. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. Tne Lexow Investigation. Tne scene in the Court Room after Creedensconfession, December 15, 1894. anti-Tammany elements carried the autumnelections of 1894 for a reform ticket nom- igoij CLEVELAND AGAIN PRESIDENT 135 inated by a committee of seventy citizensand headed by William L. Strong as candi-date for mayor. At the next election, how-ever, the Tammany candidate, Van Wyck, be-came the first mayorof the new munici-pality known asGreater New York,in which had beenmerged as boroughsthe metropolis it-sel
. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. Tne Lexow Investigation. Tne scene in the Court Room after Creedensconfession, December 15, 1894. anti-Tammany elements carried the autumnelections of 1894 for a reform ticket nom- igoij CLEVELAND AGAIN PRESIDENT 135 inated by a committee of seventy citizensand headed by William L. Strong as candi-date for mayor. At the next election, how-ever, the Tammany candidate, Van Wyck, be-came the first mayorof the new munici-pality known asGreater New York,in which had beenmerged as boroughsthe metropolis it-self, Brooklyn, andother near was revealed bythe Mazet Commit-tee, little changehad occurred inTammanys predatory spirit. In 1901, there-fore, through an alliance similar to thatwhich elected Mayor Strong, Greater NewYork chose as its mayor to succeed VanWyck, Seth Low, who resigned the Presi-dency of Columbia University to becomeFusion candidate for the position. A recrudescence of the old Know-Nothing. Charles H. by C- C. Langill. 136 EXPANSION [1894 spirit in a party known as the A. P. A.,or American Protective Association,marked these years. So early as 1875 poli-ticians had noticed the existence of a secret anti-Catholic organi-zation, the UnitedAmerican Mechanics,but it had a brief ca-reer. The A. P. A.,organized soon after1885, drew inspira-tion partly from thehostility of extremeProtestants to thewiiiiam l. strong. Roman Catholic Church, and partly from the aversion felt bymany toward the Irish. In 1894 the A. P. A.,though its actual membership was neverlarge, pretended to control 2,000,000 subterranean methods estranged fair-minded people. Still more turned againstit when its secret oath was exposed. TheA. P. A. member promised (1) never to favoror aid the nomination, election, or appoint-ment of a Roman Catholic to any political
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