New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-02
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FUSION MUST TRIUMPH.
A STRONG REVIEW OF THE SITUATION
BY DIR. PARKHURsT.

TAMsANY TIGER-TKE POLICE READY TO
RESUME BLAcKMAuLNG OPERATIONS If
THE wIGwAM WINS. IN SPITE OF
THE POLICE BOARD.
A letter was addressed tc the Rev Or. Charles
H. Parkhurst by John Brooks LeavItt on Tues
day requesting Dr. Parkhurst 10 answer num-
Der Of questions about the candidates on the
Fusion ticket. in view of his recent declaration
that he would not vote for at leas, one OF those
candidates In reply Or. Parkhurst wrote that
ne had considered the subject carefully and
would write a letter for publication at later
day The letter was sent to The Tribune BY Dr.
Parkhurst yesterday, and is appended:
The following statement of the situation pre-
nared not az my own motion. but at the request
of some who have thought that nj time Ike tns'
when everything counts, j might be able 70 con-
tribute even II 50 slightly, 70 the supreme
end that we all have in view. The platform Is IN
q way more effective than cold type; but, physical
conditions having debarred from the former,
avail OF the latter although not to sucn lerS'n,
trust. weary the reader.
We are on the eve Of an election second only TO
that Of 1894 in the seriousness OF its possibilities for
good or evil. We considered the victory or last
year a fact but have learned that 1t was but
halr-fact and needing a second OF the same sort
to make II complete. Defeat this year VIII, 70
large extent rub out the victory Of last year VIC
tory this year will double and consummate last
wears victory victory is not victory until II
has become a fxity. To fasten last years result
with rlyets Of permanency IS the business that the
decent people OF this city have now Immediately
in hand
Everything has been, for the last twelve months
lying in mems minds in the form OF question: tney
have been asking HAS Tammany gone to stay'
Has reform come to stay?" The blow dealt the
Tiger last November was paralyz!ng, but not NOR
tai; the task that belongs 70 this November j. 70
do the beast to the death. We are tired OF nghuns
Tammany not because we do not expect 70 "s"'
as long as we live but because we want 20 get
this piece Of butchery completed In order that We
may he able 10 turn our hands 10 other business
that needs attention but that cannot be despatcheo
until this preliminary IS disposed or Matters na''
10 be taken up plecemeal. We may form our pA"s
IN gross hut have to act IN detail We shall never
reach the political millennium by trying 70 PACK
thousand years inside one campaign we want
70 he vlrtuous but we want to keep our virtue
from being lonely by coupling with II as iafss
measure as possible Of ordinary sense
THE ANTI-TA.iMANY SENTIMENT.
1-,doubtedlv there Is antI-Tammany sentiment
enough existing IN this city to-day 70 90 al a''
more than all that is asked OF It, II only tna' seh'-
mont Is made available and harnessed down 10 CO.
onerant action. We all have more inteiiieeh'
sa,se NJ what Tammany denotes than We did year
ago There may not be just that sort OF fhora
arervescence that there was when we were IN 'ne
midst Of disclosures made by Mr. Goh put ou.
annrecation OF the situation Is now wiser ana
moro calculating one. We have not only had lresh
,,,s,ra,io,s of the essential vlcousness OF TAM
rrarv such for instance a. being daily anorded
nv the disclosures Of the Commissioners vi NJ
counts; but twelve months taste OF the uS''"o.
quality OF municipal government mas rnaae os iee'
With ney keenness the horripieness OF the one we
have escsped from by evncng the glarins coh'ras'
! ,baf subssts between the two; for whatever cr'u-
c,sns may be passed upon the present "a
lion there has at amy Hva rg forwssd The attempt s
being made and with very are . ues,ee y,,th ~ as
fss TO s1d recognzed principles Of duty s4 de-
cency and that as cohtrastel WI .,'s-s and Shee-
hans Is a distinct innovation We psconae 80 20 ha
accustomed new conaltoni nai o' r,ade by old con-
Si.,s v,Ish that we could have hal Just oi'e h
dirty week o. Tanmsny Woud sua4sn5ee Pant;
form Victory that would convert ,hS Ha,chens inio
adits her of The past ana a fetid memory ana u ~
any foolishness or nesnsenee Si ndisgulsed An
ppsspe 70 C come back again are going 70 euss
o,,rsa one another for being sharerS WA" "S IA "
vo,tD MAKE Up FOR LOST TINE.
- -. exnect that Tammany. r 1t should
| -, - nower would be any different Tor having
-. tor . time on the anxious seat; she Is 20 con-
s.,,u,ed az to exercise a determnate amount OF u
nravty In a given period, ana Il she mas ~ " .~a ~
for year two Che VIII naNg s,n,ity u W does not
sne hsS ~" rrans by being temporarily left fallo"
the tiger is sess s1g 1Af tes bu3 she sets in among
;be lambs once more she Will eat ior tne pa -,
well as ,Sat Ter digestion is disoriered but tnas
Sine New Years she has hed nothing 10 ;ts1a" Iiss
S,iS, ~ commonly known the interior Iissrac-
M What Is Tammany gT,,, is simply the abdominal rum
bIings incident 70 having nothing islue t Ut s,,,ng
,estines Cutting off an anlind neau any
~ "s feed have the same issue Hnen aneqease,i
prolonged Twelve months more oi 'S'at the rocy
ma as vrtuous and Intelligent citlz'ns va a e br
arI.hhe row now we are fools for having gone 10
the palms OF woundng her year ago. ga, u.,,s harm
o>yt come from A Tammany victory ms year; sen sen
tbat the chief positions Of authority would SUI
~ nr knv such reply. however honestly lntenled
n,ronseds from a failure to appreciate ne ieleay
pgg me nresent situation. Let us illustrate by req
., arne @ - the Board Of Police Commls mlssQners, IL -
& Tcing strained to the utmost IN ne malntenance
OF their executive authority Ih&SnKs & 70 Co., ,e IN ,hs
rch lest winter sill have police IS force ehas
80 Lax rIie as distinctly mutlnous agains, law and
order and commonplace decency as II VA a. q sea' 80
Tn, Pocsb b BENG ait n ympnn ypan S endcayor that
! ihav can be made by the Commissioners ~ eh'''Ss
! Inc law against criminals
EFFECT on THE POLICE
And that difficulty IS going TO be terrihca'y en-
/ ban,ed If the Commissioners lose the moral sup
! -r, that goes with the feeling thaI they are the
| evnresgion of the predominant VIII OF the people
Iawlessness IS the Increase In this c'ty To-Day
and IL Is because the police have an impression tna'
/ r,,,orv ia go,ng 10 win There has been. during
III last ten DAYS rapid increase 10 the number ot
couulaints reaching me from all paris o. me t2Wn'
/ Indicating trs growing bolcn'ss or ld"pIstneis.
rhesa are facts and ihey ought 20 be charSen nohs
IN III. serious reflection OF cz,ns wAo care 10 nave
/ iav regarded and our municipal institutions nam
f.ined The "a to be remembered j. that me ponce
have not during the year past, broken wltn ths Oh
/ owenders against excise laws or any otner ldN3
! When they have enforced law they have said TO the
cuty party I'VE sorry to have to DO his ba.
~ -, n holm ourselves" The friendship between
| the police and the criminals IS as close to-day as
! ever il was and they are all ready u resume the
od blacknal. relations the instant the pressure o,
| nubllc opinion is removed. IL was orly yesterday
/ that had with me IN my study for an hour poice
/ cantain who has been great many years upon tne
force is sti there and has been personally intimate
with and participant in the criminal conduct OF tne