Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1931 — Page 6

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TAMMANY HALL HAS SURVIVED MANY PROBES Famous Organization Older Than Present Political Parties Now York. — <U.R)—Samuel Sea- I bury, who has attracted nation-wide , attention by heading the New York "city-wide'’ investigation, is char-1 acterized by some as a Don Qulx-: ote tilting at a windmill. The “windmill’' is Tammany hall, i a political organization whose pow- . er is. felt throughout the nation, but I whidlf, strangely enough, has a dis- I tincily parochial outlook; a society: much'older than either the Republican or Democrat parties. Tammany is unique because tin- j like other municipal political machines it transcends personalities. I In Philadelphia there is Bill Vares I organization, in Chicago candidates I used- to assail "the Thompson ma-1 chine;" Here Tammany leaders come find go. but Tammany remain. I 125 Years Old Fat- well over a century and a I quarter Tammany has exercised a ' political power while dozens of or-1 ganizations similar in purpose have grown and died. * Exposures of its office holders lilies every decade or so and pre- ' dictions have been made the or-. ganization is waning. The first reco rded prediction of this -kind was mad* by a New York newspaper in 1809. The newspaper has been out > of existence long since. Newspaper . have set out to "get" certain of the Hall’s, leaders. Sometimes they did And some of those same newspap- - ers are now extinst while Tammany : i remains. ' i Tlte. secret of this self-perpetu-ating existence lies in an invention 1 of AYrron Burr and the tendency I of human beings to be grateful.

COLD WEATHER IS COMING and everybody can afford a Heater for their car "Bankrupt Stock selling at HALF PRICE in popular makes as Arvin. Francisco. "Gladiator for late model <aj;s. X Get yours while our stock is complete. Special on 1928 Chevrolet at .... $1.75 each i Giles V. Porter On Route 27. North of Cloverleaf Creameries 341 Winchester St. £ • £

» Congratulations to the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., on the wonderful and interesting program they have arranged • for Dairy Day. 'ms \ . -yn i Iwhi if If it’s Furniture See Sr i ■ < Yager Brothers ( Merchandise of Quality at Present Hard Time Prices .Also Undertaking and Ambulance Service Phones 105 and 41 Same location East Side Public Square YAGER BROTHERS Decatur, Indiana

In the Jap-Chinese Zone of War l. * r : J js;g iiag?r a ' V s left. .agar | wi* // ' -ft! rip hr wl IxftaF'

As Japanese airplanes continue to bomb Chinese ♦ strongholds and Nippon warships strain to continue the offensive against China in the Manchuria sector, these graphic pictures, taken at considerable personal risk to the photographer, show how the Japs are waging war on their traditional foes around the ancient city of Mukden. Lower photo shows officers (left) of Japanese artillery directing the fire of their batteries on Chinese forces in Manthuria This bombardment of retreating Chinese

Burr was the Hall’s first leader, i taking charge when the organiza- i tion incorporated in 1797. a few . years after it was founded by Wil-; liam Mooney and named after ar. i obscure chief of the Delaware In- . dians. Burr's invention was the district . leader. District Leader The district leader in these pop-

■ troops followed the capture of Mukden the previous day. The flag of the empire of the rising sun is shown (upper right) flying over the wall surrounding Mukden. Two Jap machine gunners are shown sniping at a few scattered Chinese soldiers in Mukden m upper center warlike photo, while General I Hanzo Kanaya, chief of the genera! staff of the 1 Japanese Mar Ministry, who figures prominently in | the Jap-Ch;nese war, is shown at upper left

I ulous times, aided by innumerable I district captains, is a man who has I i made friends with every voter in : his district.climbed tenement stairs to take them groceries when they | | were ill, and gone to court for them i • when they were in trouble. Because it was —and still is— hu- i man to he grateful, it is not sur-1 I prising when the district Lader's i friends vote as he suggests. John F. Curry, present dictator

