The record-union., 1897-01-12

make them dependents or charges on
the community, is the best protection
to them and society. About fifty cases
have fallen under the jurisdiction of the
society already, and have been thor
oughly sifted and investigated, and
where possible, the best remedy, pre-
vention, has been successfully applied.
Nearly two-thirds of these cases
were notorious, and were known, and
should have been known to the police
and peace authorities, and could have
been corrected by the usual applica-
ton of the processes of law and police
Interference without the need for our
society at all. Nay, more than this
there are cases known to us in which
the officers shifted the responsibility on
our shoulders"
The memorial then points specific in
Stances-aS mere examples-of notorl-
Gus cases where tire society has acted
successfully and the police and other
officers, though long having knowledge
Of the facts, did nothing. The cases
cited are those of Oracle Nelson, A
Kuzins, Mrs. Elliot, the Silverlocks and
the Second Spanish woman
There might have been added the case
of the boy thief and firebug, just sent
to lone through Efforts of the society
The memorial continues:
What we now beg of you is that the
full spirit and mteTt of the law be
Civ life. That every official whose
duty it is, be requested 10 aid us; that
knowing of cases with regard to the
cruelty OF children. that th-y act them
selves as under thur catEs they are
bound TO do
I'VE represent that youthful contain
nation is going on all around US and
is hourly increasing; that CA every
hand there is violation of the law
against the rights of children, and that
very largely crime can he and is pre-
vented by nipping the tendency in the
bud. What we ask and pray of your
donors is:
Il. That as the executive authorities
of this city, you instruct the peace Of
fCers under your conlarol not alone to
/ lend us aid (assthe State law says they
| musD, but also that they act upon ORR
ginal lines to suppress youthful Grim
inality and contamina tiCn as being in
fnitely cheaper for the community,
than the pursuit of criminals, criminal
trials and prisons.
! ''2. That if you deem it not meet to
comply with this request by way of an
official order to be followed up and
| made viriie, we beg of you that you
will commission such person as we
shall select, under your approval of
| course, as a humane officer to be at
| tached to and be a part of the police
| force and salaried as such, whose duty
| shall be to give his full time to inVesti-
gate such work as has been here out
| lined and to act and cooperate special
| ly with the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty TO Children and the Saera-
mento Humane Society for the Proven
| ton of Cruelty to Animals. We as
sure you such an officer can find enough
to do every hour of the day and night.
I'VE represent to you that San Fran
| cisco and Los Angeles each furnish to
| their Humane Societies for such pur-
| poses a regularly salaried official. We
| further represent to you that such in
vestment will be actually money saving
to the city, as the work which that of
! ficer will do with our hearty aid will
save the city and its people cost in
the way of pursuit of criminals, and
punishment of them. Think not that
our attitude is that of complaint
against your police force. From them
we have had aid and sympathy in sew
eral cases.
1--WE submit this appeal and memorial
in behalf of our society and by it's di-
rection. We pray that this memorial
may not be merely filed and laid away
but that it may have your earnest
deep and searching investigation, and
positive and direct action"
Rabbi Simon addressed the board in
relation to the memorial Of the Socist y
| for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren, saying that the society had been
very successful in the work it had I'M
dertaken. 1t realizes that there is
much work that the police force can
not successfully prosecute on account
of their nultifarous duties in other di-
rection. 1t thinks that the work should
be done by a specialist, who shall look
after the interests of the society and
that for the prevention of cruelty tC
animals alone. 1t therefore asks that
a special officer be appointed for this
special work, to rank asa police officer
and receive the same pay. 1t has nc
complaint to make of the police, who dc
their best, but it can easily be seen,
| when he stated that there We're now
| sixty or seventy cases on the books OF
the society to be attended to. If the
| board could not do this, the society
asks that it will contribute as much as
it can. The members all know what the
! sorietv has done and he would recon-
mend for the position one who has done
its work for six months without pay
the present officer. Dan Healey.
Devine moved that the matter be
referred to the Police Committee, to be
reported on next Monday night. Car
ricd.