The morning times., 1896-03-16
WILL Be ANGEL VISITORS
Capitol Police Working for an
Earthly Paradise.
THE CHIEFS QUEER AMBITION
DiSiikeS to Make Arrests and Never
Boasts of the Number-ArgueS
with WrOng-dOerS.

Capt. a. Z. Garden, chief Of the Capitol
police, has a queer ambition for police
officer.
Instead of being proud Of the number OF
arrests his force can make, and hOasting Of
the activity Of his men, he, on the other
hand, is rather ashamed. He does not be-
leve in lazy patrolmen, far from it. He
sees that every officer is toeing the mark
all the time and keeps them right to it.
But he has an ambition To run the Capitol
without making an arrest.
He thinks he VIII succeed in this some OF
these days. He il cutting down the num-
Der Of arrests each month, and soon hopes
that the Capitol millennium Will soon dawn.
The millennium will only cXistfor visitors.
! Even the greatest optinist does not hope
for millennium among Congre.Smen for
cycle or tive. OF course, Captain Garden
or Colonel Bright are not responsible for
the last statement.
THE ARRESTS MADE.
The position OF chief OF police at the
Capitol is one tsat is har rd to fill. This
officer must act as 4 Judge, and it is only
IN extreme cases that an offender goes to
the lock up. Even then he is sometimes
cooled down by All hours confinement and
then permitted depart.
TO show how the .enient rule OF Capt.
Garden works ii is only necessary TO read
he figures which follow:
In the month Of Decent er thirty-five ar
rests were made; in January. twenty y five,
and In February only ten Eight of the
entire number were CrankS, or men whose
minds were more or les affected. Book
agents made 4 large portion Of this num-
her and they are the very hardest people
the police have to look after.
Many OF these plead ignorance of the
y md n rR htgf Ea n1
third time representatives softhe same house
appear there is trouble. 1t is then that
the offender is sent to No. 6 police sta
ton and haued up in police court next
morning. a good severe fine from The
presiding judge impreSses the lesson on
everybody.
The last dodge tried was among the
page boys of the House.
An officer found an agent of a photo
graphing company trying 10 make arrange
mcnts to have the picture of the boys taken
in II gIOGp. He was warned and tod that
his firm would he held responsible in the
future ifany more agents were found solici.-
ing business in the Capitol
COL. BRIGHT'S ESTIMATE
Col. Bright, Sergeant-at-arms of the Sen
ate, thinks he has a jewel. He says
Capt. Garden ranks wish the best police
officers In the country. He feels proud
Of him because he discovered him. He
says he ought to remain i'll his present
position, but that he viii be called away
sooner or later. Col. Bright in speaking of
the position, said:
1T is not a political position by any
means. In l. ST9 l hunted out a man who
did not know 4 single Senator. lie re-
manned for years, ard all who knew Capt.
AllabaCh know what good officer he
was. SO il would be with Capt. Garden,
but / know some one else will take him
away"
There are twenty-nne members of the
police force and they have supervision OF
the entire Capitol. The number Will be
increased when the millennium arrives.