Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-08-30
KILL TAMMANY HALL
IN TEN YEARS
SAYS BINGHAM
THOUSAND COPS ARE
GRAFTERS HE DECLARES

In Terrific Anaignment 0.
Powers Of Plumber Former
Commissioner Says New
York Is Most LaWIeSS City or
Earth
VI --
Declaring New York To be in many
asra.fs the most lawless city ON
e,fth and ar%raignine Tammany, the
nrass and the public i'm scathing terms
~. beine responsible for it, Genera
qheodarc bingham. former head OF
INA Kew york police. says in Hamp-
,nn.s magazine for september that Il
hundred million grating, blackmail-
ino. dollars change hands every Neal
In me metropolis. and that he could
"a.ih have made $1,000. 600 dishon-
.e,N any year he was in office.
THE power of Tammany Hall rests
and has rested for forty years upon
ns ability to control the police by
l,9-mcans or foul the former com
missioner saws. "A strong, honest,
fo,tleys police commissioner, support
al il, police magistrates of ability
and integrity and a mayor big enough
Il. conduct his office without fear or
favor. can sap and utterly destroy
Tammany Influence in ten years or
even less, provided he is empowered
10 dismiss and transfer his %subordi-
Mates lo. cause, without recourse to
thc courts.
do not believe | ann unfair In
estmating that from $500 to 1000
members of the force are unscrupu-
lous g|lattcrs whose hands are always
out for cash money
That this should be Known 70 the
head of The department and apparent
~ ignored is hard for the average cit
zen to understand, but says Gen
craI Bingham in Hampton's, the
notice commissioner is only the nomi-
nal head of the police department in
New York city in that he is appoint
ed and is subject at any time to re-
moyal by the mayor. on the other
hand. a policeman is virtually "A po-
liceman for life; as, under the New
York law. all sentences for dismissal
by the commissioner are subject to
revision by the courts 10 make this
palmer. The men are ponSioned of
on reaching the age limit, or for 9TH
or legitimate causes. and are required
during their time Of service to con-
trlbut per cent OF th'li SaIaIles TO-
t .,l. ..t,t.,,, 49, ,e t1,. ,.,,-iA,
ward the maintenance Oh inc pension
Inn1.
pIsell'I"c ana ''t qu'''.'"
Wv" my 49," ~ 80 go
'u','I S'ia,%''
u",siN u.oaLannd u. s,rh
t,'tian p,' nHrn,tttina ttasn con. !
MT ~ .oou1l Nou
VAN th,,,ah thoir tooi.lators ,rr
dre,tl,. fo.tnrina o,aft and black
mau
ol ann asked to estimate tho money
,aIue. of craft and bIackmau in New
York each yoYr or course no one
couId make s,Irh an estimate with
ANYTHING IKE comnloto accuracy INT |
nv belief is mar Tho total is not less
than 500 600 0Oo = ypar. In fact. |
mis- figure astoundine in itself. is an
under rather than ovrr-rstinate Of
what is annual, Maid nv criminals
ana o,ooLad noItiojane rn, nrotection |
votes ana immunity il, Now york I'm
relation in mi. colossal hrokoraaa on
crime tho nrofite aro p,onortoinateIv |
large
eff Won win studv the ordinances of
th, Cit, M Nav york o,r.fnlfy and
nalyze thcir meanfree Won win come
IN "n@ ,,oh! y"u + MA
den in mos, - ,bor, 10 aratt Tho
great MAJ oritv NJ thoso citv laws woro
not enacted fo, nnrnosos of law and
order they verr not modc ia bel
broken. SO MAT some ono couId make
money from rho Intentional or ~unin-
tcntion3l yiolator of insincera law
"Durino INV. rirst ,o,r ar mo boad
of The polion dcnartmont If would
have neon an a,sy mat,or co,. mo FOL
have mad. SGoo ooo in h,ihn nancy
and xIhoO ooo would nor b,,,o boon
An EXCESSIVE fiorro ~ an
-one da, shortrs oftan my arriyoj
at police boadonorto,s ,n ,-conatnt-
ancc droppcd INTO ~, of,i.e
Commissioner ho s,id .thoro is
~ "'us' al " West ~Thirty-thHrd
worth S1o ooo , monih tn von-
but tho sentence n,. no,or finisb.d
to my knowledge.