Tammany will be on hind at the
next National Democratic Convention
helping to dictate its policy and teach
ing the local politicians from each
Sr'tate how they can put their principles
in the background, gel up a straddling,
harmony campaign, have big campaign
funds furnished through Tammany
from Wall Street, ar.d thus win a vic
tory which would leave the people out.
Let the people mark each paper and
politician that rejoices over Tammany's
victory. They will ba the kind of fel
lows who will be ready to take points
from Tammany in the next national
campaign.
Mark Ilanna and his gold-bug Re
publican machine won a doubtful vic
tory by a narrow margin in Ohio. Thi?,
we fear, means the return of Ilanna to
the Senate. The triumph of this man,
the worst type of the modern plutocrat
and corruptionist, is one of the d irkest
pages yet written in American politics.
If tha band of the Lord was in this,
then surely be is permitting much evil
to be done iu order that great good
may hereafter come from it.
If the Democratic managers in Ohio
bad shown the proper spirit and bad
put principles and the interest of the
country first, a co-operation of all the
tilver forces could have been arranged
Ohio, which would have wiped out
anna' narrow margin and the e!ec
ion of a silver Senator. The Demo
irats in Ohio have thrown away a
jbance to Uct a silver Senator as the
Democrats in North Crrolina did in
8'JO. Tbeba1 conduct on the part
it the Democratic managers made it
possible for Coxey and the cattle of
Iita strip to get in tbeir work. We
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