The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Tacoma Bureau Of the Pes.-TntsIlsSsncer.
lIE Pacific Avenue.
TACOMA. April lS---Charges % incoEr<-
fency and Eo1-sfgIcIercy will d flied 5y
Civil Service Commissions Tsats touao--
row against chief OF Police Romeo @.
Eoge
TIE charges win ne embodied il a reoort
On the workings ., the police department
prepared ay Commissioner Teats- They
are the direct result OF Commissioner
Teas "toUr among the ssuns q Taco
RIA Al exclusive publication was given
IN toaay's poss-frfailtgencsr Of Commits
sioner TsaIs' experience as q summer
and os his opfnions OF the workings OF tae
police department
Tho Post-Inielligencer's story was the
sensation OF the day in Tacoma II was
the one theme os conversation az the city
ball ard In Official circles. as well as st
ths clubs and on the streets Conuis-
sioner Teats Is a Pop1list and the civil
service commission Is made up of fusion
lists although the Law says that not mora
than fwo memnsFs shall be chosen from
one party. T'he commission and the civil
service system are responsible for chief
Hoge and al the incompetents on his
force. II was therefora remarkable that
Teats saould take up the cudgei against
the men who are part Of his party. lie
deserves some credit for this.
After Commissioner Teats' expose OF the
incompeteney Of the police force. the only
thing left for him 20 DO was 10 file
charges against Chief Hogs. All day the
ortce OF the civil service commission has
been hssiege5 BY politicians. ard strena-
Gus efforts have been made 70 ''call Teats
Of as ne fusion politicians put IT, IL Is
not too much 20 say thai they were not
prepared for the Teats expose. and they
We're not a little hurt BY him
Az one time today IL locked as II the
Efforts ot the Fawcett-Doherty tribe of
fuslonists would be able TO suppress tie
wrathy Teats and his report. But he de-
cIares that be Il In this fight 20 stay, and
will not be found a gutter
II Is understood that Commissioners
Sahm ard Bond were not AZ ali pleased
with Teats' action IN giving the Post-In-
teIiizeneer his opinion in advance or the
workings or the police department under
the civil service system. The cosnmis-
sloners had a long session this after
noon ar which the matter was fully dis
cssssed. After this 4 was noticed that
Commissioner Teats was not IL SO much
o. hurry 90 right the wrongs Of the un-
fortunate In Tacoma, is he had seemed
last night. ard Il vas given cut that moth
Ing would BE 9cne AZ present 70 change
rnatte.S. Later the situation improved.
and TONIGHT Commissioner Teats deciare.
that ne viii pash the investigation
Much as they would Ike 20 shield the
civil service graduates w1o compose Ia
conia.z police force Commissioners Sahm
and Bond are compelled. in view OF
Teats' attitude 20 proceed wish the fn-
vesfigation. They are IN possession OF In
formation secured by Teats IN his SUM
ming tour and know how the laws are
openly ana hraxeuly set az defiance daily
~ the worst elements that compose the
halg-woria IN Tacoma
Teats will tell IN detail u the crime and
lagtessness ne witnessed in a night spent
under the gaSltzht" in Tacoma. He
win describe in vivid language q scene at
a dlsrepatshle place where 4 drunken log
ger was rolled and ROBBED OF hts money.
He vii tell how. one night. he saw two
little girls neither over Is years Of agc.
enter the back docrs Of saloon under
the very nose % a poke officer. Soon
after two boys. not old enough 20 show
the FIRST traces Of = beard, were seen 70
enter the same den.
Teats viii also describe the con
games in operation in some of the tough
resorts on Pacific avenue. He viii throw
a ray of Hight on the workings of back
rooms % saloons in tie tenderloin. and
or the gambling heils that run day and
night without being interfered with by
the police.
Commissioner Tsats said tonight:
y am rot going Z, slsnier any city or
any men, bat | am determine that the law
shan he oheyei Tf Chief Eoge and the
men anSsr him are rot competent snf
faithful they must give way 70 others
" ho wiiE execute the law. ! have 10 quar-
rel xtth saloons ss long az they occupy
their legitimate sphere. bat have studied
conditions In Tacoma an4 have found
them exceedingly bad. They must be
betterea.
There are some people In Tacoma who
aenreczte the stard Commissioner Teats
has taken and the publicity given 20 the
results of his Investigation of the police
department.. over which he has a super
vision by agreement WITH other members
cs the commission. These people would
silence further agltation q this matter
on the plea that Il viii barm the city re-
xartlass of the fact that Such action
would almost countenaucs the continu-
anea % the abuses that have grown -.
Com missioner Teafs declares that nora az
these reasons vii deter HIN from rl8AlnE
the po18ce force of men Who wink at law
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