New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-28
.yO Use FOE 4 'SQTEALER.'

In the explanation given i"i "''""'"0
name from the bail bond for PONCE ''P''ln
Scbmittbcrgcr. little further explanation wouid
moi u. amiss lie Is said 10 have asSish'u IN
his reason for requesting 10 be- rcieaSr 'ha'
"wben he consented 10 20 on Schn1'p'TG''
"bopd he thought the Captain was an hohorapic
"man. but he had no Use for squrill'r' Nh
Rrcslin keeps a hotel. A iirst-clsS ho'ri III tue
"renderloin" precinct. Has been many years III
the business Was not by any means DORM N'>
terlav Is repucd 10 he Il very Ihi'lii"'h'
oujck.witicd person. who does not need III phNI-
ness matters a crnsorVator. nor In dealing WIN
in. d.p,rtmeniS Of the municipal government
an instructor He knows the public "l'irl'lN "'
This town without an Introduction. and III" town
its,lf without u map He can in most cases hnd
his way. And he went on captain SchinI''
h.r,,o,,s hond Was not bindfoldcd when he
did il: his eyes were open. Was not forced l."
II: did it voluntarily and freely. Nor WAS H.
huucocd. Mr. James II. Br"SnS eye teeth were
cut "A great many years ago. II" hh'" >'i''''''
berger knew the precinct Knew what was
going Oh in 30 without gifts 81 second S'Ih' VI
clairvovanc,. aud knew - well ~ any "'n''
man what The charges were. ana Whi' were '"'
probabilities ~ 10 his guilt or Innocence u
would be- a reflection upon his Intelligence To-
sunposn for a moment that in ia" face 81 ia"
published testimony h" believed 'P'''"
Schmittb,rgcr innocent. knowing MIN &" p'
guilty. h. gave bonds for him because ~ IT,
saws he Thought lie was Nh h"n"rabl" man
A II there could be- honor In hlnckinail'r.
And when his principal does The oniy decent
and honorable thing lcft him I" do: when N
confession Ia, offers The only reparaion possible
,o violated law and the cheated public. MIR HT''S
lin whi-k, his name of The bond with I'll" snr'r
that be- has no Use FOR Il s'u"a"r
~, Use for a squcalcr" Mr. BrcNlp' VIII.
the uublic la. II YOU have not. what did you
mean. Mr. Rrcelin. when you said You Thought
s,hmitti.rg.r was IAN honorable man >ou
tucw H.. was not an honest man That bad i"'n
rr,vcr DO Won distinguish between the >'mpI"
ho,u.snun oualitv II common honesty that does
the drdgcry Of duty without frippcy or ir'IlS
and the pinchbcck thing called honor 10y fools
when they break one set 81 laws and 10y thieves
when they band together against another: was
# The proycrbial honor among thieves 10 when
,,.,, rofrr,.1 when Won said you though, Schmiti-
herrcr WAS IAN honorable man" and did YOU
mean bv II that You Thought the ih"iS scI'>'
-, .honor" would deter him from making con
fession - crimes from III" g'iln 81 Nhl'h 'h'''
,,. -, earthly uosslbiliiy of his escape: Was
that Your meaning. Mr. Hrr-ln: l. NE pun"
+, understand that - long n ms man STOOD IL
mart Of a system founded ia dish"n"r. buiI' upon
Grim. and held together 10y perjury. N"" "''i
have. Use for him and Wrr" WilliilS ]" "NSI>' MN
IN ro,urn: but that You dropped HIM ~ soon ~
Ia, shaved a disposition 10 tell the truth. because
van had no use for Sqlcal'r Ana WIS "
vu,r oyuertation and desire that Tins poor devil
tangled beyond cXrrcation in the I"NoW loiI>'
vould 90 on pcriuilng himself III The drll>i"h
thai the lies which were sending INN I" STAT"
Prison might save the system 81 when II" WIS
- bart II he only persisted In them! WHAT use
had Won for Schmiitb"rgcr before he Spu'ii'u !:
Is the inference fair. IL II JuSl-ii certainty i
uatural-that yOu had AN interest III Inc ihaih''h
ance Of "A system under which this Town ana
its taxpayers have been held by III" throat Tor
a long period Of years while men who were paid
TO defend HE. protect property, enforce 'a"'
maintain order aud punish crime nav" p'''h III
l.ague with criminals and themselves habiiual
yiola,ors Of law? And do YOU represent III ms
ia. hotel propricors and landlords Of the "Tcl
deroin" precinct:
These questions are NOT impertincnt. Mr.. Er"S
Won do have some use for the public You have
some use for the patronage which the community
furnishes. and You have some use for lis con
fdence You need II, and You cannot afford 4"
abuse IT, The eyes Of this community are just
now wide open. The people are looking AT This
nass,ng show Of men aud things with unclouded
vision and no illusions and Judging them with
mickened intelligence and minds alert They
S.., ,h..r, will
ing bv false sw caring 10 uphold system which
imposed upon and defraudcd them yon s'"w
by him: but that So soon ~ he manifested DIS
DostiOn 10 act honestly toward them You
dropped him with the remark. which yon meant
to be cutting and severe that You had mo use
for squealers" Would ii be strange, Mr.. Brcs-
lin If the public learning 80 Enthusiastically from
vour own lips that your interests were not Only
not identical with theirs hut Numerically hos
tile. should ask themselves what use they have
for YOU: Intelligent persons do not undertake"
10 punish differences of opinion with The sense
less device Of "A boycott: but Intelligent citizens
are AT this moment SO profoundly stirred WIN
horror and Indignation AT the outrageous abuses
which have been hcapcd upon them under The
existing police system that any expression 81
sympathy with or forbearancc for that system
IL scrutlnized with the utmost rigor They can
not help asking in view Of your recent action.
what special motive mpclled you 10 bcfrlcnd II
man whom you knew To be dishonest and Il
perurer so long as he persisted In his perjury,
and throw him off so soon as he became re-
pentant and began telling the truth.
On the whole, Mr.. Breslin. don't you think you