New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22

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IN the rottenness that preceded &c: they
We're strong in Los Angeles before the
/ disciosing or conditions In their line OF
business changed the administration there
year ago; and two of the most noto-
rious dealers Of New York's East Side
were prominent figures in the political
Underworld uncovered by Folk in ST
To-day they are strong IN all the greater
srnes' Lhey swarm at the gateway OF
fest the streets and restaurants or Boston:
theF nock for the winter 20 New Orleans;
they fatten on the wages OF the govern
msft isborers In Panama. and they abound
IN the South and Southwest and in the
mining regions Of the West.
TAMsiANrs DELICATE SITUATION.
Because of this narrowing tendency in
the field OF slum politics the politicians OF
Tammany Hall below 14th street found
themselves I'm an exceedingly delicate posi-
ton after the exposure that defeated them
/ in the red light campaign" he continues.
/, THE decline OF gambling was already evi-
dent, and its thousands Of political en-
ployes-a mainstay in illegal voting-had
been discharged, and new election ma
chinery made difficult the wholesale voting
OF broken tramps and town loafers." He
adds:
Not only was some participation in the
sale OF women necessary, but the use OF
the gangs of young procurers and thieves.
| who had their beginning in the red light
days. became almost indispensable IL the
politicians were TO secure the vote upon
which their power rested both in their
4 This situation was met with adroitness
4 The district below l4th street had no"
| come under control Of the foremost comoi.
| nation Of Stun politicians in the united
States. known the country over; Marun
Engel, the old Tammany Han leader OF
~ district
posed; a husky young politician was maze
leader Of the district, seriously put on a
| and pounded with great pOmp and cere,
mOny the persons OF few untrlehoea
cadets. After this drama, IL was an. an.
nOunced with stern and CLASSY front that
| cadets were forever banished from the dis
! trict-and one of the most useful ram
many myths ever sent gliding down the
launched on its long way: The district re-
tanned the chief disorderly house keepers
| ton captains. where it keeps them yet;
! and the bands of cadets ana theVes
worked in its service as they had never
worked before. But In the 90 District
| about the BOWery-they began to nave
| their real headquarters
Thus. says Mr. Turner. Tammany eS-
acted the services OF these cadets as re-
peaters in return for the protection OF the
| organization. and there was built up sys-
tenn Of municipal corruption that is In force
throughout the country. Mr.. Turner finds.
too. in the organization of this white
slave traffic the elements Of general dis
order. He says:
Around the districts eastern edge in
lower Second avenue hang the mass of the
strong East Side political gangs. Many
of them are determined thieves as wen.
Further along iF a mixture OF the more
leisureiy class, who devote all their stten-
ION, 20 a managers
Among them are ScOreS-and through the
nearby East Side hundreds-Of youths who
have women at work throughout this coun-
try, especially in the West and Southwest,
or abroad, but who prefer TO remain them
selves in the cOmpanionship and comfort OK
the national headquarters OF their trade
Correspondence on the condition of the
white slave trade comes here from all over
the world On the lower BOwery and in
Chatham Square are the Italian cadets.
THE NEW YORK AND PARIS APACHE
This class OF political criminal has had a
, distinct tendency toward greater ana
greater license The type of youth first
known as cadet was a sinking, coWaroly
person, who was physically formidable only
10 the more timid foreign Immigrants
Now, and especially since the young Italian
has taken up this profession in New YORK
the gangs OF these men have constantly
grown uglier and holder a curious SINH
larity Is shown between these gangs as
they have developed in New York, and the
Apaches. the bands OF city savageS In
Pans, whose Violent crimes were IESpnE-
sibt for the recent reintroductiOn OF capl-
tai punishment in France.
For two years past the operations OF
these gangs have been curtaile6 by the ac-
tivity against them OF the Police Depart
nnent, under the administration OF Cen
eral Bingham. Gradually his campaign
led to the higher and more important
enterprises which they made headquar-
tiers for themselves and their women. 1t
extended first through the centres about
! the Bowery. Second avenue and Chatham
to, kn1
mer headquarters at Coney Island Then,
| suddenly, General Bingham was removed
! by Mayor Mcclellan.
| The various interests dependent upon the
| procuring and sale of women considered
| this event their first victory. But now all
| eyes Of these people are concentrated on
| the main issue this fall. VIII or will not
| Tammany be elected? The whole future of
| their career in New York hangs upon the
| issue OF this event. And they are prepar-
| ing to work for the Democratic party with
| every means in their power
/ The exploitation of popular government
| by the slum politician Is a curious thing,
/ always. l sat some time ago with a vet
| eran politician, for many years one Of the
| leading election district captains of the
| Tammany BOwery organization, conversing
socially in the parlor of his profitable
The people love Tammany Hall" said
! my host. I'VE use 'em right. When a
widows in trouble we see she has her bod
| of coal: when the orphans want a pair of
shoes, we give il to them"
1t was truly and earnestly said. AS he
spoke, the other half of the political fnan-
| cling was shown. The procession of the
daughters of the East Side filed by the open
door upstairs with their strange men, II
| was the slum leaders common transaction
| Having whOlesaled the bodies of the daugh-
tiers at good profit he rebates the widow S
I hOd Of coal
GENERAL BINGHAM'S EXPERIENCE.
! Ex-Commissioner bingham, after +auiro
/ Of his supposedly anti-political appoint
ment, recounts the political assaults he was
subjected to in the interests Of the criminal
/ element. Il had scarcely moved in
TO the Office on Mulberry street when DO
| litical leaders began to call upon me- for
the most part to secure a continual shift
ing OF the police for plausible but mys-
| terious ends of their own. I remember
| meeting Patrick II. McCarren on one
occasion. He explained 20 me that the
| politician WAS not a bad man, and never
wanted the laws broken"
lie recounts the opposition he met with
first in his attempt TO get better legislation.
/ and then that accomplished, in his warfare
on the wide open districts. Everywhere ne
found crime intrenched In political OF.
ganizatlon. Touching on the white slave
traffic, he says:
We now were paving particular attention
1 70 the disorderlY hotel and saloon enter
4 prises. and VIC found. as in the gambling
houses. a great number OF minor Tam