The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-21
MR.. sTEAD's NEW BOOK
RI DEALS WITH THE Politics on
NEW YORK.
A Companion tn sslf Christ Came "a
chicaEo" and Evca More SEM
sensational In Parts.

London. November Got Copyrighted.
1897. by the Associated Press. )--"Sataus
Invisible World Displaycd:, or Despairtng
Democracy" Ia the sensational title Of Z
sensational book dealing with tho Greater
New York. which w. T. Stead OF Review
Of Reviews will give to the public Of Eng
land and America next month as the fruits
OF his recent trip across the water" This
book 10 to be companion piece to "lf
Christ Came to Chicago"
But for Chicago read New York and
for the other read the DEVIL" said Mr..
Stead, speaking to representative Of the
Associated Press OF his newest creation.
''Satan's Invisible World" was, actor ding
to Mr.. Stead, revealed by the Lexow COM
mittee and "Despairlng Democracy" is the
moral which he draws from the charter Of
Greater New York, which he holds to be
legislative declaration by tho citizens Ct
their abandonment OF faith in the pocsi-
bility OF governing great city by popular
suffrage. These revelations he reviews at
great length. having succeeded In obtain
ing one OF the Ave extant copies OF the
evidence. Such is the anayfVal poweD Of
the editors pen that from thousands Of
pages OF printed testimony before the COM
mittee he weayes coherent and logical
description Of "the system OF police pro-
lection, biackmai, and government by
pull. which IS made as interesting as 4
novel, while phases OF II will prove sur
prising. even to those who read the news
papers during the investigation. Incident
ally. he reviews the history OF Tammany
Hall and the methods OF its leaders The
hnp hv-toA L. ~lr,l.. 4.
descriptions In Mr. Steads terseet style
Among the other achievements the Lexow
committee nearly exhausted the vocabulary
OF our language by the word "pantata," he
said. 1T Is a mysterious word OF b.
hemian origin, meaning Nther- in law. The
New York police captain was hn very
special sense the father-ln-law 10 Z very
numerous progeny OF d,sreputable people,
instead OF being terror to evil -doers. he
became their pantata, who looked after
them with emi-parental care, who re-
garded, indeed. as his chief function, re-
taxation of the law in their behalf for
consideration received"
Under the heading the Farmer General
OF the Wages of SIM" be continues: For
the strange woman, that pathetic and
tragic figure In the streets of all great
cities. whose house OF old was said TO DO
the way to hell, going down TO the cham
bers Of death, an excited police captain had
only the sentiment OF rapacily In his
eyes she was merely an asset In bis farm
and one OF the most valuable. For in New
York the prostitute was tho rolicenian's
milk COW. The police we're not merely
stillkeepers on the way to hell. bu; II by
any chance the strange woman wished to
forsake her chamber of death they thrust
her back into II. What was II TO them
that she might wish to save her soul alive
and OUT of the pit? Her duty was to stay
md dali 10 ha teo
In this connection he reviews attempts
which have been made to suppress trect
walking, and concludes
Americans and foreigners are often
shocked at the state of London streets.
Mr.. Croker expressed himself se being
much Mortified at the state OF Plcadi1Iy at
midnight. But better thousand times
have the scandal OF our streets than place
the liberty Of all women AT the mercy OF
the police. giving men more or less immor-
al themselves absolute liberty to arrest any
women whom they please to say are lott
erlng for purposes Of prostitution.
After describing the various methods
and victims OF police ltackmail. the gainb-
lers. policy shops. disorderly houses, COM
mon thieves the election frauds concoct-
ed by the police, the system OF securing
promotion In office and political nonsna-
tons by payments to Tammany Mr.. Stead
gives tables Of the current tariffs from
CRIMINAL bupItcp Oh itNSiAie WIN VIC Wo-
portion of the receipts received by the po-
lice officials OF each grade, and arralgns
the police justices.
The solitary CLEAN Of hope which picrces
through this gloomy prospect to Mr.. Stead's
eyes Is the press. Newspapers have power
to investigate and expose. but in the most
remarkable passage OF the book Mt. Stead
proposes that their powersshall be enlarg-
ed by bestowing upon th-m authority TO
summon persons and papers and put wit
nesses upon oath.