The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-11

upon another officer to testify that he
 had been personally warned by com-
 missioner not to give too much atten-
 ton to saloons l can also present tes-
 timony from officers that such warnings
 and threats have been reported among
 the men. Also l can give good author-
 ny Tor the following conversation sub
 stantially between Gilhuly and an offi- cer upon his beat: Why do you not
 puNthis saloon?" (mentioning saloon
 where his own soda water was not
 sold) That said Gilhuly further asked
 nm Who was the officer. then on a
 neighboring beat. and said: He is
 pushing one of my customers altogether
 too close" I am also able to bring be-
 Tore you considerable amount of par
 ticulars concerning complaints which
 nave been ignored. officers who have
 refused to take notice of palpable vio- lations Of law, including instances whers
 oiicers nave been seen receiving drinks
 rom side doors and even within sa-
 looms, or standing in front of policy
 shops useless as statues, when custom
 CTS were going in and out, or near sa-
 looms on Sunday and looking the wrong
 way when the doors were opened, and other similar informa ton going to show
 how search warrants have been served
 so as not to secure evidence, and the directions of commissioners not to see
 too much faithfully carried out.
 | Under the fifth point for investiga-
 ton. that relating to the policy busi- ness, We stand upon the evidence which
 We have already produced in court. I | affirm further here before you on my personal knowledge and belief the fol- lowing facts. which demand your in- | quiry and action. namely, twenty-nins | men are now engaged in this business. the names of whom I can give you, We know for certainty that the amount of money turned in from one policy shop in this city within the past few months has been weekly from s400 to $700. Estimating the whole business on this basis the amount of from $500. | 0O0 to S4O0,OO0 annually Is run through
 the Illicit policy shops of this city. Tho | officers of the law know where the | books are kept which give this whole | business for the past year. We know that the managers at the headquarters | of this business count upon absolute protection from legal prosecution, and | pay all fines imposed by the courts
 upon their agents in their shops, or on the streets. We know that attempts | have been made to bribe men who were in position to interfere with this busi- | ness,and we are warranted, therefore, in the presumption that similar attempts at bribery have been more successfully ventured in other directions. We know | that lawyers and agents of this busi- ness have boasted that "they are all
 in It." We know that policy writers
 have been notified from policy head quarters when they were to look out for intended police raids. We know that | in fighting this policy business we arc | fighting business worth half 8 mil- lion dollars yearly, with all its power of bribery and corruption. add also that an honest administration of the law in all its branches could throttle this corrupt business; and venture nothing when I say that give me a corporaps guard of the regiment in which I once had the honor of serving, and let them be armed with such powers as could be procured under the statutes from any judge of the city or superior court, and this gang of respectable scoundrels could be broken up.
 REMARKS BY DIR. SMITH BEFORE THE BOARD.
 After the above had been read by Dr. Smyth he made a few brief sup- elementary remarks, substantially as follows: leave these specifications with you, gentlemen, to do anything with you please, to put them on file or to thoroughly investigate them. We have also at our command, information which is of even much more serious nature which do not care to give to you at present as want to more thor- oughly investigate 1t myself befors bringing it before you. urge you not to pass these serious things by. Search for the causes of this condition of af- fairs, this wholesale neglect of the law. On the other hand prove to us that we nave been mistaken and I will be the first to acknowledge it to you all.
 The liquor law is not enforced in this city and we stand ready to bring you witness after witness, until you are tired of hearing them, that such is the truth, that the liquor law is ignored, sneered at and almost forgotten. Ths situation is practically as was recently expressed by Q bartender in a cer- tain saloon in this city who, when spoken to in reference to the enforce- ment of the liquor law, said: we don't give damn for the police"
 We have been asked to furnish you with the names of the officers who have neglected their duty so that charges can be brought against them and the wrath of the community thus turned upon the heads of one or two offenders. I have steadfastly refused to do this, nor will do it now. I am not going to make charge against an officer nor even mention an officers name until I am reasonably confident that you are earnestly trying to remove the cause and front of this condition of affairs. Then I will give you names. Why, gentlemen, it has only come to my knowledge to-day that in certain section of this city there is located B. house of i'll fame within the sight of the windows of a taxpayer of this city. The latter has repeatedly called the attention of the policeman on the beat to the condition of things, but has so far obtained no satisfaction.
 We ask you gentlemen in the name of the public to do something in the matter. You can place it on your files