New-York tribune., 1897-11-21
'' 'SATAN,S INVISIBLE WORLD'
W. T. STEAD WRITES OF THE CHIEF
CITY OF THE NEW WORLD
THE ENGLISH EDITOR DRAWS A BLACK PICTURE
OF NETWORK UNDER TAMMANY RULE

London Nov 2o-"Satans Invisible World Dis
played: or Despairing Democracy Is the title
of a book dealing with the Greater New-York
which w T. Stead, the Editor Of The Review OF
Reviews" will give the public of England and
America next month. as the fruits OF his recent
trip across the water This book is TO be n
comnanion piece TO 'If Christ Came to Chicago"
"Ru, for Chicago read New-York, and for the
other read the Devil" said Mr. Stead. speaking TO
a representative OF the Associated Press OF his
newest creation.
"satan's Invisible World" was according to MI
Stead revealed by the Lexow Committee, and De
spairng Democracy" is the moral which he draws
from the charter Of the Greater New-York. which
he holds to be n legislative declaration by the cit-
zens OF their abandonment OF faith In the possl-
bility of governing a great city by popular suf
frage. This charter he conceves TO be the sequel
and direct result OF the revelations uneartheh py
the Lexow Committee, and these revelations he re-
views at great length. having succeeded In obtain-
ing Of the five extant copies OF the evidence.
The author weaves description "of the system OF
police protection. blackmail and government by
pull " incidentally he reviews the history oi
Tammanv Hall and the methods OF its leaders
wherein he declares that Honest John Kelly was
n misnomef deals with Mr. Croker In n strain dt-
ferent from his recent 1atterng magazine sketch'
and says sundry unpleasant things concerning Mr.
Sheehan based on the statements OF LeXow Wit
nesses. Speaking OF Mr.. Goh he utters fervent
wish that England might have been favored with
so skllful a prober for the South African inquiry
However this criticism of their foremost city may
be received by Americans. 1t will urquesti"nably
have the effect Of Strengthening the opinion al
ready cherished by Englishmen and Systematically
fostered by their newspapers. that the munlcral
governments OF the United States verge upon or
ganized brigandage Mr.. Stead fortihes his indict-
ment OF New-York by testimony culled from
wide range OF American authorities. The title Of
the book is borrowed from Hopkins's treatise OF
witChhndmg "aS being the most appropriate "'-
scription OF the state OF ahysmal abomnaton into
which the government OF New-York had sunk he
fore the great revolt OF 1891" Hero in the his
tory Of Ncw-YOrk we have the whole Internal
phantasmagoria once again. with heelers for
witches policemen wizards. and secret sessions
in Tammany Hall az the Witches Sabbat OF 'he
new era And behi3d them all, always present but
dimly seen. the omnlprescnt central force. whose
name IS muttcred with awe and whose mandate Is
obeyed with speed is the same sombre figure whom
his devotees regard with passionate worship. ana
whom his enemies Gread even they curse his
name And this modern Sathanas-this man who
10 every good Republican Is the most authentic
incarnation Of the principle Of evil. the vcritable
archncnd Of the political worlds tho Boss OF
Tammany Hail
In the beginning under tho heading Of Liberty
Enlightenlng the World" Mr. Stead devo,os a
chapter 10 n glowing description Of New-York
Harbor. which he Hkens to the approach to the
Golden Horn. Mr. stead continues as follows:
The cync may that the analogy between
Boss extends further than the seagaie TO The city
but 10 The millions whose eyes have rested hungriiy
known. TO the earth's downtrodden and oppressed
the new world Of which New-York holds The key
hope New-York merely as the portal OF the
continent had long been to them as n KIND drSY OF
To hard-driven. hopeless man. To the great mas
Of English. Scottish and Irish peope--as distn-
gulsh,d from the travelled and more or less cut
Irrd mlnOrity-the United States has for hun
dre wears been the land OF their deal. often dearer
S to ,hsm Than ae'T Son @%n " to Is at )
monwealth has been somewhat dashed IN Trsat I,
Brtan II si exists IN full force across the lTlsh
W"wYork Is no, merely the typical and
through which the ola World peeps INTO IN" Nw N.w
iI''nIied states. TO nine-tcnths or mankind Ncw-
York is America: All the rest 9t ths Gouhtay -
but the pedestal upon whicn NeT W. orm ~ shirn
vas once a name at tho sound q which men re-
nrwcd their nope and faith IN the progress Of the
worIG has become a bywori. II kissing and r.,
proach Il IL a subject IN when We OF the ga
world have weish'y rsasoh o 'o ncd nT rteyon. dis
coura cement In the betrayal oi the cauS" OF NJ.
