The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-08
INNOCENT
TAMMANY
The Victim Of a BlSCkmall>
ing Combine.
MEN WHO PURCHASE
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
Get Of While the Public is
Horrifed Over Dives and
Gambling DenS.

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NEw YoRe, Jan. s.--Thc charges tina
members of Tammany hall and Ne'
York City officials have been collecting
: "blood money" from gambling honsu
and other disrupuiabIe places of the ciiJ
is officially denied by the rammany
committee Of Eve.
Lewis Nix ~, who is chairman Of The
committee has made public state
ment In which he says
"Therc ~ an organization OF men
known a. the Combine, " that IL organ.
izel for systematic blackmail, and they
cloak the workings by pretending to be
paying Tsmmany hall the money they
collect for the protection they are sup.
posed to furnish In its name"
Frank Moss, ,ex president Of the Board
Of Police Commissioners, speaking last
night at the Universal Thought Salon
blamed the men who buy special priyi.
leges Tor municipal misrule in NewYork.
Ife said among other things "fhis un.
ahimous pointing 10 Door Senator Snl.
Ivan, Martin Engel, Perby Nagle aud
Deyery is suspicious that all the nows-
papers agree in attacking vice.
u suspicions that Tammany itself
points 10 the particular vices Of gam
bling and disorderly houses. am in.
clined TO look behind and see what
greater evil IL shielded. The men who q
might start an organization 10 overthrow h
Fammany are themselves guilty OF doing b
practically the same thing. The men y
Who have been building up this system n
{ corruption know that the men who h,
'ere In control In New York lie we're ct
nyinR privileges and were iatteninQ le
pom the fruits Of special purchase priv.
sges. ~ ~
Deyery is baienough, but be isa mere
eature, q mere product. The comma. ie
oners are rs guilty az Deyery, yet II
icy talk Of taking one Of them 10 be the "
ngle head Of the department. lie is A.
le very man who broke faith with a ab
iel with whom he had no fault to find, ie,
pnt Mr.. Deyery where he is At the rig
hest OF politicians aud gamblers. a''
ere has been all this discussion about -
O. but he bss done nothing, There yo,
never been single trial, but he is tha
tho ultimate criminal. He il the iroI
ature Of system. u
Croker Is certainly an object against , -,
ioh we have to turn our batteries but bor
ont know that be is the worst one. iron
ere are men In New York who are the
at financial powers andwho have been o'
nishing the brains Tor Tammany han ,' w"
years and protlting by il and they two
70 been using the rough man who is will
nominal head To control the masses Ioch
they have given him the rough man. ou',
O." surl
!. yom
Ir' Moss described the enormous stay
70 Of the subways as an illustration ever
he special privileges which he said Gle.
'rsain lew men we're interested in "a
he said that Il Was 10 protect them u'lN
he enjoyment OF that monopoly that TOM
= maintained Tammany and through ~
lmany prevented construction ol - -
pipe galleries which would carry -
= IN competition with the subways .,,s e
lh@ s the condition, yet ,hc mis-. ~ =.
'le pub lie is amused over dives and ~
bling dens and the holders Of spe,al ~.
dcges slyly say wen scc II We can o, S,o,
.he Feiormera 10 put in nomination -
mayor some men who wont interlcr, r.I,
our special priyilegcs. ."''
ne OF the biggest builders in New ,,n. un
said 70 me' III were 10 tell you -
experiences itWould turn the city ~ NJ
le down -
v hy don't You tel me- sud. 80 ~
'uld end ne, WAS the reply. What ~,
e'h'e',d uen We are ,n New York. ~
W seen men turned palo when 49,
oa'cd that they spcak out rhonsh a..
u bad 't is NO, the worst thing AL -.
Is not ioI corruption in business lie 49,,
, would not oo o. much In politics. a..
can Dc q railroad wreckcr or an ali.
'f OF corporations and be considered IL
'c'Ahle. The strife that ,s now on ca"
30 on an'h iorcv OF men Who have ~
osism aud civic pride will redeem !"
lily lits