Daily Republican., 1883-08-25
SATURDAY, AUGUST Is, 1883. i.
Slanderaug tho Police.


SianderaDg the Police.
There are some Democratic papers in
this city that when they are at loss
for something to write about, fly to
that hackneyed subject-the police
force, and traduce and decry it for
everything that is imaginably bad.
Ifa man becomes drunk aud staggers
out into the street the police are SLAM
dere& if they do NOT arrest him. If a
tramp comes around to the back gate
and asks for piece of bread the police
are blamed if they are not in sight to
arrest the mendicant. If a chicken is
stolen or house entered and some
clothing carried of, and victuals con-
sumed, the police are terrible fellows
If they are not just at the front door
or back yard, to either shoot or arrest
the robbers as they escape with their
booty. Oh, those terrible police !! Why
can they not be every where at once ?
Earnestly speaking, however, we
would ask what is wrong with the
police In what respect have they fail.
ed to do their duty?
Are they to BE- cognizant Of every
petty theft that takes place in the out
of the way places of the city? Thieves
do not hunt up the police and take
them along when they go on their
theiying expeditions There is no
class in the city who keep their busi-
ness more to themselves than these
thieves do. They utter.ey ignore the
police as par ners and go about their
business sneakingly in the night time
when honest men are in bed.
Now We will admit that if the police
had been informed that thieves were to
break into certain house at a certain
hour Of the night and they were not
present to arrest them, there would be
good cause for complaint.
But are burglaries and larcenies more
frequent now than they were under the
old police? Let the record, not of the
police docket, but of public opinion
answer. There have been very few
burglaries Of much account since the
present police force Went into operation
We can recall but one or two in which
the burglars were not caught. In one
case of considerable extent, suspicion
led to member of the family, and the
police were not strongly urged to make
an arrest Parties most interested in
the loss had no fault to find with the
police for not making an arrest. In
another case where hat store was
burglariZed, the thief was caught, but
being the son Of a prominent Democrat
ic office holder and politician, lie was
released on b:il, and nothing more was
ever heard Of the case. For this too,
we suppose, the police are to blame. In
a case of inexcusabe drunkenness and
disorderly conduct, the Judge of the
Municipal Court fatty and positively
refused to issue warrant, though ap-
plica'ion was made by a policeman for
a warrant of arrest. The reasons of the
Judge are not given, but it is well
known fact that the offender is Demo.
crat and prominen city official. Ina
charge for assault and battery, the
Judge also refused to issue warrant.
though one was applied for. There NAV
have been no politics in the case, but At
TIE same time, the offender was a prom.
inent Democratic politician.
We only refer to these cases, that ali |
the blame may not sbe laid upon the
shoulders of the police, and to show,bat
they have very little announcement to
make any extra efforts TO accOInpIish
impossible objects These fanlt-tinders
i'll searching FOR cause for the alleged
inefhciency OF the police, should not
1orget' too, the effort made by the Leg.
lslature to degrade the police force. and
place 1t under the dominance of parti
san rules, other than what the people
under their reserved rights, had chosen
1t must not be forgotten that if was
oniy "heh the election resulted in a
republican choice that the Legisla,ur.
overrode the viii Of the ppople. and
7uDJecred The police force to the whims
OF weak court, erected through parti-
san chlcanery and partisan greed for
oihce. 1t IL an undeniable fact that the
pollce force and the Municipal Court
are not i'll sympathy with each other
heltheF coUld such a thing be cxp4c,Dd
when the partisan means by which rla
court was established are taken iu,o
consideration, Yet it is highly creai,a.
bic TO She police that they are doing
their duty so well. But then papers
Ehat uphold the Old police, and run
down the new, are easily unders'oo
They would SANDER the Almighty, if
by doing so they could add strength to
the Democratic party,
THE COUNT de ChambOrd is dea
he died yesterday after lingering Il
Inl H., /
oiIity, and entitled 10 the tl IL n,