in the very yestieule ana i % %.
New York darkens the sombre shade VIM, en-
compasses the oppressed ana g'"duehs WIN e''
iov the heart OF the oppI'ssor
Aft.r n chapter describing the growth o; New
York TO the position Of second city In the word
tho author tells the story OF st. Tammany hhu
the Devil" "Tammany is due TO the wisdom o'
the old serpent he declares viewed rom '''
outside the secret Of Tammany success hes II
a. ,o, that Tsmmany has from the first beer
/ ,.,uv a Democratic organization. No one VAS TOO
noor TOO wicked or too ignorant to be treated hi
Tammany as a man and brother II ne "ou'
/ stapd In with the machine and join the nrother
hood" ,,,..
Viewed from the inside, he explains the POSSIBILITY
Of the organization on the hypothesis that lts NOV
ing spirits have placated their conscience WIN |"
/ so,bistrv that the end justified the means.
This Pharisaic panoply In which Tammany wa
clad as in a coat OF mail was no small element o
! ifs strength The same characteristic is ooserVaoI
| IN all OF them. Whether II Is Boss lweeu appear
| ing confidently to the verdict OF honest men upon
! career Of colossal theft and almost inconcevaol
fraud or Mr.. Croker. who. after SURVEYING III
whole lie declares that he has not discovered
single action which he has reason to regret: o
| Bourke Cochran. who was at once the Apollo an
the Demosthenes OF Tammany. the same uhe'ou
tn hoot GrstIes with striking headlines and De
| scriptions in Mr. Steads tersc style Among II
1b yocobuiarv OF our language by the word pan
tata" he says. "it Is mysterious "oIM oI ,U DU
heman origin meaning ~rIy .nSca sense IN
/ father-ln-law 10 n very numerous progeny OF di1
ega1e people sT 2f Gf"t Who eTrSF ooG
them with semi parental care VINO resarneu y, hn III
deed his chief junction 10 Teia ule i'" III wv
| behalf-for consideration received . a,
! Under the heading. The Farmer-'enera' ot '''
! Wages Of sin" he continues: 1900, .,
"The strange woman that pathetic ana tragl
figure In the streets OF all great cities whose hou
| from Of old was said tO be the way ol hclL Roll
! down into the chambers of death, excited III IN
| police captain only the sentiment OF raphcly - ,
his eyes She was merely an asset In his farhl, an
| one Of the most valuable For In New-h ork IN
| nrostitute was the policcmans milch cow me y.
lice were not merely tokcepcrs on tne way
! hell hut II by any chance the strahse "'uhn h
| vrlebed 10 forsake her chamber OF deatn w w
tbrnst her back into It. What was IL 10 tnei 'ih ~
she might wish TO save her soli aSo S .orn % 6ollor
| pit? Her duty was 10 stay '"e'' NV" ~ ~
| for the police. ,. .,o,hodz and victim,
| After describing the various methons ana nlc,i IN
Of noI,cc blackmail the gamblers. policy SHOPS dis
! orderly houses, common thi,NeS t,e ~ ,,ri,
| concoc.cd bv the police. the system OF securln
| ynno,ions in Office and political nominations ID
| nayments TO Tammany, Mr.. Stead eiv's tables
he current tariffs from criminal sources OF rrven W Nv
yitb the nroportion Of the receipts received Dy pc
| lice officials OF each grade ana under the caPtuo
| ON he Iudgmenl Scdt, ArralEns tnt Pouo