The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03
IAcOM's HEH POLICEMEN
C1x11 n0T AESPOxsfBLE ron ALL
o. TINE APPOINTMENT
1ae6 he Fails 10 Recognise One
- UAs Own Apposnfe~s whes He
Sees nfa ~ Headquarters some
Days After G< Wen, 70 work

UpecsA DtspAtch to .te p1as- Trteslixs1cer.
IACOMA, Jan ssow tsat the spring
esect,on 10 drawing nesr political stories
true or otherwise, are TIE order OF zss
Gay. and the following 50 eonaeefs0s with
Inief Romeo Hoge. % me Eo.3es depart
Henf going 10 show Pie roslttsn In tht
1IatseT Of naming his sgb9salnates. Is
worthy 81 note:
II eeexns that some tine Within shs past
Few weeks the chief has occasion and the
privilege OF snereaslng his force. sn1 a.
The time IN question named john PaHius
Formerly 4 resident OF Lake View. as cas
OF the new pairolfnea. Those Tho tell the
story say thai PanIgs vas n
the city about s1o weeks prior
70 his appointment. having psfrposeiy
left his family at Lake View ard taken ug
quarters within the municipal limits that
he might By a stretch Of tae law - said
10 have beeone resident Of Tacoma prior
10 his appointment on ssgs p0liee force IL
Aue time Paulsss vas glvnn place az ps-
fxOtmaa aEf has sifsee bern on duty
The seaaei to this appointment Illus
tratcS~bow little the Grief aas 90 cay when
ST comes 10 gsamIns his assborinasez, and
sisr the fact thar the naming OF saer wfso
are not competent should not be laid en-
tirely al the door OF the head OF the de-
paftment
One evening not long after 'he appoint
menf nf PauluS the chief noticed man
without Uniform taking 10 one 81 the Of
Ac~rs ~ headquarters me stranger Was
hehit.d tns railing, which is supposed TO
separate the CONNER herd from those
serving In osiissal capacity, and to all ap~
pearaases WIS Hn Intimate tsrtns with the
officer se whom he waA taIsiag. stranger
behind the sacred railing IL not eonst1ered
III accordance with the regulations under
ordinary conditions. ard atier THIS parfie-
uiHr Individual rad departed from the sta
ton Chief Hoge asked the oifiesr VINO nsh
entertained the visitor IL; a tone of repri-
rnsnd, ws.o the man waa Sho had sat be
bind the railing.
stWhy. that's Policeman Paul1s.' replied
the officer. II supposed you kaew MIN
quite we'll
rs thai sor" came from the chief. Tn
sorry did not know IL before ne left
want TO talk TO him. ] must meet him
The above leaked cut. as such stories US
uzlly do. despite the fact that none OF the
officers concerned =oald have the temet-
ffy to tell H. Just how much OF the story
In ACTUALLY true and how sauch IL romance
n not known btis ttIass ~ho father IL
vouch for iss truth both regarding Pauius
brief term Of residence. as well as the
chiefs ignorance OF the mans identity
Until told who he was.
Under the civil service amendment 10
the city charter city smploye In any Ca
pacfgy T. required TO have been resident
OF the city for not less than one year. For
this reason Ii IL alleged the civil service
commission has no legal right To confirm
the appointment Of panias. AID II Is not
Improbable that the matter may be laid
before the commission for fuil investig 3
tor.
II rs understood that Paulas has thus far
& ehown himself 30 be 81 good officer, and
tina, only on the ground Of n9n-ressdenre
can any complaint ba justly lodged against
him.