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sparo. no tendcrest victim. Such .tste i,
~ things criee 10 God for Ncneeanc, ana c''"'
This. cir. Is my case l leaye II 2nildentlI
in your hand Conaden i I'y !: T@Sini TScSsnl,s
ini, agreSt duty, a duty which youwIll .,et your
self 20 discharge no matter ho" great lhe '"s,, ,,
do nov forget wha, has come 70 ot ,Ia ~, WI
Whon tho =. who are their partisan associates
are involved In wrongdoinR But Gaino' ,.. ne.
liayethat in such case a. this YOU VIII he-itats
a. u ,!oI,r duty no matter where the doing Of II
NAV compel YOU 70 strlne. Great place such hS
yours demands great courage and sFes os sIcrr naw
"5rns in The history OF our. city, and think
' may be forgiven add in your own career e,
viii disdain an opportunity so unique as that
which now conironts you for action worthy of
your office. your citizenship. your manhood.
I Arm ar respectfully yours
HEShY c. PoTTfR. Bishop Of New York
Mayor Van Nyck's reply is as follows,
CITY OF NEW ioRx.
OvYICR On THy MAYOR. Nov. 10. 1900
R,oht Rev Hsary c. Potter, Bishop Of Ner York:
sH the sT IN res y to df ths
conduct Of members OF the police force Of
this 9ity toward Your represept4,lves, con c1n,
street, and 10 the public violation Of law in
that neiabborhood
| lnclo-s TO you herewith a copy Of a COM
munication which have his day sent 10 tho
Board Of Police Commissioners with respect
to these matters
p,r, 4nF' ktSney SsS Of '? sw YORK SH COMFY with
the repnes, that he 9ssist and COO: crate "i'h
every power which the law has given ine 10
right tho WRONGS and do away with tho con-
snt hsaTty and % sfficient Cooperation M Gi the pocs
Department with all WHO are working 10 do
away nth p.s1' vi0a9ns ,. Of Jaw ana dHGssnSS as S
Operate With you in this matter. Eesnectiliiy
yours. RoBERr A. VAN WYCK, Mayor.
Here are tho letters from the Mayor 70 the
Polioe Commissioners and to Col. Gardiner.
o,y,c. or The mayor S Gs Sov, SoT 10. 1000.
Police Corsnissoners OF tts Cdy - Nc,c York!
GENTLEMEN uan'mit y. YOU herewith a
comma nication this dv received by me- from
z. Sh ysh Rsv Herr p3e 10 sasR tha sIs,S o,
menss in this letter relative TO the conduct
Of two nlsmbers Of th1 pollce force t'I toward @
a..istance. An officer who ins'ilts a citizen
il a Disgrace to the service You Will tnms-
dsey maze ss ses[ch9s s,slaHn ana
fiI and outrageous Is adequately punished.
/ also cal your attention u What tie bishop
' isS and deSsncy in ne nsishborhoci of ne
o-Cathedrsl In stanton street You viii
and To T. ali Working 10 the same end the, o, op-
cratlon and assistance ~ yourselves and your
subordinitee. 20 the fullest extent ~ yonr
authority. This matter must receive yonr
once take such Official ac'iou ss will do away
with the conditions Of which The Bishop COM
I wish It distinctly Understood that N this
end shall Use o. tho utmost limit all the power
responsibility those who fail y exert them
selves In ike manner Rcspeo,fllly yours.
ROBERT A. VAN WyCR. Mayor,
cry OF NEW YoRx.
OrY1cr or THE MAYOR, Nov 10. 1890
Hor. Asa Bird Ga-i,ncr. Drstrict Attorney,
DEAR SIR | enclose herewith COPY OF a
letter whieh have mi. day received from The
with nop mp Potter AND ais WITH aPe the
Police Departn'ent in every way that lies in
of which the Bishop complains may be done
away with. Respectfniy yours; -
President Hork said eTngcn
Hoard were ready To fully cooperate with
The Tsmmany commit'ee @, any others IN
minclns mir mattsrs sald he. Il, dsorderly places
are run openiy on the East Side or anywhcro
sf the s pre- prsnc rhey e CAN'T % run IN ope S
les he helps them, No one has the right to
order him to D. anything ,ha. he believes
'Sinss and Believe ha, he VIII ga sNfa the W worse na
o' it II he does not protect laces but he has
+" fn a SeSn Gr qs ar ens
To DO wrong Men have also refused to do
wrong and have not hesm TRANSFERRED II
! can a s help It, no man will be punished for do
when place s 2 r'lnnins cEsIly from day
open but it's mighty hard to prove any such
charge ~ that, II may he morally proved.
thing in court. This is APPARENT when Il is
remernbered that every man except one who
was dismissed alter the l.eTow Investigation
'or that sort OF tlirg Is now back on the force,
and even Cait puurherty who was convicted
In two Arrellate Courts has been pnrdoned
apd Gov. Roosevelt has signed bill to give
.S-They talk abou. a state Constabularv help
ing matters That Is nil r.t, The CAPTAINS are
politics 1he~ are inst as many men ~ one
party In thar kind of brsiness Gs Of another
] repeat what have said before that a one
headed police commission is the best chsnSe
that could come To the Polio" department Vice
can't be stopoed Y can OILY be regulated We
cpn't keep vicious people indoors either When
there In hot weather IN" people IN tie crowded
teuenents hnvc ga 70 Get out # doors There's
There ia bound 70 lie livcine.s where there are
crowds aud what You wo III coll firt ton on
Firth avenue. you are likely 20 call soliciting
when Won sec II on the E9s' Side
The RsncI law is To blame for lot of this
business. but tho pol"" get all the criticism
We sent Chapman over 'h"r" q while aco with
ar aN.. bu' he cor more blame for that than
hp did for the fact thar IN" women " ere There
The only way To lr"ai vice -a'islaciory Is 20 20
Huout N In q common seIiS" wnv HvpOCriti'al
laws give corrupt men the chance they want
The social evil will exist The best We can do
u tO TsgVln's " d'l0 lr'll W. t'Nl-l'tr pf-iNiN
Last ight about o'Clnok Detective Denny
Grady. who Is Chief bcvery's confidential
man. called a. the rendcr DIN poIicc, staIi n
and asked to sec Can't Thoras The cap
raav rSt S' r. n S %s ,er 'ftN ~ "n rn
+ a'nan ~ Capt rhoma- and the latter soon
appeared AT the station. He had 4 talk with
GRADY and after IL sent = note to Chief pevrrv
by Gradv ,lle refused to say what T. was
ali about
rvo7 hoty. inc udins tho curtain, was on
ius and n'odl' - ~ TIE 1erierloin last night.
can't Thomas looked as II hs didn't know ex-
a"tlv where y" was AZ The disorderly
houses that had red curtains changed them
for some ~ a. more suhdned tint. No Iiano
riaving was allowed In any Of them md only
rnll-known callers were admitted Tie pool
room men werc told las, night 10 Tie low"
'o-dnv and we're warned that they would prob
ably have TO close IN entirely IN Monday The
hg and little gambling houses did not seem
10 bo affected, The proprietors ~ the hiC
nlaccs did not appear 70 have any aprrehen-
sion IA TO the future no matter how serious
the crusade might become. They re,v on being
Incorporated clubs. The Ralncs law resorts
we're also very ctrc1,ntpect
1ROkER'S VICE HUNTERS ORGANIZE.