New-York tribune., 1894-10-24

,undred wears 1t ir barely twenty-five years since
ne gathered the fruit Of Tanmany Han oe'o''
But understand that Tammany SAYS SAYS it Is not no,
responsble for the condition OF the Police Depart
mept because II alleges that the Police Commission
is bipartisan commission. hope you WI! iiaHe a
note enough of that excuse to determine that when
this election is over we shall demand Police De
partrnent for whom the authorizes are respohstsUe,
that we sa ia m no ouraged SgEn cy for CONDITION
of affairs that is a scandal 70 the civhzed "ofiu
sut now let us weigh Tammanys plea for
moment That organization has had uhtrdfhmeled I
which time the Police Board, every place IN it has
fallen In. Now Tammany says that with the entire
bipartisan commission. they have been so unfortu-
nate. both with Republicans and Democrats. as to
find men who could not perceive what was gong gong
on in the Police Department N~aughterD why
the. gentlemen Of the Committee OF Seventy are
Hall. but they have not made any such mistake
with the city ticket which they have just indorsed
tApplause) They have gone into both parties ana
they have taken out Of each party men whom the
OF w be proud an TO TGe aGr
In the selection Of its Police Commss'oners Cen
by any such plea that. What Is the situation
which you and | are called upon TO confront to-
night? police department is organized to enforce
the laws and protect the citizens in their rights
and yet captain after captain officer after officer
spoils Of projected vice and cr.Ine and upon the
blackmail of every legitimate business in the city
NATURAL ONLY IN MOTT-sT
am glad TO believe that there many excep
tions in the Police Department. Never heess. that
is what has been shown by the Lexow Committee
to many men in those ranks. Therefore say.
canno; be turned or with any such slight pea as
that. No. sir. Outside OF Tamraany Hal there is
only one section Of the city where this OF thins
would seem natural Ii is precisely the Chinese
method Of procedure that / can imagine in hottest
1t seems perfectly natural. | imagine that In
Mott-st they wonder why we have the audacity 10
object one Of the graduates Of SchOo. Of Mines
went few years ago to China - superinteni the
working OF silver mine for the Government After
he had been there long enough to accumulate upon
Der OF the neighborhood concluded that the time mad
come TO loot the mine He went about II IN the rcgu-
lar Chinese fashion. He ca.iel upon the officer
manding the troops which protected the engineers
and workmen TO agree with him as 10 ths division
of the plunder They arranged wha; the troops
,houd do when they were attacked, and everything
seemed prosper well. When the matter had
reached that stage the officer commandInc the CHI
soldiers said TO the engineer: Now. sucn
and such day this is going to happen, and IL VIII
b. q very good day for you 70 he IF OF picnic on
the nelghborlng hills" The American engineer said
II cannot do that. Price L.se has trusted me; |
shall have 10 fight" But" the officer. 'dO
you mean that you Americans will fight 10 protec,
this" He said Certainly. we will" and that atti-
tude broke up the scheme.
Now. the question want 10 present 10 this audi
ence and through them TO the people OF NewYork
is iust that. Do you propose 20 fight when you see
that sort OF scheme carried before your faces or
10 you propose sit sim and et II be carried in
definitely? (Cries OF Fight
7 remember standing against that wall twenty
four years ago when the original Committee Of Sew
enty formed that overthrow the Tweed ring.
and we'll recolect one thing that said on that
occasion by William NJ Evarts. Nppiause) He