Tamany Hall, by William Riordan explains the scandals of political parties of New York

which occurred a century ago. George Washington Plunkitt was the leader of Tamany Hall

during that time, and in his book he talks about plain politics, honest and dishonest graft,

how civil service laws weakened Tamany hall, political patronage, and even gives practical

advice about how to succeed in politics.

There is a clear distinction between honest and dishonest graft, says Plunkitt.

Honest graft is making money from politics by using political business to your advantage,

for example Plunkitt sometimes got tipped off about the city planning to buy property for

creating parks, for example, and suddenly Plunkitt purchases the property that the city

wants for a cheaper price. Now that Plunkitt owns land that the city wants, the price of

that land has suddenly shot through the roof, and to Plunkitt's advantage the city buys the

land at a much higher price from him, and he h

that grafting was not a good practice, because the city lost money to Plunkitt, which was

example is an abuse of presidential pardons, such as Tamany hall favoring people who

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