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by tho force over which you Mr.. surorinten-

| ~ .he Iorre over whlch you, MI Surerinten-
=, The reason that 1 was selected to speak
9h9ut the judiciary, was because / am not !.
| am merely authorized by statutes to hold the
Court OF uenernl Sessions Of the Peace. and nv
| things connected with tha city Government
but It has been solemnly determined that am
not Judge. and therefore was selected by
the committee to speak to the toast THE
| Judiciary
The Recorder spoke ot tho men who preside
| over the higher courts of this city and this
| state and the name Of ench was received with
great applause. He closed by SAYING:
| with tn. Iolice Department Of the city OF New
| York. They are my friends, az they are tho
! who Ia a Inv abiding citizen. who elleves in
the enforcement Of the law and In strict ohedi-
ence to what is right and Just. call my
Mr. John Keller responded for Tho Press"
and Mr.. Frank X Lawrence, who spoke for the
guests, said. among other things:
On every other day in the year those whom
you select az the objects Uf your attention
make many excuses. some oven going as far
hs Canada. to avoid your hosntalities. But
unon the occasion OF this annual dinner. your
rant signed by all the Judges, and every man
who receives Ii, arrays himself in his best ana
hnrIIies nere @ 10 10 eager expectatlon. At
and Its vicinity shall once, again have doubled
their population. the result will be the largest
upon the globe. The duties Of the s supsrin'
tendent. already as difflcult as those Of u com.
the lnsnectors and the Captains will become
more difficult stu but we believe. and
and devotion which have brought the pSiics
force to its present splendid efficiency will be
sufficient for the LARGEST demands. snd, spcek
lug on behnlf OF your guests tonight. | pledge
to you. our hosts the respect. the confidence
ard the devotion Of the people of the city Of
For District Attorney Fellows. the last
S the had the
1t is the grateful privilege OF tho speaker
to be the critic Of all that has preceded, and he
contemplation .ot the fact that there is
pSsSSs S ns fcs shq
some nnimadyersions upon that which has
gone before. Most OF 1t meets my hearty ap-
But there are some points OF difference be.
tween the suGgestions made BY other speak
regret that Recorder Smyth has OF left
I when he LEFT the dsis he was going, imne-
pTNs0 p0y omit; s,. bscaHss. aaIthOHHh have the
thunder would be ioveied against me
HIM, to- night J. have feared for three
weeks past that | was not fully dlschorging
escaped the .censuro Of the courts and the
criticism Of the press, look forward with a
Ss sSdsneo " Get dor to th. pSt
lie that am doing something. even though l
am doing 1t In the wrong way.
the Chief Executive Of the city and
ments. Now. ! have always believed that
do not like Mr. Gerrys methods OF arriving |
were present have. with one exception. left. !
hut appeal TO him as my last hope. DO you |
icised a. Mr.. Gerry intimated. that there |
should be a miserable. mcagre 81 900 bond |
eNacted ofthe party who made tn 9 charge to be |
found Innocent Sir. that may do for the minor
officials. but when 1t comes to the District At |
heen presented to you to- night hy the Mayor
would - b s,r hardly n neP9GGn + salTs hi.
rate. IL do anything wrong lot that follow
who accuses mo put up at least S25.WD to
make his accusations good. or | shall feel that
have fallen below the expectations Of my
friends.
this department. representing thirty years
a. Rut service tnrs srps fOr every avery nye years
i !, renresents IL Iepreessents ten tlmes
MY thousand stripes that that man and those
DshHd en- NJ th him have Ia'd Tp.n The arms % Of crmi;
evidence. of tho power Of the police here Of
he efficiency Of its work, OF the security OF
.nd md read % the record there There There you es%hIi %iIi
Ind how treless and yiGlant this force has
shorts of this fore. have been Supported ny
hose who are charged with the ndministrn-
Ion lon 81 law , IN our courts, No: gentlemen.
name who docs not recognize each hour ofhis
lie that tho sweet security Of his homo is
$ under as complete and adequate protection
lere as the highest types of our civilization.
N G or ShrsIsinitY , have ever Yet