Tammany Hall was the name of the political crime family that ran New York City government for .
The following article, which I found in The Daily Kansas Tribune of , shows an attempt to fight back against Tammany Hall that may have helped to contribute to the collapse of the particularly corrupt rule of “Boss” Tweed:
Tax Payers vs. Tammany.
New York, . — The Tribune says that the insurrection of capitalists (as the movement to resist tax payments to Tammany has been called) is rapidly assuming large proportions. There are two movements in progress: one consists in the combination of property owners and residents of New York city — about one thousand of whom, it is stated, have signed an agreement to resist the collection of taxes by the city and county officials until a showing of books is compelled. The paper was actively circulated in Wall street . Most conservative capitalists are determined to support the movement, provided it be as general as it now appears likely to become. Meanwhile, those doing business in New York, but residing in New Jersey, are stirring, and contemplate a flank movement in the U.S. Court.
