The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-27
JUSTICE A BIG FARCE.
So Says the Rev. Thomas Dixon,
Jr., of the New York Goddess.
TAMMANY A NEST OF CRIMINALS
with Judges and Juries Under It's Heel
God Children of Tweed Who Believe
They Can Intimidste the Pulpit Likely
TO Find Themselves Mistaken.

NEW YORK, June N.-Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., under bail pending trial on
charge OF libelling Excise Commissioner
Koch from his pulpit, made statement
yesterday a. prelude to his sermon OF
some facts In the official record of Mr..
Koch, upon which the so-called libellous
sentences were based.
Mr.. Dixon referred to sworn testimony
and the decisions of Supreme Court
judges bearing against Koch and said: /:
Koch was simply the catspaw OF Mayor
Grant and Tammany was trying to throt-
tie the free speech Of the pulpit of New
York.
Mr.. Dixon, continuing, said:, Koch
found In Grady judge whose opinion he
was willing for the public to hear. When
the farce at the court was ended, the
complaint was railroaded down to the
district attorneys Office In q few hours.
The indictment was drawn in a few
hours more and hurried to the Grand
Jury.
haste usual In New York; found out
why when got in the Grand Jury room.
Not suspecting a job Ifooiishly asked the
privilege to make statement. For pub
lie show they allowed me- to enter. The
foreman, however, drew line at any evil
dence In justification or excuse of the al
legged libel.
/ learned subsequently that this fore
man was Frank Higgins, a Tamman y
Hall heeler. This same grand jury dis
missed eight indictments sent In through
DR.. Parkhurst's secretary while it took
them only three minutes to find an in
dictment against me for words which oc-
Cured in public defense OF DIR. Parkhurst
and his work.
Mr.. Dixon then said: Tammany Hall
IL the most powerful coleric of organized
Grim inals that ever dominated the life of
any civilization. II makes and unmakes
judges and juries. It feeds and breeds on
vice and crime. With merciless iron heel
II brushes the weak and intimdates the
half hearted and defies the strong.
It Is the one whitening, blasting curse
Of our city's life, damning with the hot
breath of corruption and dishonor every
ramihcation of our body polite. Like a
fostering cancer It 10 literally eating the
heart out OF the honor Of our ambitious
young manhood.
II 1t be true that the life OF q minister
Of the Gospel is not safe, who dares SER
iously to attack Tammany Hall, then in
the name of the Almigh God it IL time
the world knew II. By birth, tradition
and association as southern man, j am
q Democrat and voted that national
ticket In the last election. But the
DcmoCIhCy Il ieaTucu III my Oiu uhtlVo
state meant honesty and integrity and
decency. A southern Democrat cannot
affiliate with Tsmmany Hall without first
lowering the standard Of his manhood
and selling his soul to the devil. take
the occasion to warn the national De-
mocracy that Tammany Hall is load IL
cannot carry longer.
Before the party comes before the ma
tion to win another victory 1t will first
have to kick Tammany out of It's back
door and turn on the hose pipe. After
trying to destroy the state OF New York
they come sneaking back from Chicago
saying they will support the ticket. They
liei they come back with honey on their
lips, treachery In their hearts and knives
In their boots.
They will do in November what they
have done before and spend another four
years in trying to lie out Of IL. The diff
ferences between the present regime OF
Tammany Hall and that of its founder,
William II. Tweed, Is the difference be-
tween the ethics OF bunco steerer and a
highway robber.
II the slippery God-children of william
M. Tweed believe they can intimidste
this pulpit, let them take this notice,
they have made mistake.