New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-28
PARKHURSTS PLAIN WORDS.
IN LETTER FROM vEvAY HE SCORES
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE BLAMEs CERTAIN LEGISLATORS FOR THE
| HALFRoTTEN CONDITION OF THE POLICE
| FORCE AND DESIRES LEXows DEFEAT
FOR REMUNERATION - A YOUNG
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
OVER THE NEWS OF COG
GEsuALEs DEFEAT.
| A. w. Abbott secretary OF the City Vigil
lance League of New-York. has just received a
| letter from the Rev. G. III. Parkhurst, president
of the League. dated Vevay Switzerland. Au-
gust 10. 1885, in which the latter severely scores
the Police Department. and speaks in anything
! but hattering terms OF the recent work OF Sena-
| tors Lexow and COggeshall at Albany.
This letter will appear in full in tn" Septem-
Der Issue Of THE City Vigiant" the Leagues
monthly paper AS that paper is not pub
| lished until about the middle of the month,
! however, Mr.. Abbott mas decided to make pub
lie at once some of the more important mat
tiers contained in the letter having to do with
State politics. and more Immediately with the
coming convention in the new XXIIId Senate
| District. in which Mr. Lexow lives
EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER.
Following are extracts from DR.. Parkhurst's
| letter. given by Mr. Abbott to a Tribune
reporter;
Every month that passes only makes more gar-
! lngly clear the fact that the ordinary processes
OF the courts are inadequate to purge the Police
| department Of the vicious ingredient with which Al
is HAVING h Sean ae Fa aFa o of a pabs
Inspector Mclaughlin has been tried twice ut an
been meo as for The s rosd suit akns has
! been investigated by the Commissioners for some
| thing like eight weeks, with what result DO
not yet know. but even II convicted by them he
he M "A of
cept Is the result of death OF other pfovideniia!
Byrness resignation was accepted for the rea-
! son, presumably, that II was judged inpfobable
him. or at least imprisonng him during the term
OF his natural lie 4 criminal runs bur little REX
OF Incarceration " his hands are allow 20 play
ai hitum In the pockets Of New YORK City's mill
M Police Commissioners are doing ihelr best,
with the material at their cumnnnd and with The
naow igin OF oI9n M ,re h ,ha, ih u , ,ne
49, its being 90 difficult to get ne high qi'rial
tr,siu,nr 'ht,i Il ihat nst Wihitt's Iieisiatrte,
aud ~ particular inan IKE irSbNi vDuunpr ahi
ri,,i All ,,, Man nlifg iNs y 4 tkafapief sun
tIghdt 5fisi' 70 81 80 sasleii ..,
ifrnnnioiis fhe@s e ifahfiif ~ 'he hrtlnNnf ~
iie ssssN e'' 1r' ii s,n,nis nv al ne .i pl '
10 ,he p,ii ri his rnical mas'r
The Malice flren il to-day he ball roian thing
that II Is hecause the menhers 81 tbs senate N
vostigatng Committee aid not stand up !" me
strength oil manly, moral courage, ana inslst unn
Immediate action hlted to ne nseessiiisS o. me
going to be visited upon these coWardiy seheNH'"s
If there Is anything that New York City can do
TO help prevent clarence IexOw from going BACK
to Albany. 1t ought In seli-respect 10 90 ~. Th
Is not prompted by motives OF th ,,ro ar
writer Of this would pick Lexow out OF tue ire OF
man OF larger deserts. but the point Is that me
times require for our halls OF legislation men 'as
| get TO put in a conscience and judgment OF tHeIr
own: men whose legislative acts are not an lnier
! ebr auI
bes and men who IN the ,b bsirn autW even Il
IT costs them hundred political deaths"
COGGEsHALLs RETRIBUTIoN.
,r,o par,s issue Of "The New-York Herald" In
forms ps this morning that Senator Coggeshail has
been Overwhelmingly defeated in the primaries
This is exhllara'ing news. II had any American
fireworks with me- / would let them of In celebra-
ton OF the occasion, and start d young rou''" %
! uv In the middle of August.
/ We have none OF us forgotten CoggeshaTs Do
/ havlor at Albany last winter There Is something
UNNECESSARILY wholesome and suspicious III tne ~, Ia
surrec,ion OF constituencies against iar vii and
| Asscmblymen who play Win t"e p'P' W."
betray the public trust .o,,,, MAIN
one great lesson as we nave @
tanned. that needs TO be taught 20 our ~ renra
lives that they are sent to Apany not noo ,o Who
! elected them and carry themselves as hui NUMB,
and obedent servants to the popular na,,'a w.
/ noniiar mandate and make a jest OF me sa,ss
that elected them. This Is sort OF mo ~
them The probability Is that II mas area"y oee'
enectual.y taken out Of Coggeshan. A.. 49,, -, -,
II would be a healthy custom II. al tne emu vi a
REPRESENTATIVES term the incumbent was summon
co before mass-nee,ing OF his constituents ana re
oured 10 render public account or ms M @
III "a exninn his attitude toward the various eBls-
Iative measures upon which he had been caleu 70
act There would be gallons of moral tonc n ,h
nrospect OF such catechising. something OF unG
kind IL believe in vogue IN parts OF Scotiaid, anu
Il would be an admirable scheme 10 nave II '"P''' !
ed and acclimated in New-fork
DR. Parlshurst expresses himself as greatly
! n,eased with the way in which the City Vigilance
League is supporting the Police Commissioners RS
Ie exnects TO sail for America about the middle
| of September.