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Show ltriOlt'I 1 MM 1UIIK. Dh. rARKittliuT' crutade agalntt tit. lu New Yolk Clly wat not en. tlrely unproductlto of benellcal re-tnllt. re-tnllt. It It true, ho wat tubjectvd to much cauttlo crltlcltui both by the prets and bis brethren of tho cloth, but lie lias the eatltfaitlon of teeing that hit work was not In tain. Tor one thing tho poller force c-f Gotham has loen reorganised. The famous Inspector llyrnes Is row Oeuertl Huitrlntendont. lilt first clUclal net wat the trantfer of captains ofreclncts. II. next i.ald.yittent.on to subordinate cfllccrt, changing many detectlt ea and specials back to street I atrol duty. A new co loot lotlructlont was alto litued for th. regulation of disputable reiortt. On. of Dr. l'arkhurtt't charge, agalntt th. pllc. was that Immunity foretlldscrswatpunhased from tho et'lceri Tho charge has not been suttalued so far at the regular city police ar. concerned. Hut two ofllcers of Gerry's society for the pretention ol cruely to children hate been arrested for blsckinslllng. Judging from tho details lu tb. New Ycik I apers they were detected right lu lb. performance of tbelr .ofailous resorts. It appears that they made n practice of collecting a regnlar monthly stlnd from houses ol lllfamo snd other resorts, re-sorts, guaranteeing them In return trutectlon. Tho disclosures so far speak horribly for the hllantbroplc, charitable and religious societies. The comlo aspect of the etTjIr Is, that eteu tome of the officers employed by Dr. Tatkhurst to make the exosur. ate likely to be Imillratrd. ew York reform cannot be effected without reform lu tbe ubllo sertloo. It lis. to be commenced In theaduiln-Utisilon theaduiln-Utisilon of civil atltltstud while cor. ruptlon exists luthetlacet which aro now lelog exposed to the publlo gaze It will be into to (retail In unofficial' circles, 1 1 Is not to bo expected that a cosmopolitan and seaport city like New York will bo a model of social I urlty, but It It oversowing with tic. nd tin becaus. tho rery heart of society thero Is tainted and l9j many of these entrusted with the duty of cortvctlog evils are tbemtvlvctsuuklii pollution to the trry llpt. |
