The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-03
HOPE ron NEw YORK

NOPE INttk MN AoIhN-
-, Tho
Cities am
children. Trey o"'S''" ~"'
get beyoud the controlling i"'0'7 va
good morals and good breeding. il IL a TACT OF
con,nou observation that men thrown together
r,w.5ars.ss masses along the frontiers and
80 er,-, s~,ue influences and the usual sur.
rorrs,rps ~ law and civilization have periods
n47aaoss and raaklessness md exuberant de-
oaoca - o~arr and The proprioties. New York
49, hss naen ressing through a stage some
ching I,ra 4hgs she last forty or fifty years. The
oo,,r,nt,v has grown with wonderful rapidity
ars ysaa1tb has been piled upon it and into II
sastcr than II ever was heaped in any mining
camr n tha widest DAYS Of great gold. silver
49, corra- strikes Consequently the city has
~~,rr hsvond +ha restraints Of moral and So
ria, conservation. IFS such a huge and con
arato ,atvt,ra ~ neonIe from all parts Of
.ao oar,s money Is an abundant and is lavished
oa,er,atfans1y far all kinds n purposes. good
had ,ba+ vba, "a known as the "metropoli,
orr aistrirt " Including some five million people,
,o. lived through tu.o generations in a condition
s,s,e+h.ng Ike bvstorta The controlling ideals
have been to b. biz and rich regardless Of
whether the bigBess was good or bad, or how
the riches were come by.
M .r entirely natura, and iorica, result of
acts rather AAu4laAr-
nc - The rast of fine country anc on the surface
a;scn,ravfr. The governor Of the creates, Of
.ha.a statas ~ thn renuhlio has saan impeached
sor act,a, ana aaprsn, dishonesty, misuse Of trust
e,,ras and traacbaroos BETRAYAL Of his own marty.
Tbe e+r,,rrIa for control Of the government Ia
,etv.os, tb;a man and Tay,mahv hall. Identified.
iustlv. We think. with every form Of vfllainy
AMI uvstan of robbery known II human experi-
s,ro and aanraves ingenuity. MIR, Croker. the
Iast Tamnanv lender. a man without known
occupation except politics, and with no visible
means of acquiring money. retired brazenly with
q fortune supposed to be normou Police super
intendents and captains. besides those convicted
Of crime Of every grade from murder to petty
graft. supposed to he living on salaries ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year, have resigned at
middle ltte. great owners Of real estate and Sc
curities and able to live luxurlously without
work. These facts are visible and indisputablc
evidences Of internal corruption and successful
plumber.
New yort- city in some resnects the greatest
,itv n the entire world. seems left to choose
tar r1,1ers ~ between Tan1nanv and MIR Hearst.
The coarxest and most blatant Of charIatans. This.
too * Illuminating and demoraI{zing position.
TIE five men most prominent in the thought
and affairs Of New York state and city are Sui
>zer the governor. under impeachment. Murphy.
.so ~colitieal boss. under we'll justified suspicion.
sqavor cayaer, personally honest, bu, so petu.
Ian, inhaIancaa and violent in his nuhlic ptter.
ancas ana conduct AS 70 cause occasional doubts
Regarding bie sanity. Harry Tbaw. murderer. de-.
oan arat md. saaa-r--~ II --4~x ana t->s, ,Fsaxxs
n~Sf.ssto,ot bn~oon and showman
,,.,nr u,,. cor N.n vo.,, e..4
unu4n -
-. I've no,rors a,wavs navc nroys,,o.
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n,m au~ -on,.,arn
v.i1des. ana aprarently most hopeless Western