The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-06

pulpit hest9 Dixon. Jr., from Advance
EnOnSSb Sheets for Sunday, Dec. %.
M.vor Grant has appointed Paddy
n.nncr, saloon keeper, tough, general
Rlr,I and criminal, Judge of the Pc
mug Gourt OF the City of New York,
LEO osIary of So, 900 a year. Well,
sat Of it? Some unkind things
Ena been said about Mr.. Diver,
D'JJv Diver, Esq, the Hon. Patrick
n;Tver. respectfully submit that it
not his fault. He is all right.
" There must be a fitness in things,
won in politics. The appointment of
2 p.t Diver as Judge by Hugh J.
Grant is a poem IN politics. How could
90 expect anything else? We Ger
univ cannot blame Mr. Diver, He
cent into policies for the money
more is in it and for protection to his
Tsrious saloons. The judges of the
.;tv presumably are the enemies of
HI: business. 1t is perfectly natural
that he should desire to capture the
Judiciary, that the guns of the enemy
should be silenced. To do this, he
entered Tammany Hall. He is one
~ the faithful. He is one of Tam.
mapv's trusted chiefs. He bought
that Judges seat by his influence, his
money and his energy. He paid for
il, Mr.. Grant sold it and he has
simply delivered the goods.
True, Mr.. Diver is a notorious
criminal. His saloon was at least do
iny a thriving business on Sunday,
April 18th, 1890, according to the re
port of one of DUR great morning
dsilies. 1t Will look a little curious to
see a criminal sitting in the seat of
Judgment, and yet no more curious
than to see Mr.. Grant in the Mayors
chair. Paddy is a criminal, you
know; but we remember that his
Honor, the Mayor, likewise confessed
himself to be a criminal. They re
two of a kind, and they say that Paddy
is an honorable man. They say that
he is honest. l am afraid that this is
more than we can say of Mr.. Grant,
if we believe his own statement in re-
gard to his appropriation of $40, 900
in illegal fees. We know that Mr..
DIVER has been the friend and asso.
Ciate of criminals. His busin IS has
been to rescue them from the clutches
of the law, after he had helped manu-
facture them in his gin mills. We
can imagine some curious genes in
the Hon. P. DIVERS court, as he
scans ~curiously the faces of the DRINKS
on Monday morning, to see if he a
recognize familiar friends, to know
where they got their liquor, whether
it was at the right place or at some
other mans saloon. If the liquor vas
obtained at the right place, we may
presume at least that the judgment
will not be severe. If the drunk was
unfortunate enough to patronize a
rival, the Judge may frown.
These are not very pleasant scenes
to contem plate at the close of the nine
tenth century, in the metropolis of
the new world. But who is respon-
sible? Not Mr.. Diver. The voters
Of New York who turned the city over
to this gang must be ready to recog
nize their own work. What sort of
men would you expect Grant to ap,
point ? Would you expect a Tam
many Mayor to appoint angels to
Office? Hardly. Did he owe his
election to angels? The saloon keep
ers and thugs, led by such men as Pat
Diver, gave him the basis of his sue
cess. Why should he not recognize
their services? They made him in
fact, he is one of them Whose bust.
ness is it if he appoints his pal to a fat
Office 2 What are you going to do
about it, anyway? They say there is
honor ven among thieves. How can
you object to such a perfect poem as
this in practical politics ? It harmonizes
with the eternal fitness of all things.
Aself confessed criminal elected mayor
appoints a criminal to the Office of
Judge. We must reap what We SOW.
Did you expect to SOW night shade
and reap morning glories =? Did you
expect to SOW squashes and reap tur-
nips? The old proverb says that if
we lie down with dogs, we may ex-
Pect aess. 1t is not the fault of the
nea. He is fulfilling his mission in
life.
The whole truth is, under the ad.
m%lnlstration Of this city government
Oy Tammany Hall, the officers are
sold to the highest bidder. The man
who can give the most money and the
most unqualified support to the deeds
Of Tammany will get these rewards.
Iammany Hall is practically run by
the saloon keepers of the city, and run
IN the interests of their criminal bust.
ness 1t is their purpose to trample
the city beneath their feet. They
nave defed law, order and decency.
I1ey defy it to day. They have their