The herald., 1896-12-22
M Doctor IS INDDRSED
BY Ministerial Union and
Parkhurst Society
THE PRESS IND The PUBLIC WARNED
Lest They Be Counted Among
the Goats
REV. DR.. M'LEAN EXPLAINS
The Motives That Prompted the Park.
hurst Providers
Are Young Girls Really Entic to Lives Of
Shame?
REV. DR.. M'LEAN EXPLAINS
The Motives That Prompted the Park :
hurst Providers
Are Young Girls ReslIy Entc to Lives OF
Shame?
The Doctor Was Anxious to Vindicase
Chief Glass-The Parkhursters
Claim They Only Followed the
Chiefs Suggestions.

The Ministerial union of Los Angeles,
representing a number of the churcnes
of the city, met yesterday morning IN
the Y. M. C. A. pa-s--s, Rev A w. Rider
in the chair. After routine business
was disposed of. Rev. c. c. Mclean,
d. D., was requested to make his state
ment relative to the work of the Park
hurst committee.
At the conclusion of his address the
following resolution was passed unani-
mously by rising vote:
Resolved, That we believe the state
ments of DIR. Mclean of his experiences
and acts to be true. We believe that
his motives have been upright through
out and we take the evidence presented
this morning in preference to that pub
lished by the daily papers"
HIS PARKHURST BRETHREN.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed at yesterdays meeting of the Park
hurst society: -ethfat
Whereas, the ends for which the Park
hurst society is organized. viz: the en-
forcement of law, the maintenance Of
order and the just and faithful admins
tration of the government of the city CT
Los Angeles, are acknowledged by al
to be of vital Importance and highly
BILE; and
Whereas, the press of the city. with
practical unanimity, as well as many
citizens, regard the methods adopted by
the society. for the accomplishment Of
said ends as unwiSe and ineffective; and
Whereas, the public welfare de-
mands that the press and all good citi-
Zens cooperate in this great and much
needed work. Therefore,
Resolved. That the newspapers Of
the city-also any spirited citizen
OF citizens who are not satisfied with
the methods adopted by the society, he
and are hereby requested to outline a
plan, or plans, of action in which the so
ciety can have their cooperation by
which such evils and corruption in pup
lie office and violations. of law. such as
the keeping of houses of prostitution,
gambling houses and other immoral in
stitutions may be abated. and by which
the ends of good government may be
accomplished, and second that we re-
spectfully suggest to the press and our
citizens that until such plan of actio,
is proposed and the work entered upon
according thereto. they take heed how
they oppose the plans and methods of the
society. lest they be found aiding and
abetting every form of outlawry, an
archy and immortality in the community.
He that is not for the right is for the
wrong.
RESOLUTION NO. ..
Whereas. the chairman of the COM
mittee on violations of the law, DR.. c. =.
Mclean has been grossly misrepre-
sented in his methods of gathering evil
dence of the tolerated and protected i'm
moralties of this city; therefore,
l. Resolved. That we approve the
motives of DR.. Mclean and his COM
mittee, and that in our judgment they
were as careful of methods as was con-
sistent with obtaining indubitable evil
dence of the awful practices common in
this community.
2 Resolved, That we deeply sympa-
thize with him and them in the unjust
assaults upon their Christian character
g. Resolved. That as a society We
are unit in our purposes and work.
4. Resolved. That the secretary be
instructed to furnish the various papers
OF the city with copies of these resolu-
tions, that the press and the public may
be advised of our request and sugges-
tions.
DIR. M'LEAN EXPLAINS
To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: Until Saturday last it was i'm
possible for me to give my principal mo-
tive for our committee entering the
bawdy houses in our recent crusade.
True, we wanted evidence that would
convict these violaters of law and de.
cency. so as to break up such houses and
at least drive them out of our business
and resident sections of the city. bu,
our real object was to ascertain if the
statements were true that young girls
were enticed from home and led into
lives OF shame. To have given this as
our motive prior to Saturday would have
caused the attorneys for the defendants
to have Kept our damaging evidence out
OF the courts, but having stated some
few of the many proofs of how young
girls are misguided and led to ruin.
am now prepaed to make statement
which I believe will lead the press to dc
our Parkhurst committee justice. Ir
many instances the reports of the trial:
In court have not been fair, and I can.
not help bat believe that the editoria
comments and attacks upon our com.
mittee in general and upon me as chair.
man in particular have grossly misrep
resented the facts. and in scarcely an in
stance have we received anything like
as fair treatment as has been given t.
the saloon men and the bawdy house
keepers. We have been charged will
having induced people to violate the
laws and commit indecencies Neither
of these things did we do in any instance
We did not create the condition nor in
duce any to violate law nor commi
an offense against decency. We smpl,
gathered the evidence. We believe i
the press and the public had before then
all the facts and evidence that we hav
and are prepared to give under oati
we would have been upheld by uriver
sal expression of commenGation for ou
work to suppress vice and crime an,
uphold the majesty Of law.
The attacks upon Chief Glass and m,
refusal To vote for any resolutions re
Meeting upon him or his administration
or upon the police force placed me OF
the side of the adnlinistrato Of Chic
Glass, and caused Some of my ministe
rial friends to say that ] was blinded
or a personal frierd of Chief Glass, o.
afraid to Investigate for myself, lest
should be convinced that the police fore,
and the chief We're responsible for tn,
violations of law and the immorali
ties 30 well known to exist in the city
Thus was between two fires, and sale
Was willing to condemn anyone respon
aible for the violation Of law, but coult