The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-15

sonal annoyance toward me. Mr.. Grady |
from the bench acted both as Judge and |
attorney in behalf of his friend Koch.
When the farce was closed at the JEFF |
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
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.
1t 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 denouncing their
rascality and to do this work of intimi-
dation they had absolutely at their
command the whole machinery of the
lower courts up 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 debauchefy 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 citys 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. 1t is impossible to
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 OBJ
serve the abysmal cowardice of thou
sands Of men who profess to believe in
higher principles.
The power Of such gang as Tammany
| Hall to intimidate masses Of people is
something appalling. The average citi-
zen of New York today fairly shakes in
his boots at the very mention Of public
antagonism of this set of scoundrels. If
he has any business in the city, whether
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 breath
never to let it be known that he has in
| 30, 1n
ment against the bosses who rule the city.
OTTO KEliPNER on sossisM,
Fourth-The degradation Of municipal
government to the nero word of low
born boss, with the ideals of the gutter
as his principles of life, and the gtorif-
cation of such man in the annals of the
city is fact that accounts for much OF
our present disgrace. There was in the
last legislature of New York but one
man found who among the majority
party dared to lift his voice against the
rule of this master of the city's affairs.
There was but one man among all those
elected by the Democratic party who had
any conception of his obligations to the
people, who acknowledged any authority
save the will supreme of the boss of the
city of New York. This man-Mr. Otto
Kempner-has recently given a most
vigorous account Of that legislature and
OF his intimate personal knowledge Of
the facts ON this point. Hear him:
SIN every case where decided expires.
sion Of public sentiment in favor of bill
clashed with the wishes Of tho boss the
people were cleanly and completely
knocked out There was nc more con
sideration paid to their desires than il
they had been so many Cinnamon unlel
the ban of instant deportation. On the
other hand, the bosses had merely to de
note their wish by wink, and in the
twinkbng of an eye their will was done
There was no trouble, no delay, no fal
tering, about the work. The Legislative
machine was perfectiE all its parts ant
operated with the regularity Of an auto
matte clock. Poor, impoten5 Emperor
William had to dissolve the reichstal
because it refused to appropriate thC
amount required for the army. Our rul
ers, however, are more successful. Billy
/ of Buffalo and Richard l of New Yorl
, nave merely to raise the nnger OF com
mand and the peoples legislature will
obsequiously bow down and obey"
Referring to the problem of quaran
tine, he continues: HAS the legislator,
met the emergency? Has it taken tn,
advice of the Academy of Medicine, tn,
Chamber of Commerce and other repre-
sentative bodies of public spirited citi
zens and the press to provide for com
| petent board of sanitary engineers an(
place the matter in their charge? No
1t passed bill authorizinga certain cit,
official of inferior mental equipment t,
confscate land in the Croton watershed
There is no telling what the entire cos
will be. Five hundred thousand dollar
is to hs spent yearly without providing
any essential protection. The simple trutl
is that this most serious matter was uti!
lied to excuse gigantic job. Thus tn,
, safety of millions of people was sacri
feed to satisfy the greed of a few hungry
. ! political pirates"
Reforming directly to Mr.. Croker, h,
further Gays; Together with Ed Muir
ply and Billy Sheehan he runs the stat,
as a commercial exchange, dealing il
local and general franchises, diverse
! : political privileges and public Offices
from governor down TO street sweeper
all of which are auctioned and sold t.
the highest bidder. This mummy bos,
is reputed TO be one Of the wealthy mer
of New Ymk. Did he come honestly 10y
his wealth, or has it been wrung by in
! direction from the pockets Of the tax.