The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

to observe the discharge of duty by the
members of the police force.
a Wen known judge said to me sew
era1 days a go that the men of the police
force are bound together by kind Of
loyalty that makes it Incumbent on eacn
one TO see that his brother gets out of
trouble no matter OF what kind
1T is the duty. it seems of every man
OF the brass buttoned' to help a pal
DO You recognize what a system like
that involves? It means that YOU must
bring wrong-doing home TO the culprit
in such a way that 1t will be impossible
for this kind of loyalty to be of avail
and it is Impossible TO accomplish this
without personal vigilance and constant
watching.
7 tell you, my brothers, that it does
not make a. copper's difference WhOr1
you put in or whom you put out No
one man can create a force loyal to duty
unless behind that man or that con-
missioner there is the pressing force OF
public opinion which makes him fe j
that his position would be intolerable
unless he did what was right Organf-
zation coordination of forces, these
are the things that are most needed and
it is along these lines that the victory
must lie
The element of inaIfference. however.
is not the only one against which we
have to contend. There is also that of
cupidity, that greed and passion to get
out of every Office every possible emolu-
ment, and a powerful organization at
the top that allows this to go on.
i suppose that it will be no surprise
to you to learn that before the letter in
regard to Herlihy and Cross, which
wrote was sent to the mayor / was an
preached by a great many people
emisSarieS representing all sorts of in
terests, to know what sacrifice it would
be necessary for. them to make to sati-
ate my desire for reEenge. I desire to
disclaim here any feeling of that kind
or, in fact, any feeling arising out of
the personal discourtesy shown to one of
my clergymen; that was in itself a small
matter.
THE point lay in the spectacle of a
person going to the men for protection
who We're supposed to be eonservers of
the laws and the peace of the COM
munity and being deliberately insulted
1T was the spectacle of the police rang
ing themselves on the side of crime and
degradation against the decent element
of the community, that was intolerable.
Among those who came to me was a
man who said that he represented Mr.
Croker. He asked me if I would be
satisfied to drop the matter If Captain
Herlihy and Inspector Cross were be
headed. told him that this was not a
bidding Of those above them, and those
above them in their turn We're the
creatures of those stiIl higher
4 told him that it was a system we
were opposing, not a man or men, for
he knew as well as you and I that the
policeman does not hold his place
through devotion to duty or honesty,
but wholly and solely by the favor Of
those above him, who are responsible
for the system.
s'Some time ago stated. and there
were many criticisms en my statement,
that money was the feot of all the evil
A condition of society where gain ez-
cuses all doings must naturally affect
the mechanism which runs a city such
as this. There must be some higher
aim
There must be some 1oftier motives.
We must recognize in all who are
worthy a striving for the right. The
feeling must be fostered and nurtured.
There must be personal sacrifice and
vigilance and when you can achieve
that there comes the awakening of a
great enthusiasm. The rest will be an
easy matter