The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1885-02-04
INAUGURATION REGULATIONS.
and Arrangements Sug-
gtsted by Major Dye in the Inter-
est of TubIfc Camf0rt.

avn SObnH hLNcAiH aDNoa
Precautions and Arrangements Sug-
gtsted by Major Dye in the Inter-
est OF Public Comfort.
I'VE are having deal Of trouble pre-
venting the extra cost of properly policing
the city during the ceremonies attendant
on the Inauguration and dedication of the
Washington Monument from being charged
up against the District" remarked District
Commissioner Edmonds to "a CRITIC ro'
porter to-day. "Thi5 is not our show. The
Commissioners have nothing to do with
the Inauguration" he continued, land the
citizens of Washington should not be put
to $4,000 expense for somebody else's pleas
uIe. We arc a social people, aud say to
them, Come to Washington and We will do
all we can to make you comfortable We
also say though that we think the dancers
ought to pay tho fddling fee. The United
States elected the President. Tho District
had nothing to do with it, and the United
States ought TO pay the extra expense at
taChiug to the Inauguration, of preserving
public order and protecting property
ave have got tho Senate TO increase this
appropriation for extra police from $4,000
to 5000, and also to charge IL against the
United States instead Of against the Dis
AlltNs 4 me- luNNAtI 10 lpW pouring utluIb "a
committee of conference of the House,"
said the Commissioner, land we hope to
save the District this expense"
AstO the manner of expanding the ap-
preparation aud employing special police
men and detectives the reporter was re-
forred to M1or of Police Dye.
Major Dye stated that his plans would
depend on tho amount Congress appro-
priatCd FOR this purpose. lie said there
- r.. IL
and he bad already more than 1,200 ap-
plications filed for appointments on the
special list and more names were being
added to tho list every day.
1T will take a larger appropriation this
year." said the official chan IL did auy
previous year, because the monument
dedication occurs this year, aud extra men
will be required as early as February 22.'
IN answer to q question from tho re-
porter as TO how tho extra force would be
employed, whether an equal number all
! the time during the fifteen days between
February 20 and March 8, he replied that
the bill gave the Commissioners direction
| in this matter. He said they would see
how the city filled up and put the men on
| accordingly. Some days they would need
very few and others they would need a
| great many. He stated further that the
Senate bill gives the Commissioners au-
| thOnty 70 make regulations thaJ VIII IN
sure public order and also to regulate and
FIX the fares of public conveyances.
The reporter suggested that the fares OF
| public conveyances were already regulated
| by law, but the Major replied that there
was no penalty attached to most Of these
laws, and the Senate makes it finable to the
extent of $25 to violate the regulations OF
the Commissioners on this OCCASION
The reporter on visiting the Office oil
Lieutenant Swindell, in charge of the de-
tectives found that officer engaged with
about a bushel of photographs. They were
of course, photographs of pickpockets, prin
cipally, but the housobreaker, the conf
dence man, the bunco man, the monte man
and every other species of criminal were
there, and harder-looking set was neve
seen. These pictures were received from
the police of other cities as the representa-
tive crooks of the various cities. Their,
were several copies Of each picture, and
rogues gallery was being prepared for eacl
precinct, from which all the officers coult
study the faces and arrest the originals /
they met them on the streets. Besides thi
precautions TO got the professionals behind
the bars, detectives from all the large cite
will be employed.