National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-25
WEST AND HIS WHISTLE.


commissioner Vests whistle Is no new
thing to u.s." said n policeman yesterday, land
1t is one Of the greatest convcnicnces and most
valuable perquisites he has. The day that
Blaine and Logan were nominated was doing
duty up town, and about o'clock in tho even
| ing heard the distress call. IT came from
carriage in the center of the street. rushed
| out and found Gen. West had blown IT, lie
/ told me to 20 and read the bulletins and report
| to him their contents.
Another time when his whistle became
| prominent was when he wanted some cigars
| lato at night and didn't want to arouse tho
servants. lie came to his door and blew the
| distress call, and when the officer responded
sent him after the cigars.
last spring one OF the now officers was
chasing thief IN the neghborhood of Gen.
| Vests house, and fred some shots ut him.
| Gen. West hoard the noise and blew the dis
| treSs call. The officer did not answer, aud Gen.
| west went to hotel and tclephoned to head
quarters to find ont what the officer meant by
| disturbing the pence. The officer was com.
| PEELED to write n statement of the affair and
send II to the commissioners
ION another occasion, Gen. West blew his
distress call to compel an officer to separate
two dogs that were lighting in the alley near
| his house."
TO Tic Eii'or.
You arc either an ass or you never travelled
| much on the 4 ana Ninth street cars. Proba-
| bly, you ride in n carriage. For four long
been subjected to the most serious annoyances
| by the unreasonable and unnecessary delays
| caused either by the orders of the officers of
| the company or tho reckless disregard Of the
| rights of passengers by the car starters at the
corner OF Ninth and +. Ask for an expression
| of opinion from your subscribers, conc of
whom ! am which" and YOU will find that
| every one who IL compelled to patroni2c that
| line of cars will thank Commissioner West for
his action last night.
] never saw either you or Commissioner
| West, and don't care a Cuss for either you or
| him, or the opinion of either ofyou, but there
| is one thing TO n dead moral ccrtninty-you
| don't know what You are talking about when
| you ccnsure him for bringing the insOlent
| fellow up standing who deals out the transfer
tickets at the corner of II and Ninth.
(Signcd)-"A subscriber who don't like to
see n man make d-n fool of himself by talk
ing about something he evidently knows moth.
ing about"
To nc FIi0r.
AS nm American citizen permit me to resent
! the tyrauniCal indiguity pcrpctratcd against
our timchonorcd institutions and the insult
| hcaped upon one of our icllow-countrymen by
| the action of man clothed with an undivided
third part OF a little briefuuthOrity In demand
| ing an Introduction to tho name of Mr.. Son.
| herman, the polite and courteous transfer
| agent at the corner of L and Ninth streets.
| Can II be that here, in full view of the monu-
| ment of the father of his country, under the
! shadow of the Goddess OF Liberty that an
| American citizen, engaged in u legitimate call
| ing, earning by the sweat of his brow bread
| for his wife and babes-l say, can II be that
| such an one, without process of law shall be
pounced upon by u policeman at the beck of a
| detectives whistle in the hands of II person
who had no more authority to use ii than he
would upon dry goods clerk for refusing to
sell him II pocket handkerchief? ooGoocoo.