The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-01
DINNER TO DIR. PARKHURST.
.y1 err VIGILANCE LEAGUE
PRAISES ITS CHIEF.

r.,.. As.isst Ts--ssy. says ths Leader.
VS..s. 20 ne Diviseiy sspsrvissd vita
n.,t.r,,y. ass Perhaps N We.'t = n
a..s wera for the senth see Hsis-tsrs.
rN.c,t, Vigilance League gave dinner to
.. charles II, Psrkhurst att the Hotel 81. Deris
~ n,obt. Il was vineless feast at $3.50 .
-, and although some OF the guests drank
-, ont OF champagne glasses. they did not
sing. ,. A,
- som. He wrote that he had . cold. and
~, now more than at any time since 1870
s,,I.nes IL the price Of liberty" John W.
~ vas not there. either. The LesRusrs.
Sov.vsr. we're present in full force
sans OF those who we're there were Z. L.
asdtin. Dorman b. Eaton. Horace E Deming.
"a otto Kempner. Among the letters Of
,.srst that we're received Was one from Bishop
Potter in which he wrote;
am glad to think that the ooursgeou and
..,L,,crincinR services Of our eminent fellow
,,tz,n whom you are to honor are to be SO
.crsi,lly recoRnlzed"
Charles stewart Smith. President Of the
rn,mb.r OF Commerce. presided. In his
sr.,ch he began in the Roman days. and
.n.r stepping hastily through the CEN
turss compared DR.. Parkhurst to Bis
march. Gladstone. and Blaine. He also
told the young Lessuers that they. would soon
soId the reins Of government In their hands,
.!s:.,b nf IN Which he said: '"'A w
I,sSt. ADMIRE 0 hin and aG0 low. him. aud
Ia service 70 the cause which chance to rep
resent can be understood BY no one 90 well as
m =. began. You. remember the challenge
that was thrown down and which 1 had to
Noah Davis ON the platform. at Cooper
tnion, II Il had been necessary to prove the
yhch mad. Ss,. nsy' ,ssa
n VT II aid. but never mind. We are ali TO-
E e.. Goa oGv ". beisred to be the only thing
which could have been done.
. s e: Psi PSe :TDSs s3 Ts s"P R
s'Hsis%ins 7 ssa fss nt ne
s ss,l' in nn's general nf under which W. are
as rmasho fh %Ry /. only SIs on. means 3;
which We can secure the bstterment and the
sn mi administration Of which they are the
1 DS. aPPsrkhurst then turned his attention to
ne business side OF the reforming and said:
,.ss in the 6i:sory Of re reform IN New
for positions OF trust and Responsibility.
manly t1 %snsssd"it Ss. got 70 b disinsi, sa.
peryised with exceeding dexterity. We can
:aS e aa4 II s' ooars psrs VIII
many That Is a foreaone conclusion. Now, Il
We want to win, we cannot AFFORD to be diytded
IN our antaConism To that arch enemy. There
are a good many independent movements. all
Of them animated By the same spirit and pur-
q These movements, or let me say any man
who allows himself to be put forward as can
o. any ons sss. 10 "
patty with his candidacy on the part Of the
other movements. IL an out-and-out traitor to
bellows that while I have been resident
IN this city there has never been time whom
81 SS men to sserss
their personal interests, their personal prefer
and ior the ssEs Of the col
my blood boil TO think that here We are trod-
den under the dirty heels Of a pack OF lecher-
BIZ the side Of whom the South Sea Islanders.
from the very fact that they hsye never known
sss the snd o. t tRs
nineteenth century"
:;Tsss Nd S e The S.S Tx Spst
iapsinG ppconsciously into rhyme and MOTTO
inc 4 only when he saw smile on every face.
Thus In humdrum voice he said:
in IN: a.ssh:s ,A @.y. to say
He. too. dwsit upon the necessity OF selecting
reform ed anti-Tammany movements OF the
city. He invited dissatisged Republicans and
disgruntled Mugwumps to join the ranks
q :, the lsaguers and fight Tammany
Hall. He, reminded them. however. that
ment with the hope Of personal advances M emit
or OF gaining ONCE. for II they did the move
mspt would DO broken up quicker than half a
wink.
Z l. Godkin. Alexander g Bacon. Killtssn
Van Rensselaer,. and C. C. Shayne praised DR..
Parkhurst and put In q good word for the re-
form movement