The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-31
PECULIAR LOVE FEAST HELD
4 MEETING IN THE POLICE COM.
 MISSIONERS' ROOMS.
In Session Nearly All Last Night But No Information Was Givcn Out-Cbarges Against the City AttOrney's Office Probably Under Tho City Officials Present.

The room of the police commissioners was the scene nearly all last night of
 gathering which at the close of the
 meeting was described by those who
 were present as a Hove feast and not
 another word concerning the meeting
 was vouchsafed to the waiting repor-
 ters. Those present at the session were
 Mayor Driscoll, who presided, Assist
 ant City Attorneys Webb, MatheWson
 and Booth, Judges Bishop and Dow of
 the city court, Secretary Thrasher of
 the Law and Order league, Captain
 Brewer, Superintendent Wrinn, and the
 police commissioners. While absolute ly no information other than that men
 toned above was given out concerning
 the meeting it is known that it was held for the purpose of looking into the
 charges made against the city attor- ney's office that warrants have not been issued when evidence to warrant their issuance has been laid before the off, cials of that office by the police.
 Soon after the raid was made upon the Imperial hotel hints began to be heard that other places had been wink ed at and allowed to run. Then it was also rumored that the Imperial hotel raid was not made until it was forced by the Law and Order league. A few days after came the policy raids by the Law and Order league detectives and this reused the commissioners to activ- ity. Officers of the department were questioned as to why the police had not raided the places and it was then that the charges against the city attorneys office were made.
 Another element which is believed to have contributed to the turmoil in which the police board has been in- volved lately is personal differences be- tween officers of the department and it is known that one of them last night and at the last previous meeting of the board called in witnesses whose testi- mony cleared him of charges made against him for not seeing that policy shops and disorderly places were closed up.
 While the gentlemen present at last nights meeting alluded to it as Hove feast,' it was far from that, and were swapped which would look exceedingly ugly to the public eye if placed in print and of such char deter as are seldom heard at love feasts. It is understood that explana tions were made, however. which have for time at least cooled the seething surface of the slumbering volcano, and when the meeting adjourned last night the gentlemen as they emerged from the room endeavored to assume expres- 5ively jolly looks, which in some in stances appeared very much forced. It was 80 o'clock this morning when the feast was over.
 The police commissioners before the
 love feast" began transacted a little 'outine business. The committee on supplies reported that the coal contract 1ad been let to McCusker & Schroeder, whose bid was A70 per ton.
 A check given by Wilbur F. Day 10 he Police Mutual Aid association was accepted and turned over to the asso- station. On recommendation from the ,ivil service commission David Snyder l vas appointed special constable.