhood, because she feels unfitted
for them by some physical weakness or
disease.
The special ailments to which the femi
nine organism is liable, not only unfit a wo
man for happy wifehood and motherhood,
but incapacitate her for any sphere of action.
No woman can discharge tne daily duties of
any position with comfort or satisfaction
who is constantly weighed down by head
aches, backaches and dragging, weakening
drains.
Troubles of this nature are not by any
means a necessity of womanhood. They
are positively and completely cured by Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It imparts
genuine health and strength to the womanly
organs. It was devised for this one purpose
by an eminent specialist in this particular
field of practice.
, “ For severalvears I suffered with prolapsus of
tlanterns." writes Miss A. Lee Schuster, of Box
I, Wtodney, Jefferson Co., Miss. “Our family
pwysician treated me for kidney trouble, and ev
erything else but the right thing. I grew worse
and worse. My body was emaciated, hands and
feet clammy arid cold, stomach weak, with great
palpitation of the heart. I dreaded for night to
come for I would suffer with nausea all night and
so I continued until some kind unknown friend
sent me your book with a marked page. I began
taking your ‘ Favorite Prescription,' contrary to
tny family's wishes, and I began to improve right
•way. I have taken three bottles and now lam
very nearly well and am very happy, and thanto
fill to yon."
party expenses. Whether this willing
ness arises from political enthusiasm or
from a desire to share in the spoils of
victory when victory comes, it serves
the same purpose—that of keeping the
party together. When election time
draws near, the enrolled members, usu
ally called Tammany Hall's general
committee, form an army of regular
workers ready for active service in can
vassing for votes or in performing any
of the labor that is necessary in the
campaign. This general committee is
the party.
The organization of the party is the
method it employs to express its desires
and to execute its will. The general
committee is enrolled, for the sake of
convenience and effectiveness, by assem
bly districts, and each assembly district
committee is represented by one man in
the councils of the party and in the gen
eral executive business. He is called the
district leader and is a member of the
executive committee of the party, this
executive committee consisting of the
district leaders only—3s men in all.
Theoretically at least this executive
committee is truly a representative body.
Each member is the delegate of his own
district general committee and is fully
empowered by those whom he represents
to act always and under all circum
stances for his district, or, in other
words, for that portion of the party
which belongs in his district. There is
no fixed tenure of office. The man who
becomes leader remains leader, and
therefore a member of the executive
committee, as long as he continues to
represent his constituency in a maimer
that meets their approval. Not one of
Ike 35 could hold his place 35 minutes
after his general committee had become
dissatisfied with him.
One detail of the organization should
be mentioned here to explain how dis
satisfaction, should it exist, can be
readily expressed and readily made ef
fective. The law divides the assembly
districts into numerous election districts
for convenience in voting and for each
election district one voter in the party
is selected as a “captain. ” He is direct
ly responsible to the voters.in his dis
trict on tlie one hand and to his district
leader on the other, and he also contin
ues in office as long as he gives satisfac
tion, but not a day longer.
There is no one man power in Tam
many Hall. There never was, there is
not and ‘there never can be a boss in
Tammany Hall in the sense of one man
being able to say to anybody else in the
party, “Y'ou must do this because I say
so. ■ ’ The utmost that Mr. Croker or
anybody else can say is, “You must do
this because the majority says so. ’ ’
That this will be generally believed
outside of Tammany Hall is perhaps too
much to expect, yet it is the exact truth.
No boss and no leader in Tammany has
any power, except what he gets from'
the support of the majority of those be
hind him. The recognized leader of the
executive committCee is colloquially
called the boss, and the term has grown
into a Aitle, though not an official oife,
but the boss of Tammany Hall is always
the man whose judgment is most re
spected. When the respect fails, the
following ceases and the man from that
moment is no longer boss.
It is for these reasons, and for these
reasons only, so far as I have been able
to learn from 20 years’ study, that Tam
many Hall succeeds in New York.
David A. Curtis.
