STATES & CITIES
Last week John Francis Curry, foxy little boss of Manhattan's Democracy, emerged from Tammany Hall to face the Republican-controlled legislative committee which has been investigating the municipal government. From the outset Boss Curry had resisted this inquiry as a piece of partisan politics. As a matter of party duty his Tammany henchmen blocked, balked, thwarted and nullified the committee's efforts to probe the scandals of New York to the bottom. Now Boss Curry was summoned to explain and justify his opposition.
As he calmly took the witness stand, applause rang out...
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