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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

CHAPTER 17
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The day after the Fourth he turned up at home as regular as clockwork.

He must have known what a dog is up against on the Fourth.

Anyhow, he kept out of the way.
The name-parted-in-the-middle aristocrats act in just the same way.
They don't want to be annoyed with firecrackers and the Declaration of Independence, and when they see the Fourth comm' they hustle off to the woods like my dog.
Tammany don't only show its patriotism at Fourth-of-July celebrations.
It's always on deck when the country needs its services.

After the Spanish-American War broke Out, John J.Scannell, the Tammany leader of the Twenty-fifth District, wrote to Governor Black offerin' to raise a Tammany regiment to go to the front.

If you want proof, go to Tammany Hall and see the beautiful set of engrossed resolutions about this regiment.


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