Something to Knew.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best* medicine for re
storing the tired out nervous systeip
to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters
This medicine is purely vegetable,
acts by giving tone to the nerve cen
tres in the stomach, gently stimulates
the liver and kidneys, and aids these or
gans m throwing off impurities in the
blood. Electric Bitters improves the'
appetite, aids digestion, and is pro
nounced by those who have tried it as
the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c and SI per
bottle at Carry-Arrington Co.’s drug
store.
WHAT IT MEANS.
Duties, Lessons and Pleasures of Thanks
giving Day.
Thanksgiving! From basement to attic
the word resounds. Were sounds ever
sweeter than those made by happy chil
dren’s voices? The tones proclaim the joys
that be and joys that are to last through
out Thanksgiving day. We watch their
happy faces and listen to their merry voices
intermingling with mirthfulness.
What does it matter if the curtains are
awry, the legs of chairs where seats are
wont to be, and picture books,forgotten, lie
in all convenient places, and tents of rugs
and tablespreads wherein the occupants
are re-enacting the hairbreadth scenes of
old? Now they are gathered around the
glowing grate where mind pictures of the
long ago are vividly portrayed, and from
their countenances we infer that they are
beholding the Northmen as they view
from afar the wonderful new world, and
the Icelanders as they land upon New
England’s shore in the year 1000 and
realize the privations which they endured,
and, too, the sailing of the Santa Marja,
and later the Mayflower, laden with the
Puritan fathers, and see the landing at
Plymouth Rock. Were there ever more
interesting stories than those relating the
incidents which make up the history of
this our new world? And can lips other
than those of the gray haired father or
mother picture so clearly those scenes?
Nor do their joys lessen at sight of the
Thanksgiving dinner, where epicurean
skill appears to have reached its highest
development When the lateness of the
hour compels them to don their’ white
robes, w T e hear mingled and
thanksgivings more fervent than usual,
and when their, eyes are closed in slumber
our thanksgivings arise to God above lor
the preservation of our little ones.
Thanksgiving to the housewife has a
host of meanings. For several days tur
keys, pumpkin pies and innumerable edi
bles have passed before her mind in stately
procession. Cooked? Oh, no, waiting for
her invitation to come, waiting for her
busy brain to devise methods of procedure
and her deft fingers to aid in the prepara
tions, waiting for her aesthetic taste to ap
r. >ve ar omidenvi and for lat look of re-
THE HOME TRIBUNE. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28. 18»7 '
lief whin twTost the worfl "ready” Is pro
nounced, waiting for her look of satisfac
tion as the guests gather around the ample
board while the thanksgivings of a year
are concentrated into one grand thanks
giving Until now she has scarcely con
sidered its import, for often the weight of
our cares drag us to their level, but when
a respite comes we view them from above
and with a sense of frettdom wonder how
we ever became enslaved, and so the
days, weeks, months and years bring their
burden of cares, and at the closing of each
we bid them adieu, expecting to awake at
their bidding on the morrow.
Thanksgiving to the men of our cities
and the country means not only a day of
feasting and mirth, but a time to review
in detail the blessings received during the
past year. Oftentimes rich blessings are
freely scattered in our path and we with
averted eyes recognize them not.
Search your homes, search carefully, lest
you overlook the little blessings which,
taken severally, appear very small, but
when combined make your home comfort
able and beautiful, and with the atmos
phere of love enveloping it, make it the
dearest spot on earth. Inhale the atmos
phere until your very being Is pervaded,
until such a one, as pure as delicate, as
invigorating as ethereal, and, withal as
enduring, is shed abroad by you. Nor look
with disdain upon the clouds, for many a
cloud has a silvery lining. Look thought
fully from the status which obscures your
horizon to the high, floating cirrus with
tints so fair. The shadows they cast over
your way may prove to be blessings in dis
guise.
Glance through your account books. Is
the bank largely your debtor? Are your
storehouses filled with grain ready for the
market? If so, offer thanksgiving to him
who gave you strength that you might
prosper. Have you enabled some unfor
tunate one to rise above the difficulties
which surround him? If so, give thanks.
Thank God for the friends you have on
earth. Thank God for the friends you
have in heaven, the remembrance of whose
love draws you nearer that happy home
where the atmosphere is never clouded
and the sun never sets on Thanksgiving
day.
