Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-30
FEARLESS Mr.. DIXON
GIVES POLITICIANS sonnet HING TO
THINK ABOUT.
Hot Shot for Tam m any-It is Referred to
ms Powerful Body of Organized
Criminals" and is Otherwise Criticised
in II Forcible Mannsr-A Notice to
'Twsed's Godchildren."

NEW YORK, June 81 - Rev Thomas
Dixon, Jr, under bail pending trial on n
charge of libelling Excise Commissioner
Koch from his pulpit, made statement
yesterday as 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
throttle the free speech of the pulpit of
New York" Mr.. Dixon, continuing, said:
Koch found in Grady judge whose
opinion no was willing for the public to
hear. When tho 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 extraordinary haste? Is
such haste usual in New York; I found
out when got in the jury room. Not sus-
pecting job I fooishly asked the privi-
lege to make a statement. For public
show they allowed me to enter The fore
man, however drew line atanv evidence
in justification or excuse of alleged libel.
] learned subsequently that this foreman
was Frank Higgins,
A Tammany Hall Heller.
This same grand jury dismissed eight in
dictments sent in through Dr. Parkhurst S
secretary, while it took them only three
minutes to find an indictment against me
for words which occurred in public de-
tense of DR.. Parkhurst and his work
"Tammany Hall is the most powerful
coterie of organized criminals that ever
dominated the life of any civilization 1t
makes and unmakes judges and juries 1t
feeds and breeds on vice and crime. With
merciless iron heel it brushes the weak
and intimidates the half-hearted and de-
fies the strong. 1t is the one whitening,
blasting curse of our city's life, damning
with the hot breath of corruption and
dishonor every ramification of our body
polite Like a fostering cancer it is
literally eating the heart out OF the honor
of our ambitious young manhood.
'If it be true that the life Of a minister
Of the gospel is not safe, who dares seri-
ously to attack Tammany Hall, then in
the name of the Almighty God it is time
the world knew it, BY birth, tradition
and association as southern man, | am
Democrat and voted that national ticket
in the last election. But the democracy |
learned in my old native state meant hon
esty and integrity and decency. A south
ern Democrat cannot affiliate with Tam
many Hall without first lowering the
standard of his manhood and
Selling His Soul to tho Devil.
81 take this occasion to warn the ma
tional Democracy that Tammany Hall is
"a load it cannot carry longer Before the
party comes before the nation to win an
other victory, it will first have to kick
Tammany out Of its back door and turn
Oh the hose pipe. After trying to destroy
the state of New York, they come sneak
ing 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
in trying to lie out Of it.
THE difference between the present
regime of Tammauy Hall and that of its
founder, William NJ Tweed, is the differ
ence between the ethics of bunco steerer
and a~highway robber. II the slippery
godchildren of William NJ Tweed believe
they can intimidate this pulpit let them
take this notice-they have made a mis-
take"