New-York tribune., 1900-11-16
every day lured into the paths Of RIGHTEOUSNESS
and crime
CROKER OFFERED TO PUNISH.


and crime.
CROKER OFFERED TO PUNISH
Mr. Croker said to that II any Tammany
Hail ofhceholder or any man acting under Tam
many Hail authority could be proven guilty OF
harboring, furthering or nurturine this hind or
any other kind OF immortality he would give us
MS hearty cooperation in Furnishing the guilty
persons and In neutrazing the terrible danger
nave IN the destruction of the influences that
are frustrating our work. when I say we spend
IN IN. our one building over $4,000 a year to
+AinerlCanlze, ClVlllze and elevate these people
AS soon as Mr.. Straus had finished Lewis
Nixon offered the resolution providing for a
committee OF five to act with anv citizen or
committee Of citizens for he purpose of in
Vestlgating the moral conditions of the city and
Tor receiving and suggesting remedies for the
correction OF abuses; the committee to have the
luli power OF the organization TO act. The
mlttee with Mr. Nixon as chairman was named
as above
NEVER TOOK A DISHONEST DOLLAR
Mr.. Croker then arose and said:
/ nave nothing to add to what has been said to
you by Mr.. StrauS, because he is familiar with
the matters on which he has spoken to you
nope that this entire committee will give it's 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
Gnu Anu rlsht mere want 10 reiterate what said
three weeks ago to you, and that is that not
enc dollar comes into my possession from land
ioruS OF poolrooms and houses of i'll fame; and
II any one of you gentlemen is collecting from
any or these people YOU had better get out
Of the organization. 1t has for you. You
are disgrace to it. The organization can't and
won't stand for any such thing.
Inc impression has gone abroad, and it has
heen openly charged to me right to my face. that
we collect money from lawbreakers. 1 challenge
any gentleman in this room-and you have
known me for q long time-to say that he has
ever known me to receive dishonest dollar
But the impression is out that you leaders walk
down to me every little while with your hands
fuIl Of money collected from those people
| am not talking for political effect. l am
talking of what you should do as good citizens
and l am satisfied that this committee will do
and shows to those who misjudge US that this
organization is not responsible for the crime.
but. on the contrary is its greatest foe I trust
that II this committee should ask any one Of
you to appear before it TO give information you
will appear before it and do everything in your
power to make its work successful
Now, gentlemen, l going to leave you next
Saturday. l am not going away for pleasure
but for my health and before I go I want to
thank you for the splendid work You have done
Tor the Democracy in this city
FITZPATRICK Is ADMONIsHED.
Corner Fitzpatrick. who is the leader in the
WITH Assembly District. where the Educational
Alliance is situated. arose and said:
I have listened with great deal of interest to
what the president Of the Educational Alliance
has said. 1t is all true There is one thing l
want to say about our district. Our headquar-
ters are across the way from the Alliance. I
want to say that there is not a house of illfame
in the district. If there is any immortality it is
in the tenement houses, and don't see how you
can reach it.
Mr.. Straus said:
That is exactly what 1 said The immortality
is in the tenement houses"
Mr.. Croker jumped up excitedly and pointing
his finger at Coroner Fitzpatrick said
You don't know what you can do? What you
want to do is to act and try to do something
You say you can't stop it. If you do nothing
II. If the people find there is anything wrong
you may be perfectly satisfied that the people
right itself in spite Of wrong, and it can be
righted. If this committee goes to work with
the support of the police-and now let see if
the police will help can do much.
want 10 say that this Committe We have ap-
pointed is as good one as any that could be
picked from any organization in the city
Mr. Fitzpatrick arose flushed, and rather an
gry said
We don't have street walkers in our district.
The people certainly moving from their
homes TO other tenements every month so.
and that Is where the immortality comes in. All
which Mr.. Straus has said is true. but these
people keep moving around and changing the
immortality with them, and how can any one
stop it? | want to say here that there is vio-
latng in my district The evil is all in the tene-
ment houses
STINGING REBUKE FROM CROKER.
Mr. Croker jumped up again and. angrily
pointing his finger at Coroner Fitzpatrick said:
sav 10 YOU there is soliciting in your district
Even the police solicited there. and they
don't do anything to stop it, I can produce
nolicer1en who were solicited in your district II
you don't know about il YOU don't know as
much about your district | do and I am not
in that district one -thousandth part OF the time
you
A motion then put to adjourn. and in the
shouted
There are more policemen in my district who
solicit than who solicited"
Then the committee broke UP.
Mr. Croker refused to discuss this any other
matter after adjournment