Telegram-herald., 1890-09-22

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10 hs no desbt, eontiausd this mx.
tsIt nay act - . eomPii2sat 10 sfis
eivilizafiea vs are Supposed 20 enly,
Dat II - fact Tat thsrS arise e0ntn-
geaeies IA which the local eoustabuigy
are uRs4asl % the psrformaacs ot ns
duties that fan upoa them. Police
work means politics IN sli ths smsnsr
towns q the eoantry. Il doesn't m,4a
that ia New York. perhaps Bat il
2oss msaa politics IN any smaller
place. You dea't suppose that D@a
is going 10 ssand up aud knock ihs
when that nsigheor supposes himself
TO be doing right, merely because some
body else 10 sunsringi Ii isn't in
human nature
IA 20 the advisabiiity Of IL, that is
. question for somebody slss. You ask
me whether IL seems righs for a man on
our force 10 are st a crowd and, per-
haps, kill somebody. l don't care to
answer that question without consult
ing counsel. l do know that when q
strike occurred in = village near New
York, syear or SO ago, the men that
went out because they could not get
pay enough. tried TO stop ether men
from taking their places. They would
have stopped them, too, il cur men had
not been employed TO protect the place.
As it was, the new men got the work.
IL they could get along on the reduced
wages, why couldn't the old hands !
or course, il tmsanskseping a mans nose
on the grindstone. but that is what
capital always does, doesn't iti"
In direct contradiction to this view
is the convistion of Chief Inspector
Byrnes, who Is to-day acting Superin-
tendent of the Police or New York city.
The Chief Inspector, ii should be said,
is a good lawyer, as II behooves high
police Official to be, and has studied
the question carefully. he has not, in
times past, hesitated to speak on the
subject, but to-day whom l asked him
about it, he said al cannot speak. II
would not be proper for me, while this
trouble Is pending. to criticize in any
way the action of those who are in au-
thority."
''The hiring of Pinkerton detectives
for the preservation of the peace and
Of private property" said Samuel
Gompers, the President of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, "mesns sim
ply the maintenance of private army.
That sort of thing was we'll enough in
the old baronial times, but 1t does mo-
comport with an age in which we are
supposed to enjoy constitutional lib
erty. / consider 1t entirely opposed t,
the genius of the American law, and il
seems to me the proposition can b:
readily proven. The Government of tn,
/ United States, itself, has no right tc
interfere in any trouble inside Stat,
unless ii is called on by the Governor,
or by the Legislature of the State, If i,
be in session. Surely, what the Gov
ernment of the United States cannot
do, no private army ought to be al
lowed to do. Swearing them in by q
sheriff is a mean subterfuge.
"Look at it The situation Is sim
( pie one. We will assume that there il
street brawl, or that a train il
stopped, or depot is attacked. / dc
not justify such things, but they hap
pen. IL the local authorities are no
able to quell the disturbance they cal
on the Governor, and he can summon
the militia by telegraph. If he is mo-
able to handle the matter he can ca /
on the General Government and car
have ths aid of the entire UniteC
States Army. Isn't that enough t,
settle any dispute or difference tha
may arise"
"But supposing sudden emer
gency p asked.
'The law has a maxim" replied Mr.
Gonpers, that it is better that ninety
nine guilty men should escape tha.
that one innocent man should be pun
ishsd. Supposing We try the revers
of that. l say it Is better that som
mischief should be done. for whicl
there is an adequate remedy in sui
against the commonwealth, than tha
the liberties of the psople should b
infriRgsd.p DAVID A. CURTIS.