The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-25

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which should send them to
penitentiary, are put in office and kept there
by the people. These official crimes are
carried on with the most complete inpunity,
because the official criminals know no one
will interfere with them. They know that
the people could go to the polls and turn
them out of office, but they will not, because
there is no great arousing of public indigna-
ton against the ~rascals.
Despite that under our American sys-
TEN, government is of the people and by the
people. the fact remains that the people
take very little interest in the elections.
Those who hope to gain office, salaries and
perquisites by this election of candidates on
II particular political ticket, will Use every
~cyertion To secure their election. Those
who will lose office and all that means will
oppose them in every manner p ,ssible. The
persons who want public contracts, fran
chises and privileges to use public property
and to make money out of its use, will, of
course, work for the election of those from
whom these favors can he expected. Those
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b%usiners is To Il certain extent in violation of
the law, are always the most active and de-
voted partisans of those from whom these
criminals aud promoters hope for protection
in their neflrious callings.
Recent Investigations in New York
City demonstrate that numerous establish
ments devoted to providing for and pandrr-
ing to the worst sorts of crimes and vice,
are directly under the protection of the po-
lice authorities of that city. and yet. when
the criminal corruption of the officials is
brought home to them, the offenders not
only cannot he punished, but they cannot
he brought to trial in the Courts--and New
York City Is not alone in her protection of
vice. Right here in st. Louis vice flour
ishes amazingly. What other city in u re-
spectacle civilized community would permit
the running of policy shops, under the con-
troll of II certain Missouri State senator.
open to the public at all times? What other
city would permit and encourage the run
ming of games of chance aud wheels of for
tune, ms was RIM in the open at the South
Broadway Merchants Association Fair last
week in direct violation of the law of tn
state? AMI yet, when these facts are laid
before the public, they shrug their shoulders
and maintain in office men who not only per-
init these things, but are u party to them.
Hon. Frank Moss, late Police Commits
%Sioner of New York City, aud more latel,
engaged in Investigating. the corruption ia
i, the Police Departments, in an article
in the October North American Review. dc.
tails the vast abuses of police power to pro-
trct aud foster the criminal classes for which
the protectors reap large rewards.
If he or she can pay for it. the purvey-
ors OF vice and crime are guaranteed against
any punishment or interference, while honest
policemen ARE afraid to make arrests unless
they are sure they are not interfering with
protected criminals, for which they would
he certainly punished.
Mr.. Moss details Il state of affairs that
exists in all metropolitan cities, right under
the eyes of its citizens, that should shock
and horrify decent people, but when once
they are accustomed to it they do not care.
In n great city nobody cares how many bows
and girls are debauched and converted into
criminals and outcasts, provided only that he
lndivually is not molested. Each person is
interested only in his business, and he
cares not what may happen to anyone else.
Thus it is that the DeODle can neyar