New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-23
rHE POLICE BOARD,

to confirm the wisdem Of the measure, The report
Of She trial af the chief Of police, air. Thomas E.
Adams, is certainly calcuateA to inspire the pub
lio with distrust either of the system which hg,
been adopted or Of Che agents by whom the syn
Is enforced, No one can regard the aetiopSt w
board in that case rs being anything ~ tHan .
parody on the purposes for which it rs
Those purposes were, as We have >@a' 10 proHlo'e
he efficiency Of the police-ig''le nrs' pAaee' ny
separating the dismisspe power itoAi 'he
appointing authority, ana m sns neAs
alace BY assuming srsn an exercise q sle flsh'
IF removal and Of s4spension as womb poriIy the
police force, apsseeure to the ety the sefVlcesoi
active, honess ana energetic oileials IN sne e"se
of Mr.. Ags@ms these motives 40 nos seem 70 haFe
exeyeisea the slightest influence 0h me Con
trey i appears to have been the nam ooiect Oh /
Che board to give some manifest ILLUSTRATOR OF
their authority, without any regard Tor the merits
of the case under consideration II ar, Adams IS |
fit to be chief ofpolice and nobody doubts it #
he is probably more acceptable to the community
than any other man thatc could have been named
for The position and this is the general opinions if
he has the peculiar qualification ofpreyious fanf
liarity with the duties of the Office, and this is a
indsputabIe fact, his services at this moment are
especially desirable and valuable. new police
requires organization. The. transition state
which marks the passage from enc kind Of authority
to another Sind, demands in an eminent degree the
Intervention of that experienced sagacity which
Mr.. Adams possesses. And yet this most impor-
taut moment IN the history of the police is
chosen by the board for the suspension of the
chief and for an unnecessary. and, under the cir
cumstances, a very pernicious exercise Of power.
II the onense Of winch Mr. Aderns was accused
had been Of nature to disqualify him from hold
ing his present position, and to require bus dls-
| missal, there would have been something compre-
hensihle in the action Of me board. but eae
| penalty imposed on nm IS OF a character 70
demonstrate the trihing nature OF the charge, ana
to Prove the extreme righteousness q pressing y
at such moment Moreover me paohc
opinion Of TINS community has completely
exonerated Mr.. Adams from blame In
this matter. To the ordinary common sense o.
ordinary people lbs PLAIN mat the responsibility
of issuing the order complained q attaches 70 the
actng mayor, and not e tae chiet OF ponce VINO
vas merely me agent througn WAom the ofoef
| was coinnlunicaseu 10 the ponce. MOT ~ tliele
real ground 81 colpltlne ~ tegaguso 'lav eleeF'
lhe Ae6ne mayor eolslusrsa IA L necssslsy y the
tLiaes ana ~ Ioi wets ali
ae lesllhsu before the po@fa lis ne nag ny eoii'fol
Il oYer tne ol4 pohoe anu, u sio apseiSe u suon
cohtsol' Hne puplio naa nlelahcnoy evidence m tns
daring oatfages WHICH we're aaiiy 3a our
cltyin ne Durgiaries ana nlgn"ay roonsrles' tae
alarming frequency Of Bilch made our people
almost beiieXe tnat tney naa oeen sqrrenaeree
] 10 tne common o. licensed fulaanism ana
i CRIME. AZ sacn lme' no man Ieit even
feasonsoie assurance q saIeIy u niess
ne We conscious q nus power % oeienu himself
But TO arrest oltlzen Tor carrying weapons when
NOSE weapons were 81 me moment spsoiuseiy
essential ior ms protecaon' would nave neen
wrong ana e. Outrage l1Woula nave 3oeen 2 eon-
/ spHaey q tne iaW Wlln crime ana Fullianisll'
ssalss eh'se fghts 81 person ana properly Whlcn
y y sle guy OF the Jaw TO protect. me very 20.
llelil, ", ~no Woala refuse v arrest Q burglar
80 Is zei'lous Il 'he arres0 q ei'l-
asus NJ 1eapohs- their Yocauon had
ueoolig ~ = "a pace q pelng one
4 9ula l'se gAerelsea ~ %
" ". y ~ 4he oniy rem
eay III I'LL ssase 7 tnlss W. alseet ofqef e
aos'a, RON slen affesl7 " paYe yeI 70 1ealn
lihe lils osaer @llon siggn " mayor olarh' vas
CONDEMNED oy any reiieel,Is ol1 g maze 'te
olilsi y p0Aoe ~ y = ansuia
NoraFs w asie Y perceive aay stronger rec
sohs lor ne eA'taofalnafy oousse.Aaoptea by hye
members OF ale ooafa' IN e&cladlhg tAe mayor,
who Is the siXthmember, nom the right OF voting.