The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-14
STATE COSsrABCLARIEs
Three STATE, Have Tried 10 Par tfssly-No
Desirable.
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No State hs, anything ike a STATE Contabulary
system Legislatures in three States within recent
years have taken the control Of III. police Ia large
cities from tSh munid pslitisr ard In zach OF these
the Ell pertinent has proved a failure
Like other States. AasaehuG;; - long suffered
from the ff.qu eni failure OF the nIsgs auihorilies 10
deal with serious and often nysNnous crimes which
demanded more ability and training than IRE dsr''S
sheriff 1, api TO possess A ANAL force II STATE de-
ieeuyes was, therefore, Established Ths Ia ell
thers 10 " the state Consabuluv sySkm" In MaS
ssehuseus.
III true. however. tha, the State Government, Of
Nassaehus.,,, hos Nodded with the lossl admins
traiion q the police Ia Boston aat In one other city.
Fifteen y,sr, ago sons easy. re,ng disens Of sbe
capital indorsd a project brought forward b.
some pol uoians 10 have the Lg'slstuv passaiAv
taking the power Of appointing Police Con ni,:oners
from the municipal suthortiieS who were hsdy
TO b. Democrats, And vesting IL 10 the Executive u
the SIst% who WA Amos, always . Republican
This plan has now had - long TRIAL. and II has not
been . suecesa More than once at lsas, one q the
three Com mi uinntr has been . man who did net
ard ,he public conhdsnos 70 any grsahr degree
than tho old Pole. Commissioned under ~ rule
Serious scandals have rpsskdiy Involved nsnesFs
Of ,hs board There have been ehsfsea. which So
cured general belief, Of gross favonisn In The ~ Of
poll ical power. Ths snatney u the police forcs
~gsn.tally has been often impugnsd. Precisely ,hs
same things have happened In Pail River, The only
other oily wh.r. the sy,,em has bssn Introduced.
The mos, thorough trial Of Ihis plan hiss besn made
In the sac OF Kansas. Aner the prohibitary amend
mentto The Stale Constitution vas adopted In 1880
great dIi eulty uss eI perienced In enforcing The law
against the sale Of liquor In cities The Prohibition
lists asked for ana gos more and more stnnrsntst stat
ues. But shese were enforced no better By the local
nu,hoIiHes Atlas, they p>rsusdsd the Legislature
10 pass a law under which the oonuo! oil We
police force wss taSen from the local author
tiles and s'ven 10 the State, through the
naming BY TIE Governor Of Police oorHissionsr~
md they applied n. rev rls 10 the eues generally
4 partisan motive In Kansas. a. In Aas,schu ss,,-,
inclined the Republican politicians 10 favor this
scheme. Some OF tn. cite, went D-nocrswe. while
IN those days tn. Republicans controlled the s,ss
Government on. Republican Governor af,eT
another usd 10 enforce the rev law, but none vls
ever successful In lspi the Populis,, carried The
STATE. and under ths Polio Com Iisacnsrs named
Dy tue Executive then elCued By that parry
tue saloon tu'iHs~ In the cities VAS con
Quoted openly, IN 1894 another Republican Gov
,rupr was elected. and he made al effort 10 snfucs
the Las. but = VAS only un porsry and spasn ode,
ard failed. IKE all he rest Al time vsnt on ssnst
b.. men in all the cities. wt,heu, rgsrd 70 psry.
grew m re and more bitterly oppos.d 10 the whole id.a
OF police commissions named At he STATE eaplal A.
lat public sentiment thr ous hou, kansas demanded
aud secured tho repeal Of The Law. and the syUsm Of
governing cities from ths SAs - pttAi. with al Of It's
abuses aad sesneAlA was brought 70 an end
The pemru. tie polindans Of Museum leaned the
i,ss n which their Republican brethren in Kansss
mad taught Th-ir STATE Govsrnment vas always
Democratic, but 81 Law years the chief et,y has gone
Republican tn, poles force OF D. Louis vas . pris
which n. Democrano STATE machine could not bear
- So" IN Republican hands. SO The last Hg-
is,siure vas PERSUADED 10 pas . law
taking tie control Of tie poles from TIE
people Of zoe elty acting throush ne nuliop,l
authorities, and wing It 10 a hoard appointed By Tho
Governor The new system has been In operation
more than q year. and 4, has Nca fruitful IN es,IsvA-
gince. abuses ADD scandals u sveIy sort The psopls
Of 81 Louis are Today ARD With indisnauon agGnS
the oonsec ueEssI 0. STATE interference vito thl local
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