St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-27
Rev. Dixon Takes Another
Shot at the New York
Organization.
Calls 1t the Withering. Blast
ing Curse of the City's
Life.
He Says It's Members Lie in
Saying They Will Sup
port Cleveland.
Honey on Their Lips, Treach-
cry at Heart and Knives
in Their Boots.

NEW YORK, June 26.-Rev. Thomas
Dixon Jr.. now under bail pending trial
OH charge of Iibeling Excise Commits
sioner Koch from his pulpit, preached
today in association hall for the last
time during the summer months. AS
prelude to mis- sermon he made state
ment of the facts and the official record
of Commissioner Koch during which the
so-caHed libelious sentence in the re-
view of May % was based. Mr.. Dixon
said he had never seen Koch until he
took the witness chair.
Il had supreme contempt for this
man, who is utterly obScured by the
hopeless rascality of the record he has
made in office. if we ale TO believe the
testimony of uncontradicted witnesses
and the decisions of the supreme court.
'Koch," said he, ''iS simply the cats
paw of the quiet young man who spells
the kings English with difficulty and is
averSe TO publicity of any sort-Hughey
Grant. Tammany is simply trying to
throttle the free speech of the palpit of
New York."
koch found at last in his pal, Grady,
judge whose opinion he was willing
for the public to hear. But he did not
venture into Grady's court until he as
eertained by private eonfab what the
decision would be-"
Too Much Hurry.
"When the farce at the court was
ended the complaint was railroaded
| down to the district attorneys office in
a few hours. The indictment was
drawn in few hours and hurried to
the grand jury. Why this extra
ordinary haste? Is such haste usual i'll
New York? l found out why when l
got in the grand jury room. Not suS-
specting a job, l foOlishly asked the
privilege to make statement. For
public show they allowed me to enter.
The foreman, however, drew line at
any evidence in Justification or excuse
of the alleged libel. | learned subse-
quently that this foreman was Frank
Higgins, a Tammany Hall 'heeler.'
There is, therefore. no mystery in
Tammany complaint before Tammany
judge being shot like lightning into the
district attorneys office and into the
itching talOnS of Tammany foreman,
especially when the indictment was
based on an assault on Tammany.
."ThiS same grand jury dismissed
eight indictments sent in through Dir.
ParkhurSt'S society, while it took them
only three minutes to find an indict-
ment against me for words which oc-
Cured in public defense of DR.. Park
hurst. Tammany hall is the most pow
erful coterie of organized criminals that
ever dominated the life of any ciViliZa-
ton. 1t makes and unmakeS judges
and juries. 1t is the one withering,
blasting curse of our city'S life, damn
ing with the hot breath of corruption
and dishOnOr every ramticatiOn of our
body polite.
Eae Is Democrat.
''It it be true that the life of minis
ter of the gospel is not safe who dares
seriously to attack Tammany hall, then
i'll the name of the Almighty God it is
time the world knew it. By birth. ira
dition aud association as Southern
man am Democrat. and | voted that
national ticket last election.
democracy l learned in my old nd
tive state meant honesty and integrity
and decency. A Southern Democrat
can't affiliate with Tammany hall with
out first lowering the standard of his
manhood and selling his soul to the
devil.
Democracy Tammany hall is load it
comes before the nation to win another
victory it will have to kick Tammany
out of its back door and turn on the hose
pipe. After trying to destroy the state
New York, they come Sneaking back
from Chicago saying they will support
the ticket.
"They lie. 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 trying to lie out of it. The differ
ence between the present regime of
Tammany hall and that of its founder,
William NJ. Tweed, is the difference be-
tween the ethics of bunco steerer and
highway robber.
''If the slippery godchildren of Will
lam Nj. Tweed believe they can intimi-
date this pulpit let them take due no.
tice-they have made a mistake"