The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
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draw from without touching upon funds APP
prroprlated to other purposes.
ing Chat he population ss moi q m f ssY Is 10000
whereas it Is only II 600. Granting my mac
sbn Gu IN regard to the population as alleged
my conclusions, which were, taking popula. Jon
as basis. that the expenditure for police in New
orleans eai was extravagant compared with that
OF milwaukee,, Assuming that the respective
populations of the two cities as given by " Cor.
poral are correct, the expenses for police Of
this this city should be s1i5,ooo | literally eoncede
T9gues are. drawn here during The winter months.
derstand the simple, rule OF three question,
= 900 inhabitants. s1l5 900 should police city of
1991.ooo But Corporal " alleges that population
alone affords no criterion by which the expenses
for policing city can be determined. and
states that the police jurisdiction of Milwaukee
Is only ID square miles, while that OF New Or
In regard to this. will remark that If by lar
the Jurisdiction OF our police extends over 1850
square miles. 1t Is a sham. o deception and 9
fraud, and the sooner such law Is abolished
the better; but we know In lact, that from the
upper limits of Carrollton TO the Stock Landing
city does not average half mile which would
give an area OF six square miles, to which. ii we
add about one-quarter of a square mile for AL
giers we have a close approximation to the
area under police control
Although of no Importance, In vindication of
my accuracy. will state that ! quoted the ex
ii
pamphlet sent as was informed. to a gentle
man In this city early in 1875 by the mayor of
Milwaukee. The census of the city is not given
in the body of the pamphlet. as suppose none
had been taken since 1870. but on n blank leaf
was written, Population of Milwaukee 100. 00O,"
which. l presume. was the estimated population
in 1874 or 1876.
Corporal" seems to doubt the possibility of
good men-not boys being retained for $40 per
month. ! know OF what | speak as | have been
for more than thirty years an employer of la
boring mon in great numbers, and ] reiterate
that con employ any number of good, stalwart
and efficient patrolmen at $40 per month. pro-
vided that they are paid the amount promised.
land If they are not, It Is the fault of the Council
in making up their budget of expenditures in
excess OF their probable receipts). and have
some assurance that their retention in place
will depend upon their efficiency. and that they
will not be displaced to give room to some ward
hummer, without single qualification to make
a good policeman.
With Corporal recognize the merit Of
the present Chief and many of his officers and
will say. further that think that in cases in
which his voice has had influence the personnel
of the police has been greatly improved; but
think that. like nearly all public offcias-tax-
consumers instead Of tax producers-he has
become impressed with the Importance of his
office; sees nothing beyond it,. and has, no
doubt, become man of rut and routine, op
posed to all innovation, and is disposed to be-
lieve that the efficiency Of the police is in pro-
portion to the money expended on 1t, while the
converse of the proposition is nearer the truth.
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