New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04
INDESTIG1 ATE UITDER.

IN ESIIGIIE DIV J Eh.
The March Grand Jury ought to take up the
ease of Police Justice Patrick Diver and give
| it vigorous and unsparng investigation. 1t
| is we'll known that the Grand Jury which In
dictcd the criminals whom Judge Barrett has
been sending 10 prison would have indicted
/ Diver if number Of witnesses before that
/ body had not committed audacious and reckless
perjury 1t was well understood by politicians
| that Diver did authorize the offer Of certain
| prizes to the Tammany captains of election dis
/ trcts who would turn in the largest percentage
! Of Tammany votes. 1t was under the stimulus
Of these offers OF prizes authorized by Diver
that the startling frauds which were committed
in DIVERS Assembly district were pcrpctrated.
| II ought 10 be possible for the March Grand
Jury 10 get sufficient evidence before it Of DIV
vcrs responsibility for these election frauds 10
indct this man. The Grand Jury indicted, and
the courts convicted. number of the miserable
followers and hcclcrs of Diver and Sullivan
and other Tammany leaders; but the Tammany
chicftainS themselves have so far escaped. No
one familiar with municipal politics can doubt
that the real responsibility for the election
frauds committed last November and in previ-
ouS Novcmbcrs rests upon the Tammany lead
crs. and these the men who ought to be
Indicted and brought to the bar.
Congressman Dunphy has fallen out with the
Tammany chicfainS. and has just published a
letter which affords strong confirmation Of the
charges Of extensive and serious frauds which
have been practiScd on Manhattan Island by
Tammany Hall Dunphy asserts that the colo
niZatt)n of trampS and inmates Of lodging
houses was practiscd to Il most serious extent
In the downtown districts He gives Il vivid
description of the hortlcs of miserable beings
that were imported into the various election
districts 10y Tammany scoundrcls and whose
votes were east for Tammany candidates. II
cannot bc doubted that thes" men were paid
for the ballots which were put in the boxes
The revelations in court in the recent trials Of
the election eases offer ample proof Of the
nature and extent Of the election frauds ;hat
have been committed year after year by Tam
many Hall II is time 10 punish the men who
are chiefly responsible for these offences We
shall never have honest elections in New York
until the DIVERS and the Sullivans and the
Tammany leaders of their stamp are where they
ought 10 be-. II would not be- surprising II
some Of The undcrlinGs who have got into SORT
Gus trouble by following the orders Of Diver
and Sullivan and the Leaders Of the rammany
gangs should now confess and tell the whole
story of Nh" crimes which have mad" elections
i'm Me- York city under the charge Of Tam.
many Hall byword and kissing and Il rcproach
10 the Nation. II these subordinatcS will tell
the whole truth they may fairly expect more
lcncnt and mcrciful treatment than they would
otherwise receive. II is as plain as anything
well can be-. if these men should come forward |
now that they are In trouble and tell all that !
they know. their revelations would involve some |
Of the most conspicuous and influential lead
crs in Tammany Hall
Congressman Dunphy is thoroughly familiar |
with the methods and the system pursued by |
the Tammany leaders. and his disclosures must |
convince every intelligent reader that Tam. |
nanys power in this city is founded in crime |
and buitrcSscd 10y crime. 1t cannot now be- de- |
MED. after the exposures made by Congressman ,
Dunphy. and after the revelations Of the cleo |
tion trials. that men high in the confidence of
the junta IF Tammany Hall are really rcspon-
Siblc for the pollution Of the suffrage the clec-
tion frauds and tn" election crimes which have
been committed in this city To IA hldcoris cx.
tent. Mckanc is in Sing Sing. II the citizens
of NcwYork VIII set on foot AMI carry through
Il movement here similar To- that originated
and pushed forward 10y the Committee of one
Hundred in Kings County. McKanc would soon
hay" plenty Of Tammany company in the prison
by the Hudson River. This is great cncr-
@cncy AMI great opportunity Congressman
Dunphy'S letter. added 10 the other revelations
which have been made, ought To stimulate the
people Of New York to great uprising against
Hall. and 10 such Il series Of inveSti
CATIONS and prosecutions rs shall secure honest
elections in this town in the future. Police jus.
lice Diver is typical Tammany leader. lie
has been pushed into prominence by the Grim
nal CLASSES. lie represents all that is base in
\cwIorl life. His presence on the police court
bench Is Il stain on the reputation of the first
'ity Of America. II he We're innocent he would
not be- on the Pacific Coast. when his fol
overs and undcrlings are suffering the penalty
# the crimes which they committed To advance
lis interests. This is Il time for publication and
,urgaton in city politics. The day Of reckon
ng for Tammany Hall ought To be no longer
claycd. Every member of that corrupt and I'M
body who is in any way responsible
or the election frauds and almost all of the
cadcrs are in reality responsible 10 be
ent 10 Sing Sing. If the Tammany leaders Of
his town should get their deserts the prisons
4 Ncw-York would soon be crowded with hun
reds Of new occupants.