New-York tribune., 1894-06-11
PUNISH THE LEADERS.
THE REV. DIR. IGLEHART ON THE POLICE
EXPOSURES.
THOSE IN HIGH PLACES WHO HAVE PROF
TIED BY CORRUPTION SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO EsCAPE-A GOOD YEAR
FOR TIGER HUNTING.

FOR TIGER HUNTING.
At the Park Avenue NJ. Z. Church last evening
the Rev. Or. Ferdinand c. Iglehart had the follow
ing to say, in part. about Tammany and the Lexow
Committee:
Every friend Of public morals laughs and claps
Lexow Committee. The JOY is not that public vice
exists but that. existing. it is exposed TO view. II
vice is discovered and removed The Police Depart
ment is tomb which has had plenty Of lime on the
mems bones and all corruption" The Senate Com
nn5 ,ha 40 80 j I'm ' az ,bn s,ss1ir oJor can
tans and others have been Whitewashed. but the
committee has discovered under the wash tar half
an inch thick. The uniform that used 70 mean the
finest in the world means the coarsest IN me
world That which should be the symbol Of honor
and bravery and manhood is now the expression Of
every thing that is mean ard dishonest. ana pusil-
ple keep the law themselves break the law: whom
We pay to protect us from thieves turn thieves
themselves. Betrayers Of trusts, takers Of tsirs'
friends Of election frauds lost all Of shame.
they draw their pay regularly as faithful servants
1t Is to be hoped that justice will not miscarry.
and that some Of them VIII be treated to a shaved
head and a pair OF striped pants. there are many
honorable policemen. but there are 50 many who
become one Of the meanest scandals the city has
ever had: There are doubtless other Departments
and through and IL is TO be hoped that reform VIII
not stop till all the rascals shall have been dis
Love of money is the root of all evil. 1t locked
the lips Of the detective, blinded the eyes OF the
shortened the memory o. the commissioner, para
lyZed the honesty Of the leader OF Tammany Hall
It is an unfortunate day for republic when money
buy the verdict OF a judge or the vote Of a
Senate.
II is n very stupid person who thinks that the
responsibility rests alone upon the poor agents tha
in the tolls, the inspectors, the roundsmcn or
even the captains. They bad enough and de-
serve no sympathy. but there are others that have
shared the thievings and should now be brought
equally to account Some Of the 500 for getting on
the force, the 500 initiation fee the $50 month
from disorderly houses, the s. a month for saloons
open on. Sunday, got into the Golfers OF Tamnany
Hall. and into the pockets of some Of its leaders
There Is where the money started for at irst
Some Of this money went TO buy fine houses. $ZsD.-
600 stock farms and the like.
New-York has gotten to be a very unhealthy
cold for him and hc had to go South and 10 Cali
fornia This summer il has gotten 50 hot that he
has just found Il necessary 10 take on ocean voy-
age. go
but If any must let it not be the leaders In these
tiger hunters. and a bad year for tigers on
Manhattan Island. II the good people OF all
religions Protestant. Catholic Jew, and all parties
Republican Democratic. POpulst. Prohibition. DO
not arise in their righteous hate and defeat Tam
many Hall, a huge den of robbers. they will be
unworthy OF a free government, or Christian
civilization. Voting Is the thing that tells Let
1t be the verdict that will relegate the horde Of
betrayers OF trusts and public plunderer5 70 the
rear. or to Sing Sing. where they belong.
The part Dr. Parkhurst has played In exposing
vice iiiustra fact that the ministry has not
was willing give up his time. his energy, his
reputation, and II need be his life and the heroic
minister appeared, and ask the public villains
whether the pulpit has lost its power