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"It's hard not to admire the skill behind Tweed's system ... The Tweed ring at its height was an engineering marvel, strong and solid, strategically deployed to control key power points: the courts, the legislature, the treasury and the ballot box. Its frauds had a grandeur of scale and an elegance of structure: money-laundering, profit sharing and organization".......

knowing what we know about the K.G.C. and O.A.K. and how they operated.....the whole "Boss Tweed" affair sounds mighty familiar, especially considering the Scotch Irish influence we have also assembled among the exposed Knights of the Golden Circle.

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This same thing was going on all over the country at about the same time. was it just a phase we were going through, or was it all part of a greater plan that was masterminded by the O.A.K. and friends?

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A.C..jpg recognize this guy?

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or this guy? jdr.jpg I believe he is setting to the left of A.C. in the photo. with T. Roosevelt and the Morton Brothers standing behind them. There are others......but most intriguing is the old timer in the rocking chair on the left....looks like he had several of the high rollers that wanted to be seen standing next to him. Does anyone recognize that face??

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And then, there was the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898); over Cuba and the "BIG BANG"... Teddy was ready!
 

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Rebel got to enjoy your sense of humor. The way you write and put things is spot on and humorous at the same time. Yes the U.S. Maine explodes an Ready Teddy is in place to Rock and Roll. Well almost!! Took him a few months to get the Rough Riders up to speed but is was a planed war from the get go. Get Spain out of the Caribbean take over the Philippines as a base in the far east. Surprise , Surprise The U.S. is a first class world power. Got done fighting those darn indians now what else can we do. Well secure the southern approach to our boarder. Build a shorter route to the Pacific and have a far off Navel base to show the British that they weren't the only Naval Power in the world. Takes Steel, men, and Money to gain more Natural Resources to tap into to make he Economy grow even bigger. Now who said it's all about the Economy?

You deserve another cup of coffee.

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Rebel got to enjoy your sense of humor. The way you write and put things is spot on and humorous at the same time. Yes the U.S. Maine explodes an Ready Teddy is in place to Rock and Roll. Well almost!! Took him a few months to get the Rough Riders up to speed but is was a planed war from the get go. Get Spain out of the Caribbean take over the Philippines as a base in the far east. Surprise , Surprise The U.S. is a first class world power. Got done fighting those darn indians now what else can we do. Well secure the southern approach to our boarder. Build a shorter route to the Pacific and have a far off Navel base to show the British that they weren't the only Naval Power in the world. Takes Steel, men, and Money to gain more Natural Resources to tap into to make he Economy grow even bigger. Now who said it's all about the Economy?

You deserve another cup of coffee.

S.D.

HA! Already on it!
 

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And then, there was the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898); over Cuba and the "BIG BANG"... Teddy was ready!

Morton served as the Secretary of Navy between 1904 and 1905. Previous to this, he had been vice president of the Santa Fe Railroad. When it came to light that the Santa Fe had given illegal rebates under Morton, he was forced out of the cabinet to avoid scandal, though Roosevelt maintained that Morton himself was unaware of the improprieties. After leaving government service, Morton was President of Equitable Life Assurance Society.

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[QUOTE Took him a few months to get the Rough Riders up to speed but is was a planed war from the get go. [/QUOTE]


"Theodore Roosevelt, a man who had pushed for American involvement in Cuban independence!"

Knights of the golden Circle wanted control of Cuba for a long time.....
 

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Tammany Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William M. Tweed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"It's hard not to admire the skill behind Tweed's system ... The Tweed ring at its height was an engineering marvel, strong and solid, strategically deployed to control key power points: the courts, the legislature, the treasury and the ballot box. Its frauds had a grandeur of scale and an elegance of structure: money-laundering, profit sharing and organization".......

knowing what we know about the K.G.C. and O.A.K. and how they operated.....the whole "Boss Tweed" affair sounds mighty familiar, especially considering the Scotch Irish influence we have also assembled among the exposed Knights of the Golden Circle.

L.C.:thumbsup:

AND! It was in NYC... HQ for O.A.K., formerly known as K.G.C.! NYC became HOT, HOT, HOT!
 

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Morton served as the Secretary of Navy between 1904 and 1905. Previous to this, he had been vice president of the Santa Fe Railroad. When it came to light that the Santa Fe had given illegal rebates under Morton, he was forced out of the cabinet to avoid scandal, though Roosevelt maintained that Morton himself was unaware of the improprieties. After leaving government service, Morton was President of Equitable Life Assurance Society.

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Secretary of the Navy...

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory office (10 U.S.C. § 5013) and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

The Secretary of the Navy must by law be a civilian, at least 5 years removed from active military service, and is appointed by the President and requires confirmation by a majority vote of the Senate.

