The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02

VAS made that the agents 49,
-. pi'.ciai prctection and wevv. Il, h. CO.
ss..rea as legitimate prey.
VOW that Is Byrres. ue "a -
iiase mad steadily IN our eye f7r 49,.
*. aiiss ne has had us as securely i,
s the community knsYws mr.
-. mas meant rotfEng but Tho ever
~ !" misruie in this CITY. pvrne.
mat as well as the usf,,le
49, ses &c mas fought MS Noss v~hv nae
- 'hs senatorial committee. through lts
s' made themselves familiar xs.b
matters? We have urged she's,
- ash air- Byrnes whether. prior IN the
p investigation. he had kroun
.as rottenness or the police force
80 aia or ne did not. If he did. ana STR,
nspe nis mouth shut, he was pns,,aal
A'ay we. and IL he was not. he was ,,r.
spsakabiy inbecise. Now whv did ~.
anis committee insist that Ar e.ar -
ms Characteristic manner. sho,,Ia h,x,9,
ar. Byrnes on this bifsIrs..,a xs,.a.,...,s,s
I am nothing but a minister b,,t :, r
naa been a lawyer of Afr fsce,.. ..s.,s.s.
"ohsa have pur Mr. Byrnes on that
- 800 non and would have guaranteed
,.s,,s. ous OF MIN all his official reputa-
49, INSIDE or one days session: pre-
- course. the committee would
nave allowed me TO do so.
Let me repeat In f.s,ncr,,.,>,, 49,.
no interest In this matter save a
s. and passionate desire TO do
n Work. II MIR. Byrnes, with a
.1'sa1 &C serisfic disposition to get his own,
11r.A out OF the yoke, says he has been
- handicapped as to be practically rnvs-
eitess. 1 want TO say that all such ex-
uses are evasive and cowardly. If he
Ia1 wanted to turn the police depart-
sneni upside down and exhibit IL IN. the
.''asacIer ne certainly knew belonged
70 IT. ne could have done IL. and done
is easily, and the publf. wo,rsa have
STOOD by him. and no body of men roora
soiiuiy or more heartily than the soc;etv
Tor the Prevention OF Crime II NAV
De permitted to say it, / uavself have
peen able to do something In that linz
during the past three years. notwith-
standing that was outside the denart-
naent and nothing but a minister. ana
II Byrnes had wanted to do anvthing
ne could have done II. and he could have
accomplished more in the shape of earth
quaklng results than I have heen ahye
10 do In twelve times three months. Men
with as much influence as Mr.. Bvrnes
VINO has been In the midst of tniouttv
ior thirty years. can fight iniquity if they
want to, and If they are clean they want
DO As
am aware that many who are our
friends will take exception to this STATE
nient- Some will say 1t is inexpedient.
Iiiat Is not consideration that weighs
with us. We are not providing for pro
motion. nor burning for popularity, but
the Society for the Prevention of Crime
was here before the senate COMMITTEES
came down and will be here after the
senate committee has gone back. and
the ur1compromising Ane we have fol-
lowed In the past will be followed In
the future"
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 1.-Senator Lexow
was shown the letter OF DIR. Parkhurst.
He glanced through 1T and informed him
seir or its general character, and then
he said: II shall have to read IL carefully.
and when / have read it / shall make
AN answer to IL. / ans not surprised AZ
Its tone or condemnation. ] expected IL.
In fact. 1t Is a case of Othello's occu-
patton gone. Other men are getting cred
It for the work of exposure In the law.
We would call 1t professional jealousy.
IL the committees work OF reform goes
on DR.. Parkhurst will have nothing to
do but preach the gospel"