In New York, Thomas F. Ryan and William C. Whitney were the powerful, though invisible, powers in Tammany Hall.
在纽约,托马斯·瑞恩 (Thomas F. Ryan) 和威廉·惠特尼 (William C. Whitney) 是坦慕尼协会的强大但无形的力量。
美国历史
The old party leaders, particularly of Tammany Hall, the Democratic party organization in New York City, offered concessions to labor in return for votes.
旧党派领导人,尤其是纽约市民主党组织坦慕尼协会的领导人,以劳动让步以换取选票。
大商业时代
What suddenly made him turn his back upon his past, join his former enemies in Tammany Hall, and engage in these great speculative enterprises?
是什么让他突然背弃自己的过去, 加入他在坦慕尼协会的宿敌行列, 投身于这些伟大的投机企业?
美国历史
In New York City, for instance, the local Democratic organization, known as Tammany Hall, passed under the sway of a group of politicians headed by " Boss" Tweed.
Starting with the Railway Systems, Steamer Lines, Standard Oil, Ocean Cables, Diluted Telegraph, and all the rest, and winding up with Klondike, De Beers, Tammany Graft, and Shady Privileges in the Post-office Department.
Cleveland, however, was so popular because of his reputation for being honest – which indeed is quite rare among politicians – that he won the office of governor without the support of these powerful people, the Tammany Hall Democrats.
Tamanend or Tammany or Tammamend, the "affable", (c. 1625–c. 1701) was a chief of one of the clans that made up the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the time Philadelphia was established. Tamanend is best known as a lover of peace and friendship who played a prominent role in developing amicable relations among the Lenape and the English settlers who settled Pennsylvania, led by William Penn.
a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism