St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-01
PAKKRURsr 1NT1MATEs
His Sentiments Regarding Byrnes
Quite Plainly.

Quite Plainly.
New YORK. Dec. 31.-POlice Superin-
tendent Byrnes' appearance before the
LeXow committee, his offer to Mayor
elect Strong to resign, and the accom-
panying tender of his services in reor-
ganizng the police force are yariously
received. Rev. DR.. Parkhurst has lnti-
mated that the inquiSition when Byrnes
was upon the stand was not made suffi-
ciently searching for practical purposes.
Parkhurst insists that Supt. Byrnes is
responsible for most of the corruption
exposed by the senate committee, and
he is indignant over the police chief
tain'S "pompous vanity and self-glori-
fication," as he termed 1t.
Mayor-elect Strong is said to hold
BvrneS in high estimation, and would
be inclined to urge the withdrawal of
the superintendent resignation were
il not for his reluctance to antagonize
the Parkhurst society. 1t is known that
Messrs. Laroque, Smith, Taylor and the
good government element of the COM
mittee of seventy entertain cor
dial dislike for the superintendent.
A statement OF the executive commit
|. tee of the Society for the Prevention of
Vice is promised during the day This
committee, which consists of DIR. Park
hurst, Frank Moss, Assistant to Com
mittee Counsel Golf, and Mr.. Keuneson,
held consultation this forenoon.
II think" Mr.. Moss said just before
this consultation, "that it will put
Mayor Strong in something of hole,
the action of this man, who spent sew
eral hours on the witness stand narrat-
ing with the most absurd self-cOnceit
o,,A
but bad for the other officials of the de-
partment." Mr.. Moss said that Supt.
Byrnes' allegation that he had fire.
quenty assisted the Lexow committee
in apprehending delinquent witnesses
and in other ways placed himself at the
service of the senators, was news to Mr..
Gotf.
The time of Capt. Devery's trial,
and frequently since then," said Mr..
Moss, "Supt. Byrnes, Delaney Nicoll
and several other influential gentlemen
came to US and wanted to know why
amicable relations could not be main
tanned between our society and the
head of the police force. The superin.
tendent made numerous overtures in
this direction, but all of these were re-
jected because from the very first, from
the time of Agent Gardner's arrest, we
were cODHQ6nL lnat we COulu expect Ill
tie or no help from the police force"
Supt. BSrnes has given out this state
ment: "In my examination before the
Lexow committee on Saturday after
noon, when ] referred to the police COM
missioners interfering with me, did
not intend to include the Republican
members Of the board. Since the latter
have become commissioners they have
done everything to assist me, and have
made it possible for me- to take some
actions which had hitherto been upa
able to take"
Gen. -&eFwin, the newest member of
lL-tr1ne police board of commissioners, aud
Republican, said today that the board
had not hampered Supt. Byrnes during
the period that he has been member
| Gen. Kerwin also said that he had no
knowledge of tie superin.endents ap-
plicatiou for retIremeht and that the
recopmsndatiop Of the LsKoY commits
| tee for the retirement Of Capk Crseden
could not in the least affect his opinion
! in the matter,