Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-03
RoOsEVELT'S WARNING. (
Declares Every storekeeper in New
York VIII Have TO Pay Tribute
If Tammany Wins.

NEW YORK, Nov. Theodore Roose-
velt began his speechmaking to the Long
Islanders to-day before the business men
of the city had finished their breakfasts,
ard at noon he had addressed audiences at
ten or more stations along the line of the
Long Island railroad. His principal topic
was Richard Croker who last night at
tackled Colonel Rooseyelt's administration
of the police department during the may
orally of Mr.. Strong. At Southampton, for
example, Colonel Roosevelt said that II
the Democratic ticket was elected in the
state, it meant that every storekeeper IN
the state would be laid under tribute to
Tammany Hall. ''Tammany, he said, al
ready blackmails vice and collects tribute
from those who thrive on vice, but it is
now beginning TO levy tribute on honesty.
where honesty is helpless and if you elect
Tammany you will assist in that opera
tion."
The tour of the day closed with two big
meetings, one at Flushing at o'clock and
one at Long Island City. Colonel Roose-
velt's train arrived at Flushing at 6 o'clock
and he rested until it was time for him
doors and he received an ovation.
Colonel Roosevelt began his speech by
asserting that his real opponent was Mr..
Croker. and not Van Wyck, and then
proceeded TO reply to the formers attack
upon his administration of the police de-
partment. Colonel Roosevelt said, In part:
/ He attacks my administration of the po-
lice department. | should be sorry. indeed,
If 1t had merited his praise. Mir. Croker
invoked the testimony of Tweed against
Judge DAILY, and now he himself testifies
against me. Well he may. He says, in effect
that, under my administration, crime went
unpublished. That statement is simply I'M
true. Near the close of my two years
term of service, the presiding judge of the
month in the court of general sessions
stated that crime had diminished until it
was less than ever before in recent years.
Mr.. Croker does not really object TO what
We did with crime. What really makes
that CALLED jade vince is what we did with
vice.
THE acknowledged partnership existing
between certain leaders of Tammany hall
grace of New York. 1t was or this that
We warred. / broke up that partnership,
and l will break it up again when l have
the chance. let Mr.. Croker cry ever SO
loudly. 1t is small wonder that l should
be denounced by those who exact tribute
from purveyors of vice, who rob the hon
est poor, and who care as little for civic
pride as they do for decency and morality
1t is fit that Mr.. Croker, now seeking to
corrupt and degrade the bench. should rail
at the men who drove out corruption from
the police department. He now runs the
city through one Of his delegates; and
swollen with the power which this gives
strike down an honest judge because that
Judge is not his cringing sycophant. II;
through another delegate, he gets control
of the state, the honest men of the state
may expect evil times indeed.
'"rammany now blackmails vice; but it
has already begun TO blackmail honesty
where honesty is helpless. If it gets the
power it will extend its system OF cor
ruption all through the state. This was
once before done. when Tweed was dicta-
tor: it behooves the good people of the state
to see that ii is not done now. Mr.. Croker 3
governor could send Mr.. Croker's judge TO
any part of the state, and, if Mr.. Croker :
mayor were charged with malfeasance. it
would again be Mr.. Croker's governor who
tried him. What a travesty on justice such
4 trial would be.
Mr.. Croker is striving to render the
judges his equally servile tools.' He has
the mayor; he wishes the governor. RI the
police force and the judiciary, the executive
at Albany and the executive in New York
all become his supple-kreed servants. his
power will he supreme. and we vii! have
against any extreme of corruption or law
leSSncSS.
Tomorrow at l O'Clock p. m, Colonel
Roosevelt will leave for Troy, and. after
speaking there in the evening, will so to
Albany ard speak there. returning on the
midnight train to New York.