Connecticut western news., 1893-06-15

sentence of death for his crime. The friendship contracted under these ex- traordinary circumstances has wielded 8 more or less powerful influence in Tam many Hall ever since."
 THE VALUE OF FULL"
 Second-We see the fact in the de- bauchery of our courts of justice in our cities. About all certain grade of our courts in this city and in other great cities are good for is in working various pulls. Some time ago in this city man was arrested charged with felonious assault, the penalty of which was seven years in the penitentiary. He was put in jail, and evidence was manufactured sufficient to convict him. But for the intervention of friend who had money enough to hire a lawyer and prevent the infamy from being consummated the man would have been sent to the peniten- tiary for crime committed by another man while he was at home with his family. And this job was put up through the influence of court officers.
 A young man came to see me a short time ago who told me that he was ar- rested on Saturday night on false charge, and on Monday night he was in the penitentiary on Blackwelps island wearing striped clothes. He had wife in this city, but she was prevented from holding any communication with him, though he sent telegrams to her from the prison. Every statement made by this young man have found to be true.
 When from this pulpit last June I denounced the infamy of the reappoint- ment of Joseph Koch to the board of ex- else, it was the easiest thing in the world for MT. Koch to consult pal on the judges bench, secure a warrant for my arrest-though he knew every word said was true-and to compel my at- tendance from day to day at the Jeffer- son Market police court, extending over a period of two weeks, during which time it was necessary to have bondsmen and witnesses waiting at the court. The court was absolutely, from the judge to the scullion who swept the room, at the command of MT. Koch. It's whole ma- chinery was used for the purpose of per sonal annoyance toward me. MT. Grady from the bench acted both as judge and attorney in behalf of his friend Koch.
 When the farce was closed at the lief ferson Market, the return was sent to the court of sessions. Here it was placed in the hands of another minion of Tam many Hall, who drew the bill of indict- ment in the shortest space of time, and in "A hours had pushed aside over 2,O00 other cases pending, and by personal canvass of the grand jury, which had been packed for purpose best known to the leaders of Tammany Hall, my in- dictment was secured in the briefest i'm aginative time.
 It was only when this SO called in- dictment reached the hands of the dis trict attorney that the farce was stopped. The individuals who were conducting the dirty piece of business knew from the beginning that every word uttered was true. Their only hope was to intimidate any preacher from in the future denouncilg their rascality, and to do this work of intimi- dation they had absolutely at their command the whole machinery of the lower courts mp to the court of general sessions, and if they had had a single leg on which to stand and make fight they would have been at no loss to com mand this court of highest honor.
 The debauchery of young manhood under such conditions of government is something appalling. Young men are led to believe that the way to success is the way of rascality; that the road to preferment and power in the city's af- fairs is through the constituency of the slums. Hundreds and thousands of our best young men have been led into Tam many Hall and into it's influence and into similar institutions In other cities thus through their ambition for power and preferment. It is impossible tc estimate the influence for evil that such forces exert in the development of the | life of people. Men observe how power and wealth are attained. They also ob serve the abysmal cowardice of thou sands of men who profess to believe il higher principles.
 The power of such a gang as TammanJ Hall to intimidate masses of people Il something appalling. The average citi
 zen of New York today fairly shakes 1T his boots at the very mention of a public antagonism of this set of scoundrels. | he has any business in the city, whether l or not that business may be affected di rectly by Tammany Hall or not, he may give you little subscription In private but he will beg you beneath his breatl never to let 1t be known that he has II
 any way anything to do with any move ment against the bosses who rule the city OTTO KEMPNER ON BossISM.
 Fourth-The degradation of municipa government to the mere word of low I born boss, with the ideals of the guttel
 as his principles of life, and the glorif1 cation of such man in the annals of tn, | city Is fact that accounts for much O our present disgrace. There was in tn, last legislature of New York but on,
 man found who among the majorit, | party dared to lift his voice against tn, l rule of this master of the city's affairs There was but one man among all thos
 elected by the Democratic party who hat
 any conception of his obligations to tn I people, who acknowledged any authorit,
 save the will supreme of the boss of tn
 city of New York This man-Mr. Ott,
 Kempner- recently given mos
 vigorous account of that legislature ant
 of his intimate personal knowledge O
 the facts on this point. Hear him:
 "In every case where decided expres
 sion of public sentiment in favor of bdl
 clashed with the wishes of the boss tn
 people were cleanly and completel,
 knocked out There was no more con
 sideration paid to their desires than
 they had been so many Chinamen unde
 the ban of instant deportation. On tn