New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-27

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with usin the hands Of the pocel They are further
instructed see that he does not get away alll you
get some kind OF speech from him. daughter and
appause)
Now that is absolutely about all that DR.. Iarkh'rst
has to do with this meeting.
Not since DR.. Parkhurst dropped his bomb
shell into the camp of the Tammany Philistnes
has there been such an unequivocal demonstration
of the fact that the much-enduring town has
been really awakened by the voice Of the prophet
crying in the wilderness of official corruption as
given last night. Bursts of cheering AMI
laughter, shouts, and the earsplitting sound oil
ten thousand clapping hands, blended into din
that frequently lasted for half minute when
some point was made that particularly impieSse
the listening multitude
EXJUDGE ARMOUR PRFSIDES NEXT
Mr.. Hallock next called upon ex-Judee William
II. Arnoux 10 preside. Judge ArnouN was loudly
applauded He said among other things;
am proud OF the welcome with which You have
greeted me- proud be the chairman OF this en-
tlusiasc. representative and imposing demonstration
and proudest Of all for the noble purpose whch mas
brought us together to- night. C\ppauseD
II Is the cause Of virtue, temperance. manllness ana
good government against the allied force Of crime ana
intemperance. When DIR. Parkhurst hurled his first
broadsde against protected and ntrenchcd crime there
came concerted howl that he was an ignorant de-
famer and Grand Jury convened TO investigate crime
had the supreme audacty to investigate Dr. Parkhnrs
and presented him a. guilty. 0.augher)
But the officials did not understand their man. WIN
the zeal OF Peter the Hermit he said q" will prove it,
and he made such an investigation and produced such
proofs that the famous March Grand Jury made It's
prsentment that the publicity with which the law Is
evaded and the immunity from arrests enjoyed by the
lawbreakers Is inconsistent with any other theory
than Illegal and corrupt considerations ApplauSeJ
off call
the Police Commissioners appointed Byrnes as the
new superintendent Of Police. NppauseD lie has
great opportunities, and he has already supported
and Endorsed Dr. Parkhur>t by of facts that
can never be eQualled or Gainsad. (Applau>eD |
believe in Byrncs CApplause) lie must be upheld
and encouraged by all good citizens so long as he
brings forth fruit meet for appreciation (ApplauSe
There has been in the minds of men in this
community some misapprehcnsion OF the attitude OF
Dr. Parkhurst. which has been fostered by the con
sprators against GOOD oCr Ir a tSs ha hem
done by rose-water cformerS In the last ten years
task that It beho0ves you and 10 see shall not b"
futile by supineness or hampercd by any petty carp
Ings. CApplanse;l ,........ 10. .o,,,os ,in,so,,
with straw and has taken the public into his con,
fdence when he smiled He unctuousy tolls Us that
Judges that the Indicted officials have dcsignedy been
Mayor reapponts one of these Indicted criminals to
conserve the morals and welfare of the people dsscs
hold the hands Of Dr. Parkhurs in The struggle with
he cntrenched powers Of crime. Great appause)
After Judge ArnouX had finished his effective
speech, he asked the pleasure Of the meeting. and
npon the nomination of the Rev. j. \. Hallock
for secretary being presented, that gentleman was
promptly elected Waving the printed list Of
900 vice presidents at the audience, Mr..
IIallock asked to he excused from reading the
list, and moved their election en- gross The cleo
ton of the vice-prcsidcnts was unanimous
EXJUDGE NOAH DAVIS.
Mr.. Arnoux then introduced ex-Iudge Noah
Davis, who was greeted with loud and long sus-
tanned applause He spoke as follows
Your president in his brief introduction. has carried
me back in thought to a period of twenty years ago
In this city, when there uprising of It's people
against crime fraud and corruption In ONCE iOu
recall IT, many Of you, clearly do, how that com
mittee of seventy appointed In this very nail 10
take steps to reach and punish the awful evil How
through period Of almost three years that fight went
on In my Judgment there is but one appeal on earth
when courts go wrong-but appeal There Is an
appeal to aod but the appeal that refer to Is not
TO the supreme Omnipoieice; 1t Is an appeal 10 the
people appausc,. that great body Of men which con
sttutes, what Lincoln loved to call the common
people, for in that Is found the great Lass of all law
and all right, the common-sense on which rests the
foundations Of the Government.
Now an exigency has arisen similar In character.
not calling perhaps, strong an aniagplsn from
the bar, from the judges, from any particular class
but which appeals to the heart OF the common people
And you may be that when It touches the heart Of
the best classes OF the common people, il plants Itself
upon the foundation OF justice and right, that VIII
prevail against niquiy always and everywhere. That
S the condition Of things which called here 10
consider tonight. whether the people prepared
sustain by applause support a good leader In
great cause, put forward such leader by having
been selected the president Of society for the
suppression Of crime whether that leader, in eN-
gcncy like this. and after such Developments have
been presented before US In this city, shall have the
support Of the good, sound, honest heart am brain
Of the common people CONTINUED applause
II you stand by DR.. Parklurst. he Will triumph 10
u ye' come that erS viii 10 aHe qT e gcd %
not. you will do that thing Cries Of = Yes. We Will.
officially protected crime: whether youl daughters
shall he exposed in New-York TO the Infamous con,
every hand and protected BY vice and by law. If
you say that shall not be done. say II just DOW BY
iion aid the hands that have the TO tear
down the concealment and show Just where we live
SOME STIRRING RESOLUTIONS.
After the applause following Mr.. Davis had
subsidized Mr.. Arnoux evoked great laughter by
the remark that it would have warmed the heart
Of the patriarch who presided at the food il he
could have been present TO listen to the words
of his namcsake who had jus. spoken. He then
introduced Robert Graham, secretary of the Church
Temperance Society, who read the following resolu-
tons:
We, citizens of New York, assembled ut Cooper Union
Hail. May 90 1902 at the Invitation OF the society for
the Prevention Of Crime, to consider the subject Of
crime and It's official liberation, do adopt the follow
ing resolutions:
We cordially thank the Rev. DR.. Charles II. Park
hurst president Of the society for the Prevention OF
Crime. for his courageous and selisacrlcng stand in
calling public attention 10 protected crime. and fJr hb
patriotic endeavOr to enlist citizens in the work
OF purifying their own city and pledge SYN
patty and support to him ana TO that society In The
great work which they have undertaken We
recognize in DR.. Parkhurst qualities OF heroism and
persistency which cndear him 10
We thank the Grand JURY of March 1892 for the
promptneSs and fidelity with which II Investigated the
subject presented by DR. ParkhurNt and the society,
and for It's now famous prescntmcht.