Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
The Lexow Investigating
Committee.

NEW YORK TAMMANY is aying a
hard time of it. 1t was not only cleaned
of the political field by the late cleo
ton, but now the Lexow investigating
committee bids fair to polite ally, NOR
ally and socially bury it in oblivion.
When Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst start
ed out on his personal investigation
into the condition of social and pcliti-
cal life in New York City, he was not
only cried down and ridicued by the
criminal aud Indifferent classes in the
city, but ministers of the gospel all
over the country characterized him as
fanst cal and impractical. But DIR.
PaIkhurst has accomplished wonders
and to-day has changed hatred to
fear, indifference to lively interest and
the opposition and ridicule of the pull
pit to eulogy and the highest admira-
ton. Inc crusade started by DIR.
Parkhurst in New York CITY will not
stop with that city. 1t will touch
every city OF any note in the country
and correct evils without number in a
great many of them. The great papers
of The country, many of which ut first
ridiculed DIR. Park hurst in his work.
ing all in their power TO aid in the work
SO well started by him, and are giving
to their rra ders all over the country,
the details Of IA great city's shame.
IammanY with its iron Iule is shown
rs great octopus with its sucker coy-
cred arms reaching into, and taste ned
upon every branch or government and
nearly every branch of business in the
city. 1t seems little short of q miracle
that in so short time, a movement
st trted by one man, should have sue
ceeded IN so completely depriving it
OF ITS strength and making it a Kissing
and by-word in the mouth Of every
respectable and law abiding citizen.
There appears to be no limit to the va
riety of methods used to extort money
and gain power Policemen were pen
stoned off at $1,000 per year to make
room for new promotions. One of
these pensioners, Thomas Mulvey.
moved over to Brooklyn end is now on
the police force there at 5000 a wear.
Police Captain Creedon paid $4,000
for his position. Another man offered
$4,000 but Creedon was tod by the
pow ers that be that if he would 90
$4,000 better he could have the place,
and after advi-ing with some friends,
he took it. OF course. be expected TO
get his money back somehow from his
office. Officers have been paid from
500 to S125 per month for protection
of houses of i'll fame saloons kept open
IN violation of law, low theaiers, gam
bling dens, green goods firms, while
various sums have been collected from
so called sporting clubs for protection"
during prize tgbts,do fights and other
illegal amusements. Innocent persons
have been dragged into court for the
sole purpose of making court fees,
guilty persons have been allowed 10 60
free ON payment of from ten to five
hundred dollars to the police officers
and justices In fact, there seems to
have been nothing that corrupt offici-
ais would not do If there was only mon
ey in IT, the object Of the scheme being
to keep Tammany in power.
TIE Lexow Committee makes new
devel npments every dav and each de-
velopment brings 1them nearer the
ring leaders and head managers of this
new era of Boss Tweedism, until there
will be little surprise if some persons
blgh IN power are implicated in official
malteassnce, such as has not been
heard OF before in the United States
Let it come