The Anaconda standard., 1899-04-18
MOSS AS Low COMEDIAN
The Investigation Was Prompted
by Revenge.
HE HAD LOST FAT FEES
The Republican Bosses Defeated at Every
Turn-Tammany the Friend OF the
People-New York No Place
for Western Men.

| Special Correspondence of the Standard.
New York, April 13.-New York Is not
suffering from ennu. 1t is not sleeping
because of the dullness of the entertain
ment The programme which is pre-
sented to the visitor who enters this
great theater of the ma ton is something
| like this:
| 1. Curtain raiser, entitled "The Pi-
rates of PlattSance"-a side splitting
| farce-comedy, in which the low come
| dian Moss who imagines that he is a
heavy tragedian. plays the leading
''roll,' with the accent on the roll"
2. Dinner Politics. or How to Con-
vince the Observer That Bill Of Fare
Is a Party Platform
3. Patriotic tidal wave for the Raj
eigh, the ship which fired the first gun
in the famous battle of Manila.
4 Spring weather, spring bonnets,
spring smiles and spring gayety--a
show in itself, worth more than the
price of admission.
5. The development of national poll
tics. viewed from the grand stand to
which the politicians of the country
6. The conflict Of parties, or how the
people will win their fight for munich
pal ownership of city gas.
These are a few of the attractions at
| the "Theater New York" during the
spring season and the entertainment
is one of the most interesting ever pre-
sented to the country.
AS for the farcical investigation of
the city administration, it is the lamest
the city has ever seen. The republican
bosses have been defeated at every
| turn and, having seen Tammany take
the side of the people in opposing the
Astoria gas steal and the Amsterdam
avenue railway grab, resolved to repeat
the old trick of hiding their crimes by
bowling at democracy.
The investigation has proceeded along
the old lines. without arousing the old
time interest. 1t has been the most
ridiculous exhibition since the official
attempts to. whitewash Algerism.
Are there dives" in New York? To
be sure. So there are in Boston, in San
Francisco. in Chicago. in Philadelphia,
| in Helena and in Butte.
| The dive" is one of the institutions
| that goes hand in hand with civiliza-
ton. Civilized communities contain a
certain percentage of the low and the
| depraved. The laws and customs of So
ciety ostraciZe these elements. They
must have a rendezvous. They consti-
tute what. up to date, has been an in
! durable disease. The disease cannot be
| eradicated in a day. 1t breaks out in
| spots. Those spots are called dives
The legislative anteseptic is applied to
| the sores and municipal inspection pre-
vents their spread. The philosophers
of the ages have failed to find rem
edy which will completely eradicate.
| To limit the eruptions to certain spots
| and to make those spots as small and
| as inconspicuous as possible is the duty
| of those who enforce the law. On this
| theory. and I believe it to be the correct
| one, New York has done it's full duty.
1t is the cleanest large city in the
world. 1t has less of fragrant vice than
any city of it's population on earth. The
| percentage is less than in any other
city in the United States. This can be
stated without fear of successful con-
tradiction, and the result has been
| brought about by Tammany Hall,
which is the natural governing power
| of the metropolis.
| One of the best retorts made by Chief
Devery during his examination by In
| vestigator Moss. who was a former po-
lice commissioner, was that which oc-
ours in the following dialogue:
Moss-Why do you not close the dives
| in New York?
Devery-Why did you not close them
| when you were commissioner?
| MOss-I did.
| Devery--You did not!
Devery spoke advisedly, for he was
| on the force under Moss. He told q
truth known to every observing citizen.
Yet this man Moss and his hypocriti-
cal coadjutors pose as high and holy re-
! formers who, if they were entrusted
with power, would revolutionize hu-
man nature, wipe out all evidences of
original sin, transform saloons into
churches and inject high-grade morality
into the naturally depraved.
The investigation is partisan and in
sincere. 1t is the result OF the defeat
of the Astoria gas grab. which deprived
| Boss Platt and his sons of corruption
fee of over 100000 and it's result will
be an ignominious defeat for the repub-
| lican Pharisees.
There is not nook or corner of New
| York in which you cannot go at any
time of the day or night with perfect
safety-not a street or locality where
life and property are not protected.
say it upon the authority of men from
all parts of the nation who have come
seen and studied, that men are freel
from assault and women from insult
in the city OF New York than in any
other metropolitan community in the
land. If you don't believe it, ask some
Of the Montana delegation who, imme.
diately after the adjournment Of the re-
cent memorable legislative session o1
Montana, enjoyed sojourn in the city
|
| However let not the young men Of
the West forsake good situations anC
bright prospects for the advantages ant
allurements Of the big town. During
the last two months have met severa
Montanans here who have come for the
purpose of seeking employment. They
find it difficult task. Thousands OF
bright and competent young men are
walking the streets in search of work
All that glitters is not gold, nor do thu
brilliantly illuminated streets and tht
magnificent palaces constitute oppor
tunities for all who come. New Yorl
is not the place for unemployed. Their,
is no surplus demand for labor. Tht
accountant, the clerk, the young pro
fessional man is infinitely better off il
Montana than here unless he has
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