The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-28
HOT SHOT FOR YIN NYCE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEW YORK
REIGN OF TERROR LAID
AT HIS DOOR
TALK BY EX-MAYoR HEWITT
Was Rightly Told That His Inter.
ference with East Side COndi-
tiOns Would Mean His PO-
IiticaI Finish.

NEW YORK, Nov. pa gathering oil
business men resulted in the call FOR d
conference at the chamber of commerce
today. TIE features of the meeting
were the practical retirement Of Bishop
Potter from the front rank Of the move
ment an address by Abram S. Hewitt in
which he said that the responsibility for
the present condition of affairs in New
York city rested upon the mayor, and
the unanimous adoption of the following
resolution:
Resolved, That committee OF fif-
teen be appointed for the purpose Of at
tempting to bring IN account those re-
SpOnsible for the pr y mt condition of af-
fairs
Bishop Potter, in a letter explaining his
absence from the meeting, wrote as fol-
lows:
Il shall not be able, owing to trustee
meeting, to attend the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce today, nor, I think
[ ought to add, should L do so if L were
free.
primarily to unity the forces on the
side of the law, decency and the protec-
ton of weak in this community. But IN
such an effort an ecclesiastic is not the
LAS to this, in the present emergency,
] am quite clear. New York wants a
strong committee of three or five trusted
laymen TO cooperate and organize forces,
arouse public sentiment, then we can
rest assured that the rest will accom-
plish ITSELF
Stewart Smith presided over the meet
ing, and in his opening address said:
ct is humiliating, but it is true and
apparent that in the police force certain
members of it are in collision with the
dens of vice and with the criminals OF
this city. 1t is also true that the pro-
monthly sums to the police force for pro-
prietorS of these dens of crime pay
monthly sums to the police force for pro
lection.
Abram s. Hewitt, in the course of an
address, frequently interrupted by APP
pause, said:
ARRAIGNED BY HEWITT.
Bishop Potter was called upon to ad-
dress the mayor in terms unparalleled in
this city. The bishops clarion call met
with ready response. When the head Of
Tammany spoke it was the first confe5-
sion Of the govern 'ng power of the city
that anything was wrong.
Two years ago reform was sent to
hell by leading citizen of this city and
there it seems TO have remained ever
since. If it be recalled now, it is because
Tammany Hall thinks it has suffered
punishment long enough. Tweed, when
complaints were made, asked: What are
you going to 90 about it? That was a
lesson to Tammany.
THE limit of public abuse has been
reached. Some of the men on the Tam
many committee are entitled to our SYM
tcitliS, Dul more " our
If they do their duty they strike fatal
blow to Tammany. and if they do not,
they lose their standing in the commu-
nifty.
If there had been any sincerity on
Mr.. Cookers part the committee would
never have been appointed.
THE responsibility for the conditions
here today belongs primarily to the po
lice. In the last analysis, if things goes
wrong, the responsibility rests with the
mayor -
Mr.. Hewitt told how he treated i'm
morality when he was mayor:
Il sent for Chief of Police Murray he
said, land told him that If he could not
close up evil resorts, TO at least cover
them up.
POLICE CHIEFS WEALTH.
81 told him the places must be closed.
] asked Chief Murray if he was a rich
man. He said he was worth 100000 and
n1ver had any business but that of po-
lSeman.
Il asked him where he got it. He
said he had friends in Wall street who
gave him opportunities.
Il had the pres dent of the police board
call on me and asked him about the cor
rupion. He told me to let it alone-I' d
only stir up a hornets nest and blast my
political future.
He told me the truth about that
while / was mayor for TWO years New
York was a respectable city, externally
at least ! had no power but the senti-
ment of the people behind me-
Rev. Dr. Paddock, representing Bishop
Potter. said:
Il know of men and women on the East