The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-18
TWAIN IMPEACHIS CROKER,
APPLYING BURKE's SPEECH on
WARREN HASTINGS.
Human Nature Cruelty Outraged. In
jarcc and Oppressed. In both seses.
In Every Age. Rank. situation And
sondiuon Of Iife'-Poiice for Low.

tondfuon of tht -Fotcc Tor Low.
Mark Twain was serious last night.
Alter irving anti-Tammany talk on all
u,ncemen In front Of his house at River
d.. he came downtown ~ FAR a. the Wal
do-f- Astoria and made n fusion campaign
.,eerh In which he compared Croker 20
warren Hastings and Tammsny 20 the
rush India Company a. IL vas under
Hastings.
The address was given at q meeting of
the Aoprns. which order Mr.. Clemens re-
Gently Joined. He was introduced TO the
other Acoms by the Great Oak. Joseph
Johnson. With him on this platform were
Justice Blanchard OF the Supreme Court,
Recorder Gon and District Attorney Phil
I'm Recorder Coz was the onay man in
The room who didn't wear m acorn on tho
Ial"l Of his coat.
Mark Twa ain said the other day that he
would not make a campaign speech. He
aid last night that he was not going to
make a speech, but 10 read a magazine
article entitled Edmund Burke ON Croker
and Tamnany.' which he had written
fr the North Amsricdn RerieU for Novem-
h.- and which Col. Harvey, publisher Of
tb. Rcrlau. released for last nights reading
Just 10 show that his campaigning over
the garden gate with the policeman On
lL@N Nh'AA 49,
read n note which he had received from a
policeman. This was H.
DIAN SIR have seen nv the newspapers
tbst YOU have been telling : policeman that
isll ynu that most al the men ia the Police
department are for seth We syiupsthiye
sith you IN your efforts Tor the hon Seth
You see. said MIR. Clemens as he finished
rcaiing the letter. how much more re-
.rectml he was at the end Of the letter
- H. - I...L
puhceman. | know him. | try to know
A. many policemen and a. many clergy
men ~ possible. Ii never does a man
any harm
Then MIR. Clemens started In on his
magazine article which was In part
treat Britain had a TammAny and a croker
: good while ago THIS lamruauy was IA
India. and n began it. career with the spread
~ the English dominion after the battle 81
pIa.s.y IT, drst boss wss Cive. a sum
gently crooked person sometlm"s, hut
straight asa yardstok when 'pi.kstei WI
toss. Warren Hastings That old-ume lam
many was the India COMPANY government
and had IT, headquarters At Calcutta Us
tsnsibly II consisted ol a Great council OF
four persons. Of whom one vas the totner
Governor General. Warren Hasttngs really
IL consisted Of one person Warren Hastings
for by usurpation b. concentrated All
suthority In himself and governed the ooun-
Nov. then. let the supreme masters o.
British India. the giant cotI"Tati9n OIL
Of IN. citV OF New iork let the ,,reat Council
~ Calcutta stand Tor TImmany let The corrupt
and money grubhing great hive OF setts
which served under ths ludiaG ~lammany,-
rod stand Tor the New YORK. lsmnanN ;
.erfs lct Warren Hastings stand lot Richard
Croker. aud Il seems 10 me that the parallel
h. exact and complete And 80, let " bc
properly grateful and thank God and our
good luck that We didn't invent lammany'
No, II Is English We are always initiating
England sometimes to our advantsge, often
est the other way And " We can't md some
thIpa rRgeUf To initiate Ne are MllllUE 10 90
back a hundred years TO hunt for a chanc"
The calcutta lanmanv Ike our own
Tammany had hut one principle. one policy.
one moving spring Of action aNariCe, money
lust 30 that il got money u cared not a rap
about the means and the methods " was
always ready TO lie, forge. b"tray. steal.
swindle. cheat. rob and no promise. no en-
n Ross was worth the paper 4 vas written
on or tho polluted breath that uttered IL
i the parallel stll eIactp II seems TO me TO
Bu, then. tho parable, ,,op- Furthsr t
cannot 90 Beyond that line our Boss aud
the stated line we will not insult MIR Croker
by braoksting his name With the unsp'akable
name Of Warren Hastings
Herr Mark TWIN interrupted his reading
and said that he didn't know but what, on
second thought. Croker and Hastings
might be coupled right on to the end Of the
chapter.
The rest Of the article was made mp 81
extracts from Burke's Impeachment Of
~ - W A'AEh
ems that the name Croker be substituted for
Hastings and that local terms be supplied
for all reference To India and Britain and
that Taufmany h. put IN wherever Il fitted
Here h a sample from a score OF extracts.
We urge no crimes that were not. crime.
Inc that he did not commit upon dclib~ra-
ton that he did not commit against advice,
duplication and remonst rance that he did
nor commit against the direct command Of
LAWFUL authority thai he did not commit
AFTER reproof and reprimand. the reproof
and reprimAnd Of tho.e who were authorized
hy the Laws to reproye and repumand him
Iss sr'me' g, Mi h"i,1ns, ars no, opIy
baing crimes of contumaCy. They were
crime, not against forms. but against those
eternal laNs Of Justice which are our rule
and our hirthright. His Offences are not In
formal. technical Language. but In reality.
In substance and effect high crimes and high
He was fourteen years at the head Of thu,
,-rvice and there Is not an instance no, no,
20 detect corruption. or that he ever, In any
one single instance. attempted To- punish Il
Il snormlty which he attribute. 10 1t. slept.
az u were. A. once under his terror snd his
protection under has protection. II they did
not dare TO move against him under terror,
from his power 10 pluck out indiud9als and
nsss a I,ueiic eIamp,. 1T then yhsnsyer
under his guidance and influence. was, be-
yond even What IL own nature disposed II 10.
hivanc-. a servio. compo-~d OF various sys-
iems Of Fult. OF which Mr.. Hastings was
~" head and the protector
Th~n re~uming his own interpretations
In the magazine article. Mr., Clemens read.
And nov AZ last. We find and not without
pain that the prophetic eye Qf Edmund
Burke has east a Borrowing glance down
u. long procession % uuboTn years. and u
falls With a dull thud upon Mr. shepard
Tot Lngll-hmeu read
BAIT nov II Is true that. after seeing the
power and profits OF these men that there IL
heit6er power, professiop nor occupation
u be had which . reputable person tan cxer-
tst except through that channel men OF
higher caste ana born u better things have
thfoSn themselves into that dissraocful
-erutude ana have become mental servants
10 kn~sishmen, that they might .
Here is one Of Mark Twain's own charges
against Tammany.
" all realize that TammAny's hInda
mental principle N monopoly monopoly
% ONCE. monopoly of the public feed-
trough. monopoly ofthe blackmAil dertvabls
from protected gambling hells, protected
prostitution houses, protected professional
seduccrs Of country girls for the New York
PROSTITUTION market. and all that; monopoly
al around, 'tn some sense or other One
~ bufke's compact sentences Indicates
that the Indian Iammanv'. bAsN-rOCk ~