The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-27


ConditioRs-FIerce Denaciation OF
the wfEwnm.
Copyright. is11D
New York, April 4.-The municipal gov
eminent Of New York is the most cor
rupt in the world. This does not mean
that It is not an effclent government. for
in many respects IT is. Life and property
are fairly well protected. The school sys-
tenn Is not inferior 90 that OF other cities.
although there f. room for large improve
ment IN It. The health, street and IRE
departments cost an enormous sum Of
money and perform the duties Hith which
they are charged fairly we'll The admin
istrstiOn of the city finances IL all that
could be desired. That is the FORK OF
Controller COIer. who il antsgonistlJ to
the Tammany boss and his followers AZ
rule, there are few scandals connected
with the administration Of justice the
benches Of the higher courts being filled
BY men Of ability and high character. In
the old Tweed days. there were Bsrnsrds.
Csrdozos and Nouns in the temples Of
justice, who made their names the syn
onyms for corruption and rsseslitY Of the
bssest kind That type Of judicial sc0un-
drel disappeared long ago.
This Is about all that can be said In
favor Of the city administration. In near
" all other respects. it Is fneffabiy bad.
Within the past three or four months
the Committee of Fifteen. appointed BY
the Chamber Of Commerce. have c0nctu-
sively shown that the police force Of the
city Is used In the yilest way that can
be devised for the protection Of all man
ner Of crime and the collection Of an
enormous revenue which goes to the en-
T1chment OF the Tsmmany teaderH Toll
running into the millions. f. levied on
gamblers, p0Olro0m keepers. low rum
snOpkeeDers, women Of 90 fame AMI
every other brand Of criminal Immunity
in the Preparation u crime IL purchased
Dy all these classes at regular fixed rates.
/ payable weekly and monthly. The police
are at once the protectors Of this vicious
element and the collectors OF the black
mail that is wrunz from them for the
berent OF the political bosses The re-
SUIT Of this licensing Of crime 10 70 scat
ter a moral pestiIencs through the com
nunity Put up or shut up is the one
mandate that must be 0beved not only
In New York, but in Brooklyn. AMI ia
every other part Of the great city where
vice IL able to maintain a f00thOid The
these abhOrFent conditions. In the crowd
ed tenemeuts Of the East side notorious
women are allowed to ply their infamous
trade, eieDauching young girls by their
evil example and sllurfng them into the
paths that Lead in the end to the de-
structtOu Of soul and body alike Tam
many is the financial beneficiary OF all
this scarlet iniquity. and until the city
. - rescued from the essatsol 81 shss iBfa-
toe F~.-,
not be brought about
Tnls Is the struggle in whfzh Thousands
OF decent honest citizens OF the rnetroo-
OILS are now piedging themselves 10 en-
Sage-to Drive TsmmsnF from poEer and
make the governmental conditions Of the
nrst OF American cities. the second city
IN the world, a credit azd not a disgrace
20 American CIVILIZATION TIE uprising
against Tammsny makes a go~rnfdatte
showing at the start and that is haig the
battle II is strong intellectually. potfsf-
eal'y, and tt may BE- added socially.
Ihere IS no ADLER man on the bench. OK
at the bar than ex-JudEs Joseph r. Dsrg-
WHO, at the initial meeting OF she new
Democracy. led In the ASSAULT on croksr
ISM This upright Judge Esx refused a
denomination because he declined to obey
/ the command Of the owner OF the Want
age racing stable TruGhfuITv Character
tZing Croker as 'fgn0rars ffrgs@r.ta ,s--
scrupui0us and unpFfncfDlaf' % judge Dali,
put the question to the citizens OF Ne1
Iork- Is not every vote cast TO retain
IamnanE IN power. q vote to perpefuste
the crime which u encOursEes2 Does not
every poor SOst soul that goes down 10
peTdtti0n tn the 'red-lfEht' district and
every other district where rhe torn ia -T5,
VIDE open cry out - Tor vengeance
on those who by and deed ana
money and vote. make .ssfbEe the crime
which has destroyed them what anSwer
Will New YORK make at the ballot box
next November II its conscience can h.
awakened and kept awake during IN.
seven intervening months. the response
will be the determination Of a political
gang and their Leader who. fn the mill
ions OF money they have fIrhef from tire
criminal classes. and the moral ls,~oxw
they have scattered through the com
immunity. make Tweed and the rzEczIe that
supported him repuss57e citizens by c1---
parisOn-
While the outlook for the Sefest Of
TammanT Is more promising now than at
any period since the Old County Demo.-
racy made the fight for the control Of the
cfty government r must be admitted that
the situation is full Of perpIexfties Mass
meetings and conventfous count for I5rrre
against the superhIY organized forces Of
the WtgWsm with the en1ru0ms earn
petgu fund that IL will have At it's cn--
msnd- an army Of cffBcehol1@rs almost zs
Large as that now in the Philippine Isl
snds- and the practical control Of the
election through the police force To de-
feat this enormous power all the parrtes
and shades Of parties opposed TO Tam
many must be firmly united There ungzzs
be on the part Of the dissatisfied Demo
Gratis and the regular Republican party
the closest union Tot only - to the can
dtdste to be put in the ield hmr with re-
spect to the lines On which the battle
shah be conducted II this esznnoc De
accomplished Crozerfsm Will most sssur-
eddy get a new lease Of power and the
publication Of New York postponed for
years TO come. That would be a depdora-
bic calamity. not only to New York Itself
but Ii great measure 90 the other great
cities which are endeSvortmg 10 Wrest
their management frOm the clutches of
Inscriptions bosses, and the thfeW5nz
rings that flourish under them MlnfranaI
government is the great problem that re-
Of il 10 the metropolis would inspire
courage and hope everywhere and lead 90
the reformation that Is so much Needed
From this point Of view the election here
this fall will be- Of national ard even lr-
teruariOuaI Importance. The oEerthrou OF
Crokerism will serve to elevate tine Amer
icau name and the principles upon which
our Institutions rest tn every quarter u
the globe. W II Manning