Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-16
THE CITY POLICE.
A PIEBALD RABRLR.

force day before yesterday after having gone
through just about the performance every.
BODY expected to see him 20 through, when
he was appointed. The Union is now en-.
deavoring to make little capital out of hi.
exit from authority. 1t says the republican
administration discharges a man the
instant he gets drunk and neglects his duty y
This statement is untrue. Condor appeared
drunk on our streets half dozen times
before he was discharged, and even at the
time of disohsrging him, Marshal HAYES
expressed much regret a. parting with SC
eongenial companion.
The Union farther says;
Last year we had q City Marshal who was
utterly incompetent TO perform the duties Of
his office. Both he and the members Of bis
force were hsbitual topers, they were fire.
quently found asleep at nights, in the gas
house and in various saloons about the city
when they should have been on the street.
When we FIRST read that paragraph, We
were tempted to believe the editor of the
Union had been imbibing, aud had for
gotten which side he was on. In view Of
his extreme unpopularity at presen,, how
ever, we are now inclined to believe he
meant to lash his own party with severe AND
subtle sarcasm. To say tina. Marshal Hawsi
has proven himself "utterly incompetent tc
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mere waste of language. Everybody con
cedes this. We do not accuse him of being
an excessive drinker. In his use of arden
spirits he is very regular and methodical
But he has managed 90 surround himsel
with low characters ever since his accession
TO office, with one or two honorable exoeP
tions. His choice of assistants has bee,
execrable. When a vacancy has occurred
on his force, he has filed it with some yaga
bond that society should stand 10 fear of
We are not talking election clap trap, bu
saying what we mean, and what everybod,
knows TO be true.
The individual the Union refers TO al
having been found asleep in the gas hous'
must have been Curtis. The affair CAM
off last spring, not very long after Marsha
HAYES commenced his immortal career
A Swede policemen, whose name we can
not ascertain to-day, was new in the bust
ness. So Curtis was instructed to trail
. in . he ha ah ~ do
that be shouldn't depart from it after h
had learned the ropes. Curtis was sppoint
ed to patrol the fret ward, and to take tn
Swede tryo under his wing He did s.
with a vengeance. he would post tb
Swed, man on some secluded corner, aut
then "slide Off up town come where. Ate
few weeks, the Sweds grew suspicious, au,
Sc one night tagged after Curtis and watch
ed him. The result was, that he saw hin
enter the gas house, curl himself up com
fortably, and 60 to sleep. Some nights al
forwards, be tracked him up to a hous,
which was not exactly a gas house, but wa
equipped with much better sleeping accom-
modsEons. AS soon IS Curtis found OF
that the Swede man was not as big FOO
IS he supposed, he trumped up some falls,
statements, aud bad him discharged. o
course HAYES was more ready 20 listen 4
the rogue than to the honest man. Ate
this sort OF treatment, the Svede retelled
and exposed Curtis and his delinquencies
A row ensued, and HAYES was compelled {
discharge Curtis for the purpose of keepin
up appearances, although be did it wit
much reluctance. This is only one instsnc
out Of score. Thes,stenen, Of the Unio
that Marshal HAYES understands his bus
ness and attends to il, must also be mean
to be 'sarcssticAl, " as ARENAS Ward woul
say, and be seems to be good authority wit
that paper. Without wasting too mucl
space on the subject, Simouson and Have
are worthy SUCCESSORS of DCgberry and Nc
Lsughlin. The sooner they and their trib
are swep; from Office by an indignant an
outraged public, the better it will be for th
peace and good name Of our city.