V*rL <■ * * • 11 V •’» II V U'l lUV'M ; of Tammany was such a leader. He ! saw that poor families in his terri- , ■ tory had enough coal in winter and I clothes when they needed them On I i election day the only voters in his I district who hadn't cast ballots i . : were those too ill to be carried to ! 1 '. ~ i I the polls. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's I relations with Tammany may de- H : termine his chances of securing the . I Democratic nomination for Presi- i ‘ .dent. J Curry voiced the profound local .interest of Tammany during thq current investigation when, as a witness in the case of Dr. William : ,'F. Doyle, formerly veterinarian, he I .said: , "I am interested in every Demo-., | crat in the great city of New York. ; Tammany has numbered nation- J al leaders on its roster. Foremost ( i ; is a present sachem Alfred E Smith i; i Democratic nominee in 1928. Others i . | of note are U. S. Senator Robert! I F. Wagner. Col. Jacob Ruppert, i I more interested in his New York', I Yankees than politics; James W. I'Gerard, formerly Ambassador to', Ge; many, and Samuel Untermyer, i

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lawyer. Tammany's first scandal occurr- ' ed in 1837. Since then there has been many a Quixote to tilt at TamI many, some seriously and some I merely hoping to attract public in- | terest. Seabury's attempt appears to be a serious one. DANIEL WEBSTER

LIKED ILLINOIS Springfieud, 11l . —(U.R>— The Illinois State Journal, preparing to celebrate its 100th birthday next month finds in its old files an explanation of the story that Daniel Webster once planned to settle on a Sangamon County estate and that he established th ? town of Salisbury. naming it for the place of his nativity in New Hampshire. Webster made a visit to the Sangamon country in 1837. speaking at Jacksonville and Springfield. He was delighted with the country and declared he envied Governor Duncan. then Illinois' chief executive, his "fine doman.ss referring to the governor’s holdings. He said, too that he would be proud if he were able to compete with the "prince of Illinois farmers," Jacob Strawn. Real estate agents and townsite promoters of the period were given to representing that distinguished personages had invested in their enterprises and it isn't improbable that some of them boasted of having interested Webster. An examination of the old record fails to disclose Webster’s ownership of property there. If he invested. the title to the was never in his name. Salisbury received no impetus by reason of b'dng associated with Webster's longing for a home in the west. It never progressed beyond the statds of a mill-site town, which was still easting votes for Andrew Jackson when Abraham Lincoln was a candidate for United States senator. o World-Famoui Painting Sigismund •Conti. |,apal chamberlain. was born at Follgno, Italy. During his residence there the city was bombarded. Rirfihael was com missioned by Bishop Conti to execute the [minting, the “Foligno s«i--donnn. as a thank offering bestowed because of the bishop’s escape from death when a shell burst while the city was being at tacked. • o Sanskrit's High Place Sanskrit is regarded at the most Important and highly organized of historic languages It it full and flexible, and Ims a broad range of grammatical construction. Its dis covery in the Eighteenth century was the most Important hapt>ening In the whole history of eastern < ul tore. The study of this language opened up the primitive ln<io-Euro peon period, and originated the sci ence of philology. oThe Time and the Place Small .Minnie, when visiting her aunt, was asked at the dinner table If mother allowed her to ent acer tain food upon the table. She re plied. “Sometimes’’ and after a mo ment’s wait she volunteered. “This is sometimes” O ; Wite Counsel To find fault is easy, and In every man's power; but to point out the proper course to tie pursued in the present circumstances, that Is the proof of a wise counselor.—Demosthenes.

LIFE INSURANCE MEN TOLD THEY CAN AID NATION General Counsel Tells Os Their Opportunity In Pittsburgh Speech — Pittsburgh. Pa (U.R) — Men engaged in American life insurance have within their grasp the plan ; that will serve to lessen the IntenI < t v of the next depression, accordi ing to Roger li. Hull, general counI sei of the National Association of ! Life Underwriters. Hull, in a speech before 160 in- | s i rance comi any re;( esentatives at the annual meeting of American Life Convention today, declared that life insurance will be j I the factor that will absorb a great I | part of distress of the next econo- I mic and financial distress. It will I Jo this by providing a reserve fund i I for the nation to fall back upon. One other factor, Hull predicts. | may overshadow life insurance as ! an economic recession cushion. , That is a new international cooper- I ation that will be brought about 1 only if the prevalent feeling of in- ! secu: ity is abolished. An adjustment between consum- 1 ption and production complexes and t will also be necessary. Hull claims i to forestall the next cycle of de- | I pression. He credits the United i States with being the first nation to ! realize that machines are of second- ' ary importance to man. who has to j be well fed. clothed, protected, and cared for in a financial way.

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