The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09
BETTER POLICE DEMANDED,
NEW ORLEANS ALREADY PROFIINd
M HER RIOT LESSON.
The work Of Recognizing the Force HAS Al.
ready Begun FIRST Change VIII Be ia
the Police BonTd-Bad Element In H.,
Large Private Force 60 lie Needed On.

the Police Board-Bad Element In n,
Large Private Force to lie Needed OuL,
NEW ORLEANS, Aug SLATE the urgrJ
riots in New Orleans last month, the wau.
nous demand Of the pres, and public of the,Iv
was for a complete reorganization of tho uo.,,
force. IL was the judgment Of all that t.,
riot might have been suppressed In It's .trI,r
stage by prompt and vigorous action. ruI ,D,
police did not act with the promptur,, AMI
yigor required. Moreover, Il was gourtuI,
believed that the police symvathIled with ~,
mob. being very bitter against the negro in
consequence of the murder Of four officer, nv
the oolored Desperate, Charles. Thus. Will. No.,
doing n the police did IN New York. cII.tIrt
the negroes themselves, the New Or,ruu, uuU.a'
looked the other say Nnen they saw tho mo-
engaged in that diversion.
The force must be- entirely reorgauIgoI.
such was the popular demand-dud ''u,ur
CapieNicl!c, VINO had won much ,popg.ur.',
by duilg what the police had tailed To- 10 AL
who suppressed the riots with his special uu.,b
force, was strongly OF that opinion. ~u,I
then, the steps looking 10 a generalization "
the. police have been pushed very suro.-f.lP
and all the Indications point TO q thur.Il.|p
new regime and new methods to begin iu d few
Much good work has already been dpuo 4
wedding out the COwurtlv and inefficient uUI. GET.
from the force; and ever since the riot, tu,
| SUNDAY law and other similar statutes lutr Nt.l
enforced rIgtdly for the first time since tbs
passage Of these loY7. Ihr Eecori"r-' o.n-'i
| ulNt 'F'flA 'f'N'NA WIN h'I''f '' rI.l
gambling houses, &c, and other law ur.u.rr..
who have been operating Their 9-t'hu-,N"us
there was no law on thl4 subject. FOR tIs rI.t
month, and as a consequence ~ the rirr, 49,
laws have been enforced IN New OtI'J.- uui
this city has been IN" oLthe most ul.IHu lu Gee
Union. This VIVA done hv the police IN o.,
hope Of winning popular favor 0ruIu, amt :
showing that when thrv want a. enforce ra
laws. they can do 20. They hope ifJI fHr bHl
win fail more lightly ON them IN cou,au .uUu
but what they place thnir greatest, DNu'ion,,
| L.. - .-u Ian ~ .lI - tho FLIIH. - Z f..
New York police In the recent riots lu that CITY.
II the finest police IN TN" world, so uuurrou,
and 50 we'll paid, could not suppress the rtlU,
there, what can he expected Of the New Nruus
force, small in nuUhcrs and mi,grahlv oId.
This argument will probably cHn," nort
leniencv In dealing with the force, hu' D. vi
not prevent It's reorganila'iuu That uu,I
has been decided on ard the "details are u.r
being arranged. A q first stop ing ihri a..
rection, tho rcorFalizatiou ~ the Polio" Gnarl
itself Ia demanded. Puliiic~ are tl" u.H,I
III, Iis H. uniyars i hoiic "' IGo cr,,r, y .
have generally embarked IN poli'ic- ore 4
them was 2 candidate for Muliciual 'owwl.-
last cltv election: three others were hu.tl, Of.
gagged In irving Ia win the leadership OF 'hrr
wards in he ill"ml3crauc prim!arIrs VIZ -
has ultimately become dcmoralilot The roru.
lar Judgment on this point g emphasized 10
the demand Of the pnpors that th" Connie.
sloNers resign aud allow The selection ut p .ry
Police Board. Two have, already rn-le""l.
lions win coinplctel~ change the constitution
Of tho board. aud allow it, rcorroyil,lor -
a new basia, The reorganization Of the Ioar5
The Mayor win not stop there, lie proposes
TO rpOrraulZo the private "a well ne TN" public
police forC'-aud th" private uolI"" M" 70 far
they nro In New York due 10 the ~uHIl force
which tho finances Of the city allow n 70 ual.
