Last month, Tammany Hall, famed Manhattan political lair, was sold for $700,000. Last fortnight, the vigilant New York World reported the property resold for $800,000. None cried “Graft!” ...

Born in 1848 into a respected Pittsburgh family, Magee began his political career at the ... he traveled to New York to study Tammany Hall’s machine methods, and upon his return, was convinced ...

Yet his political and personal virtues were a ... it was also a tactical masterstroke. He shattered the Tammany Hall machine, so long a pernicious influence in American politics, and routed ...

Tammany Hall, in offering two candidates for the position ... And since Roosevelt needs all the support his political parent can offer in the coming election, such a "snub" might prove disastrous.

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