The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-13

The Croker administration In Greater
New York has been prompt to show its
hand, and to exhibit to the citizens OF the
metropolis the character OF the reform
that le to be expected from Che restora-
itlon to power OF the corrupt Tammany
organization. The new Croker admins
tration had not been in Office a week I'M
til the announcement came that the re-
form measures !naugura.cd by the last
administration were to be permitted to
be openly violated. Last Sunday wit.
messed the Inauguration onee more OF
wide open Sunday saloons and reckless
disregard OF law by the taclt consent OF
the head Of the police department.
Broad lsberallty" was announced and
the Ralnes law was trampled under foot,
while rejotclngs and open contempt for
law and order were rampant In the ten
derloin districts There was no indlca-.
ton shown to await, for.the sake OF de-.
cency, the repeal OF the law. 1t was, In
effect, declared null ana void without re.
course to the courts and by the virtual
mandate OF men sworn to uphold the
statutes. The president of the police
board himself sent out the tip when he
announced a broad construction and
liberal enforcement OF the law" and the
hearts OF the would:be violators OF the
statutes were gladdened. One New York
paper describes the Sunday scenes in
part as follows:
No barrooms fhad bankers out or brass
bands advertising the fact that they were
open for business, but the thirsty yester-
day, had no need to look for n hotel sign
before applying for q drink. s. &
Along the Bowery the Sunday was "all
right" The man who was showing the
inlquitlcs Of gambling gave his exhibition
with cards, although the barker who usu-
ally Invited persons to step inside was abb
sent. The museums were doing business
and man did not, need break into the
an entrance Into the clothing stores.
The barrooms were doing business on the
quiet. The windows showed the barkecp-
ers doing work. and streams OF men ex-
planned the way to the rear door. The
sacred concert was In full blast Is 4
II any liquor dealer failed to do business
It was because his stock had run out.
Even the dead houses"-nve-cent shops.
where ping hats are served-were doing
business: There was little effort at con.
thrown away the sandwich after Mr..
iork's speech to the police captains. Men
who had been in the habit OF writing their
names on the sandwich on every Sunday
missed II. There was no attempt to COM
ply with the provisions Of the law.
Thus is Crokerism in full sway once
more in New York, and the work of the
people who four years ago united to
throttle the high-handed reign Of the
tiger and his contempt for law, after
years of effort. have witnessed resump-
tion of business by Tammany at the old
stand and in the old method
Aside from this resumption the policy
of spoils has been resumed and Is now
the unwritten law OF the administration
which has renewed its grasp upon the
taxpayers of the city, It is fine state
OF, affairs which the people OF the great
est city on the continent have to contem-
plate. Professions OF progressive re-;
form and economy" announced at the
beginning are already. being violated,
and while Croker winks his eye and
hypocr!tically poses as a reformed
boss" his ilenchmen are getting things
in shape for another reign OF hold-ups.
The voters of the city are mainly reepon-
sible for It all, and We presume they will
be obliged 10 take their medicine with as
good grace as possible. as other mis-
taken voters have done before.