The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-01
ATCHISON is WET
Saloons viii Pay License OF $50
Monthly.
Judge Bland Decides in Favor of
Governor Leedy.
INGALLS, MADE JUDGE.
LeaVenwOrth City Council Has
Plan
To Defeat the Abolition of Com
misSiOnerS.
INGALLS, MADE JUDGE.

Atchison, July This city will be
wet under the new police regulations.
After the appointment of the new chief
of police he was given his instructions
in regard to the saloons. Every saloon
in the city will be compelled to pay
$50 into the city treasury monthly. AS
long as they do that they will be al
lowed to run unmolested. Heretofore
they have paid from $50 to $50 per
month. The order is also that they
shall close up tight on Sundays.
At noon today the metropolitan po-
lice machinery goes out of existence.
with the exception of the police judge,
who has concluded to hold on as long
as the courts will let him.
Sheffield ingalls,, son of ex-senator
John J. Ingalls,, was appointed police
judge by Mayor Donald, and confirmed
by the council. He will be sworn in
today, and then the fun will begin.
Chief of Police Church White, the nine
patrOlmen and one jailOr will give up
gracefully and make way for new
force appointed by the mayor and con-
firmed by the council. Owen Seip will
be the new chief of police, and there
will be but six patrolmen to take the
place of nine. The new patrOlmen are
Frank Wilson, Robert Dickerson, Tom
Harrington, w. NJ. Norman, Orrin Nc
Afferty and Y. Kurtz. The council
passed a bill reducing the pay of the
police judge from $25 to $50 per month
and of the clief of police from $1,000
to $500 a year.
Judge Bland refused to grant an III
junction restraining Mayor Donald and
the city council from appointing po-
lice judge to succeed Judge Griffin, the
Democratic judge who holds his COM
mission under the metropolitan police
law, which has been wiped out by
proclamation of the governor. The
injunction proceedings were instituted
in the district court last Monday. In
declining to grant the injunction Judge
Bland, of the district court, held that
the wrong proceeding had been brought;
that the proper proceedings TO hoId on
to the office for Griffin was by quo war
rantO; this opinion sustained a point
urged and argued by City Attorney
HOIbert, who appeared for the CITY
Mr. H. c. Solomon, who, with Judge
David Martin, appeared in court for
Griffin, said: I'VE will appeal from
Judge BANDS decision to the court OF
appeaIs We filed our bill of exceptions.
IF the mavor and council appoint police
Judge then the city will probably nave
two judges to preside over the city
court Griffin will hold on to his place
unless, of course, that by quo Warranto
nrOceedings he should be Ousted. One
of the points in our bill OF OBJECTIONS
is that the quo warranto proceedings
does not apply until there are Two CON
testants for an office as there will be II
the roavOr appoints. At any rate Grimm
is in. and they are not going to get him
out till his term is served out"
LeavenwOrth's Plan.
T.eavenworth, July 1.-Leavenworth is
inst now greatly agitated IS a result of
the suspension of the metropolitan pO-
lice law by Governor Leedy. An at
TEMPT is being made TO have an ordl-
nance passed by the council proVldlhg
for the appointment of city ponce
commission" which in many respects
will be the same as the commission I'M
| der the metropolitan police law. The
first section of the ordinance explains
how the commission is to be formed and
reads as follows:
nance. it shall be the duty of the mayor
to nominate four members of the coun-
! ell, to be confirmed by the council, who,
together with the mayor, shall const-
/ t1lte and be known as the city police
/ commissioners; not more than two of
such councilmen shall be members OF
/ the same political party. The mayor
| shall be chairman of the board, and one
1 of their number to be designated by the
! board, shall be the secretary thereof.
/ The ordinance goes on to provide that
| the commission shall prepare rules for
| the police department, and states that
| no action in regard to this department
/ shall be taken except on the recOmmen-
| dalton Of the commission. The effect of
! this portion of the ordinance is to take
! all authority out OF the hands OF the
/ council as a whole
| The ordinance also provides that the
| members of the commission need not
/ take an oath to faithfully discharge the
| duties of their office, and does not re-
! ouire them to give bond. This, it is
| charged, is for the purpose of giving the
commission full scope in the matter OF
| saloons and gambling houses.
A bitter fight is being made on the or
| dinance.
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