| Show NEW YORK POLITICS THE nomination of R P flower for governor eo vernor of new york by the democrats c brings to the front once more the old tammany organization this power powerful rul association has come so near running both the city and state government of late years that men who run for office in new york in avowed opposition to it understand that success will require on their side all the lu influence fluence within the scope scade of their candidacy not in accord with tammany mr flower by not bringing tammany into his campaign leaves the gap oj for his enemies to do so thus ampel him to carry its name as a dieting dieling ing feature of the principles t promises of his bis nomination T characterization which his hopponen give to this assumed back backer of r 0 of f flowers rl owera nomination fills to say the least with much roman romi interest I 1 nt erest tammany as they regard it is ru nd by abunta abunta at the head of which at crocker crock er and grant the P present mayor crocker is notorious for bets beings one of the worst toughs in his distal in his hie younger days and for been put on trial for his life for mw murder committed in an election ro row by the influence of tammany he ww WM afterwards made an alderman so such was an instrument in making hw friend grant sheriff 1 tf I grant afterwards became mayor vf the city as the tammany candi candidate dati k and in his turn picked out crocker for the most lucrative office iri in the ott cly grant is described by his new york opponents as an every day horres honey esy sport with money got through liquor selling and by relative unable to fill with dignity or pass ability any of the roles to which hallos office assigns him ill tempered pro fane he is ever ambitious to be thou thought nice with the nicety of the so go social veneering of the upstart As sher sheriff sherler lir the confessed of immense au sumet in unlawful fees he rend rendered eted ra accounts in order to divide the pro proceed with accomplices without decre decreasing as wel his own share As mayor he is ar affo gant narrow intolerant and linco incont competent in everything except I 1 habit of cunning to cover up delin quenches quen cies and escape the consequence of misrule PY th those 08 e who h have a v e follo followed w F d the crook crooked ed and obscured path of new york ci city rule during grant grants s incumbency WW recognize all these allusions to hia career they are on the books ba came there through a public tion of his bis misdoings mis doings 1 it is certainly not complimentary to mr flower to be patronized by such an organization but the republicans have demonstrated that tha th e corruption in their ranks plays quite as conspicuous a part they started out with the most incorruptible man in the state for their standard bearer but W be fore the climax was reached aba th claws of the bosses got hold of him and in less than no time he had bad to give way for the tool of the ring politicians so that between the two rubw the honest voter who Is ia earnestly desiring honest and economic ment has very little choice choe whichever way he Is ia tor for ring rule awl andi for systematic jobbery |
