Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-14
TAMMANY AGAIN AssAILED.
Rev. DIR. Parkhurst of New York Relates
His Recent Experiences.

The Rev. Charles T. Parkhurst of the Madi-
son square Presbyterian Church of New York
preached another sermon from his pull
pit yesterday morning. again attacking the
administrators Of the city government and de-
fniIg his position in relation TO the first series
o. charges which he made four weeks ago
against the municipal authorities. The church
was crowded.
He preached his sermon from notes and
chose his text from the Psalms: The wicked
WALL on every side when the vilest men are
exalted
The preacher said he had been helping the
police the last four weeks. Time and again
during the past week" said he. las have. be-
tween the hours OF IL and in the morning. sat
in the company OF women of a class almost too
disreputable 20 be even mentioned in this pres
ence. have heard the same thing said. that
there is not much doing just now for the rea-
son that the authorities are scared
Last Sunday the preacher had found in the
city - saloons open and in them 2. 43s per-
sons. He had gone to the district attorney
(Mr. NicOl. whom DIR. Parkhurst recently de-
nounced from his pulpit 20 prosecute them
but be would not meet the preacher in per
son. and the grand jury said the prosecution
was not in their line. and In the police courts
the complaints are now hgging. The preacher
intirnated that the reason the district attorney
treated him discourteously was because he DIR
Psrkhursi) vas mot sOlId with him" and con-
tnned with fierce attack on the Tammauy
hal organization, saying among other things:
'sYou cannot get anything from Tammany
unless You are solid with Tsmmanv men
The man, though he may be working night and
day for the city he loves, has no rights which
Tammany Is bound 10 respect We are willing
TO make all possible exceptions, and there are
many such, but the fact is that Tammanv Hall
Is not so much Of a political party as il is a
commercial corporation organized in the in
teresrs Of making the most possible out Of its
Official opportunities; that what the rest of
us get out Of Iamrlany we have to get BY fight
ing Tor II or paving for il. Don't tell me that
don know what / am talking about Many
. long, dismal, heart-sickenIng night. in
company with two trusty friends. have
spent since 1 spoke on the matter before
going down into the disgusting depths OF this
1aninany -de6auched town. and it is rotten
with rottenness that Is unspeakable and :nde-
serioaole and q rottenness that would be abso-
lutsv impossible. except by the eonnivance,
not 70 say purchased sympathy. of the men
whose one obligation before God men and
thslr own conscience is to shield virtue and
DAke vice dif;icnlt Now that 1 stand by, be
cause before Almighty God / know it, and
will stand by II though buried beneath present
ments as thick autumn leaves in yAlsmbrosia
or snowfakes in a March blizzard
'I never dreamed that any force OF circum.
coorSe, 50 beastly, so consummately filthy ri
those 1 have repeatedly found myself in thu
midst Of these last days. To say that the polics
do nos know what is going ON and where il n
going On. with all the brilliant symptoms q
the character Of the place distinctly in view. il
abis facts in view, denies that drunkenness
gambling and licentiousnsss in this town ar
municipally protected 10 either knsve or .,
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