New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
A MENACE TO THE CITY.
TAMMANY MANIPULATION OF GRAND
JUEIES.
ONE or THE CHIEF REAsoNs FOR HURLING THE
CORRUPT GANG FROM PowER-MEN WHO

ONE or THE CHIEF REASONS FOR HuRLiNG TIE
CORRuPT GANG FROM PowER-MEN WHO
FFARLrssIY PROBE PUBLIC INIQrITY
DROPPED FROM THE LISTS.
The revelations which have come 10 light regard
nr Tammany's efforts 10 crush out all indepehu-
cnce in Grand Jur.es by excluding from the lists
of Jurors the name OF every citizen who has shown
a deposition to investigate Tamnany corruption
in the departments. and to push inquiry in the In
tercs: OF decent municipal government. have natur-
ally awakened intense Indignation in tie commit
nifty ut large.
II has been observed that II any Grand Juror
makes himself at al prominent in efforts TO ur.-
cover bad and dishonest practices his name Is
sure TO disappear from the list from which the
Grand Jury Is made up the following year \
notable instance of this Is found In J. Harsen
Ehoadea the well-known and pIblic-sprited presi-
dent Of the Greenwich savings Bank. Mr..
RlOades. foreman OF tho Grand Jury, thrust
his prob. SO deeply into some of Tammany's tester
ing municipal ulcers that the wild beast Of the g.
wan began 80 arovl and show his teeth. When
this years Grand Jury Est appeared Mr.. Rhoadcss
name was rot there. \ number OF other high
minded citizens who willingly accepted the labor
dovolvlng upon a Grand Juror, and exercised the
powers Of tho office solely for the good Of the city.
nave been promptly stricken from the rolls. 1t
IL sail that few OF the members OF tho grand In
uucs; who were active IN the bodies which caused
the Indictment of the Tammany Excise Commits
sioners Koch and Fitzpatrick, and which exposed
the overcrowdcd and suffering condition OF the IN
mates Of the citys prisons and asylums, caused ~
the la,ness of the Tammany Disrict-Attorncy and
his assistants. and the general worthlessneas ana
incnciency of the Tammany Board of Charities
and Correction were ever summoned 10 act again
AZ Grand Jurors Tammeny Hall will rot have
Grand Jurors who NEEDLE In examinations showing
rnalfcasancc and mismanacement In any or the
departments controlled By Tammany officials and
Tammany Boards
one OF the methods devised by Tammany Hall
for protecting the liquor interest Is By having t
.preSr ted on the Grand Ju-ies of the county The
practice Is known 20 many persons connected with
the trade. as we'll as by others outside OF H. Just
before the Grand Jury lists made up every year
che law requires the Commissioner CT Jurors %
prepare the Jury list IN September) the wholesale
il1uor-dellers' association IL asked 20 furnish LIST
Of names whom he LIQUOR interest would IKE 70
i've to fifty names. is sent by the hand OF trustee
messenger to Tammany iia iesqer OF aPp , W.
0ticial list ~ Grand Jurors for the year is pub
lishcd it is uniformly discovered that every nar1e
which The wholesalers iecommended goes mo IN IN
Grand Jury drawn contains the Names OF some OF
those representatives. Of the liquor interest. Ihesc
Grand Jurors are no; always liquo--dealers though
some If IL" best-known importers Of wins ana
liquors are frequently drawn" hut II they ar"
Which the traGr has has perfect i confidence
TN" persons who 10 serve as Grand Jurors =,
ire courts Of oyer and Terminer and General Ses-
sions supposed 10 be selected from the Ists OF
o,.it jurors by board which e composed % he
Mayor OF Oh" city. the Recorder. the city luage'
the Geoerll Sessions Judges and by the Clet JUS
tc,s of the Superior and Comron Pleas Courts.
Four II the members Of the board constitute
quorum. II is usually made up Of the Mayer. IL
corier ard two Of the Judges Of TIE Sessions. I,-
law requires TIA, not less Than Coz nor more t.lh
olD persons shall be summoned. the usual nimoer
&. little over 500. Eut the boa-l docs not often
concern Itself with the makeup Of the fst That
part Of il Is taken cait % 10y Tamnany Han ex-
pcrtr VINO prepare the list putting In ana striking
out az they are directed by superior Wigwam au-
thorlty. \ great responsibility III this matter de-
wolves upon the Mayor and Recorder, VINO, II 50
Disposed could prevent the elimination Of the names
Of good citizens and the Introduction OF men placed
ther. 10 serve interests inimcal 70 those OF the city
When the next list Is prepared. William J.. strong
Will probably be Mavor. and John W. Con Re,
corler ard tho people OF NowYOrk may depend
Up,n y tina: Tammany's juggling methods in the
construction az Grand Jurles composed OF plaoie
material will cease.