Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-09

are duly Incorporated under the law that nav
70 en- our ba WHERE the past
nant principle upon which these decisions are
| based is that every mans house is his castle
| upon the pleasures and entertainments therein
These clubs exist in all parts of the CITY, and
while most OF them are conducted in an orderly
comfort to the general public, there are Others
where the stranger is gathered within the gates
| department in its honest endeavors to break ur
| ambling or not the department will continue
TO harass and annoy patrons OF the gaming
table, to do its full duty In the premises, in al.
| ticipation of Congress sooner or later enac:ine
| such q law as cannot be evaded. In western
mitted to prevail under penalty of conviction
for felony. The organization and incorporation
OF these "pokeHhUuses' was readily grasped
| by several saloon-keepers as q happy idea,
which could be applied To their houses, where
the 'clubs'' would meet on Sundays tree from
police molestation.
POLICY AND LOTTERY.
While there is some policy playing being In.
dulged in through shrewd devices, this climate
for players and hackers has become very warm
and they correspondingy scarce. Every now
and then u case Is brought TO light and the
courts have generally upheld the officers. SO 1t
has been with the vendors OF iOttery-tickets,
and, although the evil has been pretty thor
ouxhly eradicated, there are surface indics-
arrest of every distributor of tickets In the Dis.
trict. The department has less respect Tor these
people than 1t mas for the gambler, and our
facilities will be used against them and their
practices.
THE cHINEsE
The Celestial in this city is fast becoming
Americanized; several of them are conducting
iaundries here, and the police have recently
discovered them conducting opium houses in
connection Herewith, and in the true Califor-
MIA fashion. They are quick to discover that
there Is no law by which they can be punished,
aud This, coupled With the TACT that they have
been protected In their rights by the police as
citizens, seems to have added to their ilnper-
unence ana boldness. Congress should not be
slow in granting US relief from this /. growing
evil. Congress would confer great benefit ON
the District would IL at as early day as posi-.
are not enacted to cover these classes OF evils
against society, the authority to arrange and
promu gate regulations by which they can he
stand, passed the senate. 1t could be made
applicable to such nuisances as tue Police
Court will not take cognizance OF. and which
TO bother VITA. Sucn regulations would
answer In lieu OF q dog law, which has been
Disabled oy court decisions, aud should also
apply to policy, Growing roosters, gongs at
tacned to vehicles, and bells carried by scissors
grinders; to articles found in public places and
vehicles; TO hacks, COACHES and caos; 70 ball
pool and billiard rooms; to- lamps aud their
extinsuishing by unauthorized parties; to
newsoCy. and bootblacks; to begyars and Va
OF all kinds; to children jumping ON aud of
railroad and street cars, whereby frequent ac-
cldents occur; TO rag-picaers; to crowded cars
and vehicle; to the throwing OF DEBRIS upon
the streets and pavements; To parks and park.
ing and their damage by chickens; to the
wuarves anu harbor, wagons, pedulers. produce
hucksters, etc. Ine conferrins OF such authority
would enaole the police to MAINTAIN peace aud
good order and prevent nuisances being COM
Cause Of the many constant complaints which
are made through private eitlzens and the
public press.
He aiso calls attention to the need of a re.
form school for girls, and some provision for
inebriates OF her than commitment to the insane
asylum. lie suggests that inebriates ue cared
ior at the worknou e and transferred hence TO
Tue asylum at st. Elizabeth, ii found to be In
sane.
JEALoUsIEs AMONG THE MEN,
"Some disafiection." be- says, "has exiyted
among few OF the men in past years, the re-
suit, for the greater part. OF petty jealousies
which have grown out Of the methods en-
pioyed i'll making arrests and promotions. it
Will be but snort time before all these breaches
VIII 6e healed and the department working, 1t
Is ID be hoped, In complete unison and har-
mony. These feeling, are cOutued 10 very
lew Oh the members, aid il is ~ We deprecated
tuat such Was ever the case. Those o. tue men
VINO have u proper appreciation OF their duty
ana the Trust committed 10 their care will,
hope, aid the superintendent III securing the
eradication OF sucn evils. Those who persist in
continuance OF the practice by word or act
are not worthy OF the trust i'm posed and should
De themselves erauicateu.'
STATISTICS OF CRIME.
Ahe report Oh the property clerk, Mr.. Richard
Sylvester, states that money and property 10
the value of 81 81, 5000 came into the posses
sion OF the police and were returned to the own
ers or 70 the property CLERK. There were 22, 1858
arrests made-19,O7O males anu Z, 3lS females.
o. lie females arrested, 735 were between ten
aud twenty years Old, and ,244 between twenty
and thirty. Vi those arrested, 1879 were Ma
Ives OF the United States, Az OF Ireland, $50
OF Germany, 1l2 OF Italy, Ill OF England, 40 vi
Russia, 46 vi scotland, white nearly every oLher
nation oi the earth helped 70 swell the list.
Nearly every calling in liIe, TOO, was represented
There were 81 commitments 10 the peniten-
tiary. a.