tn!n and To the disposition always shown DO
this city toward a volunteer police force
The original police In New Orleans, lk" 'ia
Fire Department, was volunteer f'r q long
time after all the other American cities nll
adopted the pay system New Orl"pu- uIuug -
volunteers. both to keep the peace a. We'll a.rb
force was established public sentiment "a. -
strong against and 50 greatly in favor OF tho
old Militia Guard, that tho polc"mHn'- ln' Va,
not a hHppyou The City Council found HAT
the police could do nothing, could not keen le
peace, for whenever they arrested q luNhl.rkrr
the latter had but TO shout POLICE when a.,
citizens poured out of the neirhboring hou,rg,
handled the gems dilrmeS IN the roughr~t U1'-
n'r, di-po,-csSed them Of their weapon AMI
even OF their uniforms, and beat them wn-i 700,
merCifully. A. u COn~en ucnCe, the tuuuNl
abolished the police force and went back TO M
old volunteer system. Strange 10 say, the ui
police force 81 New Orleans, born In alg'orf
DAYS, contained. n did the old Fire ~Departmour,
the eve Of the Civil War that negroes were .hut
ont from police on "es and other function. n
boringforce was COMPOSED almost e,T;clu~iyo.',i
negroes, but they were slaves. This drrHr'I
ment, which was engaged In the constitution I
levec-, roads. and other public impru'"T'n'-,
was one OF the largest owners " slaves IN -
south, and was continually appealing ~ ~
Legislature To allow IL 10 buy more nrgro,.,
Since the Civil War. or at least since l'N, 'ir'l
have been a considerable number NJ U'Cr.'7 a
the New orleans police forcc-tar NOR" t'0u n
Now fork-and they have generally gwen grew
ii il perhaps because Of It's leaning toward \
volunteer rolice force that New Orleans has -
large a. numler Of private, police ana no .
event Of trouble OF any kind II Is 80 eHsy a. MAJ
ter Il. organize q volunteer force hsrc II \
long time recently the wharye, wcr" aliug"'h'r
policcd by private officers. THIS IL the cH~, ~
day, not only With the banks. store ia''
II has been necessary more than once 'n cHl
for the organization 81 a volunteer police. AMI
such a force can be organized, equipped 1'.I.'
perhaps in any citv In the lnipn. W.T. no
collapse Of tho Metropolitan Police IN .',I 3
time that there was no intcrregnuW, and l'"rt.
fore no disturbances Of any kind And .7''
month, whom was seen that re regul1r p9,.,
800 volunteer policeman, tho fOrtN was orco'-
bed and on duty within three hours, with -
captains, licutenantsa and scrCean's II did .I'et-
did work in those three days and Cowrlf',r
restored order. II Is 20 be remembered 'la:
800 men In New Orleans for snocial police, 80
militia duty, Is equal 10 2oc1 in New N,rt.
The militia were on duty az the same time, hHt
these special police were entirely, iudrprn ,'i'
Of them, The militia garrisOned the uNhi'
buildings or remained In their several cr'"na'
In readiness II a not broke out. vile ~" N'.
unteeT police had the di.arrcsahlG ely /
other lawbreakers, and keeping The ,y"5c".
II il in this way that New Orleans supplied 90
police Deficiencies with n large for" ~ men
ever ready 70 volunteer for police duty IN an
emergency and well qualified for thi- Work
or the urivate police Mavor Cau6,y.rIIe y
in some doubt. md has recalled all TIE cor:
missions which the Officers hold. some -
these date back twelve and fifteen y"I'- 20
time when the police force was thDl,r.'.
corrupt and when nm immense amount of lI' j.
mailing was p-actised. The Mayor =. -o'i.-
fed that there are manv private T,I',N'n
who ara men Of bad or even dangerous ebay
arter. and he Intends 70 have 4. rigorous on
animation Of all Of them and Discharge tI,'A
whose character canngt stand tho tn,t.'.r
thu private police hold special cunri sl0l'
from the Mayor. which give them certain OH.
ncill functions and powers IN the matte y
making arrests With both tie oitv and ~
privat" police thus reorgarzod II j. h.li''r,
that New Orleans will never again End l'''
NJ tho mercy Of . mob. The rc'rr0ui2l',1
ha- been sadly needed. for heiucNi'i"ru I' 90!
police has brought about a bad ,'r'.'..i .'
Affairs and di--cgard for the laws and o." ..'-
grrgation IN New Orleans Of criminal. "l''
and black, that have been driven from other
towns and cities.
SEA SERPENT 40 PEET LONG.