Plunkitt of Tammany Hall or The Powell Principles

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics

Author: William L Riordon

G.W. Plunkitt, the millionaire ward boss of New York's 15th district, gave this series of talks on the secrets of political success as practiced by him and fellow Tammany Hall titans.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction: How George Washington Plunkitt Became Plunkitt of Tammany Hall	1
Pt. 1	The Document	43
	Preface	45
	A Tribute	48
	Plunkitt of Tammany Hall	49
Pt. 2	Related Materials	103
	"George W. Plunkitt," in Tammany Biographies, New York Evening Post, 1894	105
	"Hon. Geo. W. Plunkitt," The Tammany Times, September 21, 1895	106
	"Lift the Plunkitt Mortgage!" A pamphlet published by Plunkitt's successful opponent in the 1904 election to state Senate	109
	"Graft, Cries M'Manus; Not Me, Says Plunkitt," New York Times, June 8, 1905	111
	Review of Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1905	113
	Review of Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Public Opinion, October 7, 1905	113
	Plunkitt Obituary, The Nation, December 3, 1924	115
	Jane Addams, "Why the Ward Boss Rules," The Outlook, April 2, 1898	117
	Lincoln Steffens, "New York: Good Government in Danger," McClure's, November 1903	123
	App. A Plunkitt Chronology (1842-1924)	135
	Selected Bibliography	137
	Index	140

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