New-York tribune., 1875-07-27
cEuvr ~ NEU-YORK-IND ILBIYT.

| proof Ol tic audpt, i1oncl hH"hN '"'''''
! The thieves on the Police force aid and ahct
the thieves off of it. and then hold Their names
! a,d traiIsictors in the sacred confluence o'
assumed i.Hmaucc; and the rogUcS whose
| husincSs ii is 10 corrupt the already corrupted
roencs of Albany cannot hc persuaded or
| frigbtcncd into revealing the NAMES of thcir
! legislative employees or the amount ot tHcH
conpen>alion. | nder the light OF thee con-
current Investigations. neither our police nor
our Legislature seems Ia be the finest on the
! planet
The picture of or Io)ice i, dmwn ai.h the
darkest coiurs and may easily lead ore to fer
get that with all the sins with which they
stand charged, there il often much stem fdcl-
| ity to duty. much patient endurance, and mach
simple lcrcSm III the hearing of oar cItyS
watchmen. But ii Is dishcartcning enough at
! the best. Here We have police captains levy
! ing tribute on the cmningS OF shame, or
accepting Thankfully the contributions OF panel
thieves. Captains confess that they have
allowed numerous institutions "f an immoral
character to exist unwole>tod within their
precincts. while others make the plausible
! complaint tlIat thcy would not hc sustained by
the Judges if they disturbed gamblers. Ar.
Justice Cox is seen in the attitude of II
political and judicial patron to Mr..
"Ycllow short" and Bourbon johnny
both distinguished members of the "CoX
Association and pauo'-h0usc keepers
iy trade; and when to keep Gp Appearances
Bourbon johnny is sent 10 the Island as Il
vag.ant by th+ uniclcntinG magistrate, he re-
appears the nest day in his Old haunt>. Lists
are published of the Gamblcg, an, sled who
were discharged Ivy thc Police Justice, OF were
released on tIihing bail, and whose ca~e, were
never heard Of in the Disricf-AitpTNy'a - Office.
Women of the unnamed and unn mNhl" clas,
swear to The sums cxt0itcd from them for pro-
lection, in such n,lubcro that il Cca.c- 10 be Il
matter Of surprise, il officers small SALARIES
are found 10 be sized Of real estate oui idc Of
cemeteries, on serene in tie enjoyment o, fast
horses and buwn-Stonc fronts. We See that it
sometimes takes ycar aud half TO fail to catch
u panel-tllitl, and that = detective can serve
| eight and twelve years Oh the force without
discovering or leaning anything. il is this
endemic of ignorance that is, after all. the
most interesting disclosure the Committee
have made. The officers who are supposed to
track and arrest offenders, are found to be
ignorant OF the existence of policy shops,
PANEL 0uSes or houses OF ill-fdmc within their
districts, ignorant OF the whereabouts OF gam
! bling g-saOons While thc chips might l.. heard
clicking almost beneath their winiD~S iSuo-
rant ol the names and faces Of oil offenders,
prctcndcdly ignorant Of everything thcy
should have known and did know Onc pre-
nOmenal creature actually Swoyc 10 knowing
les, about ihe situation and number 81 policy
! shops in the city than the counsel Of the Com
nttee.
The other Committee, headed by Speaker
Mcclure, are exploring mOio refined phLsca Of
| crime. Their base of operations ~ NcW-IOIk,
hut their point Of attack il thus far virtually
at Albany. While the Committee confined
Themselves to contracts for coal aud the
methods OF buying supplies ;hoir pT!ing was
hardly repaid, but when thoy took up the
subject of tbe decrease OF head-m0ncY "a mire
of rich material opened before them. There
are two ways Of looking at the evidence thus
far brought out, and Ola the choice that citizens
make between them may depend the integrity
Of various regulations at Albany. One is
chat the viyacious Mr.. Nolan, being yr-
tually tho partner OF Gen. Patrick H.
,Ionee, counsel To the Emigration Commits
sion, and Mr.. Bernard Ca>serly, who WAS
an official of ,hc Commission, were found in
Nbj-iv working for a reduction of TIC head
money which thcy were III position TO know
tlc C0mmi ion would rot Opp0Sc-a service
foi which the H., i-uomcd ~ least received i
large fee. Nh. Nolan would have ~ believe
that the Legislature W.. convinced solely by
appeals 10 is intellect; and here ends his view
of what Ia chc,.fuily called lis "s,Iike.1
What the other view is may be inferred from
these facts: That the companies admit having
paid out about $50 COO either 10 secure OF in
reward for the passage Of the bill; that it vas
passed in the assembly il three minute, from
the time it was introduced by Alexander Fr,ar
TO the time Dennis Barns moved its mani-
nous report 70 the House; that it was never
sent 10 the Committee on CummDce aud Nay
ication at all; that, ia the Senate, il Wa Tt
frr1cd to Mr.. Tweed, otherwise the Committee on
Ciiic,. who rcrortcd il unchanged tie same
day, and passed il unanimously. There is
more than ten cents worth Of piomptilude
about this, and Gov. Mcord j. likely 10 lind
the public incrcdulous of his suggt Stion tlit
nincty-niLc rcl cent Of every tcu dollars stuck
IN the lobbyists pocket. IL Mr. TWofd- days
Legislatures were not in lhe habit of doing
many tcu-ccLt jobs. The obstinate refusal of
Mr.. Nolan 10 disclose ia, nantes OF his lcgis-
lativo hencii lanes or to admit that be- lad
an;, Is another instance of tie fidelity of rogue
to rogue. The lobbyist is 80 true 10 Lis tool
rs tho lawyer to his client. There never was
rasesl4ts 80 dihicut to detect a. dat u die