Lexow Is Through

New Yobk, Deo. 81.- What willgodown in tho history of thls city as the Lcxow corainittco, but which tcchnically is the senate committee for the investigation of the pólice and other departments üf New York, hus at last elosed its protructed and suecessf ui sessious. It is doubtful if any ot-her like body appointed by the , ture of this state ever acoompllshed so mach good work in the time thut this Cüininittoe has eonsumed, or for that iuntter in any longth of time; for tke results of this investigation liave been more far reaching and conclusive of utter and palling eorruption than was ever before demonstrated here. Tlie reports printed in these dispatches have given a good idea ! of the troud of the revolations. Whu lias Perjurotl Uiuisell? But to the moralist there ís a feature of uil this BWearlng that is the saddest of all, and it is ouo that should engago the uttention of the publicist, and that is the amount of perjury that has been done, and the euse witli which it has been done -without a blush or a stommer. For somebody is perjured. The direct contradictions under oath are not differences of opinión ; they are issues of fact, and such also as a bad niüiiiory eauuot excuse. Some of the porjury luis been acknowledged later, but most of it stands just as given. But the case is elosed and the reort of the committee is the next thing in rder, and New Y"ork city, at least, will awalt this with impatience. llyi-iifs Anuounces His Uesignation. Superintendent Byrnes wiis the last witness examinad. Just bofore he was through answering Gofï's questions the superintendent handed a letter to Chairman Lexow and said that it was a eopy of one that he ha l sent to Mayorelect Strong early this month. It was his resignation from the force, of which he has been a member for the lust thirty-two years. The superintendent said that on wo occasions since he was appointed in Superintendent Murray's place he was ■n the point of resigning, owing to tho ;ontinual OOllfllot between the commisjioners and himself. The superintendent, he said, should have absoluto charge of 5he discipline of the departinent, but that ill his effortB in thut direction were irustrated by the commissioners. The deaartment was honey-combed with abuses, which had been growing for thirty year? ud theycould only beremedied byratlical egi slation. Local l'olilluiaiis to for All. Local politicians, he claimed, were tha curse of the departinent, and as long as politics was a factor in tho forcé such a state of things would exist. Although ho had done his utmost to procure substantial information as to eorruption and bribery he was unable to get it, and the whole department was impregnated with the belief that promotion had to be bouglit and merit was of no avail. He claimed to have done a good deal towards helping to bring about the exposures. He paid a tribute to Dr. Parkhuxst, who, he said, manufactured public sentiment, without whlch it would have been impossible for the committee to have aequired the information it did. .■ Gould Waa His Very Guod Frientl. His weulth, which he estimated at Í36Ü,tXK), was inade by speculation, ho said, in Wall Street, through the instrumentality of Jay Gould and his son George. His purchases of real estáte were also very profltable, and he elaimed not to have a bank account.