Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-07-04

Sucn thing as general OutDurst OF
anarchy. or an uprising In force on the |
part of the hwless elements Of labor |
In times of strike or Industrial aglta- |
tlOu. these miserable carpers who are |
always cOwardly creatures. will fawn
upon the police force and beslObl'er II |
with praise. because they know Its
stalwart members have the courage
and the Drawn to face such situations
and risk their lives for the protection
Of property and law and order. But In
times of peace they resume their Occu-
patton with great vim aud gusto.
No chief Of police In this city has ever
been free from this kind of thing. and
until the army of cranks and constltu-
tionnl fnult-fn,lcrs that infest this city
has either died or been killed of n:
chief Of police ever will he. The great
mass Of the people have confidence In
Chief Badenocl. There have been
fewer police scandals under his admin.
istrntiOn than ever before. There
have been fewer slInkings up
Of the departments. fewer rad.
lcal changes nnd consequent
general dlsorganizatl on AMI demorali.
zation than have taken place under his
predecessors. Crime on the whole has
been very much on the decrease As
for the recent epidemic Of crime In the
shape OF hOld-ups and the like. II Mr..
Badenoch's critics will only look back
n little they will fnd that sucl,
| epidcinics have been of periodical re-
4 a.
like that of the Golden Rule hold.
UP usually begets Il whole crop Of imi.
tatOrs. Because til, criminal RESPONSE.
bic for these Outruges were not imme.
diat"ly apprelen,led. the chronic Kick.
crs have INDUCED In som. times open
and sometimes covert attacks upon the
mana cement of the police force. Those
responsible for them have not taken
the trouble to think that the hest train.
ed police forces In the world have been
usually for long time at fault before
discovering the perpetrators of great
crimes. Sometimes the boldcr the man.
ncr of It's commission the more i'm.
munity does the perpctrntor enjoy. The
murder of seven police officers and the
|
massacre occurred Oh tho public streets
at mass meeting of citizens. yet II was
a couple of years before the instigatOrs
of the crime were brought to Justice.
while the actual pcrpctrntOr II I'M
known and unwhippcd Of justice. The
Phoenix Park murders were committed
In broad daylight on II May afternoon.
tula ntN ~ nr In
plrr were slain within sight of the vice.
regal lodge. literally under the very
eyes of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire.
land himself. for hc actually saw the
scutic. and In view of hundreds of citl-
zens In public park. and yet It was
: many long nnd weary months before
; all the resources of the irish police sys-
tenn. backed up 10y the great Scotland
; Yard. could lind oven clue to the
perpetrators.
| These facts arc merely given as illus-
trations of our contention. They could
he multiplied Indefinitely. Chief Babe.
, noch has gene about his work In the
z matter of these public hOll-,,ps sys.
, tcnatically and sll,rw,lly. lac has not
I gathered In the whole West Side when
4 an outrage Inns taken place ana then
gone through u process of sitting the
goats from the sheep. Ms II were. Fol
Just such things thcTpolicr force has
been rlghtfully denounced In the past
, He has gone aftrr the offenders and
che by one he has captured them. Nonr
, ly every guilty participant In lic crimes
referred TO Il now In custody.
I When the evidence that has been oh
| tanned against them hns been ndduc"
/. and they lnvc been brought To punish
I, mcn,. the crank critics will not III
ashamed of themselves: by that tint
!. they will have found something else Il
1 cnvll at.