New-York tribune., 1900-10-02
BISHOP NOT YET READY.
ACTION AGAINST POLICE DELAYED
BY EPISCOPAL ENGAGEMENTS
IMPROVEMENT on THE
EAST SIDE.

cesar Convention in preferring charges against
Inspector Cross and Captain Herlihy After being
absent from the city for some days the Bishop
returned home yesterday morning but in conse-
Guence Of engagements compelling his immediate
attendance In several rural parishes of diocese
he was obliged TO leave town again in the after
noon, and the Diocesan House a Tribune re-
porter was informed that ii would be fully week
before the Bishop would complete his visitations.
Before leaving the city Bishop Potter wrote out
the following message and instructed that it
should De handed 10 the newspaper representatives.
Bishop Potter returned to this city this morn
ing, and is obliged in accordance with engagements
mad MADE T9me son 3 time age to Leave aga2 this after
@ hne ot action to be taken in the matter concern
are seeking information.
THE POLICE PERTCRBED.
Pending the protest which it is the intention Of
Bishop Potter 70 lodge with the Mayor against the
persecution by the police the lower East Side
and urging that the law against vicious resorts be
enforced. the projected crusade against the pre-
Fe1ng conditions in Stanton-st. and the surround
ing districts has for the moment been halted.
But when the blow does fall it will be felt with
none the less force by authorities of the Police
Department II is known that the higher officials
at the Police Headquarters are greatly disturbed
at the prospect of having arraved against them
the powerful influences which the Protestant Epis-
copal Church can call to its aid in any struggle
which 1t may institute against police corruption
and protected vice
proceed from the charges which Bishop Potter is
10 make and the dread that the action OF the
Church may have many ramifca.ions of a far
reaching character have already led the sugges-
ton that Chief Devery should be made scapegoat
and that he should be retired 10 atone for the in
discretion committed by Captain derlihy in insult
ing the Rev. Mr. Paddock, of the Pro-CathedraI
There Is no doubt that the police and the Tam
many leaders have been awed by the threats of
the Episcopal Church. and that they are nbued
with the fear that a moral revolution will follow
the action ordered by the Diocesan Convention.
Already change for the better is apparent IN the
downtown districts. Gambling houses and other
places Of nl-fsme in the lower part of the city
were being run yesterday with some senbIance of
secrecy, and in Allen and neghboring streets there
was almost entire absence Of solicitation. A
Tribune reporter who traversed the district dur
ing the afternoon observed only two or three in
stances of rouged-faced women reckoning from
windows. Until the last day or two this practice
of openly Haunting vice TO be seen every few
yards
PLENTY OF SUPPORT
When Bishop Potter is ready to proceed with his
attack upon the evil conditions now so prevalent
the East Side he will have the support OF the
churches and the missionary and educational IN
stitutions which work in that part of the city
Olcias OF these societies are actively engaged in
gathering evidence which will furnish unanswer-
able proof thet the police make no effort to sup
press the houses OF vice, and moreover that these
because they pay heavily for privileges.
So far as can be ascertained the Protestant Eps-
copaI Church has sought the aid of other de-
nominations in its proposed crusade.
II was reported yesterday that Archbishop Corri-
gan intended to cooperate in the movement. but
Father Connolly. his secretary, speaking for him
yesterday, said: There is truth in the state
ment that the Archbishop contemplates such a
crusade has been suggested. The Archbishop
has not been approached in reference 10 such
movement, nor has he signiied his intention OF
taking part in it
Mr. Paddock said yesterday:
I do not know definitely when Bishop Potter will
take action or what particular line the charges will
follow One thing feel sure Of is that people viii
witness a radical change for the better when
Bishop Potter moves. The result will be accom-
pltshed quietly, and the matter will be political
No one will suffer for his politics. But where the
lightning is deserved, there hope il will strike.
At its first fall meeting, to be held tonight. the
Riverside and Morningside Heights Association will
make definite plans for the work of the coming
year. The campaign against the dance halls and
resorts in the neighborhood Of One-hundred-and-
tenth-st. will be the most important subject
stdered. At present the association has five cases
pending against proprietors of these places.