Show REFORM IN NEW YORK DR DK crusade against vice in new york city was not entirely unproductive of bene fical results it la Is true he was subjected to much caustic criticism both by the press and his brethren of the cloth but he bas baa the satisfaction of feeding feeing that his work was not in vain for one thing the police force of gotham has been reorganized the famous inspector byrnes la Is now gereral superintendent his first t ff loial act was the transfer of captains of precincts he next paid attentive ioe ioB to subordinate off officers leers changing ma y detectives and specials back to street patrol duty A new code of instructions was also issued for the regulation of disreputable resorts resor tp one of dr parkhurst Park bursts Is charges against the p lice was that immunity for evil doers was purchased from the fil officers ce rs the charge has not been sustained so far as the regular city police are concerned but two officers of gedrys follety for the prevention t duely to children have been arrested for blackmailing judging from the details in the new york papers they were dett detected detic ted right in the performance of their nefarious resorts it appears that they made a P pi ice of collecting a regnier monthly 1 lid from houses bouses of and oto sorts guaranteeing them in return protection the disclosures so far speak horribly for the philanthropic charitable and religious societies the comic aspect of the affair Is that t ven some of the officers employed by dr parkhurst Park burst to make the exposure are likely to be implicated new york reform cannot be efat eted without reform in the public service it litis hus to be commenced in the administration of civil affairs and while corruption exists in the places which are now beir g exposed to the public gaze it will be t ure ture to prevail in circles it is not to be expected that a cosmopolitan and seaport city like new york will te be a model of social purity but it is overflowing with vice and sin because the very heart of society there is tainted and too many man of those entrusted with the duty of correcting evils are themselves sunk in pollution to the very lips lipp |