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THE EXAMPLE OF TAMMANY

and another exist in all lands and in
all communities, Christian and heath
en- No profession or occupation is
without its criminals. Even the pull
pit has its share of black sheep.
There was denial and betrayal among
the twelve.
But the commission of crime is not
the standard of measurement. It's
punishment on the one hand or its
conformation on the other, are the SUI
preme tests.
If the church Furnishes rather than
condones the crimes of its ministers,
or aids the civil authorities in doing
so, it does all that it can do-all that
is expected of it. 1t measures up TO
the test, and stands acquitted and ex-
allied.
1t has grown fashionable and popu-
lar to denounce that great democrat
ic organization in New York City
known as Tammany, largely because
Tammany has shown a friendliness
towards the south, and the New YORK
newspapers have been time and time
again maliciously unfriendly to this
section.
But, measured by the supreme test
Of the punishment or conformation OF
crime, haw stands Tammany?
1t has been proclaimed time and
time again that New York City is I'M
der the complete control and domino
ton OF this political organization;
that it dominates its judiciary and its
police department; that all of it's adj
ministration officers, from mayor to
constable, are under its thumb. As
is we'll known these officers have the
selection of the juries, and, in word,
are in complete control of the admin
istration OF Justice The jury box, the
same as the ballot box, is in its Gus
tody and keeping.
In the administration Of justice
what has been its record?
Has it shielded its own members
those high in authority?
Away back yonder in the early |
7O's Tweed was as potential as Muir
ply is now What does the record |
say as to Tweed?
Every official suspected of wrong |
doing in that eventful era from Tweed |
on down, was either convicted before
a jury of their peers or made to flee
across the seas in hiding
And what manner of man was
Tweed?
He beautifed New York as no 9th
er man had done before his time or
has done since He and Sheppard, !
who transformed Washington City !
from supreme ugliness TO the most
beautiful city in all the world, work
ed hand in hand together
For its parks and boulevards New
York City is indebted to the wisdom !
and foresight of William NJ. Tweed. |
Despite the protests of property own
ers he Strengthened and widened the
streets, and laid out her beautiful
parks
But neither his great work in this
direction nor his potential power in
politics were enough to save him
from conviction, humiliation and dis
grace.
What is Tammany's record today, |
with all the mean and hateful things
that have been said about it and its
leader, Charles F. Murphy.
Decker, the popular and influential
policeman, was convicted, was he not?
Were not the gunner convicted?
Was not Hyde, the city chamberlain,
convicted?
New York more than any other
city on this continent, Tammany more
than any other political organization
in the whole United States, have
made a record against the condOna-
ton of crime
Tammany has been tried in the
fires and, like refined gold, has stood
the supreme test.
From Tweed to Hyde the story is
the same-when her officers go wrong
they must expect punishment.
There is no conformation of crime