The sun., 1894-12-28
PlRKHURsT rs oRACULAR.
One ThinS II Clear. and that Il that ne
Wants More Investigation.

One Thing Is Clear. and that II that ne
Wants More Investigation.
This letter is made public by Mr.. Joseph La
rocque:
Joseph Larocque Chairman Committee Of Seventy.
DEAR SIR: It probably is not necessary for
me TO express TO you my appreciation OF the
magnificent work that has been done by the
Committee Of Seventy, but feel an irrepressi-
BILE desire to make such expression, and IL Is
nothing more than what lie due to yourself and
your associates I do not know your intention
as to the prolonRation Of your term of service
but trust that you will none Of you be In haste
to conclude that your mission is completed. To
your committee belongs the credit Of bring
ing order out of disorder and concentrat-
ing the divergent and contradictory senti-
ments OF men upon single municipal ticket
which the rest OF us have Joined with you In
electing. That work has been done, and your
committee can feel an honorable pride in con-
templating the result You are at present en-
gagged in the consideration Of bills to be brought
before the Legislature at its approaching ses-
sion and tho wise fidelity with which your best
efforts have been prosecuted augurs well for the
thoroughness and sagacity with which this sec
ond stage Of your public service will be consum-
mated. But will you permit me to Urge II upon
your attention, Mr.. Larocque, that there is a
third service which you and your committee can
render. and which, believe, all the circum-
stances being taken into account, no other body
OF men render so well?
We are now passing through q very critical
An immense victory has been won at the polls.
II is natural that men who do not think carefully
and there are many such should imagine that
nothing more In particular remains to be done
but for Mr.. Strong to assume his duties as Mayor
and give us good city ADMINISTRATION. 1t took
going to take work. persistency, ana genius
al combined to make that victory available
many earnest men working together have
achieved the success. but 1t would require
victory and dissipate the toilsome earnings OF
the last three months and last three years;
which leads me now to say that the greatest
mittee can now render will be to help hold the
tone Of public sentiment at the high key which
that men VINO. have no higher ambition than to to
make capital for themselves or their party out
the pressure OF public sense and public con, n
science, to shape their actions by lines Of prn-
What has been accomplished up to this date
has been achieved by the pressure of considera-
way OF caneelinE what has been done than TO
mi, mix integrity n with policy and compose dilute
and too vicious TO be at all reputable. In par
ticular y is urgently important that the work
nj manila S nS Sehhe ron
compromising finish; and that not only because
Of the disastrous effects that would be- wrought
more because OF the enfeebiing effect that
would be produced upon prospective legislation
at Albany: The tone In which the sessions of tho
investigating committee conclude is the tone IN
which legislation at Albany will be initiated. Ii
has taken a tremendous amountof work. as you
well know. 10 bring the community TO its pres
ent attitude of thought and temper of feeling
and anything which even looks In the direction,
of a compromise policy, anything which is even
suggestive OF anything short of absolute thor
ouGhuess Is 50 much accomplished toward IN
validating results that have been reached sap
ping the virilty Of the legislative action. and
driving back to sea again the tide OF revolt
against small men and small measures which
was at its flood on the 9th of November
Begging that you will excuse the length of this
letter, and that you will attribute the drectness
OF the terms which l have employed not TO a
spirit OF dictation, but TO the earnestness OF my
own interest In the common cause which YOU
and have 90 heavily at heart, lam. yours very
sincerely. G. III. PARKHURsT
NEW YORK. Dec. 81.