The sun., 1900-10-02
STORM AHEAD FOR POLICE.
cUrRCHMEy ENRiGED AT THE REV.
DR. PADDOCKy IhSULTERs.


an. u,,or-Reportt That Other Denomi-
n.,,ou, WIN support the EpiscopsiIans In
Thsi, Demand for Reform In the 'Hed
It,ht" district and the Punishment OF In
nectar Cross and Capt. Iieriihy-Ciroum-
.,.pces Ihst Led TO Conventions Action.
pisbop Potter OF the Protestant Episcopal
Di,o,.aa Of New York, who has been visiting
~, marshes In the northern part OF the diocese,
roturned 70 town yesterday and the hearts OF
,ha uneasy, who are awaiting the result OF
tho Bishops instructions from the recent
Diocesan Convention in regard TO moral con-
dItions on the East Side particularly In the
vicinity OF the Pro-Cathedral. throbbed again
II was with great relief that certain onicials
of the police departm read later In the day
that the Bishops engagements necesstated
his departure from the city again within a
few hours Of his return homo. IL meant at
least that tho formal complaint against spec
iaed police officials and the general complaint
about conditions in the district covered by
the Fldridse street police station. and vulgarly
known as the RED Lamp" district, which the
Bishop will make to the Mayor had been post
poned for the present, and that those whom
the complaints are e1 pected to hit are to have
few more days OF grace.
ANY suggestion that Bishop Potter may let
the matter die without taking action Is an
erroneous one. The Bishop Is a particularly
vigorous man when he makes up his mind 70
n definite course OF action He has known
for wears Of the conditions in the Eldridge
street district, as has every other citizen who
reads the newspapers or observes what ls 60
ing on He has watched with interest and
with hope the efforts Of the various vell-mean-
ing but badly advised reformers who have gone
into this district with the hope Of improving
its moral condition. He has seen efforts which
might have been successful with the slightest
cooperation from the authorities result almost
invariably in the direst failure. He has seen
and understood why vice was rampant In this
district. why persons Of the worst character
have been allowed TO establish themselves In
houses where respectable people live, and where
they are trying TO bring up their children de-
Gently He has understood why a regular trahio
In young women was possible in the city OF New
York. and TO the best of his ability he has COM
bated the influences which have made all
these things possible He has done II quietly,
not always by personal work, but always with
a personal interest. Through the Pro-Cathe-
dral In stanton street a steady effort for the
good Of this degraded neighborhood In the
centre Of which il stands, has been Kept up
for years The newspapers have never been
called in to help. no individual has used the
crusade "a n means to advertise himself, but
day In and day out the homes OF the poor have
been visited by missionaries. mostly women.
who to reach those they seek have had TO go
into the midst Of resorts OF the most vicious
character and TO brush shoulders with the
inmates The amount Of good done s inca-
cmiahle but tho Eldridge street district has
not improved 10 the eve of the layman. on
the contrary never in the history OF the Red
Lamp" district nave thlhgs Deeh so Wlue open
thny now.
Fighting against these terrible conditions
without apparent result l. ahgtnlhgh g,d Du1 en-
the failures which reformers have met with
In this district have been due primarily 10
the out-and-out refusal Of the police to assist
in any wav has suiiiced to make many a mis-
sionary give M in utter despair, But Bishop
Potter the RGy Dr RGoeT} a. raddocK ana otheI
with the Pro-Cathedral have kept on quietly,
always with "A full knowledge OF why their
efforts were productive Of such small results.
Their complaints 10 the police have been re-
ceived with courtesy and promises TO act,
but nothing has eyer been s a1he h d1 ~ was naard
there was nobody 10 turn TO but the police.
What followed was only what might have been
@dRS2eavice eSRe2feo in this already suRRcp quarter
increased twofold The holdness Of the law
breakerslof late has been appal.ing. Ms.s,lonary
mothers come TO them to tell of daughters
iured to terrible resorts. A regular traffic
in young girls has been carried on yet II is
charged In thc face Of complaints from miserable
parents and relatives the police have smiled
grimly and said nothing
who are paishioners of DR. Paddock and Bishop
Potter at the Pro-Cathedral, were included IN
the leyies made by The profcurers that protest &
protest was made by DR.. Paddock to Capt.
herlihy of the EldridCe street station. Capt,
Herlihy laughed. Then he swore but not at
the conditions IN his precinct. but at the az
frontery Of a clergyman coming 10 him 10 pro-
test against things that were going on IN his
precinct The minister went 10 capt Herlihy's
immediate superior, Inspector Cross. He found
the captain there ahead Of him; he went over
his story once more, ReenforCedb by his superior,
the captain again insulted the minister; The
inspector made a few remarks himself. Ut
tery blinded by their power these two officials
swore at this clergymanb behind whom
pal Church. firm in the belief that he could
secure no redress That was where they made
of Dr Paddock and his colleagues was such
H. could not 90 unnoticod. II was an insult
and when the Church heard Of 1t It rose in It's
wrath a made demand on its Bishon -uCh
rs Il has never made on him before. To-day
the police Of the district stand in ,pertlous
position and To" heads # y a wei trem-
raj Church through its bishop is going to de-
dock and n eXplanation Of the conditions
on the East side which are worse than they
Worker in that district This demand win
he made on tho Mayor, and NAV not result
In any great activity on his Tart. However,
he Is the Mayor. and first complaint will have
10 he made TO him.
Bishop Potter i not a man who takes the !
public into his confidence concerning his plans
ns n matter 0f fact he doesn't talk 70 any body /
about them save those who are directly inter-
ested with him in their consummatiOn Com
sAquently, inst what move the Bishop will
make should Mavor Van Wyck take no action !
that Is considered adequate is not known All
that the Bishop would say yesterday was that
engagements made some time ago made IL !
absolutely necessary for him to leave town
again at once. In the meantime. he desired /
TO state that he had not yet finally decided on ,
his line of action as 10 the duty placed upon
him bv the recent Diocesan CONVENTION And |
that is whero the matter stands now, but those |
who know the Bishop know that the duty will |
be performed In way that bodies i'll for those |
at whom the wrath 81 the Protestant Fpisco- |
pal Church is aimed and that the complaint !
will not lose anv strength for the delay Of a /
few days In its delivery made necessary by |
the church engagements OF the Bishop.
Bi.hop Potter and many 81 the ministers of !
the Protestant Episcopal Church are unwilling /
that their assault upon vice In this Eldrldge |
street district should take on political Sirnih- |
Cance When the resolution calling for tho in |
vestigatlon was adopted by the convention the |
RishNp said that he had had the matter In his |
mind FOR long time. but had delayed action |
because he did not want IL said that he was |
PLAYING politics The Bishop would have liked |
still further delay, but when the news Of how |
Or Paddock had been treated spread the de- |
mand for action was so unanimous. so pressing, |
ol.FN I.aaV.