Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-30

the decade Is 29.7 per cent. The first
year of the reform administration Is
4 of l per cent. below the average;
the second year is not so far above it
as any one of the four years preceding
'94. The average for the two reform
years is not so high as that for either
Of the two administrations preceding,
and is only a of per cent. higher than
the one which followed. No allowance
has been made in this estimate for the
fact that the administration of 1916
prefixed DRINKS to three classes of
charges. not SO classified before or
since. The percentage of white arrests
in general for '94-5 is 63 above the
average for the decade, while that Of
colored arrests is So. above the average
1t is true that like every administra-
ton but one during the decade, that
or 94-3. made u grand stand play"
during its last year, arresting on gene
raj charges a larger percentage of white
Offenders than colored ones; also n
larger percentage of DRINKS, of which
the whites were greatly in excess or
the negroes.
Inc records show that the proportion
OF arrests for drunkenness has gradu-
ally fallen lower during each admins
tration of the decade. With but one
exception each administration has made
larger percentage of arrests for
drunkenness in Its second year than
In the first. The exception was in '0s-
Va. The smallest proportion of arrests
IN any year of the decade was in the
year ending June. '9S, being IS per cent.
below the average. 1t was also the only
year of the ten in which the per cent.
OF white DRINKS arrested was lower
than that of colorcd. The year ending
June, 80. shows the arrests for DRINKS
per cent. below the average. Posi-
bly, we shall never reach the average
of the decade just ended, for the per
cent. has steadily fallen during the pc
Rod. During the year just closed the
per cent. of white DRINKS was above
the average.
With one exception, each administra-
ton has made greater number of ar
rests for all causes in the second year
than the first. The exception is that
OF '96-91, the total number of arrests for
'95 being Ills, for '97 but 5,491. This
rs not due to the ineXrerience of the
chief, for the same chief relgned from
1898 and the same variation is shown.
1t must be true, indeed, that he re-
fleets the will of his superiors, the pow
ers that want to be reelected.
There is no doubt of the vigilance and
industry of the present force. The ra-
In the cities OF New York, Philadelphia.
Baltimore or Chicago, and it is rising.
In 1SS9-'90 the arrests were in ia
of the population; in 1889 they were
l in 9.4. The ratio of arrests in Phla-
delphia is 1 to IS, in New York city
to is, In Baltimore l to 16, and in
Chicago / to II. In the slums of Phil
adelphia the ratio is 1 to 10; in those Of
Baltimore, to o; slums of New York,
l to 6; slums of Chicago, l to 4.
The study of Sabbath breaking, gam
bling. ETC.. will be given in future
paper.
The writer wishes to state that the
figures used herein are taken from the
official records of Norfolk city. and
takes this opportunity to acknowledge
the uniform courtesy and hearty coop
Grafton of all the present officers of the
city to whom It has been necessary to
apply for information.
NJ. c. FAVILLE