The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-02-25

+ Bennett may say there wa. no;
;Ause for action, but il either ono
u the three gentlemen, Lacey, Lei
se or Bennett, will inform Chief
Police McGraw where those masks
now are, we will dismiss the case.
We have been very careful in
with the Chairman of
the Police Board (perhaps our be-
ing ad, isory members, by chance.
made US diffident) about rumors,
since his announcement in open
council. that we acted on idle ru
mors. There have been many ru-
mors given us, that on investiga-
ton. we could trace to no reliable t
source. Still We think, in our
humble judgment. we have enough
that are sound to relate his argu-
ments and accusations against our
acts. There is an old saying. "a
gentleman will not give an insult, /
and one who is not q gentleman
cannot" We will not apply that
saying to his case, although many |
Of his slurs and sings border on
insulting language. We reply to
his statements to show that our
position is well taken, and when
he is relieved OF the responsibility
of the sins Of the "old wicked fel.
lows" then he can see that though
we thought different from him in
many things pertaining to the po-
lice affairs, We. we were right.
In the establishment of his 9th
fact, 1.-The whole affair has from
nothing almost, been nagnified
and exaggerated into a great sensa-
ton, by designing knaves, hypo-
critics. and aspiring embryo candi-
dates for Mayor" did Mayor Ben
nett reflect on what he was saying
when he penned it as an establish
ed fact, or did be REILLY mean it.
In either case he should look at
the space in the Telegram, that
has been given him, in which to
make his vindication, when if the
whole matter had been left to the
public, without any of his labored
efforts to show his style OF admin
istration, would undoubtedly have
died a much easier death, than to
have it encountered with lengthy
statements, and villifications of the
members of the Police Board,
when the fact is that very few tho't
either he or his vindications re-
quired much exaggera,ion from
either class mentioned. 1t would
be natural to suppose that any
person with the fore;hought tina,
exaggerated opinions have credited
Mayor Bennett of possessing. after
ascertaining that the Council did
not desire rehash of his private
troubles, would seek so much no.
, to,iety and fame. None but him
self has sought publicity, and had
. he been content to confine himself
TO his own yindication, and not at
: tack the Police Board in his speech.
es and statements. he would have
: saved some notoriety. ~
/, He also has tried to shift the re.
3 sponsibility of policemen getting
e drunk while on raids, to the action
8 of the Board, contrary to his wish
9 es. We will admit that we oppos
: ed that plan of raids to get indict-
ments, but did he offer any. other
!, was it his notion to convict liquor
!. license violators only ON the aft
I davits of citizens, roughs and bum
t mers Was it any worse for oul
: police to bring indictments tha
t would stick, than TO depend on ,
e class of persons that the Mayo
d says are low drunken loafers liabl
: to be run off or boughtup2 Wa
: it absolutely necessary for four o
o five men to get thoroughly drunk
Q that would keep them es one ex
n pressed himself, "Drunk for tire
g days and then find only 9 Or 10 in
# dictmcnts, and those State cases,
e and where they drank 4 and 5 time
t to. get only one indictment. fine
it So Was it necessary to get GU
t on a big drunk, then, for fear {
10 censure ?--call it a raid by orde
d of the Board, Bennett dissenting
d Who were the parties fined? wer
1t they prominent whisky ring mer
!, or was the indictment and fine
e whip them into the ring3 (By OF
" der of the Board.) Did Mayo
1t Bennett, when he had control {
g the Police force, with two accider
lie tai advisory members, ever sugges
% any other plan, than that each an
it every man should be q special d.
tt tective? Has q majority Of hi
le liquor cases been State or Cit
r. cases? If State cases, was it fo
If the purpose Of avoiding the defen
lie ants giving evidence, or were th
fees in State cases better apple
le than in City cases, bis salary Q
D. City Attorney being the sam
at whether the case goes on the Stal
y or City docket.
s. In refusing to have anything
Sc do with the present police force,
ut he fulfilling his duties as Mayor, {
- are the present members "selectt
at with an eye single to their peculi
of fitness" not as pliable as Of old
of Though Mayor Bennett did n
ls, have much to say in selecting Il
to present force, could he not quiet
as have submitted to the action of
n majority Of the Board, as has be
n done by members before, when
b. the minority
to His comparisons Of arrests al
Ike convictions are all very well