New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06
THE 4. 7. l. BUG1BCO.


Folks are not easily fooled this year. senator
O'Connor and Commodore ElhridGc !. Gerry
will do we'll to bear that in mind. The moral
and religious farce in which they played leading
parts at Albany on Thursday miSlcadS no one
1t is too late t. play successfully the \. /. y.
buCaboo II did not succeed anywhere III the
campaign Of last November, and II VIII not now.
In the hearing on the Police Magistrates Dill be
fore the Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES Comm"-
dorc Gerry who i opposing The bill osonsiDiy
in behalf Of his Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children bu, actually for an ultcror
purpose which his connection with lannaly
Hall sufficiently explains Unlimited that re
licious prejudice was ut the bottom of ihe move
mcnt against the present Police Justices When
asked if some Of the Justices were not open 10
criticism the eminent phanlropiSt answered
with the imucrturbahlc GOODNESS Of Policeman
before the IcX0w Committee that he had no
KNOWLEDGE Of such cases. Replying To Senator
O'Connor. who asked if the peculiar features 'of
the bill were not really anti Catholic he said
he thought they might be, and later, when Inc
same Senator. acting rs prompicr asked II II
"was not possible that those back IF the bill
"vantcd Justices who would discriminate In
favor Of a sect" he said no felt certain some
thing Of the Kind WIS Intended The report
goes on f. sly that senator O'Connor intimated
that the A. l.. \. was back Of the bill, and that
the Commodore said he was afraid there was
something in H."
So, Senator O'Counor md Commodore Gerry
think they can make intelligent voters believe
that their opposition To- Tho removal Of these i'o-
lice Justices. whose character and habits are
pretty well knoWu-in this community at l'lst
is based on religious grounds That Patrick
Diver and "Joc" Koch AMI Tom Grady ANA
the rest If that fine array If iur>iS ar" not the
associates of criminals and partners in crime
not tho drunken and foul mouthcd hAthcr'h!icS
they have been taken 10 br, but ar" really bul-
warks Of religions liberty and champions Of free
dom of conscience, and all that sort of thing.
And they think they can make common folk, be-
lievr that the reason why The Committee OF Ten
and the Committee Of Seventy and the R'pb-
licnn party and lJi.OOO voters IN this town ask
for the removal Of this highly moral ana r.
lgious Bench Of Police Justices is because all OF
them are IN sympathy with the narrownc,s and
bicotry of what is known rs the \. J.. \, and
are animated by a purpose hostile 20 thr Catho-
lie Church It Is hardly necessary 10 say that
each Of them IS seeking for an excuse 70 defeat
4 bill which the vast ma jory II voters in this
town demand IN the interest II common dcconry
as well as common justice, and that both IF 'hcm
know better These Police justices do not repro
sent the Catholic Church. ~ 40 one would the
limitation be more angrily resented than 10y the
dignitaries Of the Church AMI the majority If ia
COMMITMENTS.
A serious attempt was made by Democratic
leaders in the last campaign to use IN" y. i. \
bugaboo in the interest Of their party. II was
made feature in the platform adopted AT Sara
losa. and that distinguished apostle II religious
liberty. the lion. David T. Tin, emphasized it
with apparently great succ,o, in his speech 20
the convention. How did it work? Let the
10000 Republican majority answer. over i'm
Connecticut special stress WIS laid upon it under
peculiarly favorable conditions I'm the New
Haven Congressional District, with the result
that that always sure Democratic district was
carried by the Republicans 10y larger majority
than ever before and larger than in any other
district in the State. 1t WAS tried in a notable
manner in one Of tho districts Of this city 10y
some Eighty Catholic clcrgymcn, but the man
agcr Of the Republican campaign, meeting one
Of the clcrgymcn the day before election, said:
Look here Father , you're way off on this
"a. =. 4. business. The Republican candidate
'for Congress is the son of a Methodist clergy
man. the man who puts up the stun for ms cN-
'pcnscs is Hebrew; I'm managing his cam
"paign and I'm a Roman Catholic freshman, and
"you can't queer any Of us. Don't make 10
bleeding error about that And that candl-
date for Congress had the largest Republican
majority given in any city district. The \ i. y.
bugaboo does not work this year, aud Senator
O'Connor and Commodore Gerry ought 10 know
It. They probably do. But it would be much
more manly, well as more honest, 10 give
their real reasons for opposition than 10 resort
to this very cheap and wOrnout subtcrfusc.