The record-union., 1898-09-23

and carried things as they saw fit. The
women were roaming over the street
| with no regard for decency or good Or
| der.
| Trustee Devine said there was no
| need of using the entire police force to
| suppress gambling, and that such a
| plan was never thought of in San
| Francisco. Men, he said, will gamble,
| and the Police Department would do
we'll, while suppressing it, to pay some
| attention to the general public, to
whom it is their duty to give protec-
| ton.
| Trustee Tebbets said the Police De-
partment ought not to be used to the
detriment of the public. If people wish
ed to gamble he was in favor of allow
ing them to do so provided the games
We're such as would not come under the
ban Of the statute Sacramento, he
said, is prosperous city, and adjoin-
Ing it is one of the greatest breeding
farms on the coast, if not in the United
States He believed that the Haggin
| ranch was great advertisement for
| sacramento. and thought that most of
the citizens believed as he did. He said
the question of police protection was a
| business proposition, and the people
| paid taxes with the understanding that
the officers should be kept on their re-
spectlve beats for the purpose Of giving
such protection. He recalled that one
OF the officers on the force had recently
been suspended for leaving his beat,
| and insisted that the officer on the beat
| assigned to him ought to be able to do
| MS Whole duty, inclusive Of closing
down gambling games
Trustee Dolan inquired of Chief
DWyer whether or not he intended to
bunch his force as he had been doing.
Chief Dwyer replied that such pre-
caution would be unnecessary since
| prescribed games were not running
His officers had no right to arrest men
for playing straight poker or dice
games, and the proprietors had given
their words that others would not be
allowed
Then they gamble, just the same"
ruminated Trustee Tebbets.
Are they selling pools yet?" inquired
| Trustee Dolan.
Il suppose so,'' replied Chief Dwyer
though L have not been around there
and don't know
IF the Mayor" said Trustee Paine,
has given the Chief orders to close
the games, it is probably his duty to do
so, but what this board wants is pro-
| lection for the city, and if one officer
can't close the games on his beat it is
time for the board to act''
There is no necessity" said Trustee
Devine, ''to have three men hanging
around one gambling place when they
arrest neither the proprietor nor the
| frequenters, and merely stand around
and exhibit themselves. I think Trus-
tee Paine put it just about right"
"I move" said Trustee Douglas, "that
Chief Dwyer be instructed to place his
officers on their respective beats and
keep them there"
II have right to dispose of my Off
GERS as I see fit," said Chief Dwyer
THAT motion is not good one" said
Trustee Dolan. Probably when the
Mayor sees the report of this meeting
this morning, he will reconsider his ac-
ton and allow Chief Dwyer to distrib-
ute his force according to his idea of
the necessity. When he sees how this
board feels about this matter I think
he will allow matters to go on as they
should"
Chief Dwyer said he would see to it
that the patrolmen were on their re-
spective beats, and with the general
understanding that unless such action
was adhered to, a motion similar to
that made by Trustee Douglas would
be passed, the meeting adjourned.