The sun., 1894-08-13
Arr DUE TO rAMMlNYIsN.
Hs~ the Hsu. Jeh. r. st Jshs Aeesu-t-
Tor the Nstion's HE.


addressed a large audience OF Prohlbitionists at
Prohibition Park. staten Island. Yesterday.
Mr.. st. John took for n subject: "Tammany;
or, Boss Rule" and before he had finished his
remarks. he had credited all the misfortunes or
the past few years TO the influence ~ the Demo
cratic organization Of this city.
Dr. T. X. Funk opened the afternoon by
reading several letters from prominent Prohi-
| bitionists among them being one from John
| Bcrii Of Brooklyn. Along with his letter MT.
Berri had sent map showing the location OF
the various saloons within 400 yards ~ the
| Br,uklyn city Hall. The saloons were shown
| by huge black spots on the map. and when Dr
| Funk showed II TO the audience a murmur OF
horror swept over the hall. In his letter Mr..
Berri called attention TO the condition OF affairs
in Brooklyn by pointing out the fact that within
800 yards Of the city Hall there were seventy
eight salOons and but one church.
! And yet" pu; In Mr.. Funk before the cleo
| tion Of u reform Administration, and while
| Hugh Mclaughlin was still In control there
| were but seventy two saloons in the same space
| and Ave churches"
| A few remarks not highly complimentary to
| Mayor Schieren and his colleagues were made
| by Dr. Funk and then Mr.. st. John was intro
| duced
| II see that I am down to address you on
| Tammany politics and its effect On Christian
|
| broader question than this. There was time
when people had to gu to New York to find
| Tummany. but this IL no longer the case. There
| Is n Tamnany ring on n small scale perhaps
| IN ever, town In the country to-day, and In al
! most every church In the nation we find one.
| Hut the place where we see the greatest Tam
many influence is in the Senate of the United
I states. There the influence of this organization
/ l. concentrated just now.
| A, gal, laIa aa
Is by thugs and bumnersl- IA and you will fnd
/ this strange. haletul influence there. Go to Gin
| cinnati. or Philadelphia. ar Baltimore. ST. Louis,
| Detroit. nr Butfalo. or in fact. amy Of the big
| cities. and what do you hndf Why, ramnanN
| influence. Tainmany rings politics without CON
! science and all without respect for God or man.
! Why. only eleven niit Of ever, hundred families
in the cities In this country. because Of the
| THminany influence. own their own homes.
We hear IL great deal every day about reform
aud reform tickets, ami you've just heard what
BrOokiyns experience withn reform govern
/ mrnt has been. They got their reformers in
over there. hut where Is the REFORM tell you.
expect then, to settle this liquor question
I They will not do II. iou must elect Prohibi-
WIN, II f" the T mem 'Sn ON these @ ref reform % tckst are
good and worthy members OF the church. They
are not necessarily Pr3hibitonists. and not
great work. Now IN Brooklyn they put church
deacon up Tor Mayer and they ELECTED him.
saloons have increased over there tell you
Y wouldn't give =, snap of my finger foi Demo
They must be prulibitionists elected to do this
work, or Il will never be done. lo9 may eler;
select from all your fashionable churches dea-
cons and make them Aldermen Make othe'
deacons and church elders members "f the po-
lice force. and just ss long as the Democratic q"
Republican ticket il voted for hy them. just -
long will there lie no reform In New York city.
The parties these men belong to may have tile
right idea On the liquor question, nhd they may
symrathtze with us who are nshting the trhfnc.
but. | tell you, they cannot afford to suppress
the saloons.
York than to elect one OF these goUly -goody
men. like Brook lyn's Mayor. 10 the same posi-
tion in New York. The better the man YOU put
up why the worse il will he for humanity. lie
viii simply clothe this damnable bnsines, with
the gauze OF respectability, which Is Just what
We don't want done. Jerk OH thr blanket and
none may he deceivr.l.
Lucrative body. under Tammany innuenc
hagvlng and qnarrel!Ing over 4ne-eishIh q u
lime they have been sweetening their nnancia.
condition by sugar investments. until. under
Tammany influence. they have beromc stenci
In the nostrilS of common drcency. u was
abolish the senate entirely or else elect 1t by.
direct vote Of the people. The Democratic part
not been able since to muster enough votes to-
grther to condemn that robbery. tell you IL is
too much ,wretrning in the Admlnistrat lon: too
much lnolasses and too many nies. Thatsalls
:" / live in a State. thank God. where not an
American nag floats over legalized grog shop.
There are young boys In my state who have
never seen a drunken man and who have been
taught Ia regard the word saloon a. bit of
profanity. recollect that some days ago Sa-
TOLL issued some Kind OF u decree that hit the
Tammany saloon keepers between the eyes. |
say God bless the man who helps in any way to
make the liquor traffic disrcputable. don't
care whether he be IA Catho c or u Protestant II
Is time TO rise above Chnrcl, influences. II an
helps in the work OF oN-rthrowing the saloons |
say ,iod bless him.
that il for every man and woman in America
who love their home and their country To unite
clubs and hludgcons will be- used. but simple
strike against the saloon. Just think what
far West. Just look at The falling ling on In The
prices ot wheat and other products; All OF this
a% mnn'sG , to hs sEr,ois SmmIHy toy
those who have welded this influence and
caused t9" ogGTesSi%t Of the people
hands; rammany is certainly going Ia be
brought to Justice It may not be In this
just watch and see Il I'm not right"
Al this Iunclnre Mr.. -. John ceased his ar
iIiT Ii1is story Illustrating the friSRtful eject o.
+ liquor. II was about man whO while intoxi-
his Wife, aud child in the river while trying 70
ford it. He was the only one saved, and Mr.; ~.
saInon keeper who had sold him the liquor, and
u church deacon who had alway voted the
/ before the Almighty. The speaker th"n
/ went ON and repeated the conversation which
! would. lar said, probably ensue between the Al
/ mighty aud the three men. First he had the
/ drunken husband excuse himself for his sin by
! blaming the saloon keeper for selling him liqun-,
: and then. To the utter amaZement OF the aud
rnce, MIR. -. John carried on "a conversation he
tween the German saloon keeper and the A.
! mighty, using dialect while speaking as the Ger
/ man.
I MIR -. John also gave the deacon's many ex-
( cust.s TO the Almighty In a humorous manner.
The rest Of Mr.. 1t. Johns discourse was devoted
. IN m AT nj nf hR m which fn
! down the liquor trafic. NOIe only for Prohibit
! tOnists, he said. and don't under any Circum-
b stances compromise with any refOrners. That
/ Mas the only way tn win the day he added. and
/ ifthe rule was stuck 10 fsthfully the PrOhib-
| tuu party would win in the end
WheR Mr.. ~. John had finished, an old man
in the rear Of the hall rose and said
| " MIR. ~. John, IL retOIm ticket headed by
| DIR. I'arkhurst and backed by hiIn. his parish
I iOners, and Archbishop COrrigan, 10 put in the
/ field for the RvOwrd intention OF reforming New
| York city, how shall voter"
/ " Lei the reform ticket alone and vote the
f.sla NJ Ipl.V,