The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-15

rELsrnoNE SERVICE SCORED.


T1he oouu,0ss counrfi e IN session Iasl
night offered chief a Poiice Mftehaif a u
tentative --c1fher 10 suppress xsmbIInR or
resign his posttiou- The matter was
hyouxht an carly IN The evening by COun-
xisnneu Dyfrf<. Who urefaced his remarks By
Saving 81 hsd very UNPLEASANT task to
perform. = Il relsted 20 the chief Of poles
pnd his failure 70 suppress gamhiing
The council no doubt recc}lected how
Chfef Mitchell acted during has first term
of olyIce. sid M. Duris. and What action
had been tnken axain.t him by the old
counrii Tor n4eiectine 70 suppress gambling
III accordance vith The wishes 81 the po0-
re. ne VS. sfserwards re-eIectsd BY =
plurality o. fwenty.f0ar votes. which vas
In one uaY vindicasfou Of his conduct,
bus s. could hardly h. considered : com
plete vindicasi0n Of hts course By : major
~ of the rIxht-minded citizens. Since
Chief MItchsli's reelection he had NOT
Acted IN line Of what he knew to be the
wishxs ii Tho people, and his efforts toward
tins suppression OF gambling had been lar.
The evil hAd kept growing until IL had
gained : stage that could no longer be
kept down. Ia his opinion Chief
Mitchell could keep down gambling
II he 80 desired. Personal investigation
hsd heen made. and he had gone into the
hauuts, which could b found without any
particular search, and he found the most
unbiushing gambling going on II
might b. said that this reopening Of the
matter wns the result Of an old sore be-
tueen Mr.. Mitchell and himself, and the
result Of prejudice. but Il wAs nothing Of
The kind. He had waited patiently for
some Of the members Of the council who
were elected when Mr.. Mitchell again took
Office 70 bring the matter up and have
some action taken 70 suppress the gam
bling that has been going on on all sides,
until il has become ; matter Of common
remark. 70 the injury Of the city's reputa-
lion. No one, however, seemed disposed
70 move in the matter, and il had now
reachsd such stage that he felf he would
Be piaced In faiss position a. q council
man II be did not move in the
matter. He bslisveh. when Mr..
Mitchell was In Office first, that
he did not do his duty. and he believed
The chisf had not done his duty since his
re-eiecsion, and he still believed the same
thing. 70 81 appearances ne does not de-
sire % 40 MS duty IN suppressing gambling
~ me city. One evening Ne, Dur1c, had
fone into six gambling houses and found
seventeen games 10 fuu blast and the
places crowded, while the policemen we're
i0anug about on the outside. Taik about
mere oesn& no eemoung; why, " was
pam 70 evefyone but those Who did not
want 20 80. he WAS not well acquainted
Win me pouce department.. but there
must b forty or nfty poiicsman, suficient
20 Close up every gsmoiink house In seat
ue. ana Keep them closed u % desired. He
believed ns could sake Two policemen aud
stop Al the gambling in two days. To
bring the matter fairly before the council
Ne would move thas Chief Mitchell Be re-
quested By the council either to suppress
we eamnlng = onces Or resign ais posi-
Won.
eauuk1oso 40 = would IKE 70 inquire
- -. c.sy essosy snsfe .eTc Avs SUI
uesus = q - -.,sa A'scnsn ous IN sup
Pssnk me 6aMoiing'
Ans cay assofney Fephed IN the amfna-
No..
~. ~, ssu ns wou'a hAs 20 Know WHAT
euss. MIscHsn nsu 20 ssy on the suplect
VnieI Mscneii SAID ne did not know that
was MS pisce 70 make any remarks be-
lore the council, but he would briefly reply
70 me attack OF COUNCILMAN purie. Only
the night before he had Vn over and
fcckoned mat from August ]. 1850. to jan
uary III, $50, there had been $i9. III IN fines
coiiecteu IN city cases alone. He would
IKE 20 know whether CT not that fact
would sustain the argument made BY Mr..
uurie, that he had done nothing toward
aosng MS duty IN shppressing crime and
eamniing. ne would like MI. Durie to
SNOW tnat the department. under any other
luns"ieton, uau coaiectcd the same amount
o. mes, or even tenth part OF the
amounts
Jones asked the chief II ne would state
wnst Per cent OF the amount named had
s~s.-s .ss.~s..,
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p.a,,.s,. !. -
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nas.a ,..
-..' asu safe 'ne1e se,e several
as NV uausv s's'ss iol kahe.'ns anu
asa ~ s..'sc u'hs HTch a"a'uhg tfiaL ~
uasss1 o' ihsposs'nnsss so reach the
$50 vsa s.Noues =. s"s large amount OF
sns'isss aa .aae fo4ass courts "aieh were
Psssa UP
'e ss'a une'e was ahoshe1 methoa
pios.aea os an aanehaa'efy ordnance,
s .aas sas 's''es =. f'aasts may sei1e .he Ia
'es as'a sAii''ns ps'sine'nas's ana destroy
.s,s'n "a vac ss'he manner - 1udse bnrke
80. 80 ss ssAs 49, tneae Va shoshef
49, I .saas ~" a.aori' gam
es1s sha inning taesa oeeAsiehs1iy-