Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-10

Reasons M Agent shedd ~as Not
Apgointeo a Deputy Sheriff

lie re-lLaf quarterly uleeliuz ~ Tie Law
ana 0rLer League pss held iu ths supenor
Court room la-t evening President Atsater
ia tie oh4ir. Agent savdd ses called upon
u give au aooouut Of has work. and SAD be
tad been tbs society agent tut slA "a seven
weeks be found II extremely hard - secure
con uslcti0Is for the violation Of tie liquor
Laws. snd IL hl- @oFk lad been especially
careful in the securing of such evidences a.
he had reason TO believe would lead Ia Con
gIctIOus Seven ca-ss. al bat one tor Tie
violation Of tie Sunday closing Law, had
been prosecuted al has lnsusEuOu and m all
bat one. convictions had been obtained
Ia al the cases he had been treated With
consideration and uniform courtesy by al
the officers OF the court. he thought saloon
keepers were being more careful ln regard
70 closing their places on the Sabbath from
the fact there have been 50 feW arrests for
DRUNKENNESS upon tins day during the past
few weeks. lie spoke of the difficulty the
patrOlmeu met with IN securing evidence
against the salOon-keepers while they are
IA uniform. and upon IA black board ar
ranged for the purpose he gave the follow
ing statlstIcs Place Whens liquors are sold
in the city ~, groceries l6n, meat marke =
81, houses OF prostitution 81 gambling
houses T. bakeries %. he raid some of the
figures were undoubtedly Incorrect but they
were correct 20 far as those places we'll
known and conceded 10 be such were con
cerned.
T. B. Nalhu moved the Executive Com
mIttee Of the League confer with the various
clergymen of the city and erdeayOr 10 ar
range for Sunday evening meetings, To be
held IN the churches under the auspices Of
the society. as often a. once each year al the
least which carried after some discussion.
In speaking upon the above Pastors Rich
ardSOn and Brooks. who were present. hear
tily endorsed the movement, and Rev. Mr..
Welton said he would like 10 know more of
the nature of such meetings before stating
his opposition. He thought the League was
intended 10 deal with secular affairs, and the
church's mission was the cause of morality
and religion. Judge 1atem made AN earnest
Prohibition speech IN which he said: Nv e
have Prohibition in part our laws prohibit
/ certain thIngs-the keeping open Of saloons
/ on Sunday: after 10 O'Clock, y. m; the sell
ling of liquor 10 minors and drunkards; the
I laws also make il the duty of officers To en-
| force these laws. Grand Rapids has a
regiment of policemen. squad of
| deputy sheriifs and a large number of
/ other officers whose defined and sworn du-
! ties are TO enforce the laws, but they did not
! dare TO do it." The reason the Judge
! gave was the fear they had lest their
/ "heads would come Off" or that when
]
/ out ''The people make laws said Mr..
/ Tatem. land the laws are the will Of the
| people, and yet they 20 uninforced. The
! officers should be swept out and Others, who
will pay attention TO the laws, placed in
| authority
Mr. Shedd then related the hard work ex-
perienced by the League ia trying 10 invest
| him with the authority of a special police
man or deputy sheriff. The Board of Police
! Commissioners informed the League they
! had power To appoint a police officer for q
| special purpose, or such a purpose as Mr..
| Shedd had IN view, even though his expense
would in no way be met by the city. Tie
then applied to Sheriff Kinney 10 be ap-
/ pointed deputy sheriff, and Mr.. Kinney
| took the matter under consideration. lie
| finally concluded he was willing 10 make the
appointment, provided ten representative
citizens would sign a request asking for the
| appointment. committee appointed by
the League signed such request a. follows
/ the people can Judge Of their standing
l.. X. Atwater. WI ID. Stevens, J. +. Creque, +
| b. Wallin. IheO. +. Richards, VIM. A. Berkey
! John X. Stewart. Rev. ChaS. fluhrer, Milo
| g. Randall. and y. l.. Avery. Fortified with
this Mr.. Shedd approached the Sheriff. He
was Informed by that gentleman that one
/ thing more was needed. He must secure
the request of Prosecuting Attorney Turner
for such appointment. This was secured in
writing and was appended 10 the commit
tees request. With this Agent Shedd again
| approached Sheriff Kinney. to be informed
! he had reconsidersd "a the matter and cOnclud-
| ed not to make any more appointments al
| present Mr.. Shedd further stated ne had
/ made some inquiries into the histories of the
| present Deputy Sheriffs and found a MAORI
ty Of them are unfavOrably connected. IN
/ tracing back their lineage they were directly
| or indirectly connected with the saloon bus
/ mess. Their second cousin upon their wife.
SIDE or their great grandfather's brother hao
| msrried into a family of saloon keepers
and he concluded his blood was not of the
quality required for 80 important an Office