New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
A ROSTON ALDERMAN.

- Whom "Sam" Parks was convicted Of crime
and sent to State prison the continued loyalty to
him of the labor union which he had uSeu as
the instrument of his grating furnished 'he
material for some wonder, some Indignation ana
much moraliZng. 1t certainly sad to see a
BODY Of organized workingmen not only show
ing q moral sense so blunted or so undeveloped
that they had no condemnation for crime COM
initted by a fellow labor unionist, but also so
lacking In intelligence that they did not COM
prehend his exploitation Of their organization
for lis personal profit and their injury. 1t
seemed as if respect for law must be At a low
ebb when proved extortioner could be received
as hero by professed!y honest and lawabiding
citizens. But al how much lower an ebb does
respect for law and common honesty appear In
the light of Tuesdays election in Boston!
The voters Of Roxbury rallied in force and
trIumphantly reelected as alderman for the
Seventeenth Ward Of Boston James f. Curley,
who is at present in Jail serving two months
sentence for conspiracy against the United
States government Curley and his brother, a
member Of the legislature. impersonated two
other men in q Civil Service examination. They
were tried in the United States District Court
and convicted. The judgment was upheld by
the Circuit and finally by the United States
Supreme Court, and they We're resentenced
OF November by Judge Lowell who said:
was imposed has been inexcusable" He de-
cIared that If IT were legally possible he
would on that account increase the penalty to
the maximum term for the offence and added:
81 wish TO state that the opinions Of the con-
t'stituents Of these men do not influence in the
slightest degree the decision Of this court l
consider that their supporters share in the
.'shame"
Before going 10 Jail the Curleys held a fare
well reception at their headquarters The al
,derman thus explained his "martyrdom":
What we are going to serve time for is no
more serious than If one got drunk or broke a
pane OF glass. And we did il without the slight
est criminal intent the least desire to in5ure
the community or the nation. Two Of our fol-
lowers, two neighbors wished 10 better their
condition. In our effort to assist them to obtain
the necessaries Of life, to gain i position where
they and their families might be enabled to
actually live, we took the examination for them
That was all; that is what we are going to thar
stone house for to face two months of monot-
ony. TO be separated from our families friends
and all that We hold dear.
The brother declared that he was not ashamed
of what he did. 1t WIS due TO 'largeness of
heart" He promised 10 carry on his poiitical
campaign from the JAIL and urged his fellow
Tammanyites," as he called them-the Wig
wants political methods are, wherever found
naturaliZed under that name even in Toxic
Japan, where corrupt city ring is called Tam.
many by the Japanese themselves-to remem.
Der their allegiance and "in1ict on The Good
Government Association the rebuke II deserves -
They did remember their allegiance. The fact
that the public had the right 10 the service of
competent employees and was wronged Inv the
attempt OF the Curriers' 20 impose on il by fraud
servants who could not meet the requirements
meant nothing 10 them. Law and honor and
public welfare did not weigh against enthusi-