, 1879-02-19
.,.ood Days Session Of the Leg
'''' ls|ative Committee Of In.
vestigatton.
,,.r Make an inspection Of the Armo'
1''' ries and Equipments Of
tie Troops.
po,,es officials Explain the Possi-
bls Dangers In Case Of An
other Riot.

Afslts Tesu1'.a s aor,r hm,r IN thc n7or,,fn,
eoplEtnctng a. ~ ..t:.... h,tnro ,t, ,,,,,,..,,
IN ,hts scss!on ttlc u'sns NV \,
t.i oniy taken The evidence OF officers OF INC
pi.,.e,nv pih''a they wcrc invited to make tour
bot Ttslelua' , ,ndpo for thcmsr1vcs. frnm
nftpspection anu J"'H' ~ 'A.." .'"'"
inst they actually saw o! ''e tga".se'"e"'s "
~. Flrss md Second Infantry Regiments the
Nv. wv c.ralry, md tho Chicago Battery. The
f7t =, ,,,o t,omnistce warn unanttno,1a tn
members u a's !. '..a = .t,ou,o for tl. a,o,o q,
the opinion thnt IL "us ~ wv y.
.sfu,a 10 nd thc military alter tic individual
S.rbcrs had done so much for themselves.
".% s11" comtnlt,cc met at tho Grau<l Pacific at
Iae e'I A'.,"o,, T., the nnrntnt,. hit hctf mn
about oe'oe" :" r,'"-. 80. 49,. -, s-....a
formal meeting. 1hry "ctu sooe "aIef"sf''
,otrfd BY Gen. Ducat, Col. Appleton, anu otller
lo'".s . n tl,c militia, and numerous citizens.
oioe'' ~.,,J that thp CommItlen tfouttj flrat
RaM aits.. =, .,,a aunor,rtont1crt ~ poltrc
rst The once u VI" .,n,.,., - ~.
md ret the views OF tut c'ts oule1ata Fegaso'hs
the oossibtty Of danRerous Communicate OUT
h,,,t in Chicago, md the necessity Of keeping
no military organization. ,
Tier we're met by Assistant Superintendent
D,1ou, after having lleen referred to that gen,
tru1an hy Supcr[ttenuctlt seaseY, VINO stasca
tlas Mr.. Dxon 1iau c1clueiVo cll9fEe o. tAe afh,'
jug snd drilling OF lllc po!ice ioscG.
Mr DfIdn told the ComMlttee, IN reply 70
,qre.tion, that |. was absolutely true that there
ey Vito wcsc arnnE themselves q! outside INC
ngular militia, orean'z9tions. These Wero
Known As Socialists or Colllnunists, Ahd they
were no. boys* asmlng themselves Tor sport a1l:!
e,.s sq s %' tSy Ss sa cws
as aahdp1incd, lie greater nl,nbYr ot the members
hIr having seen service bofore n the OIL
Country. They wers as rule a resosuto set OF
feuws with no particular interests at stake,
tIrrpt IL destroy everything ~ me shape Of
property that tlev could lny their hands On.
THEY WE'RE nEcKLEss,
.nniI .n n hsroau n tcror to tlIc community Il
suI't W. hccn fmiy dcmoustratcfl that fhev wer..
gsd,nt of In. civil authoritTea. az comtn,ttccs
hsd Nalsa uGoh h.a ts iot tSn ! ~ o's own
stsoies snis rn @ wo sonlc day aye to % takc baSS a
eIsi eN,i SothIng cuuid exceed .i,eir insnicnro
md defiance before the military commands of
H. ci,v wcrc or,nnizefl. AZ fin time NJ thr
doa tbsy sucyuInbed to d superior force
.ni discip)ine, but they said, tsTo arc
kstep ills time; but the next
,kksnitt,csn-Fefcrrins T ~ to tbc militia reet. n
mep,s. Since tllut time the process Of orraniz.
tno and nrn,fn,r cltiyens hnfl hre,, poinr NJ,
ouIetjy but earnestly. The total forre cotlI
mi be tound out, hut It waa believed In ho
isro. II thjs statp Of affnirs wos nllnweil'to ~
on' The iirrs and uropcrty uf the citf,ena wnulti
b. icopsrdtzed. Iie Thought Tint it Tns fhe
du,S Of tic State to meet ay overt acts Of thcse
peou]o b. force, promptly md cflcctuoliy. II,
Es adr,1ent. fn,lntleil ,1non cYnrricnrc i'c did
not Think ii,at a ShrritT's nnsso snnitntr,s
amounted to ANYTHING. In The first Mace II
Tonitl not or comi;l n,,t bc sufrfcntIv orrnnIsoI
or Ij.cIMinei 10 tjn nnv onoI' nil n sicfcat
would make matters ten tfmcs wnrer.
Mr. Dixon alsu EXPRESSED it "a bis onfnion
hai Tie police force should not be made part
otthc Eluts militia on occasions Of this kind. lii
tase Of rIol immediate action should be takon,
which could not bc tho ease II tho colico were
tuserTicnt to or1ur from the Statc. There
would baye to bo too much rcd tape.
Speaking II tic rlots Of last year, Mr. Dixon
ssd Too much pfafse could not be bestuwcd
formed tbrIr ,IutIos cr..,itohir aa inn,., w.,
r.re power beh!ul il,c police force, whieh Ind Ind
amost salutary effect upon the rioters. III re-
eatu to tut payment Of militiamen. he snid he
Fss tn faFos Of any Inv that would give Chtcago
An EFFICIENT MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS,
Hc1e Yps city of btNDCHa, lnhohlto,,ta ,vttb n
polcc fnrcc ii Nh man ~ nrnta"t t,,a,, "'tM o
IN srea Of Tertiary aecnna ,'o citw ~, w. ta
Continent W,th ~" 'or.otn,r y" ~, ~ ,,. um ms
passs 70 enforce otder 10 caee they wero OYER
Eut ~ snS ", PEGseAt po!ee lGreo might answer,
.an ous 'e. aae military oe dtshandcu aud wc should
chr,ee se1 ra mmesc W. Wonla 10. 10 bis opi'ii9n,
irern, rhat H ~ 'ii{ soen nV III ao1 power. no
tim ~ c.;... na H. not oeen iof tlle ofRaniza
noa " e'l!Aeh cavalry And the tro0ps OF ltl-