New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
1AMuANY'.S OFFERED BRLBE
POTTER DECLINES TO NAME
THE MAN WHO RENDERED 1T.

Bishop Potter said yesterday that he could not
disclose the name Of the Tammany man who
went to him with proposition to have the
crusade against vice stopped on condition that
Inspector Cross or Captain Herlihy was removed
from office AT the City Club on Friday evening
the Bishop explained that he did not care to
have the heads Of any officials. The Bishop
said yesterday:
I believe that Captain Herlihy did what Inspector
Cross told him 70 do: that Cross only gave orders
such as he had received from Chief Devery and
ticians who are over him. Punishment Of the men
at the bottom will accomplish little. 1t is the po-
seems to me that most people who 1--we and rest
ernment Of the city fail TO appreciate the real dra
matte features OF the situation There Is more
the traffic in human blood that Is permitted in some
parts OF the city, Girls under sixteen are sold 70
famous ratio are projected by he police ana pay
tenn o botieai oveTnsSt 2sSESI bcp pfFt e ,S % Sns Sy
able 20 the politicians Money derived from such
system enables political boss to disport him
said last evening that change in the municipal
OF affairs unless the people OF the city aroused
vigilance is needed Between the cupiditS Of the
politicians who rule and the indifference of the
'swag gets a stronger hold.
James b Reynolds. head worker OF the Univer-
sity Settlement and a prominent member of the
City Club. said yesterday:
The agitation IN connection with the present vice
crusade is leading up to the Mayoralty Campaign
next fan The reason why the Strong admins
tration was not appreciated was because there was
az that time no organization throughout the en-
tire city which could prepare the public mind for
any movement that might be contemplated Such
70 make a the district leaders are called to-
gether. They Informed OF what Is going to hap
pen, that the interest Of some of them might suf-
fer at first, but that in the long run they would
be benefited by IT, Thus every plan Of action Is
rounded Off before the move is made and an OBJ
ections occur in the secret councils OF the organ
izatiOn itself
Now we propose that the City Club in the COM
ing campaign shall do for the moral forces what
Tammany Hall does for the other side.
The necessity Of protecting witnesses against
police persecution and intimidation has been
recognized early by the Committee Of Fifteen.
William III. Baldwin jr.. the chairman of the
committee. said yesterday that the committee
is receiving a great mass OF evidence regarding
the existence Of evils in the city The infornna-
tion comes from workers in the College and
University settlements, from clubs and social
organizations scattered all over the city. The
committee has decided 10 treat it's informants
fairly and not betray them TO the police. Mr..
Baldwin spent some hours yesterday morning
examining the accommodating evidence. He said
he expected to devote some hours every day in
future to work IN the committees headquarters
in the Park Row Building. He said:
Even IL the Committee Of Fifteen had accom-
plished nothing else the gratifying tact that the
whole community seems thoroughly aroused in
the interest OF an prepared for the advent Of an
era OF better conditions and this before we have
frlness of this body. OF course. committee
could never hope to accomplish anything II II did
not have the public behind it, but this seems to be
as we'll as all political bodies seem TO be teerninS
with activity in the interest OF reform