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And" Mr.. Keller's

mlttee Ht that time ana place ih'S H'"l"'
was carried unanimously Of course and then
Mr. Keller moved that all the meetings OF the
committee except those necessarily executive,
be oren to the public, and TINT the press be
invited 10 send representatives to report the
proceedings This. too. was carried unani-
mousy Then Mr. Keller said that the com
inlt,ee would have 20 let its course be shaped
by events
we cannot do ANYTHING ourselves said
Mr. Keller. we have no authority In law. and
all that We can do Is what any other society
Is, 10 lay eydcno.' before the authorities in
tho Police Department and the District At
torneys of'ico We are not going 70 do any
seuthing. IL Is not necessary. IL we have
the evidence that vice exists II IL not essential
that We should 20 and look AT II personally
We can lay what evidence. We find befors the
II any Of its members are implicated II can take
what steps II feels necessary:
Il II assumed that the district leaders are
uiCtsf" was asked
There was no such assumption a. that >
ssf MI s k" than ss a oS. Sen eno. as
DO YOU think the police need inhuencins'"
You mustn't ask me my individual opinion.
said Mr. Keller We have no police power.
Eyidencas Of Vice have become - fiacrantly OBJ.
noyous In certain neighhorhood. that all good
citizens must do something. but We have no
police power. We do our utmost through
whatever department there may be 10 get
what the course OF the con!littce will be We
mus, let events li'tltrit. rhts to be an open
Investigation. free tieId, sndno favor;
the committee said that j. would b. iupossible.
70 tell now what IL would DO The object or
this eommitlee:, said he ts TO nnd oYl what
II viii give tiirc and consideration 10 the abuses
which are .pointed out. and Try TO ,sugsest a
neorIa have cUliec,od Tia We Want 10 move In
a praetica! way ana not to attempt the iuipos-
So MIR Croker's vice hunt began II was
the. ,o' ic Of cCnvsrsatiGn Yesterday among
Iolitici .ns Of I'll grades throughout New YORK
Dry. some q them believed that Mr. CROKER
the only way for 1ammany Tall TO re,ain ue
power was tn devote the next year 10 cleaning
y the city and g nominate sS9d lsdsnendenI d
u7iaus thought hat this vice crusade would
result IA brinyine Mr. Nixon prominently be-
fore the and would make wnvs, MN ism ana
that the vice hunt was started ny him 10 p,i,, order
Potter had sent 10 the Mayor, on thursday.
but which was not made public until yesstcr-
day, MIR. Croker denied vigorously that there
he said last evening that the conditions which
the comuittee l. 10 investigate were largely
due 20 the activities of the Rev Dr. Charles Il.
Parhhurst.
The one man reagonabIr for th,s dl, SiGious
rom M . al as Over S"% York and sTsn
into, Brooklyn, II it Ter- not for hun there
would b" NJ cry for relief from the East side
from the d""aiit pe"plc Inst"ad Of irving 70
dscredlt other penples efforts he ought ~ look
t. his own rccofi have had this N mind for
saSre if E Fl" ton Eat i iinade % ny nv mind hist L
the crusade was commenced before elt' uon
day ne,,iG woci say !, Tss dore for political n,
and did not want +, h1y" them think That
would try W get votes IN vius way. fhos' VINO
are laushus at me gpw wi flnd that am ! =
was done hv l,r Tarkhurst
As TO the charge that this is insincere. let
stand without sincerity. Two months ago said
thai / would cooperate with any organization
or rerson Ia an effort To stamp out vice. No
body came around 10 ask me 10 help,
Let me sav that no on" caG tell what the
exact conditions are until every hing has been
Tamraiy Hall believes In In
ton Ia the ne spapers OF tbs condition of Affairs
on the kt-t sid. ar" true. they are such that the
Organization ,a1not couutenance them. Any
man, b." 'Ir uulic"IEan, politician COMMISSIONER.
or anvthinE else. ought TO be ppnLshed II he
countenaaces or aids such conditions. II any
Police .CC'nms-ioner. ofioer, or any other
off'ce md punished II any district Ieader "
the rammlny oreaiNation is inyolved. he will
be- removed. ! want This committee Of I've TO
work in 'nc oien ! want representative ~
every nevspauer 10 accOmpany 20 committee
IN all it. Investigations so that they can see
"nd bGd fnGw TEsGI ia Ths. IS sEns
Dut if the committee find, that any a. them
are mixed w in any dirty business. he Will have
~ senator Timothy Drv Dollar Sullivan. the
eader Of the sixth Assembly district IN which
many of the comp lants of immoral conditions
II rod ia
,ir sullivan bad gone TO see Mr. Croker on
matters entirely dLfefsnt from those involved
'roker had sent for Councilman Martin Engel
ainmanv leader ir the lghlh Assembly dis
riot, which aUcin- The Sixth, and in which
senator SIlivaD's This il not sO Senator
sullivan no matter What he subject of his
with Mr Croker wac, vent down
Police Captains Herlihy and diamond After
Ms conversation with them he was interviewed
which prints this accoun, Of what took place
,et ween the reporter and the statesman
"Good morning., said lnn Oct chair
i wish you'd say something about the charge
hat vice exists on your last Side" sad the
Senator sullivan said Il think those cap
aims have done blamed we'll over here since
hey have been in these districts, From II
,uiitcal standpoint think Il would be a good
hing tor lammany Hall II all thoT place,
ere shut up., for this reason. livery, place that
he social evil exists ia n you would only tnke
lp'in", you will find is a Republican district
II you close en- Up us fer our good want It.
They amt any good TO US, thos" people They
never vote our way And, say never yet
.ot a penny from them and 1 don't think
rokcr ever got a cent from them. either. Hut
krow liln't.
TIE clergy. priests and minister. and tie
,ullc are a lot ~ hvrocrites. 1he social
,lt fl o certain pari 81 the city like New Or
can l had a tak with Fibiidsc i. Go-ry
ipo,t TINT. Sow, he's a great man. He sud
he rlan was a flilure in Perln md Paris
"noth Clpts iierlihy and Dian ond are doing
-ond work They've chased the peopl" ont II
e,"ments, Heilihy tells ne he's raid over
linety cafes ia his district. Only thre are
,pen now Diamond shut up forty-three thi.
year Only one left now. and there ) dispo.sass
proceedings in the Owl Court a2airpt tho
andlord In my Assembly district ! don't
,eliavs there are half dozen disorderly
lousrs. There ain't any more tappin' on the
Sindrr or calm from the sto0p That's all
bAcn stopped 10y Hcrlihv and Diamond
You generally lind that where the social
'vil exists the district is Republican. Take
he 1,udcrloin; u.at'- sCannel's. and had 500
Republican majority or the new Tenderlon.
hey re all sure Republican. | can't account
'or this except that 1t would look az II those
people got moro favors from the people they
vota for"
Col Asa Bird Gardner. District Attorney,
laid last evening that he had started q little
vice crusade of hl, own over q month ago
Tol Gardiner sad TINT he mad had consllta-
lions with Bishop Potter and DR. Huntington,
and that he eXlIacted TO secure tho cOnvic-