New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-12
1906
Laundry Soap
Made by COLGATE G. CO., Established 1906
HE FEELS SURE OF VICTORY
DIP. PARKHURST TELLS WHAT HE THINKS
OF THE PROSPECTS,
HE MAKES 4 FINE SPEECH TO LARGE AUDI
ENCE on MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MR..
sTRAUs He SAYS. WOULD BE
BOUND HAND AND FOOT BY

The Lexington Avenue Baptist Church was
crowded last night Every seat was taken long
before o'clock and the aises were filed with
men and women anxious 10 hear the Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst. who had promised to ad-
dress the members of the City Vigilance League
OF the NXVIth Assembly District. on the plat
form were the Rev. X. JUNIOR. Or. r 5. Grob, w.
H. Tolman and the Rev Or. j. l.. Campbell. minis
ter OF the church. DR. Parkhurst came In at $40
o'clock. and received with applause loud ana
long-contnued After prayer by the Rev Ut.
Patterson. minister OF the East Harlem Presby-
terrain Church DR.. JUNIOR arose and briefly adj
dressed the meeting. In introducing Or. Parkhurst'
he said that fears had been entertained as
10 the success of the meeting. but that the great
crowd present was in itself guarantee that the
people in Harlem deeply interested In the
reformation of city politics and in the cause OF
good government. Then he introduced Dr. PARK
hurst and when that sturdy exposer of municipal
abuses went UP on the platform the audience
cheered. Just before Or. Parkhurst spoke, DR..
Campbell made a few remarks.
Horace Greeley" he said. once remarked that
New-York was a great place when 1t got mad. j;
IS mad now. and every decent citizen should Jingle
with shame over the revelations which are being
daily made before the Lexow Committee"
Dr. JUNIOR then said that there was a barroom near
his church which was public nuisance. Captain
Schmttberger had done all he could 10 suppress IT,
ana 50 had his men, but 1t hourished. He had seen
the Police Commissioners and told them that the
saloon was a disgrace to the City, and was re-
sort for thieves and bad women, but the Commits
sioners had done nothing. hen DR.. Parkhurst
stepped forward With all his Old time vlgor he
spoke, and applause only interrupted him. He said
in part:
want to say something right here. and it is
this: Reporters some times make mistakes nave
been quoted saying something about eX-Mayor
Grace. and Mr.. Grace is angry. An alleged inter
view with published IN an evening pIpfl. III
which the idea was given that had said that ", Mr
ticket Now. | never did anything of the kind and
l consider this proper time and place to deny Inc
Now. we meet tonight under peculiar auspices
and We feel that We have come out upon open
Know what we represent There was time when
we could not clearly see our target bnt no" tne
air is clear: Tammany Hall has put forth Nathan
Straus. and am much pleased by the good words
spoken by the Anti-Tammany press for Mr. StrauS
II is hard, and my journalistic friends mere WIN
bear out. always to tell the truth. but II Is de-
ghtful to me to see how all TIE papers nave S,,
joined in praisng. Mr.. Straus; and In giving MN
the praise which Is his due. Now. IL i not iunny
that Tammany Hall has had to go outside to get
Q-aughter) In spite Of their filth and corruption
they have ascertancd that there are pentXS S .,
people who VIII support STats ana ho' nsnt
against him. But his nomination does not ehange
generosity. but that changes not the Tiger Don
let your Tammany neshbor praise MI. Straus.
has ton OF virtue where Tammany Hall has an.
ounce Rut should h. become Mayor, he Will be
bound
systcn-whch has made him Mayor.
Il feel that We will have no walk-ovc In the
coming election. but feel confident that We viii
win and have a victory 50 large that our friends
the enemy will be cut OFF from all hoie OF re
viyal In this world resurrection in the ncNt
We must pace ourselves In fact where We are In
theory
Then Dr. Parkhurst paid high tribute to Mr.
Gon and continuing spoke OF the case which
had come before the LeXow Committee this week:
when a complained that her children had
been taken from her because she wou mol
put up money for the police. Then ne Cofph-
mented Policeman De Gam, and called MN "A
"blue-coated noblcmau.'
Before ending his speech the speaker read n Letter
from an attache OF OF -" crifn.na! courts. ~
was TO the effect that the writer had been app7nt'f
to serve in the court and had been Obliged TO pay
go a month to a relative Of the Judge who had az
pointed him. and Furthermore. the Judge hinsrf
had made the bargain. Dr Parkhurst refused -
give the nance Of the men. 1T will come out be-
fore the Lexow Committee he said
DR. Parkhursi ran TO disippont the large crowd
which had assembled In the Methodist Episcopal
Church at One-hundred- and-ninth-st and Madison
ave his Efforts at the nrst meeting having eX-
hauste1 him.