New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-21
PLAIN TALK ABOUT BYRNES.
DIR. PARKHURST DISCUSSES THE SUPER
INTENDENT.

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hold all OF the people who wanted to hear the Kew
| Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst speak there last even
| ing After every the main ncor ana IN the
| galleries OF the church had been taken, men ana
women sat the pulpit steps or stood packed TO-
! gethcr in the rear OF the aisles. Then the vestry
in the basement OF the church was filed with an
| overflow meeting and a crowd OF persons who could
not get in blocked the sidewalk. Dr Parkhurst was
the chief speaker at the meeting The Rev Thomas
! Dixon. IT, was expected to make speech aIso put
| he failed to appear.
The Rev Dr. j. A. B. Wilson pastor Of the church
| presided at the meeting. lie read copies OF letters
which he had sent 10 Police Inspector McAvoy ana
to Captain Donohue. of the Sixteenth Precinct IN
wiling them to be present at the meeting s't on te
| platform and explain why many disorderiy
| houses were permitted TO remain open IN the pre-
cinct After reading the letters. he said he wanted
the police officials 10 come TO the platform IL they
were present. There response to the invita-
| ton and the audience laughed. Or. Wilson said IN
| part:
Before me are two or three Draye women on gari To
In fashionable quarter OF the city Is NJ ieaSor r
why they should live in peace ana credit, nor
have the morals OF their families endahgereI aiin
their own delicacy daily wounded by the proximity
Of the unholy tribute-payers TO the unholy WOLF po-
Remember. say wolf police We have two kinds
Of police Some OF the best men OF TINS ci,y to-ub b
parade their posts as humble patronenor sit ny tht
sergeants desks too honest buy promotions when
they have already earned by merit, ana too none
OF the ''swag" protection TO thieves. gamblers and
madames OF unnamable places. There Is VOL
police however and the signs are that the animal
has gotten loose In the Sixteenth Precinct. ana we
are here to what We are going to 90 about II
and what these sworn and paid officers or 9icers
OF the law who stand In with the bawdy -house-
keepers and the scoundrels who rent proprry 10,
immoral purposes ! say. We propose to see what
nv Two ,'' years 9;' and half ago came TBS city
| and this pastorate a bomb had been expi3IeI IN
enthrns thought that through ven yena a6 SS%r'
fi,,ft IrI OyVpD
strictly 10 the distractions and eternal DEGREES OF
Tg o s ' ns %tS p Nov pMehodsts believe
in falling from grace, and often PRACTISE " Vut
Iieyr ali wGo ami yard Vide in the hnal perse
verancc OF the saints decreed from all eternity Be
of who has theory to maibta u. IKE
job when he undertakes one .,o. ,u,o
Well, a man in the c!ty at mat tllne
AMI felt new AMI too ignorant Of the situation to
sides had by my removal (ast diSfontinu.u re
form work Of twenty. years with al It's attsndant
/ male friends with my captain ana have been on
good terms with those who have been mere ever
y@s,ons ana have attempted 10 close up places I
have reported think IN oil cases my reports were
have FAD not the remotest suspicious about any
tang crooked nn t2d them M nsrT ab5nt
Well. the persistent and obtuse wretcnes VINO run
guardians to fold their black and steal silently
away. Bu;. rather than further disturb ne peace
caii this meeting in the name Of the grand hero who
had the courage 70 battle alone ana near from MN
As to what IS best 70 be done ana now We ya,,
oate tn evils about u.s. n For want az a to SAY
thA thesc piacrs are s9'rS sitinr me- rom ph1a.
il, lphia who told that IN numerous raids there
j5 wrctrbrI lost creatures About l03 II them gave
their residence "A NeN-York When inquired OF as
pe T that t' Dr Parkhursi hal drycn hen ont
New-York. i 10 not know about ne Greaier M NJ
York. bu, I 10 know about the better New iorh
"I Dr. Psr P'h DO not envy You your preem
earned II hy your courageous endeavor and holy
you The place in the order OF seniority at the head
~ The column. But the owl agencies OF ms munc
l,st church IS st!l IN town and doing business AZ
the same Oh stand clearing the right Of way across
pr Parkhurst. ! am ahead of you in one thing
have eeen summoned to appear IN court 10 ba an
spoken The truth here. You haven't got there
yet. Doctor.
Or McCln.ock. Of the city Vigilance League |
made an appeal for union in the fight against |
Tammany Hall In the coming election. and when
he had concluded his address he sent down |
TO the vestry to speak TO the overflow meeting. |
APPLAUSE FOR DIR. PARKHuRsT.
When Or Parkhurs, to speak he was
greeted with long-contlnuel applause Then a |
haired man I'm the audience got up. and called
for three cheers for Or Parkhurst Tho cheers
given I'm way that made the church ring.
Dr. Parkhurst said 1t might be expected that
h. was present to speak about the trouble over
disorlerly houses In the precinct. but he wanted
20 be frenk at the outset. ana not be misunder
stood. Then be continued:
The work in which ! am interested is not
warfare allins. the dIsorierly houses. have
nay own ideas On III" subject, but ! must refuse
be drawn into discussion apart from the main
making war on disorleriy women but that charge
has been made by lying hypocrites. our warfare
forms Of vice in the city but agains, the dannable
COLLISION OF the police officials with az OF the n
ttlf ierp Ia deer he eVil "A *
making trouble in your precinct. but am here
20 impress utoh you hr hgt syor ne oo o and
want to say a word about Superintendent Byrnes
Every l.ttlc while got a homi.y from Mulberry |
50. about the way in which tn" social evl. should
mos; of his former ones. Mr. ByrneS b"glns by say
ing that the social evil is bound 10 exist. What has
superintendent lWrnes got TO 20 win thai! II
This municipality wants philosophy ven hire a
philosopher G,aushier1 II there is need 81 po,ee
iaughterJ We want to hold police 70 the duties
MITCH ii they are hot meeting Mr. Byrnes says that
when the dsorler.y houses ara coseI The occupants
OF those houses scatter through the hathOuses.
LET THE POLICE TRY
What II they do? Does that affect the duty Of the
Police Department? That may DE Il matter for the
Legislature to attend 10. Mr. Byrnes and his fol-
lowers hired for execution. not FOR legislation.
He II is impossible TO keep the saloons closed
on Sundays. / don't know. because II hasp't been
tried yet. When We see the poice Try MI know
If 1t can be done believe that II the olict should
60 form rom MuIDeTIy->t on StiuIpiy HIsnl,
and the po.ce understood mat the edict was meant
To- be obsyei. there would be front door nor
a family entrance OF saloon open on sunday. |
want 10 see them Try. superintendent ByrneSs lat
est communication IS one OF the most remarkable
that his pen has produced. \ .tt.e more than TWO
wears ago We came out with the statement that the
law was being violated At 30 saloons. Now In the
language of-we.l one OF his detective ergeants-
Ryrnes has gone Us 5000 saloons better. u-ong- !
continued laughter) Mr.. Byrnes has distributed the
responsibility for the failure OF the polce 10 en-
force the law. He has been 50 bera In the dlstri-
button that he has distributed the blame 10 pretty
much everybody In the department, except himself. |
The r.sponsibity rests every IN the de- |
nartu,.nt except the executive head Of H. He is |
he head OF the department which has been shown |
10 be corrupt
This afternoon | Interested myself In looking at !
Some old documents. and among them was state | ,
meut made by Mr. }yrnes on December .. 1892. In |
that he said that my crusade was started by mo- {
tivc. Of revenge bred because OF the refusal Of |
policernan TO give false testimony In divorce suit
In which "A member " my cnufcn was Interested |