Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-13
1''s.,A,s,IsfANY's LATEST EXPORTS,

The great city Of New orls Is pre-
senting. a problem In municipal adtnin-
4 strsItion that attracting the country's
5{ item ton. 1t is whether II political so.
Sciety2 orga fiized and held together by
i the cohesive power of public plunder,3
and gathering within It's, membership
AN immense following OF unprincinled,
X corrupt politicians, and persons of no
ssfrecognized moral character, can fasten
I itself pernianently upon tho great mn
b nicipality. defSins successfully All att
tefnpts to ciislodgc it. &
The TamInaily Society has for over a
generation had its hands on the throat
s. Of Now ork City. At times, sporadic
/ though determined efforts have been
made by conlbinat tons Of the better,
more respectable elemcnts9to destroy
his disrep utab le power and give the big
A town a clean administration The most
notable of these was made during tho
Tweed regime, which WIS Is successful in
( the overthrow Of the Tweed, Connolly,
Hall, 'sweeny ring, and ending with.
the deaf tn of tho boss In prison.
There have been attempts since then,
during the nayoralties of Grace Grant,
II 5trorg Van y,fylse and others to purify
5ss his auSeall stable But the task has
Il been such that notwithstanding the ex-
\ e'rtions of citizens committees Of 100.
~ hese poll tical stables have deticd ali
d g tempt is to ma Ike them stay clean;3
8 they are now as bad as ever In fact Ill
rs becoming al parent that if New York
I. 4 AZ to De rescued from tbs harpies that
Il have seized upon ] It's body polite. a pro-
y llofnged, persistent, organized effort
n must be made by a nom partisan body
+ Of its most reliable and substantial
70 items, involving unlimited patience
x g an Immense outlay OF money, Employ
$5ment OF the ablest legal talent, with,
1 political strategy of the highest order.
'5. The serious condition of affairs exist
+ Ing there has been brought specially
Il before the public notice by the parenpt-
4 DRY, removal of Gen. Theodore a.. Bing-
! ham from the office OF police commits
H storicr Before that officer 4 was an
pointed chief of police, the police force
y mad been made an effective alley OF
3rainmany Hall in the commission Of
election l'ss frauds that enabled this society
To ntinueS control Of the city, and
Z through the thoroughness of its orga 4
zation and its hold upon the local
fountains of Justice" to defeat efforts
y to 4 dlslodSe IT. Gen Binghan1,s an
& pointment sad ~ interfered with the
of -, u,
was absolutely ullimpressionable to all
= advances from that. or any other dis
honorable source. The police force. for
he first time since the superintendent
of John a, Kennedy was being re-
moulded into a strictly non political
S machine, Election otItiages were pun.
ished. laws against gambling enforced.
Yiolators of the excise law were over
hauled With n promptness that greatly
interfered with the ill-gotten gains Of
the saloon, and angered many a lam
many henchlnan. The red light dis
trict WAS held in check with a rein tlat
2 a stonisfed that class or people, the
police force was put on Il military basis.
It's corrupt and inefficient officials; re-
moved OF, degraded, until the rcproach
that the New York police force was
y selnircririnal organization, was
in q fair way TO be removed.
Now, ali this reform inarred the
plans Of Tammany. II weakened the
+ society 8 grip on the great cityis vitals,
4 blurred visions of further and unlinlit-
cd plumber. and threatened a Weakening.