The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-11
DIR. PARKHURST A LOCKER ON
WITH <NTz-PoLICE AND <NFz-PE<Tr
SMILES ALTERNATING.

.esscs Charge the Foii.s with Tee N.eh
Pss.ivity o. p,seue- D.s-Nr. Nissn Di.-
covers that th. Cor-ittss vvs-'t Allow
Hin 60 Tread .. Ary Hspusiic.> Germs.
DR. Parkhurst was present during tn. greater
part Of yesterdays session Of the Senate In
vestiestine Committee. and INDUCED In .
great deal Of smiling. He had two distinct and
different smiles. each one arising from GER
tain amount Of pleasure. but pleasure pro-
duced By different causes The easiest war Of
describing those smiles IL to classify them -
anti-police smiles and anti Plat smiles.
When the witnesses described the intsrfsrs
ence or the non Interference Of the police In
the polling places. on election day. . cheerful
anti police smile rippled over the Doctors
face. And when. q moment later. the commit
tee ruled De Lanosy Nicoll out Of order for
asking q pointed question about local Rspub-
lican politics. the Doctor smiled the other war.
Yesterdays session began without prologue
or preamble. AZ soon a. the Senators we're
seated-all but Senators Saxton and Pound
being prssent-Lawysr Sutherland called outs
VIII Otto Kempner please take the standr
After elicitinR from Mr.. Kempner the faet
that he had run for Assembly on an Inds.
pendent ticket At the last election and had
been defeated. Mr. Sutherland said:
Mr. Kempnsr. you may tell the committee
what you know Of the police interference with
your canvass last fall"
On certain day In November. . few days
before election" began Mr.. Ksmpnsr in gram
diloouent style. the police went through the
entire district and ordered all store keepers
who had my Autographs In their windows to
take them down"
"one moment" interrupted Mr.. NiooiL de
you know that Of your own personal knowl-
edgsT
Mr.. N1coIL SAT ON.
You Let the witness tell his story" said
Chairman Lsxow.
Are you going to let him tell everything he
knows By hearsay p asked Mr. Nicoll.
That Is the ruling Of tho committee" said
Senator Lexow. I'VE will see whether II 10 nt
or not after We hear It This COMMITTEES will
not consider Irrelevant or incompetent testi-
mony. You must bear In mind the fact, how
ever. that this 10 not trial This In IN invest
igation to see whether the city Of New York 10
properly or improperly administered. We are
not bringing indictments We are simply see
ing whether special legislation should 10
adopted In reference TO the Police Department
and We are proceeding not according to the
rules Of q court, out under such rules as We see
ct to establish"
But this IL not evidence that you will 40
cept. hope" persisted Mr.. NicolL
Senators Lexow and o'Connor answered In
the same breath. aud the difference between
their answers sent litter through the room.
Senator Lsxow-Certainy not.
Senator O'Connor We may or We may not
Mr.. Kempner started In again to give his
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offo AAAfShHs Siohi'
The policemen told the proprletors OF all
the stores to take down Autographs and post
ers announcing our meeting. These litho-
graphs represented my humble self. great
many OF my friends in the district came to our
headquarters to notify me OF what was being
done. some telling me OF this crusade. and
others to find out whether that meant that
had Withdrawn from the race. Tho next
morning determined to go through the dis
uict with view 10 AscertaininR what truth
there was In the general belief that the police
had interfersd. had hardly gone around the
corner whom noticed two men In citizens
clothes. whom l recognized as policemen.
coming out OF the BARRIERS shop at 347 Fifth
strset where the polling Mace was located on
$500, A. I.n,.r.d ~. nI.c. a. ,h.v cam.
eiecuon Jay ientofeu e"s place 40 .neS eAnio
out and noticed the proprietor holding my
llthoRraph in HIS hand. It had been In
- -t.ao- 81. a Ii. ma IT,. -
th@ "ihuo"' ! s7kso MN biu 'nose W.
gentlemen ask you TO take that DOWN.
They did, he said. ran out and followed
~. ,n,,I ,h.x 90, a. front a, StilIm.v.r,.
,"sm un', '"o' So ." 80 E,,.n
butter and egg store at 4Uo flItn street
.tooa In front ~ m. .fora And watehad the
sto'a III Hon' Va ta' s'o'' "A " -
Autograph OF myself disappear from tho win
doxv Tha t,yo nan "a ma out and saw m a and
o,iott- wsIssd on without SAVING a uord-
"- - .s
htillmeyer and he told me that they had or
1.red him 10 tate down the llthoerapb.