The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08
The Swift Specific Company. Atlanta. Ga.

Jerome smiled pleasantly as he threw
his head back, to stake off, perhaps.
the judicial atmosphere, and then
said dryly:
That's fearful job. the district at
torney's Office Then, as he fiicked the
ashes of his cigar away, his strong
flaws snapped tightly for moment be-
fore he continued.
Il am fond of work. lots of IL, espec-
tally in direction that is honest and
beneficial, and / look forward to the
duties of my office with a certain
pleasure. although l do not wish to
give the impression that / am going
to reform the whole town. have GER
tain ideas about the requirements, tbs
ne cessities of the man and woman who
is a wage Garner in a vast struggling
community. One of these notions con-
Germs the Sunday liquor law. The speed
and pressure of business life in New
York in every capacity is a. nerve rack
ing one. and I sympathize with a man
who is compelled to sneak into a side
door to get a drink of whiskey be-
cause he needs it and because he can
not get it any other way
You will endeavor to amend the
excise law!' I suggested.
I'm so far as it will permit the sale
OF liquor during certain restricted
hours, openly, on Sunday"
This will include the Raines law
hotels?"
Something, I feel. should be done
to amend the regulations governing
these places They are snares of vice in
New York, more dangerous than any
other
Are you going to investigate the
police system of the city,"
q" I have said frequently before that
| believe the rank and 6Ia ,,,a., IL,
the police department at present to be
honest, hard working men with good
intentions, who, on the whole are anx-
lous to do what is required of them by
cltlzens, and therefore. | see no reason
why, with. the decapitation of John
Does and other official membranes,
winch the people of this election have
shown they desire, that the police de-
partment of New York CITY should nor
become an example of other large
cities or at least as good as the best
of them"
The district attorneys office, under
Your direction, will alter the conditions
that have so long Influenced ganb-
ling?"
ling!" I suggested.
u do not consider gambling a para
mount crime. I believe that very few
pubic gambling houses are now on the
SQUARE although there may be one or
Two instances. The principle evil in
these organiza tons. however, Is the
temptation they offer to suuander
money. ] believe in protecting a COM
munity from such temptations: that
is the most active form of improved
principles. I want the decent. self
respecting residents of the city to get
a chance to live up to the standards
they have established in their individ-
ual lives, an opportunity they have
not had under Tammany government.
These people have rights. but they
have not been able to get them, not
because municipal officials were Demo
Gratis or Republicans but because they
were thieves!"
1t is the man and not the politics
that counts in municipal control, Judge
Jerome thinks, and the recent election
in New York endorses him.
The fight that he so brilliantly won
has had its effect on him. He is per-
ceptibly older; there are lines In his
face that were not there before and
his hair shows a touch of the ash
that marks the burning Of the candle.
But there is plenty of vigor and energy
left to make District Attorney Je-
rome's administration one long to be
remembered.
Pendennis.