Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-16
REIGN OF VICE
IN NEW YORK CITY
Croker and Tammauy viii Crusade
Against It,
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE,
One Consisting Of Five Members APP
pointed Boss Dick Tells How He
Does Not Get His Income.

New York. Nov 15.-The executive
committee Of Tammany Hail held a
meeting, at which Richard Croker babe
all the leaders goodbye and took a
hand in starting the movement to rid
the city Of vice. In a little speech, the
Tammany leader said he was going to
Europe for health. not pleasure. and in
troduced Isidor straus, president OF the
Educational Alliance as man who
was acquainted with the condition OF
things on the East side, adding Il hope
you will give attentive hearing to his
statements Of the condition Of vice that
exists there and that after you have
heard what ne has to say you viii use
your eye, TO correct those evils as far
as lies in your power"
Mr.. straus said ne had met Mr.. Croker
at dinner accidentally. and had talked
with him for two hours over the condl-
tlons on the East side. and Mr.. Croker
had asked him to talk TO the executive
committee OF Tammany Hall Then. adj
dressing the committee, Mr. Straus told
OF what was needed on the East side to
suppress crime lie said that he, as a
Democrat, had frequently had cast up
70 him the statement that Tammany
Hall receives the greater part Of It's rev.
enue from people In these evil condi-
lions OF life and no good can be accom-
plshed until the power OF Tammany
Hall is destroyed. Mr.. Straus had re-
peated this TO Mr.. Croker, and the latter
asked him TO come before the committee
with the statement and had promised
his aid.
Lewis Nixon then. by resolution, had
a committee Of five appointed TO in
vestlgate the moral conditions of the
city, and 20 receive and suggest RENEE
dies for the correction Of abuses" Mr..
Nixon was made chairman. The other
members are George c. Clausen, presi-
dent Of the park board; Michael G.
Murphy, president Of the health board;
John j. Scanned. fire commissioner; and
John w. Keller, charities commissioner.
Mr.. Croker then arose and said II
have nothing to add TO what has been
said TO you by Mr.. Straus, because he
IS familiar with the matters on which
ne mas SPOKEN 10 you, nope tndt TINS
entire committee will give its full
strength toward helping him and his
work. We should heartily indorse his
remarks and aid him in the work Of
crushing out this awful crime. And
right here / want to reiterate what /
said three weeks ago to you. and that Is.
that not one dollar comes into my pos
session from landlords Of poorooms and
houses Of ill-fame, and II any of you
gentlemen are collecting from any Of
these people. you had better get out OF
the organization. IL has no use for you
You are disgrace TO IT, The organiza-
ton can't and won't stand for any such
thing"
The meeting broke up in confusion
because Of the attitude OF Coroner Fitz-
patrick. the Tammany leader In the
Fourteenth assembly district, who de-
MED that there We're any disreputable
houses in his district. lie said that II
there was vice there II was In tenement
houses and could not be controlled. To
this Mr. Croker excitedly replied that
the coroner did not know what could be
done until some effort could be made.