National Republican., 1877-04-14
OUR "REFoRx'' roLTcK BoARD.

Oth "hhfoAA EVLAth DVAAD-
The closer We examine tha; nA-vsllsls
document called he rcport ofthe Boxrd Of
Police in the matter OF the charges arainss
certain officers. the mort we are c,avinoed
hat the primary obieo; Of the board vs
10 devirs way TO let the accused osac=n
down easy. and the secanaau o.
ject to ascertain hou tbey could bod shin Il
responsibility from their own incompetent
shcuidcza They accomplished The fss
BY detsrminisg 10 confiae The irquirses 10
matters and things ocru uiag within Ia
period Of their own tenure OF one, asi
hope 70 succeed in The ssoond BY esxrsing
remifsnsss upon former boards C5uA
there he mere lame excuse for the non
performance Of swora du;ys Ths shin
ing of . responsibility backwards vii lSs
work. There is no doubt Shout The drih
CT opinion among al hv abiding citir=ns
as 10 this police Investigation They were
glad when II wa inAuSurated. No nlrH
how and by whom ID wn insuVursssd.
Whit they were inierc-ted in vas Nal Ne
Investigation should Be prcsecuted. ..d Il
is no excuse for non. .periornAne. OF duty
by the board 70 say thAs its predecessors
were renhA H.r-..
The rules OF the Police Bond prcr-riss
the duties Of the Sur crintesdrnt and ofs,sn
Of the force. Amer these ruis have t--.
promulgated ii is the duty Of TIE ozacsrs
to carry them inio execution II n mt the
duty Of the board 10 inquire every Day
whether every rule has been cbeyed The
presumption il that the ofhoen eafsnoe
them. When they are charged With beEiecs
of duty II ID the duty OF the b,ard to invcs-
ugste the charge. Nov. there vs NOD |.
man in that force. from Supsrinieoterf
down, who did NOT know thAs L vss e,cA
mans duty 10 suppress crime Of Al de-
scriptip; and yet they uillfu'ly Minded
their eyes to the great crime Of gAnsling
They were as well aware Of the e1ie,t Of
the gambling before THK RxrrBLIckS
brought the subject proninently 70 The
attention Of the public as afier H. Afser
that exposure the board issued no ne.
rule. But, spurred 20 erertioa By TzE
REPUBLICAN, the force went to work 10
enforce the old rules, and the resl,, rs
the closing Of the gambling hsls. NOc
daring further to brave the inaign,rioo d
Christian c1mmunity, they sus3esly
swoke TO the fac; that they had . power 70
suppress gambling. The inquiry n.sualy
arises why the Law had not bee, e,fsrc..
before, and then the startling charge vas
made that prominent officers Of the fo-c.
wihked Of the crimes "for Consideration u
1t was this charge that the nez bar,
was called upon 70 Investigate II vs xp
pointed for that purpose. and Il has utterly
and shamefully failed in the pI.ormxnc.
of its duly. The charge against these Oa
csIs was not barred BY the s;Iiute Of lima
stions. Were the officers gui,trt II Tie.
were not say 30. Boiinsicsd Of that ID
leave the question In An unsettled sra,s, II,
old officers are retained, and tie pso,,e d:
not know to-day whether theT have hn.
est men or parties to crime saa sc,epse-i
OF bribes as the guardians Of The pe,cs o
the city. Under this stale Of thinrx Ii
people caunot feel safe In their persons A!
property.
The present board was appointed to -
reform board. They have ts-a rstrne.,
with vengeance. They ought II be r.
moved al once. % that lister men e.a b,
appointed In their places They hayl
shown themselves unfit for the perfurn
ance Of their important duties. and II u.
gas lights again glare in the gambling hall
as they did some months ago the eAnhleu
viii thank the Police Board for II, aad IN
law abiding public vii know lPaa rhasl
shoulders to pla>e the responsibility.