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Show Disgraceful Government In The Big Cities Samuel Untermcyer, noted New York attorney, and long a staunch defender of Tammany Hall, denounces de-nounces the organization, whose "extravagance and Incompetence" and "padded payrolls" have driven the largest city of the nation to the "verge of bankruptcy." Another Democrat, Judge John C. Knox, declaring the people had lost confidence in the Tammany ccroup, said he had not reached the "stage of partisanship which will condone repeaters, strong-arm men, terrorism of voters and false returns re-turns of a canvas." The Judge recently re-cently presided over election fraud cases and spoke with authority. That decent citizens In New York are up In arms against Tammany corruption Is a hopeful sign. Nowhere No-where in the nation has the society soci-ety enjoyed "good standing" among Democrats or Republicans. In fact, the Tammany organization has caused untold injury to the Democratic Demo-cratic party In national politics. However, let us not overlook some other big cities, apparently unabl to cope with modern governmental govern-mental needs. Chicago's financial chaos Is a by-word, Philadelphia's corruption Is well-advertised and the rottenness of other large cities combine to convince thinking citizens citi-zens that one of the real problems of the nation is the decent government govern-ment of our large municipalities. |
