New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
Sarcasm for Parkhurst.


Mayor Gaynor referred several times
to the Rev. DR.. oarkhurst, vino had re-
papers, he said and said that the
preachers words and actions were fire.
quently misguided. He took a fall" out
of reformers. particularly the kind who
were self-declared reformers. and paid
his compliments TO Canon William
Sheafe Chase, Of Brooklyn. in uncom-
plmentary terms. He said that Canon
Chase was always railing against him
about keeping a quiet Sunday in the
city. He said that he believed the
Canon was at the head OF some anti
noise society with about three members
| In 1t all told. like the Three Tailors Of
Tooley Street" He was sure that the
ministry throughout the city was not in
sympathy with the reform ideas OF DR..
Parkhurst and Canon Chase, he said.
The Mayor gave the police the credit Of
clearing up the Rosenthal murder case
rather than District Attorney Whit
man.
Right at the start OF his address,
after saying that he had permission
from Professor jeremiah ". jerks, Of
New York University. who was in
charge of the meeting. TO speak frankly
on the subject in hand, the Mayor shot
a word or two at his critics.
The least those who know nothing
about these subjects have to do with
them the better 1t is for the commu-
nifty. At the end Of hard day and of
hard week, with DR.. Parkhurst hit
people pounding me from the other
side, it Is hard for me to come here
and collect my thoughts; but will try
to do il. IL you will excuse my seeming
lack Of continuity in my sreech. We
have to separate the two subjects, vice
and crime. Vice is not always crime.
Indeed, the particular thing which
many people have buzzing In their
J ,ads is not crime at all. Crime is
classed under the laws of the state.
Some things may be crime In the eyes
of the Almighty that are not neces-
sariIy crime under the law.
Il may say that 1t has been cease
| less warfare by the constituted author-
ties to keep these things down. The
police have to look after the criminal
class. They try to keep their fingers
off of decent people as much as pos
sible; at least, / have tried to teach
Them that lesson for the last three
wears, and think they have learned 1t
pretty well.'
Takes Up tho World old Evil
The Mayor said that vice was divided
under four heads as 1t had to be dealt
with in a large city like New York. The
so-called social evil, gambling, drinking
ON sunday and the observance oil the
-ouiet sabbath laws took In
nrettv much all of what people have III
their heads as vice, he said. Taking up
srst what he called "the vice ot the
unfortunate women" ne said:
There are many people in this town
no not many but few-who are reSn
,sss In their desire to suppress ever! nlSe
and every wrong right on hand. Incy
think that the Mayor can DO IL over
wight vet the preachers nave Oeen
nreaching the Ten Commandments ior
| same time and haven't succeeded any too
veil in having them enforced. have they
| THESE people who are so reckiess-l
wanldn't say they are mean, for let tnem
| nudge OF their own meanness-out why
gnn't they come forward and see me, ana
Give me a helping hand? There are many
e5aonle who do help me, and their names
never appear in the papers They don
write insulting letters to the Mayor, ana
,hey don't write letters ana publish them
in the newspapers and forget TO send
/ them to the Mayor. They are Christian
neople and couldn't do that.
All good growth Is gradual. We nave
got TO teach ceaseiessly. as the Scriptures
say. ''precept upon precept You can't
/ do il any other way. How many thou.
sands of years. yes. millions OF years did
the Almighty God Himself SIT brooding
over this world TO make II nj for us!
Some people say II was just like eating y
cookie--two bites and have done with II.
IL is utterly useless 10 try 10 enforce .
law unless the community Is back OF it