St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-19

"Wby don't you invite me to
occupy your pulpit some day?'
Mr.. Smith took him at his word
and he had responded to the Invitation.
There is a gentleman talking down the
street who is wont to speak of the
mistakes of Moses" perhaps the mis-
takes of mayors would be fitting title
to his own remarks. He knew from his
own experience that it was an easy
thing to make mistakes; it was a diff
cult thing for one TO do his duty and
accomplish the best results for the
whole people.
He spoke of the origin of government
in the plaques and caiamities OF nature,
ana the appetiteS and impulses OF men
which it became necessary to restrain,
and urged that the law was made for
man and not man for the law. He re-
garded the public veal the highest law,
and that the COVER nment is best
which accompliSheS most for the great
est number. ID the government of
cities the material interests are the
most important, and the best govern
ment is that which goes on doing the
right thing to promote those interests.
and believed that the least the general
public know about the inner workings
the better.
The police are for the protection of
persons and property; they are for 10
other purpose. You can't protect by
numbers. You cannot place policeman
at every street corner or set one to
watch every house. Last July mur-
der was committed in Minneapolis. 1t
could not have been prevented, but
there were two policemen on the spot
in less than five minutes, and though it
took nearly eight months to accomplish
it, the murderer has been convicted.
You had some experience in ST. Paul.
Two Of your bank robbers are now in
the penitentiary, and the other two are
in custody. You have city of 100000
people. OF these 195. 900 need no watch
ing. They come and go, requiring no at
tention from the police or the authorities.
The police are to watch the criminal
classes, forming 1000 or 5000 of the
other 5000. Put strange policeman on
the beat and he is of little use. He does
not know the faces of the criminals. 1t
is our custom to put him in the work
house for two or three months, and thus
he becomes familiar with them, and if
crime Is committed in given locality,
and any of these men were in that vlcin-
ity. he knows who to suspect.
We have our local criminals OIL the
one hand who are recruited from the
bad boys-Peck's bad boys-who grow
up i'll the vicinity. They are bright
young lads, too smart to be caught by
police in uniforms, but their runways
are located and their work checked by
officers in citizens clothes. The other
class are men who have done time in
the prisons. Their hand is again So
ciety as that of the society is against
them. They come from foreign points,
and detective force is required to
guard against them. Two men in Min
neapolis last summer were noticed TAX
Ing observation of one of the banks;
they were followed by detective, who
called another to his assistance, and
soon the two crooks were Joined by
another couple. They were arrested
within an hour as vagrants, and admit
ted that they were bank workers, and
that if they had been let alone they
would soon have had "visible means of
support" You know their work in st.