New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-19
TIE GIFTED IND GIRECLOCS.

What Il hricchrsscl boon 10 humanity Is
the gifted and garrulo,is Grady. When that
wilf disturbcr Of the public peace ami Official
complacpncy. The Rev. DR. Parllhurst. under
takes the supreme fooshnrsS of attempting to
diminish crime by pointing ont its sources, ana
creates general uneasincss by directing att"h-
ton 10 facts which 30 10 show that The al-
thortics empowered 10 punish awlcssness ana
bring 10 Justice the violatOrs of law are them
selves the partners of criminals and the abettors
of crime who so ready as The gifted and ear
rIOus 10 rush into print and restore confidence
by The assurance that the existing order of
things is altogether bcncficcnt and wholesome,
and that only the pcrnciouS PaIbhurst disturbs
the orderly processes Of good government? With
oratorcai eoqucncc and masistcrial manner
This ornament Of tho police court bench dis
misses the Notwithstanding clergyman into his
tory as the Sk,r-danccr of the Presbyterian
pulpit seeking nD:oriciy instead Of initiating
the disciple who. remembering the story Of
Macdacn was careful as 10 VINO shall east The
first stone"
would Dr. Parkhur>t." cr!os Grady. have
every den Of lnfamy and porlco Of vice her
metcally scaled:" Suggestive and pertinent
question. No doubt Or Parkhurst Is 80 hard
ened and obduratc, persistent in the pursuit
Of mischief. that to the inquiry Of the gifted
and garrulous Grady he would unhesitaingly
answer. Yes; that Is precisely what would
have Now what sort Of Il condition Of things,
we ask in the name Of fallen man and frai
human nature. would this lead TO: What? No
den Of nfamv open: No portico Of vice ac-
cessbe? Everything Of that kind hcrmoticaly
sealed? Ridiculous. What would become Of
TO-, Wlof nf.inyulpuf
should we find for the police? And. still more
important. where would the votes come from
on election days 10 keep in power tho able and
upright and unsclsh persons who constitute
the municipal authority and give the people
of this city the best government under the sun:
IIormctlcally sealed Not den or u portico
open anywhere? Absurd. Grady pierced The
shell Of the whole business when he pr; The
question.
Then, too, the pat and convincing illustration
from Scripture. obviously. Grady has read lis
New Testament to good purpose. II" secs. ~
indeed do all the police authorities. that 10 close
UP HE " dcnS OF infamy" ana "p"riCDs ~
vice" is 10 run counter to the teachings of thc
New Testament. 70 any un-ChrS'an person
who proposes it lie simply opens his we'll
thumbcl and dog scared New Testament. points
10 the story or III" MlglaicD, am SAlH. " III
our views Of duty as Christian mon We cannot
fling the first stone" There J. probably 10
character in the New Testament history that
Is so much admired as Mary Magdal'n hy
Judge Grady and the entire police force; no
story that they know so we'll 81, hers. During
the last year it has been referred 10. quote AMI
dwclt upon In every police station AMI police
court every time an g unfor'unat" woman
has been arrested or an " unioriinal" WON
ans" residence "pullcl.' In AL the court
rooms the property book Kept FOR witnesses
10 kiss opens rcadily al ihat particular chapter.
If the misunderstanding ParihGrst continues
much longer IN his persecution of the " un-
foriunatcs," we shall look e. see statues and
pictures OF the Magdalcn In all the police STA
tons and Tammany Hall.
The gifted and garrlIlOuS Grady laS pcr-
formed Il great public service in pointing ont
that II DR. Par!,hurst keeps on every den "f
Infany and porticD Of vice " Will BE- "hcrmcti-
cally sealed" Is not that n condition If things
to provoke serious reflection AMI lead Christian
men vino remember The case of the Magialcn
To- inquire what we are coming iOE