AN OLD DOCTOR’S FAVORITE.’
Dr. L. M. Gillam, who practiced
medicine over forty years, originated
used and claimed that Botanic Blood
Balm, (B. B. B.) phich has now been
in use about fifty-five years, was the
best Tonic and Blood Purifier ever
given to the world. It never fails to
cure the most malignant ulcers, sores,
rheumatism, catarrh, and all skin
diseases. Beware of substitutes. Use
this standard remedy, price per large
bottle sl.
AFTER SEVERAL DOCTORS BAILED.
I have been afflicted with Catarrh for
many years, although all sorts of med
icenes and several doctors did their
best to cure men. My blood was very
impure, and nothing ever had any ef
fect unon the disease until I used that
great Blood Remedy known as Botan
ic. Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) a few bottles
of which effected an entire cure. I
recommend it to all who have catarrh
I refer to any merchant or banker os
Athens, Fa., and will reply to any in
quiries. R. R. Saulter.
For sale by druggist.
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.
We Have Many Causes to Be Thankful if
We Try to See Them.
Another Thanksgiving day has dawn
ed, and we are perhaps questioning our
selves as to whether we have any cause
for gratitude in the way our lives have
been ordered. The pessimist, looking al
ways on the dark side, says, “Well, I
tnay be fairly happy today, but that
doesn’t argue that I may not be utterly
miserable tomorrow,” and in conse
quence he or she, instead of being thank
ful for the present good, frets over the
future evil which perhaps—who knows?
—may never come.
Every one of us has something for
which to give thanks today. Now be
gin and analyze our possessions and see
if the blessings do not outweigh the
miseries. If we have health, we should
rejoice; that is a rare gift that cannot
be too warmly appreciated. If a dear
one who has been at death’s door is re
stored to us, that is another cause for
jubilation. Even if we are pressed hard
financially, there are compensating sides
to that situation. Nothing is so bad but
it could be worse, and though we may
not feel privileged to shout over a posi
tive good we can be happy in the fact
that it is not a positive evil. Every one
of us has the power to make sunshine
in our own and in the lives of others.
Burdens there are to bear for every pair
of shoulders, but in helping others, in
self sacrifice, in a desire to be sweet,
womanly and lovable, our own trials
slip aw;ay and when Thanksgiving day
comes around we can, with a joyous
heart, declare that we have much to be
grateful for.
All holidays have their sorrowful
side; they are reminiscent of other oc
casions when the family in perfect, un
broken numbers sat around the table
and reveled in the spirit of the occasion.
Now they are scattered here and there.
Death, perhaps, has claimed some, and
the feast of today is but a mere shadow
of the functions of other seasons long
gone by. But if you are left entirely
alone and are obliged to sit down to
your solitary meal with no companions
save your own thoughts, you still have
cause for thankfulness, and you will
find it if you only make it your busi
ness to look for it instead of moping
and repining over what cannot be helped
and wljat is only made worse by brood
ing upon. Awake in touch with the
spirit of the -day, and you will find
that, despite all past troubles or present
annoyances, you can cause the 24 hours
to brim over with gratefulness that may
do much to make other ones equally
joyous.
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The best salve in the world for outs or
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblain
corns and all skin eruptions and posi
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Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Curry-Arrington Co.,
druggists, Rome Ge.
ENGINEERS’ HOME.
Probable Consummation of the Lone De
layed Prqject at Mattoon, Illa.
After much patient effort and the
overcoming of many obstacles a scheme
which was projected more than 14 years
ago to provide a home for the dependent
widows and orphans of deceased mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers is to be carried into execution.
Acting in his official capacity, President
P. M. Arthur of the brotherhood bought
the other day for this purpose a tract of
land at Mattoon, Ills., known as Meadow
Lawn farm. The purchase was made at
public sale, and the price paid was $17,-
450.
This puts an end to a squabble which
has been going on in courts for
years. In 1883 a scheme which was des
ignated as “a grand gift concern” was
planned for the purpose of raising money
folk the projected home. It was really a
gigantic raffle in which tracts of land
were the prizes. The capital prize was
Meadow Lawn farm, consisting of 256
if*
P. M. ARTHUR.
acres of the best black soil in Illinois.
