Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-06-22

and preferinent 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 a 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 1t be known that he has in
any way anything to do with any move
ment against the bosses who rule the city.
OTTO KEMPNER ON BossIsM.
Fourth-The degradation of municipal
government to the mere word of low
born boss. with the ideals of the gutter
as his principles of life, and the glorifi-
cation of such a man in the annals of the
city is fact that accounts for much of
our present disgrace. There was in tn.
last legislature of New York but one
man found who among the Naajority
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 tn,
people, who acknowledged any authority
save the viii supreme of the boss of the
city of New York. This man-Mr. Otto
Kempner-has recently given most
vigorous account of that legislature and
Of his intimate personal knowledge Of
the facts on this point. Hear him:
''In every case where decided express
sion of public sentiment in favor of bill
clashed with the wishes of the boss the
people were clearly and completely
knocked out There was no more con.
sideration paid to their desires than If
they had been so many Cinnamon under
the ban of instant deportation. On the
other hand, the bosses had merely to de-
note their wish by wink, and in the
twinkling of an eye their will was done.
There was no trouble, no delay, no fall
tering. about the work. The legislative
machine was perfect in all its parts and
operated with the regularity of an auto
matte clock. Poor, impotent Emperor
William had to dissolve the reichstag
because it refused to appropriate the
amount required for the army. Our rul-
ers, however, are more successful. Billy
of Buffalo and Richard l of New York
have merely to raise the finger of COM
mand and the peoples legislature will
obsequiously bow down and obey"
Referring to the problem of quaran-
tine, he continues: HAS the legislature
met the emergency Has it taken the
advice of the Academy of Medicine, the
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 and
place the matter in their charge? No.
1t passed a bill authorizing certain city |
official of inferior mental equipment to
confiscate land in the Croton watershed.
There is no telling what the entire cost
will be. Five hundred thousand dollars
is to be spent yearly without providing
any essential protection. The simple truth
is that this most serious matter was util
lied to excuse zig .ntic job. Thus the
safety of millions of people was sacri-
feed to satisfy he greed of a few hungry
political pirates"
DICK CROKER.
Referring directly to Mr.. Croker, he
further says: Together with Ed Muir
ply and Billy Sheehan he runs the state
as a commercial exchange, dealing in
local and general franchises, diverse
political privileges and public offices
from governor down to street sweeper,
all of which are auctioned and sold to
the highest bidder. This mummy boss
is reputed to be one of the wealthy men
Of New York. Did he come honestly by
his wealth, or has it been wrung by in
direction from the pockets of the tax
payers? The question concerns us deep
ly. directly, vitality. But few years
ago Dick Croker had no visible means of
support. He is rich man today and
INDUCES in the costly luxury of fast
horses and racing stables that may well
excite the envy of prince or potentate.
1T is uppermost in every thoughtful
citizens mind how the leading politi-
clans of Tammany Hall have made big
fortunes on small salaries. Have we an
other Tweed ring? Oh, mol There is no
stealing going on now. Our rulers are
not made of the coarse stuff of common
thieves. They are refined in manners as
well as methods. All that we can charge
against them is that they belong to the
new school of political prestidigitators.
Without stealing outright, after the
clumsy fashion of the embezzler, they
still manage to amass enormous riches.
How do they manage it? By birthday
presents, by taxing crime, by assessing
officeholdeTs, by dividing salaries, by
bleeding merchants, by extorting CAM
paign contributions, by selling legisla-