The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-28
POLICE COMMISSIONERS rIcKLED.

! YESTERDAY the board OF police commits
sioners received quite a pleasant surprise
| from those who are employed by that de-
partment The president OF the board,
/ Frank Sherman, received a fine reel for n
| fishing rod, aud MeSsrs. Churchward and
! Van Ness received nice writing desk
each. The object of the presentation OF
| these articles TO these gentlemen Is set
| forth in the following speech made on the
occasion by judo e Museller:
! Gentlemen of The Board Of Police Commissioner
Of the City Of Wi hita:
The members of the police force OF this
! city have selected ME as their spokesman
! to perform a most pleasant duty Tonight.
| They believe that all the members of
| this commission are their friends, and 50
| believing, have decided that ii Is most
| fitting that they should in some more sub
| stautial manner than the mere display OF
| words, convey to each of you an expression
| of the high and exalted opinion they have
of you, not only as officials feariessiy
| doing your duty, but as citizens as well.
You are clothed with an absolute power
over those under you. In your hands you
| hold the insignia of a royal prorogatIve as
| absolute in its way as any wearer OF the
royal purple ever held in days of old. You
! have the power by simple resolution TO
| prOrogue the wearing OF star with
no high her enconium eau ever be given you
or uttered in your behalf than when | say,
! having had absolute power you have never
| chosen to arbitrarily exercise II. You have
recognized the right of a public hearing
and in consequence the force is now and
has been, ali that energy and good will
could make it. The secret conference,
where will ears give ready tongues 10
cowardly hearts filled with the fear OF
| their own punishment. is no longer a
! potent factor TO ruin official standing. The
| policemen all feel like they are in the
house of their friends and that means
much to them. Not only is this feature a
characteristic of this board, but in other
| things as well you have manifested so
iicitude for the boys. You are cougenial
| and approachable. In these times when
these clothed with little brief authority
often sit exalted above the common herd
wrapped in the solitude of their official
| frigidity, it is comfort to know that you
each and all can be approached without q
marked lowering of the temperature sur
rounding you.
| The police force has remembered these
aud other things. and out of the kindness
shown them by you has grown the feeling
which prompted them to give TO each OF
you something MS a token OF their high re
gard for you, and a memento of the cordial
relationship existing between them and
you. 10 some extent your Individuality
and taste has been taken into account.
Your president, the oldest member of the
commission, is well known as an enthus-
last diciple of old Isaac Walton. and in
his biscatOrial propensity with the cheer
full abandon so becoming 10 an adept in
the art, they present to MIN = magnificent
reel 1t is hoped that he may spend many
pleasant hours in the cool. sylvan retreats
of the northern lakes angling successfully
for the different game fines of that roman
tic region.
And to Messrs Churchward and Van
Ness who are the authors of many bills,
and some of them monthly bills for sug-
gestive pleasantness, they present To each
a handsome writing desk. l know II is the
heartfelt wish of all the boys that these
presents may be the token OF an unbroken
friendship that will last while life shall
last, until the policeman all 90 20 that
bourne from whence no traveller ever re
turns, where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary policemen are
finally at rest.
The commissioners were very much
tickled over this manifestation of the APP
prevail of their actions and SO expressed
themselves.
Miss Mary HartDett OF Chenoa, Ills, is
in the city visiting relatives with whom
she will stay till September at least. Miss
Mary was attracted hther by our reputa-
ton for blue skies and salubrious
climate, and it is hoped by
large circle of friends in her