At first the raffle promised to be a huge
success, but the sale of tickets was sud
denly stopped by the Coles county grand
jury, which indicted John H. Guilfoil
and M. C. Nixon, who were managing
the affair.
Both of these men went into hiding,
6ut the scheme was not killed. The
drawing took place secretly at Terre
Haute. At .the final moment 25 tickets
still remained unsold, and these were
put in the wheel for the benefit of the
order. One of these tickets drew the
capital prize. Many complications fol
lowed, and at length Guilfoil was made
trustee of the land.
In 1889 the brotherhood officials de
cided to take possession of the land and
establish the home, but Guilfoil refused
to give it up. Then a suit was begun
which was twice carried to the supreme
court. Finally’ Guilfoil was ousted and
the land ordered sold at auction. It was
at this sale that Chief Arthur made the
purchase, and the buildings for the home
will soon be erected.
Available.
Many good remedies are
unavailable because they
need the direction of a
physician.
Allcock’s
Porous Plaster
can be used by anybody,
and it is always effective
for sprains, strains, weak
back and soreness in the
chest or muscles.
Do Not Be Duped into taking an imitation.
Insist upon having the genuine “Allcock's.”
Allcock’s Corn Shields,
Ailcock’s Bunion Shields,
Have no equal as a relief and cut. for corns
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Brandreth’s Pills
renovate the system by purifying
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oUall forms
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Write, giving history of your case and it wi 1
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Dr. S, T. Whi raker, Specialist,
205 Norcroaß Building. Atlanta. G
Pawtucket Fur Company,
294 Main St, Pawtucket, R, I.
WANTS ALL KfNDS OF
Raw Furs, Skins, Ginseng, Senaca, etc
Prices quoted for next 60 days are as fol
lows: Silver Fox, sls 00 to $150.00; Bear,
$5.00 to $25 00; Otter, $4.00 to $9.00; Martin
$2 00 to $9.00; Beaver, $3.00 to $3.50 oer
pound ; Wolf, SI.OO to $2.00; Red Fox, SI,OO
to $2,00; Mink, 75c to $1.00; Skunk, 25c to
$1.00; Gray Fox, 50c to 75c; Rat, 20c to 25c
Price list on all other furs and skins fur
nished qpon application. Full prices guar
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ment, and immediate. I remittanee on all
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H STORE. H ROODS.
Attractive Prices!
Rome China and Stove Co.
Have just opened and are receiving the most beautiful stock of imported
China, Glassware, Lamps and general Housefurnishing Goods
ever brought to Rome. Everything elegant, useful and cheap!
TEA SETS 2
of 56‘ pieces, dainty decoration «
border pattern, fine porcelain body, jj
real China finish, choke of three ’
colors. $2 48 per set. These sets 3
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this season in porcelain; real China finish, borcer decoration, in three
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want and make up your own sets at small cost. Tea plates 24 cents per
set; breakfast plates 33 cents per set; d liner plates 41 cents pirset;
soup plates 44 cents per het. Fruit saucers 24 cents per set; individual
butters 15 cents per set; Cups and saucers, Haviland’s latest shapes 45
cents per set. Meat dishes, all sizes, deep vegetable dishes, cake | lates,
sauce tureens, oatmeal bowls, oyster bowls, tea pots, si gar dishes, cream
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Chart er Oa Stoves $
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The leading tourist and commercial hotel of the city.
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streets, adjoining Grand Opera House.
Jas. E. Hickey, Manager.
Drs. McCall & Wright,
Rooms over the Rome Drug Co
Corner Broad St, and 4th. ave, ’Phone 157
Will practice in a 1 the different branches of medicine and
Surgery, and make a specialty of several branches.
Both of these doctors have had long experience at home
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£ New Enterprise Stoves
£ have been sold in this market 20
* years, and never fail to give satis
v? faction. We have them in all sizes.
J! Heating stoves of every size, shape
£ and variety. Stoves for parlors,
$ dining rooms, offices, stores, lodges
p and churches.