Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-16
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The moral fotlountss Of the "finol,
police force IN the worldD has been
exposed In ~ l1a,hs9ms details during
the past few weeks before tho Lsx1w
investigating committee Ia Now York,
and the work Of unwilling 10 still
going on. The brutal character Of
many Of the mon 10 whom Is entrusted
the duty Of preserving and represent
Ing law and order In the great mstfop-
oils was shown Ia the iact that
whole army Of those uni'uri were
arfaignei Tor assault upon peaceful
oitlzsns. They teem 10 have used
their clubs merely Tor the pleasure II
gave them, ani we're kept on the force,
notwithstanding the complaints made
against them from time to umr.
Besides this. a regular system Of brib0.
taking IL shown 10 have been In vogue.
Persons carrying on legitimate bust.
ness had to share tbs profits with the
police In order to avoid being harassed
In various Way, and owners Of places
Of iniamy Of various Kinds sscapcd
prosecution by paying the police rrgu-
lar contributions. The money thus Oh
tained was divided between the msn
and some Of their superlors. Every
day during tho remarkable hearing
new discoveries OF shocking nature
have been brought 10 light
Probably the most sensational yet IL
the announcement by tbs New York
World, on what thst paper con.
silefs good authority. that those
Interested In the continuation Of the
corruption have actually gons to the
length Of Offering Nc. John Col, ooun.
sci fer the Lcxow committee, large
sums Of money for Withdrawing ifom
the case. Thostory goes that that able
prosecutor was approached by n high
rammauy official and offered $50, 900
10 give up the Investigation. Later,
when II became evident that the
seaTohlight was TO be thrown upon the
stage even behind the police depart.
meut aud igher up, he was, according
TO tho report, offered $4,000. Both
Oilers were Indignantly refused. At
last he was given 10 understand that II
he would accept the nomination for
mayor OF New York, he would be Gu
dorsed by TAmmany hall. Again hV re.
fused and resolved, II IL said. 10 add
his testimony TO that Of tho Others.
Interviewed on the subject, Mr. Con
refused TO talk for publication, u fact In
itself rather susplcinus; for II no had
not been approached At all with such
oiiep, the most natural course would
have been to deny the Tumor. but an
intimate friend Of Mt. Goa did not
hesitate to say that tho World would
not DO much mistaken Ia publlihing
tho Information.
ltishumlliating enough TO oonttm.
plate a case Of total depAvily In any
public servant In whom tue people, by
virtue Of their own majesty, have
placed confidence. But II IL worae
atill, that such indtscrlbible corruption
and deception ~ arc referred 20 are
part OF a machinery by which a whole
community is being manipulated
against IT, own moral interests. lfsuoh
things are possible In one Of tho lafg-
est cities u the world, tho metropolis Of
this country, once the G0d-giv,u
refuge u men and women who He'd
from the corruption OF the Old World,
II 10 time TO pause aud consider
remedy which shall be adequate 70 the
purifying tho body polite from hsai to
loot.
The struggle Of DR.. PArkhursi
againBi the iniquitiss Of New York
concerns the whole Republic, and the
fnal outcome Of II will DO watched
with the gfeatest Interest. The Iosl
question 10 whether the institutions OF
this country can be- useu with im-
puully for the iut,hevAnce Of seln'h.
nesY, greed aud vice, or whether IN.
dividuals, who thus lay unholy hands
on the sacred arb u liberty, viii not al
last be- smiilen as was ULEah at the
throshing floor Of Nachou.