The United States Senate election of 1904 was an election which coincided with President Theodore Roosevelt's landslide re-election, and which had the Republican Party gain one seat in the United States Senate.

As this election was prior to ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, senators were chosen by State legislatures. (SPOILS SYSTEM)

The Fifty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1903 to March 4, 1905, during the third and fourth years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

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Transfer Act of 1905 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


These were all significant actions. L.C.:thumbsup:
 

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L.C. You must read Mari Sandoz "Old Jules" this will shed a light on the early life of TR and Spotlight the working of the Kinkaid Act. Many of the people used it to gain more land doing it in the names of a wife or a grown child. Granted the Sandhill of Nebraska would not be prime farm land but you could run cattle on it and grow even richer if you worked hard.

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TAMMANY HALL SACHEM

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Fernando Wood was Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress (1877–1881). The Committee of Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The Committee has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures


Captain George W. Walling pledged his loyalty to the new Metropolitan Police and was ordered to arrest Mayor Wood. Wood refused to submit and when Captain Walling attempted force, New York City Hall was occupied by 300 Municipal policemen, who promptly tossed Captain Walling into the street. Fifty Metropolitans in frock coats and plug hats then marched on City Hall with night sticks in hand. The Municipals swarmed out and routed the Metropolitans. Fifty-two policemen were injured in the New York City Police Riot. ...as in Police beating police with night sticks....:laughing7: The Metropolitan Police Board called out the National Guard, and the Seventh Regiment surrounded City Hall. A platoon of infantry with fixed bayonets marched into City Hall and surrounded Mayor Wood who then submitted to arrest. Mayor Wood was charged with inciting to riot, released on nominal bail and returned to his office.

The feud continued on through the summer of 1857 a time when the struggle of the k.G.C. was raging in Kansas and Nebraska Territories for control. Constant confrontations between the rival police forces in new York mimic the same struggle for power that was happening in other areas of the country. When a Municipal arrested a criminal, a Metropolitan would come along and release him. At the police station, an arresting officer would find an alderman and a magistrate from the opposing side waiting. A hearing would be held on the spot and the prisoner released on his own recognizance.

Fernando Wood served a second mayoral term in 1860–1862. In 1860 he headed a pro-Southern delegation to the National Democratic Nominating Convention. In January 1861

Wood was one of many New York Democrats sympathetic to the Confederacy, called 'Copperheads' by the staunch Unionists. During his second mayoral term in January 1861, Wood suggested to the New York City Council that New York secede and declare itself a free city, to continue its profitable cotton trade with the Confederacy. In 1863 he joined Clement Vallandingham in organizing the Peace Democrats and, capitalizing on New York's war weariness and dissatisfaction with the Emancipation Proclamation, won election to Congress for a second time. Except for the years 1865 to 1867, Wood served until 1881 in the House, where he was an ardent opponent of Radical Reconstruction. His greatest success came in achieving tariff reform. Wood died at Hot Springs, Ark., on Feb. 14, 1881.

Read more: Fernando Wood: Biography from Answers.com

Wood's Democratic machine was concerned to maintain the revenues (which depended on Southern cotton) that maintained the patronage. Wood's suggestion was greeted with derision by the Common Council. Tammany Hall was highly factionalized until after the Civil War. Wood headed his own organization named Mozart Hall, not Tammany Hall. New York City commercial interests wanted to retain their relations with the South, but within the framework of the Constitution.

Wood's brother Benjamin Wood purchased the New York Daily News (not to be confused with the current New York Daily News, which was founded in 1919), supporting Stephen A. Douglas, and was elected to Congress, where he made a name as an opponent of pursuing the American Civil War. In 1861 the federal government effectively shut down the paper (by suspending its delivery via the postal service) as being sympathetic with the enemy. Wood was able to re-open the paper 18 months later. During the interval, he wrote one novel: “Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession.”

Where did all of that money come from?

Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth | History | Smithsonian



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L.C. You must read Mari Sandoz "Old Jules" this will shed a light on the early life of TR and Spotlight the working of the Kinkaid Act. Many of the people used it to gain more land doing it in the names of a wife or a grown child. Granted the Sandhill of Nebraska would not be prime farm land but you could run cattle on it and grow even richer if you worked hard.

S.D.


Sept 8th 1883 Roosevelt arrives in Dakota territory he had a prospect of quick riches cash in on beef boom grass and open planes to feed cattle
William K. Vaderbelt bought a herd 1884 Roosevelt owned three cattle ranches. they had their hands in everything. Logan Enyart was also involved early on in the beginning of the Beef Boom.
 

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