The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-09-24
lCommunioatedil
E TALK.
BY Don.
POLICE REFoR3I.

POLICE REFORM,
Revered Editor, Il met the King-street man,
the other morning, in quite a stew about police
reform. He had stumbled over a trap contriyed
for mischief in a public street, and when he CON-
planned at police quarters. was told to use his
eyes, and look out for himself.
The King-street man chews tobacco, and he
champed away quick and nervous as he ground
the weed between his fore teeth-hipping out
bits of stem with his tongue, as he spoke with
heightened indignation.
81 say, Don, the value of our laws depend
upon their proper administration An efficient
police is better than Il capable Legislature.
Faithful execution is more important than wise
enactment. And a good policeman can be of
more service to the State that a smaIt Congress
man"
1 nodded approvingly to all these points, SO
sententiously put and felt clearly, from his
didactic style of discourse, that the King-street
man was a candidate for the next Legislature.
Yes, Don" he continued, IAN efficient NJ.
p. (member Of police) should rank superior to
an NJ. L. (member of the Legislature ; and if a
legislator be ever entitled to decoration for wise
legislation, a police officer should be entitled to
superior decorative honor for his faithful execu-
of laws, and guardianship of the public peace"
"Why : old fellow ! 1 exclaimed, you seem to
forget that our police force are all decorated with
the Order of tie Twinkling Star
. TWINKLE, twinkle. little star
Now 1 wonder what you sre,
Shining brightly all the day,
Seated on the Kings highway"
Yes :" growled the King-street man, with a
savage look, and giving q roll of his quld with
his tongue to the larboard side Of his jaw.
Z" Yes and as grades of officers in certain ser
vices are known by the number of stars, our
Chief of Police should be decorated with a
Three-star (brandyl brand-to be presented by
grateful Chinese traders for facilities afforded by
a somnolent police supervision throughout the
group. The insignia of the Three-star Order
should represent n deputy-sherif buying water
melons, paraded on top of a case of gin, in "A
Chinese caboose on one side and on the OBJ
verse a policeman asleep at the door of a coffee
shop. whilst n kanaka is walking ont with a gin
bottle in the slack of his wool shirt.
But, said I, the police are on the qUi riUe -
see how they are fortifying the flooring OF the
Station-house in town, in order to secure break
ers Of the law.
Yes, Don :" snorted the King-street man,
as he dropped a part of his quid upon a group of
three stars he had been Inning with his boot
toe on the gravel sidewalk. Bully for the
hostler, who hangs the stable-door when the
nag 5 run away. The clearing ont OF that Nor
wegian held for deserving service takes me.
When he was nabbed, he's put into a chamber
that had been under police surveillance for
a quarter Of a century and more. Its every
plank should have been familiar to police vlgl-
lance. he finds a rotten floor, just suited to his
id4u, NhlCh he ALpn up, maAC ~ NHSSAS 49,
vamoses the ranch and, by and by, the vigilant
police come with n lantern in hand to look into
the Norwegiah's rat-hole.
Now, Don, there was a good deal OF interest
lately by the discovery of a fossil, of
a bit of cocoanut wood that had been overlaid
10y centuries Of time and dirt. eesaiu: "Do
official fossil OF two thai in and get n cold l
" NAT 90 you 5hlnk Of Orch service begins ?"
-l',v - -; Az pay cash DOWN." asked the Wi
oficiaI c-dch; l am going to make Fritz
has hem the slate with the rest" In ST
.B~Se are doing a good deed. Fritz Will
er get bis money, and that will be a Lesson to Hs
Dutchman. 1T will teach him that it is
.ng to sell beer on the Lords day.-TeTas