New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-02
WITH TAMMANY.
DIR. PARKHURsTs ACCOUNT OF THE RE-
FORM STRUGGLE.

s,rIoy-s,pEEIyrEND BYRNEs AND
THE socIErY-PoLiTIcs IN THE
LEXow CoMMITTEE-THE
FUTURE.
No one man did so much to a"ahe" '' 80"
and bring about the overthrow OF Iamna". nan
al the last election as the Rev Ut ""'e' "
Parkhurst His work. begun on the very s''"pe ""eS
OF a clergyman's duiy-as he himself expresses It,
70 make II AT least little easier for city young
man 20 maintain himself at his bcst-was' o"ns
to the blindness OF the evil powers which nv ia" ~
fight widened in it's scope. untii al ,"c soo' ''
ments of the community united against the cor
rupt rulers After the victory, IL Is pro"'ao'e W
look over the field OF battle and 10 see VI, co"rse
taken nv the different parties in the night NO
body is so competent 10 make that reN'e" a. ~.
Parkhursi. His book. "Our right Win i"""""s'
which was issued yesterday from the press o'
Charles scrbner's Sons is a volume OF 2ss pages
which recoInts the history OF inc crusaue %
the Society for the Prevention OF Crime Inc long
fight With the police the Senate investigation ana
draws from all the incidents some lessons bearing
on the future nj the city. the opportunities ""'ch
the victory offers and the perils TO "h'n Soo' eo'
eminent is exposed ~
In his sermon after his detective crusade DR..
parkburst said: II never knew I'LL within thiee
weeks how almost impossible II is for young man
20 be In the midst OF the swim OF newborn ''y
life under present conditions. ana sun w YEN,
perate and clean" He started TO heip thein' M"
the first obstruction he against was the po-
lice, THE department. which in my rustic hho-
oence ! had supposed existed for the purpose ~
.oprcssng crime. II began To dawn upon me-
had fo- it's principal object to protect an" 'o'e'
crime and make capital OF IT, ON fepr"a'E !"
1892 he analysed the situation IN a se'i"o" a.
the Madison Square Church. founding his assertions
on uncontradiced newspaper reports II "as
rid statement I'VE DO not say that the PROPOSE
ton TO raid ali. -e.ed house OF designation touches
our city government AZ sensitive spot w w
not gay that they frequent them nor 40 w sd!
that II is money in their pockets 10 nave INV"
maintained" That remark seems almost chiidisnlN
ignorant in the light OF later discoveries ou' l"e
accusations against the District Attorney once
raised a storm The Doctor said: The only OBJECT
OF my appeal this morning mas pe'h d" SUM"
distinct note. and to quicken our 'ntis'd" S'"S'
of the obligatory re.ation in which We stahd 'o""'"
the official and other mnisrative criminah'y mar
il f,thifying our entire municipal lie. making N""
York a very hotbed OF knavcry. debauchory ana
bestialitv in the atmosphere OF which there ~ "o'
A Young man noble nor n young s'' :" pun
as not to be In degree Infected by inc i'u'
contamination" But no such explanation o. ms
motive would be accepted. The Grand jury d"-
nouncod him for making general statements ana
no wont on to make specific ones. This was ram
many's first blundcr. Mr. Nicoll might have asker
help TO enforce the law instead Of res'nting 'ri
cism Had Nico taken that attitude. says IN"
para,ivey speaking. would have been heard Of our
movement The victory which have gained
has not been gained 80 much by our hgh'hg as
by the injudicious precpi'ancy WITH "h'h our
movement has been opposed
DIR Parkhurft answers the criticisms sometimes
mad. bv MS friends that he should not haN" made
personai Investigation. lie shows how necessary
personal knowledge TO him In dealing with the
police.
No rhetoric that might have awaited o. and no
theories OF tne situation that might nave promui
nv being able ~ say Il know" NAV boz per
mltied TO LAY that when stood 100 my pulpit ~n"iuf
knowleigc rcpeatsd In more Of detail ne charges
Tor which had just been 'prescniel ie,l GtSa
from which no DiStrici-Attorn"y, no Grand jury
and Justice MARITIME or an, o; h's Tx 'onid ever
shake me.
The second sermon Vas more Offensive To the po-
lice than the II mcani 70 be. II SAID. y ain
no, ignorant Of the colossal spasms o. indignation
into which the trustees OF Tammany ethics have
been thrown by the blunt and ineegant character
zation Of 4 month ago. and have lear. a. We'll
as A serene anticipation OF what have 10 "Npeci
from the same sources FOR having deliberately
sought and entered into the very presence ~
nqulty IN lts viest shape" All the opposition
which ne expected was encountered. The most
prominent enemy Supcriniend' nj bgFhes- "
him Or Parkhurst SAYS
The popular mind Was aroused 70 the necessity
OF more thorough administration Of the department
and the OF the town prepared 10
extend 20 him a warm welcome and TO afford him
firm backing. and among all these mere ""ic none
Byrness part than the Society Tor the Prevention of
Crime and It's Executive Committee. We
all OF inclined for few days to believe that
he would make brave fight for II this professed In
tcntion enforce the lewsi, ani We would nave
Mr. Byrnes has recently been reported in
The Tribune Of November. 1894 a. saving that' ~
mitee he thought the police force ought 10 be- thor
oughy reorganized In other words. having been a
patrO.man. roundsman sergeant. captain. inspector
Superintendent took a committee. largely made
up OF gentlemen from the outside % the city 10
show this old police veteran the foul ioticnncss ~
OF a century wadng and plying the officer. ana YET
there are men in this city today urging mat Mr..
Byrnes shall help 10 reorganizc our police force
The author gives many facts to show the Super
intendents attempts to stop the socetys work
lie details the prosecution OF Gardner for doing
that which Byrnes. Dcvery and all their asso-
ciates knew the entire Police Department to be
| engaged in" and says Gardner not arrested
| by Mr. Byrnes and his subordinates because he
was criminal. but because he was our detective,
| and because he made n more difficult for Mr.
Byrncs's department to act out ts own rcmnnera-
| tive dcpravity' That prosecution was another
| police blunder 1T brought about the reorganlza-
ton and strengthening Of our office; II suggested
10 the community. under startling colors. the or
| ganized combination seeming TO exist between the
| police. the prostitutes and the Bench; II prepared
for the defeat OF Recorder Smyth and last and best
OF all. II cordially introduced to the knowledge and
| confidence OF this community coadjuor. John
| W. Con- Superintendent Byrnes charged openly
| that Or. Parkhursts motives revenge against
the depa rtmcn because OF policcman's refusal to
| testify to suit him In divorce suit. and made
| other statements Of an infamous character about
| him After the society's agents were mobbcd IN
| Broome-st.. every obstacle thrown In the way
| OF their identifying the assailants. and then the
| Superintendent insisted that the society should
| prosecute the prisoners would be discharged
| We said: Discharge them then. II the super
| intendent OF Police does enough Tor the
duties OF his office and the reputation Of his de-
partment to prosecute a lot OF vasabonds who. In
| broad daylight. have set upon the agents OF a
| chartered society quietly engaged In doing what.
| as such agents. II belonged to them to do, let him