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Show WHY TAMMANY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE. Under the heading, "Tragedies of Tammany," the News of Denver most entertainingly recites a little of modern mod-ern political history in New York states, in wh'ich the dethroning of Boss Murphy is shown to have been an expediency resorted to by the Democratic leader. The News says: "When the National Democratic club of New York city voted a few weeks ago that Boss Murphy of Tammany Tam-many was an undesirable member tho vote was spiced with a measure of comedy. When the same club last Tuesday night voted to drop Murphy and several of his lieutenants for nonpayment non-payment of dues, an elomcnt of political politi-cal tragedy was added to the coup. Mr. Murphy and his friends were automatically auto-matically guillotined with neatness and dispatch. They are now on the outside of the National Democratic club looking in. "Since the ides of November, Tammany Tam-many has gone through a series of tragedies. Politics is sometimes a respecter re-specter of persons, but when victory and personality arc strangers the average politician can be found where the pie looms large on the counter. Murphy, like some of his predecessors in the leadership of Tammany, made his grand mistake when he tried to be the leader of Now York state politics. poli-tics. Croker tried it and failed. Before Be-fore him, John Kelly essayed the same role and went down to defeat. Then, as now, the "up-state" Democrats did not take kindly to Tammany dictatorship dictator-ship in state politics. They were willing wil-ling enough to accept Tammany votes and financial holp, but when it came to party domination they balked. "They stampeded a few days ago when Osborn was elected chairman of the state Democracy and Palmer, the Tammany representative in that position, posi-tion, was forced to abdicate. Murphy voted for Osborn. Expediency made him do that. He didn't like it, of course, but he was politician enough to see the significant shadow of the White House looming large over the Empire state, with bending'boughs of federal patronage swinging in the brisk morning breezes of -March. And Governor McGlynn had just come from Washington. And John Purroy Mltchel, a Wilson appointee, Is mayor of Greater New York. And Dudley Field Ma"lone, a Wilson confidant, Is collector of the port. And there are oodles of federal jobs to be distributed to the faithful of Wilson and not a sliver to the faithful of Murphy. Hence and wherefore why the Murphy-vote Murphy-vote went to Osborn. The tiger is in no shape physically and financially to wage n war, especially when not one solitary atom of pie is In sight to cheor the drooped spirits of the Tammany Tam-many legions. "There may have been a lot of local satisfaction in throwing tho Murphy-ites Murphy-ites out of the Democratic club Tor nonpayment of dues. On the face of It that was the thin and technical reason. But behind It is tho apparent anxioty to bo rid of the influences In politics which 'Murphy represents, the standards under which he ranged himself, him-self, and the bad record in mtm'clpal government Tammany has made In the past four years." |