New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-10
PARKHURST TO BYRNES.
Su,Rp REPLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT


,CCI-sING HIM OF COMPOSING THAT HE KNOW
1NG1Y TOLERATEs DIsoRDERLY BoU7Es
Tho Rev DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst yesterday after
roon gave out the following for publication In reply 10
nhst was printed yesterday morning as the answer
=, sunerintcndent Byrnes to what had been said OF
him the previous day by the president OF the Soci'N
Gov the Prevention OF Crime
u his new statement Mr.. Bvrnes jumps from vitupera'
,n 10 theology. II possible he is worse thcooslan
-, no Is a police superintendent. There l. such uhng
y ,he gospel and there Is such thing as the law Bo'h
= GOOD when kept distinct but both are spoiled by oems
- The Gospel requires US TO deal leniently with
snne,s Mr. Byrnes deals lenenty with SIN when -
.,,.lsr matter. His business Is to take inquiry anu
80 I, execrabe the public estimation which is en-
~, what h. is doing and has not the rcmotes' IN
80. n ao,nr He saws he has Ndcd and closed 4ip
sa. Q, llliame Granted. And yet he knows tna'
- mover has been a time during the last ten nohths
h,n the social vice was practised more hSe'ah'F IMAM
-. three weeks subsequent TO the November eec'oi,
-. su,var ntendent Of Police and had closed $50
..,se without producing uncture OF impression on 's
go criminals by whom those houses were luh l shouu
- huntnely ashamed 10 the last drop Of my blooo'
:, . nor the closing Of house that tells; II - the
~ .Dos. - is done with and that is exactly whaV
er,,os has not got His business is to make the ia"
..tc and h. does not. He makes IL co'Vihp.o'~' IL
-. a, fractions Of IT. and unless the marc" jury "'V
E.,x a, fault stands the head OF department. '""'
u"rN r ~ the very vice 1t is constituted TO sup
'' W. canno. have an effective department until 'he
s,n.ups head Of IL is moral lhs?'''"'" -.
,,d. IN, evil from public view, where IL cannot t
-. =, any growing youth" Why ooes ne ho' n'"0
. - ruh,,c view thenl 1t was only mterh MINUS
j" -, ronortsr OF one OF our most esumaoIe 'ou'
q "a me: II live in q respectable part o' Va. ,r
-, cannot olock "u 40,
y! ~, house without meeting hali uo1o"
my wv - ,s,,r solicited by least hall OF then''
-. evening troops Of them are moving UP "nN -,
49, hockn How Is that for hiding II from pun, rr
~, pvrnos saws that l have found erine' anu .'
y" "a, AID who seeks it long enough ana psfslS|"'S
tvhe
"a What do we have night police LOT u u = ~
- se.k out and find it when reSpeeV'oe IeOp , or,e
-, I viii 90 further and say that resp ~, ,ho
=, - business 70 90 10 bed when inc! h'o" .',,
eo-int.ndent OF Police Is letting the Guy )" " Wv Iii
- ave ahcd He saws he can show ne d ~
Sden nath thot leads from the very door " my w.
. q, vera 10 brothel hardly guhSho' 49, :, .
-. hon do YOU Mr. Byrnes, that there j.
r,ho near nv church that you know o. anu v""
:. ,-o,r, mon in great numbers are noch'"s !" ~
nov * that for moral purpose You 'nre" " o,sa.
-. TN, IN my previous statement was HaNi"s - 49,,
,'o,. .rainst YOU without proof Accept my u"Ms .
- ,,., ~ rroot that l put alone'lue " ~ ,i I
80 a,,s,dv l am obliged to you for TINS uhSo"'''eu
confession. 1T, .,orr. WIN oc.
Inc IN. ro.ltion OF splendid authority thst MI ON"
eupli"t ' "a ,,,lclv confesses that he Is permit
- ,,ch &c another way OF saying than ne Is su''s'
A.. =, these he'll holes into which he says nc osoa
rou,, men are being entced In the name Vi wv 49,
IN ., tbc Act Of Consolidation. and in the name OIL uic
,r,s~t den under your protection is ohshunG anu 49,
! demand OF YOU. Mr. Byrnes that you pun !0 ,,o
h,ps on that brothel and crush st. For the bo's SUI
Nh Bvrnes when you quote, don't euiogHe tne "oap,-
IN rho same vile breath with which you make tha' u'
Contamination. Your case is strongest "h'" ~" -,
l.,st You bad better quit the evsnsehc@ eus"''s ~
attend &c your legitimate concerns H., .,
Superintendent Byrles listened to the reAOins -
Dr. Parkhursts statements Yesterday AFTERNOON, ""1
eaid. n have no comment to make on uist sor' "
CON r,,nication. l decline TO make any answer !" IL
whatever" 49, M
Earlier in the afternoon. having heard tha' Dr'
psrLhprst had advised him TO stick TO ponce business
and lst theology alone, Mr.. Byrnes had SAID WY
do,t he stick 10 theology and leave police business
alore7 have been sticking to ponce DIslnesS .t IN
thirty wears and have perSistently neeecteu ny h,
CIocv II nav not be 20 my credit 10 say ula', paV
~ + true II is true also tlat the police nave maui
iess mss and scandal closing 40 dsordery houses
and ,nrestinC 2j7o inmates OF those houses tlla
yero made liz Dr. Parkhusl I'm the case OF one house
,rIch he caused to raded. have received nun
boz Of letters from weiknown New, Workers touas,
some Of them from Christian woIkers VINO ~ H.
travelled in foreign countries and they VII say . h
re social evil Is kept from public nolice more Ill 's
ctv than I'm any large city in the world ,, o.. nv,
Mr. Pvrnes said also that ne dld nOt oeslre W oY
,,ri,e any argument With d.. Parkhurst, ana "Ouiu
not repc 20 any abusive statements