Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-08

He Thinks IL would be Bisky 10 Re
duce h Police Force.
Mr.. EDITOR: l notice that you are gen.
erous with your space and let most any
body have his say in your paper. i. too,
am one OF the noble army Of Taxpayers"
and with your permission would like to
make a few remarks. Sail in. All sides
OF every question are open for discussion
in this paper. Say whatever you please
about anything so that your language is
becoming and proper.-ED. SENTINEL. l
don't like to see extravaganza in our
county government. l have my percent
age Of interest in every dollar that goes
into the County Treasury. / am not the
heaviest taxpayer" but l am none the
less interested in public affairs and am as
anxious as anybody else in Eureka to see
the reign of economy in our county gov
eminent. know there has been extrava-
gaDce. Wastefulness has been 30 evident
that nobody doubted it. Corruption has
been charged upon the County Commits
sioners. To tell you the truth / don't
care anything about the morals Of the
Board. They can go to -, the place
hDICu bpulc ray uotru ' tAlhtf VI W duy
other place, with their immortality. l
would like to see them do the square
thing" because when they don't We get
the worst OF it in dollars and cents. That's
all the "kick" l have to make.
Now, there has been q good deal Of talk
about deputies. What l want to say is
about this matter particularly. believe
there is money paid out for deputies
services hat ought to be saved, because I
don't believe that in any but public bust
ness would such claims be tolerated. My
idea ia, and it's everybody else's idea, too,
that only such deputies as are indispensa-
BILE should be employed. All others
are a dead weight and sink the
ship Of county III l can say that
deeper and deeper into the debt
mire. ! need not point out where these
sinecures are. 1t would not DO giving infor-
nation to anybody who has any occasion
to visit the Courthouse or hears that big
loaiing place talked about on the street.
don't mean to say that all the tenants OF
that hospitable public edifice are l~oAfers.
Those who loaf there are ''spotted" already,
and those who render valuable services for
their pay are also we'll known.
But ! will not raise my voice in the hue
and cry that some people are making
against the Police Department. / like to
do my W thinking any way and / rather
not yell just because the crowd want to
howl. I don't think we have too many
peace officers In Eureka. The town, some
folks say, 10 very quiet and orderly and we
don't need any officers at all. Just as well
say because the children in q family are
we'll behaved the supervision OF father and
mother is not necessary. Why the good
behavior Of those youngsters 10 owing to
the discipline and presence Of the parents.
Let them feel that the strings are of and
they will soon become hoodlums and tear
the house down or set 1t afre. Now l
truly believe that the quiet and good order
OF the own Of Eureka, not excelled in this
respect by any town on the coast at pres
| emit, are due to the vigilance of our officers.
I have not yet heard anybody complain that
| they do not attend to their duties. l
| believe they earn their wages, and l am
| not convinced by any Of the growing /
have heard that the public force can be
| safely decreased. If the force is impaired
we may suffer from its ineficiency in one
| night more than the whole corps Of officers
| costs the county for a year. Mr.. Sadler
stated ut the last meeting OF the Commits
| sioners that 16 police officers are on duty
in Virginia, and that the people there
| think they are not safe with q smaller
force. / do not think our force out OF
| proportion with hat Of Virginia. I may
be wrong. but it seems to me retrench-
ment In this department. Of the public
service would be attended with serious
hazard. At least it ought to be thoroughly
| considered first. There are other places
in which expenses may be cut down with
out risk and to the great relief Of the tax
payers Of the county. The looping of
| ohnuld hapin in these plaCes.
ANOTHER "~TAxPAyER."