GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB "E," 145 EAST 18TH STREET, NEW YORK. SPECIAL WORK ASSIGNED TO THE CLUB BY THE COUNCIL OF CONFEDERATED GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUBS. GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB M. ARLY in the spring of 1894 a gust of indignation blew one of the seeds of "Good Government" into the Twentieth Assembly District. The precious seed found a fertile soil among the many citizens of different parties, whose dissatisfaction with public affairs in general and city government particularly had accumulated for years; it took root quickly and grew into a tiny but sound plant: "Good Government Club M." This sprig throve and flourished and blossomed under the good care of an experienced gardener, President Dr. Leo Ettinger, and the fall sun of 1894 shone upon a powerful tree whose strong and heavy branches promised a rich harvest. of hale and wholesome fruit at election time. Still, neither the seed producers and gardeners, nor the owners and fosterers on the mighty tree reveled in sanguinistic hopes that the harvesting would be an easy task. The nimble and greedy tiger, who had possessed the field for numerous years incontestably, was ready to grasp the juicy fruit with many well paid claws; the two old neighbors looked from their ancient fences upon the much-coveted harvest as if it must belong to one of them, and a sly red fox creeped unceasingly around the trunk, squinting up to the alas! too sour grapes. But the members of Good Government Club M never faltered or shrank in the severe storm and raingusts of October. United they stood upon their platform: "Good Government first and always!" With powerful arms they supported the fruit-laden branches, and with mighty voice they frightened away their covetous opponents. They were not satisfied to have a "Strong" city ticket in the field, by indorsing the choice of the Committee of Seventy. They also wanted to prove their strength by proclaiming their own candidate for Alderman. This candidate, George Hoffmann, went into the campaign in the right spirit. Knowing that he could not very well be elected against well-organized tiger hordes, since the Republican party had put up their own candidate and the Socialistic vote was partly against him, he confined himself on the stump to the propagation of Good Government principles and used his not-to-be-underestimated influence to arouse and brace doubtful and indifferent voters. result was more than satisfying-it was surprising! George Hoffmann received over eight hundred votes, exactly the amount of the plurality of the Citizens' ticket over the Tammany ticket, which fact proves the right policy as well as the power of the Good Government Club M. The Harvest day-that never-to-be-forgotten 6th of November, 1894-brought a glorious victory to Good Government principles, not only in our much-beloved city of New York in general, but especially in the hard-fought Twentieth Assembly District. The tree, "Club M," had borne rich fruit! JULIUS STEINBERGER. |