text_original: They had made it right with Tammany and with the police, so it seemed as if nothing could ever stop them, for those were in the days before the Lexow Commission, and if you only had a pull, you could do pretty nearly everything you wanted.
text_transcription: THEY HAD MADE IT RIGHT WITH TAMMANY AND WITH THE POLICE SO IT SEEMED AS IF NOTHING COULD EVER STOP THEM FOR THOSE WERE IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE LEXIC COMMISSION AND IF YOU ONLY HAD A PULL YOU COULD DO PRETTY NEARLY EVERYTHING YOU WANTED
phonemes: ðeɪ hæd mˌeɪd ɪt ɹˈaɪt wɪð tˈæməni ænd wɪððə pəlˈiːs, sˌoʊ ɪt sˈiːmd æz ɪf nˈʌθɪŋ kʊd ˈɛvɚ stˈɑːp ðˌɛm, fɔːɹ ðoʊz wɜːɹ ɪnðə dˈeɪz bᵻfˌɔːɹ ðə lˈɛksoʊ kəmˈɪʃən, ænd ɪf juː ˈoʊnli hæd ɐ pˈʊl, juː kʊd dˈuː pɹˈɪɾi nˌɪɹli ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ juː wˈɔntᵻd.