| Show Till hPOIT4 HISTI31 Richard Croker 11 I at the hend nf lamman and Is I the mot conplu ous political boss In America Were lie not nn adroit politician he Could not hold 1 his place and III Is frequently said 1 ot him that lie Is I ni Unscrupulous all he is I adroit W T Stead the famous English Journalist lately had l an Interview In-terview with him which was published In the Nw York World And as the great boss spealm ot principles that are Issues In I Greater New York and this city In common some ot his observations ob-servations will he read with Interest here Thcy embrace some of the chief arguments used In New York to Justl ry pnrtlsanlum In municipal politics Tamman Is Popularly understood to be one of the most corrupt politi cat organizations on earth and this general Impression was more than Justified by the evidence adduced nt the famous Leiovv Investigation which resulted In the crushing defeat ot Tarn inaiZy and the triumph of the nonpartisan non-partisan ticket four years ago Yet Croker defends Tammany In the fat lowing fashion Tammany is I honest Tammany Is 1 not corrupt Tammany Is I the best the only p munent hope ot real ororm led administration Chrrore Tammany 1111 win The will tell you that Tarn many has tilled New York nearly all the time And they will tell you true Uo you think me could have done It lit VVL hud been the thieves and l rogues thy pretend we aref I have been In office nearly all my life do you think the citizens would have Wen such fool ns to elect me and reelect me If I had hen the bad man that some people peo-ple ny I 1L1 Things that are rotten do not last The go to pieces Thieves nre nut trusted hy their fellovth Id alone by their fellowcitlzens It Is I not bY 1 the bad In them that Institutions Institu-tions and parties last but by what Is I good If Tammany has lasted and II lumphed Is I the best proof that II hal Its onml PRY Is fale And I hen > It rarrleR this next election ivllh all tile MWIII t r ngalnst It find l nil the motgulunpo their ou will have our Indication No cause Is so i bad that It Is not susceptible of some sort of defense and no cause In politics Is so corrupt that It cannot win support It It In able to PRY for It Noaily nil the lending papers of New York and Brooklyn are opposed 1 to Tammany Yet It has a good chance to win nnj the reason why Is Localise its vvotker know that if they no rucceawful rich spoil alit reward will be distributed among them Hereto Here-to I Ciokers Justification of the spoils system IPolltl are Impossible without the poll It t U I all very wen to argue that It ought not to be on But we have to dual with men as they are and 1 with things as i they are Consider the tlltnlr limbent iihich every democratic eye tem loan to solve Government we may or the People hy the people and for the people Tie r w ra flh cill aim in l to litterexit Is many of the rill sees an Possible In the workwhILl 14 I riot u IURY wok and Into many dim allies anti disappointments of gov orllln the slot or th city fit course In all ideal I world every I 11In wOllhl I t RO lomlnnt1 hy Itrltl < or < I I 10 mottv that rum ohLr ul > lnoh lu I Ufula or hIs flIow men he woulel e nd nlrhti nnd days lit laolng rnr thlr g < I If ou lived In It < h a N rh chAlf habited by such men i i I admit that there could bo no question but that we oould and l would dispense with th spoil svsteni lint where Is I that world to bo found Certainly not In the United States and most certainly not In Now York I He severely criticises the cultured classes md silk stockings because 1 they refuse to take any part In politico poli-tico and argues that It they will not interest themselves In good government govern-ment the masses cannot be expected to Ho then ireeeds And so we need to bribe them with spoils rail It so If you like Spoils vary In different countries Here they take the shape of oHlcen Hut You must have an Incentive to Interest mn In I lh hard daily work of par It les nd hen You have 01 r crowd you have got 10 do II ono way the Only wily that appeals to them I Adroit It in I not the best way Hut It Is I for practical purposes pur-poses the only way In New York the chief complaint of the politicians and the principal ground upon which tby justify the spoils system Is the fact that the netter net-ter classes and business mn do not take nn active part in polities but here the cry Is I the reverse our loeal politicians politi-cians complaining that bankers still silk stockings are taking too active a part In the campaign Politicians will take tiny Position Posi-tion and reverse It as often nIna n-Ina be necessary tn order to achieve power and Its perquisites > Is Crokers reasoning sound Are the I premises upon which It is based correct cor-rect Must citizens be bribed with spoils to take an Interest in good government gov-ernment Is bribery to be the control Ing force In municipal politics Is Crullers declaration true that It Is I for practical purposes the only way So far ns the capital of Utah Is I concerned con-cerned the News confidently answers every one of these questions In the negative and predicts that the people of this city will find a better way to govern It than by bribery either In the form of spoils or nny other shape The people of this city pOf and will assert a moral sense that will revolt against and rckuse to tolerate a svs tern of menlclpal control that Is I Inseparable In-separable from uh uptlon and d a bauchery of the public conscience |
