New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-09
VIGILANCETHE WATCHWORD
DIR. PARKHURSTS CITY LEAGUE IN ITS
NEW HOME.

EX-MAYOR HEWITT RECALLS SOME INTERESTING
EXPERIENCES FROM HIS LIFE IN THE
CITY HALL-sPEECHEs IN FAVOR
OF REFORM WORK.
The formal opening Of rooms for the City Wig
lance League the fourth floor of the United
Charities Building. at Fourth-ave. and Twenty
second-st.. last evening. was followed by meet
ing in the assembly hall the ground floor.
which all tenants of the building have the right
to in turn. There was fair attendance of
league members the hall being well filed. The
Rev. Dr. Charles II. Parkhurst. president OF the
league. sat on the platform with eX-Mayor
Abram S Hewitt, r. Fulton Cutting and Robert
w de Forest Frank Moss and Arthur +. Den
nett of the Society for the Prevention or Crime,
OCCUPIED front seats in the hall Colonel Waring,
the Commissioner of Street Cleaning, was among
the parsons at the meeting
MR. HEWITTs STIRRING SPEECH
Mr. Hewitt presided, and before introducing
otbor sneakers he made brief speech, and said
| in part:
u the laws cannot be enforced. the growth OF
| crime will be such as to overwhelm the community
terror Of the evdoer and the protector OF the good
citizen TO be the terror OF FSod CITIZENS ana me
the there diyss which were known tI to
be s6eeT for G the Prevention Of Crime and
charges were made against Inspector Williams. the
captain of the "Tendero!n," but the evidence was
l attended a dinner Of the police captains. and
tom and would try to get evidence against them.
They their good behavior for two years
energy courage and faith necessary to carry on
the work for the suppression OF yGe re- 'Applause
which Dr. Parkhurst is the president % watch the
police and see that the police are made to enforce
have been a member of Tammany Hall for forty
many Hail or would have been turned out long
ago GaughterD The strength o, I Tamm,a has
had permanent o nome. am glad that this
league is to have permanent home. and con
n ieo iy .e of seems o
have been almost inspired for the work.
r. Fulton Cutting. president Of the New-York
Association for Improving the Condition of tho
Poor made a brief speech. extending a welcome
to the City Vigilance League tenant Of the
building.
Robert w de Forest. president Of the Charity
Organization Society said that thanks were due
to John s Kennedy for bringing the City Vigil
ance League to a permanent home. The other
tenants OF the United Charities Building. he said.
would work in harmony with the league
THE PLATFORM OF THE FUTURE OUT
LINED.
DR.. Parkhurst was then introduced, and he
things he had TO say were the following
This evening there "a the opening Of new chap
ter in the history of the city Vigilance League. We
Of the league have had a hard fight. When We
belong to the league. Some of the present mem
beers were not willing at first TO have II known that
way Of INJURY to business have It known mat
meant more last fan than this community knows.
but are not here 70 brag or 70 oi9w iEump9's;
copied after your Tammany Hall daughter, IN our
plan of organization: We can learn a, great utd!
| methods of organzation. We have adopted the As
sembly district plan OF organization with a leader
In each district. and shall hold each leader re-
sponsb!c for the conduct OF affairs IN his district
We intend TO extend the ORGANIZATION so thAt i3ere
will be captain in each election district ana ~
| time we shall have man in each block VINO WIZ
the block afectlng the organization. We intend
perform 10th destructive ana constfuctlVe WORK
The victory OF last November wa. possible because
good citizens came together on broad non-parisdn
platform uniting in a dem and for honest govern
rment We have been anxious since the election.
looking at what goes at Albany and thinking
where we may be three years from now Las, fall
was a Republican. That IS a tough thing FOR Re-
publican 10 do and the next tougher tning y ioT a
Democrat 10 forget that he Is a democrat. We
must be constant in the support OF the platform on
going to continue TO stand IN spite Of Tom Platt
and the devil ApplauseJ
| IN HARMONY WITH THE MUNICIPAL GOV
ERNMENT.
We are IN hearty accord with the new municipal
| government. az No. go Mulberry-st. yes
terlay to talk with Police Commissioner. We
are TO melt our swords into poughshares when
the city government IS reorganized. Now We have
a permanent home and want It 10 be point
from which information will be difused through
the city Room NO. Als In this building VIII be
city anai;s The principal Of the league IL a6so-
,nent for offices. but because we love city and
We want self-sacrihce to DO living principle In
our citizenship. Appause)
THE AMOUNT OF THE TESTIMONIAL FUND.
J. Iangdon Erving. Of No. 81 Wall-st the treas
urer of DR. Parkhursts testimonial fund. reports
as follows:
Total amount received from 5s subscribers
Interest on deposits from December Y to
a. IA per s95
sy3,lSi 60
Ie exc o as per Vouchers ........... COS Is
Tota, amount hand TO date, deposited
with the Union Trust Company, drawing -
interest at llz per cent............... 'Z@is' %
II is understood that the city Vigilance League
state OF New-York. When all SUBSCRIPTIONS have
been received The treasurer T thTm d ove
To- be invested By them for the maintenance or the
1U i ~ nr parkhurst our January appeal to
the public expressed d hope that iu!y &""S inlEht
s. 800 a year 1t Is hoped that before the books
are closed many OF his friends VINO nave not yet
cuhecrIbed viii send In their subscriptions, thuS
increasing the amount and sustaining Di PARK
hurst In his efforts for permanent reform III our
city.
GENERAL TRACY'S ILLNESS
General BENJAMIN +. Tracy Is III at ms mousse no
Il West Twenteth-st lie 10 suffering from slght
attack of erysipelas. The General and his family
were to have sailed the Vera Tor Genoa to-uly'
but his sudden Illness prevented me nehe'd'
,.i,,O nnIit
last night that he expected to be able 10 so out III
week