New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-01
MR.. HATHAWAY MAKES REPLY.
SOME SHARP CLERICAL SARCASM FOX The
PROSECUTOR OF THE PLEAS.

PROSECUTOR OF THE PLEAS.
The Rev l. W. Hathaway. who was chairman Oh
the mass-rnee,ine held under the auspices OF 'he
clcrgymcn OF Jersey CITY on MONDAY night' sa'd
yesterday TO Tribune reporter that ne was HIS
understood as he ala not intend to say that he re-
fused 10 answer the open letter OF prosecutor WIN
field. published IN The Tribune yesterday. but that
he was not prepared to answer IT on wednesday
night lie responded yesterday IN a letter 10 Inc
Prosecutor. II was as follows
c. H. Winfield Prosecutor OF the PEGS. 49, bin,
Ny Dear SIR Your eholesiG eps Teeiy Wy and CON-
tents fully noted 1t Immediately or3usnti 10 sdn my
mind the iaAI th w1r had you waited FEW hours
until you hal tine 20 cool on IttIe you "ouu
never have written this discour'eous and ungen'ie-
But the old proverb ls again verified: Whom the
roIs would destroy. they first make mad"
You state that there can be 10 misunderstanding
the meaning Of this resolution" We did Tot intend
P~ase read It over again aud II It is no; plainly
since (, les within the power OF the Prosecutor
OF the Pleas to employ force unlimited IN inc Ie-
tee ion OF crimes and misdemeanors. we. tho people.
demand OF him as our representative that he put
forth his best energies to secure evidence asainsi
all who pe-sistently violate the law, ana 20 ths eu
That the Jaw may be made terror to eVi!doers
surely there Is no ambiguity or .insinuaton' D"'
We have spoken here In plain words. 49,
You have glsen TO you BY the law power to en- EN-,
ploy unlimited force Tor the detection OF crime ar, 3ni
You are tho only officer OF the county who has thit
power You must know th@, with S'a un nnI s5y
power comes great responsibility we 90 not "a,
that you have done nothing Dlt we 90 say say ,nd iI
with such unlimited power you nave not oo"e All
that YOU should have done ,-.- /, Alto
Let us see. You have been prosecutor III tIis
county for about thirteen years BY your own SNOW
Ing the net results Of your great power anu oesi
energIes TO close the saloons the Sabbath IN al
these years II sixty-three indictments In April 1872
with those OF the present month. and THIS with
shcm, Two thousand saloons In this county. with
open doors nfty-two Sabbaths In year VII
leave the public 10 judge whether tne oes' '. ~
r1cs' OF your great Office with ,hs reasury oil 'n u,
p. NIL Nh consistently
late me law TO be SUR you 90 reier u.s. TO a5 L
Gears ago Or Van Clecf IL a venerable ana
honored citizen whose memory may De ape 10 re,@'
sone srasm OF virtue experienced by our PROSECUTOR
MI h ia such ancient history 10 lie beyond the
recollection Of the present generation Aos. ,,ona
veors YOU may have been moved by virtuous I'M
pulses We Will accept your word f9r II without itnd
calling the venerable fa,sr to the naw
Of The result OF these slxtythree indictments FER
haps you might be able to tell them many things
about wh bs s ihSy In the rst place why only
sixtyhree out Of the many thousands OF r ,ba
were selected out Of the many. and why they were
things no, clearly understood by tho sweet and
But Of these sxty-three. It may be OF interest 70
pniltv With the understanding that judgment would
E" s,isnenI.d upon the payment OF costs. and tina,
,heY Wee nearly all dismissed upon payment OF
coss Perhaps you may have advised the Juuse u
Th,rt"cn Years and tens OF thousands OF violations
~ law ensliv detected, known of all men, ana Sixty
thr". indictments (of whomD and they nearly az
DISMISSED upon the payment Of costs the ne, result s
"ros ' with unlimited at his disposali
No doubt my dear cir, that you are versed IN
many MAJ yb hhsI Hr W" that may never know
Should you REQUIRE any further enIiYhss sn hs
upon the meaning OF our very truly NC
'' Jers~y city, April &c. 1896 l. w HATHAWAY.