The New York herald., 1922-05-02
DR.. PARKHURST ATSO
LASHES TIGER anew
Lays Much of Crime Blame
to Enright's Failings as
an Executive.
VIVISECTS TAMMANY
Warns City to Remember
Wigwam's History When
Hylan Boasts.
EXHORTS PEOPLE TO ACT
Clergyman's Birthday Ccle-
brated at Delayed Luncheon
Due to His Illness.

! The Rev. DR.. Charles III. Parkhurst,
vigorously celebrating his s0th birth
day at a luncheon rendered to him in
the Hotel Astor Yesterday by asso-
ciates in his famous campaign against
| Tammany and bad police adn1inistra-
| ton and by considerable company
of we'll known clergymen and lsymen,
scathingly arraigned fis ancient foe
as at bottom responsible for "the ex-
listing carnival of murder and brig
andage."
He referred to his old time foemer
of the Lexow investigation days as
that organized body of freebooters"
which serves the city ''only so far as
is necessary to disguise it's indiffer-
ence TO the city's needs"
Without mentioning Mayor Hylsn by
name he spoke ironically of the frequent
announcement from City Hall that New
York is the best governed city in the
world and said that such outgivings arc
proof that the administration is worried
for fear the public perceive that Tam
many is exclusively interested in taking
care OF itself.
| "EnrIGbt Not an Executive"
| Proceeding to discussion Of Police
Commissioner Enright DIR. Parkhturst
said Enright clearly lacks the funda-
mental and essential quality of an exc
cutivc officer and compared him to the
| late Inspector Thomas T. Byrnes the
police czsr of DIR. Parkhurst's fighting
days, saying that Byrnes had what En-
right lacks-the genius of authority
and would have laughed at the present
frantic celebration of incompetency."
! The trouble is, mainly. DR.. Parkhurst
asserted. that the people won't think and
that they forget too easily, and there
fore it is not so much Tammany that
should be blamed for present bad rule
as it is the people themselves.
DR.. Parkhursts birthday occurred
really on April II, but he is only just
out OF bed after a serious attack OF
! pneumonia. so the birthday celebration
was late. Met in the Rose room of the
Astor TO fclicitate him We're, among
others, the Rev. DIR. S. Edward Young,
who was toastmaster: Charles S. Whit
man, John W. Goff, who stood at DIR.
| Parllhurst's right hand in the furious
| days OF the Lexow Investigation: Prof.
John Bates Clark, Frank A. Munsey.
L. ]. Ridgway, Commander William s.
Bainbridge. u. S. NJ: former Police
Inspector John r. Dwyer, Daniel f. Cos
tigan, the Rev. DIR. William S. Chase.
Prof. Stagg Within, Adoph s. Ochs,
George w. Ochs. Robert VI. Elder, ID. IT.
McAlpin, George Brokaw Compton,
Harrison Deyo, William M. Chad
bourne. Frederick A. Wallis and Thad-
deus ID. Kenneson, the latter of the
trio which ran the Lexow inquiry
Parllhurst, Frank Moss and Kenreson.
/ "Champfon of Public Morality"
| After many letters of regret had been
read or alluded to-from Charles r.
Hughes. Secretary of State Charles NJ.
! Schwab and others DR.. Young praised
! DR.. Parkhurst as the champion OF public
morality. Former Gov. Whitman eulo-
| gized him as one known for those WAC
hated him as well as those that loved
! him. Others who spoke were Adolph s..
| Ochs. +. A. Wallis, Commander Balm
bridge. Prof. Clark, Mr.. Kenncson and
| Judge Goff.
Obviously little weak from the effects
| of illness but remarkably we'll preserved
! for his fourscore years, DIR. Parkhurst
thanked his friends for their many kind
! remarks. and then in a speech which
rang like the Parkhurst philippics OF a
| quarter OF a century ago indicted Tam
many for the present wave Of disorder.
as it was. he said responsible for the
foul rags" New York wore before the
Lexow investigation.
! The speech attracted wide comment.
and after the luncheon about every per-
| son present shook hands with DR.. Park
hurst and warmly congratulated him
He said
Gratifying to me and stimulating as
! Is this gathering Of my friends assem-
bled in the spirit of fraternal congratula-
tion. Il has occurred to me to wonder
whether the occasion might not con-
sistently be made OF practical account by
considering in "A frank and simple way
some of the features Of the situation in
which we find ourselves Just now in
VOWED as a municipality. situation
which u is natural that ! should regard
with an observant and not disinterested
eye
"Tf some experience with the forces
that are now operating is an essentiai
preliminary 10 a fair estimate OF those
forces and their outworking ! venture
TO say that am not altogether without
qualification for approaching and char
acterizing them.
What has occssioned me great per-
n,exity mas been the surprise with which
the existing cerrival or murder and
briganddFe is regarded by considerable
element OF our people. as though II were
something that had been born without
parerta5e and with nothing IN the range
OF reason or history that could be quoted
IN explanation.
THAT surprise 7 account for on two
grounds. one OF which Is that many
people. even those who are endowed
by nature with the gift OF thought. do
not seriously exercise that Rift one OF
the most ominous and debilitating in
f'rmities OF our times. The other Is that
they do not remember.
"vivisected BODY Alive"
within the memory of MS all the
organization---or its lineal antecedent
which affects to administer the civit
interests OF this city--was subjected to
a prolonged process OF vivisection. The
analysts OF live body. however pain
ful, Is more Illuminating than expert
mentng upon n cadave-. and the evi-
dence Of life i'm the body in question
was Indicated by the sroans and con
WILSON'S which issued from it while
the knife was being used and nerves
that had hitherto lain i'm the quiet com