Question

What did Tammany Hall precinct captain Plunkitt expect in return for providing such help for people?

Answer 1

If there's a fire in Ninth, Tenth, or Eleventh Street, for example, any hour of the day or night, I'm usually there . . . . If a family is burned out I don't ask them whether they are Republicans or Democrats and I don't refer them to the Charity Organization Society, which would investigate their case in a month or two and would decide they were worthy of help about the time they are dead from starvation. I just get [a place to live] for them, buy clothes for them . . . and fix them up till they get things runnin' again."

Answer:

Their political loyalty

Explanation:

George Washington Plunkitt was a politician known for his membership and a leader of the Tammany Hall political organization. He was also known for his time and exploits at the New York state legislatures. In his Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics, George Washington Plunkitt specifically made the above statement in the hope to get the political loyalty of people.