New-York tribune., 1893-12-10
TAMM4NY BL4CKM1IL AND EXTORTION

| TAMM4NY BL1Chu1IL AND EXTORTION.
| The people Of NewYork are getting their
eyes opened They have suspected for Il long
time that Tammany Hall has conducted IN or
ganzcd system Of blackmail upon the vice and
| crime Of the metropolis. The revelations and
| exposures which have been made by DR. Park
| hurst and his assistants have left 10 further
room for doubt or uncertainty on that point.
| Every intelligent Ncw-Yorkcr must now see
clearly that the very source Of Tammany
strength. the citadel Of its power, is In cXtor-
| tion and blackmail. 1t can 10 longer be dis
puted or denied that the campaign funds Of the
| Tammany organization, and by consequence
| Il most important part Of the campaign funds
| Of the Democratic State and National com
| mttees, have depended largely upon tributes
levied upon gamblnghclls, dives and disorderly
houses The local, State and National organ
| zations Of the Democratic party also profit
heavily by taxing candidates and ofiiccholdcrs.
| by collections from disrcputablc and Illegal
| schemes and combinations and by deliberate
| AMI cold booded blacinail of corporations
Democratic and Republican. II Is Obvious That
the system Of collecting revenue from every
disolderly house. such as those recently raidcd
by the police, from every gambling-den, from
every policy-shop and from every lquor-saloon
has been perfected by Tammany Hall, and has
been carried out I'm all its details with rcnorsc
less rigor.
In these ways the Tammany campaign funds
have been swollen 10 enormous proportions. and
the contributions Of Tammany 10 the State and
National committees have been liberal. But Il
heavy percentage Of the fruits Of this system
Of extorton and blackmail has tarricd on the
way TO the campaign Golfers. considerable
share Of 1t has been detained by certain mem
bers Of the police force. That Is too evident
now for question or denial. 4 lucrative frac-
ton of it has inflated the incomes Of certain
favored political leaders and hcnchmcn. The
wealth amassed by certain police captains and
other officials, the swiftly expanding fortunes
Of certain men Of influence i'm local politics. are
not difficult Of explanation when the extent
and character Of the ways and means and ave
nues Of extOrtion I'm this city are thoroughly
understood.
1t is not only the vice and crime Of New
York that are robbed so rccntlessy for the
benefit Of Tammany and the Democratic party.
The corporations are compelled TO give up large
sums. Authorized representatives Of Tammany
Hall and Of the Democratic State machine visit
the offices Of the corporations. especially in the
course Of great campaigns, and bleed the
poratons without stint. Threats Of hostile
legislation at Albany are extremely effective
agents of depletion These Democratic black
mailers make their demands upon corporations
controlled by Democrats, as well ~ upon those
controlled by Republicans. All il grist which
comes to their mill. But they will bc less active
In the future than they have been in the past
They will have no power at Albany this win
ter. and the exposures which have been made
Of Tammany methods have been so complete