Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09


up by Mayor Marchetti, were properly
enforced Show us a policeman
that does not know when there is
professional gambling going on can
not, by proper detective work, for
which he is employed, stop such pro-
fessional gambling, and we will show
you man that is not, in any sense of
the word, competent to hold his posi-
ton on the force. The same holds
good with reference to houses of i'll
repute, closing of saloons. the curfew
and all other laws whether of city
or state.
The PILOT has the highest regard for
Mayor Marcheti and it will give him
the credit of being sincere in what he
says, but we think that if he will probe
deeper he viii uncover a mess of rot
tenness that will astonish him, and
when this is done the PILOT predicts
that Rome will how'll and the Aug
can stables of our city receive a
cleansing far more thorough than ever
before known.
The following extracts, taken from
the rules and regulations governing the
police force, drawn up by Mayor Mar
.chetti, could not be improved upon and
one can readily see that our Mayors
intentions are all right, but is the police
force following out those instructions,
that is the question ?
Rule No. say
1t shall be Il .Auty of the Chief of
Police and of Policemen under him
to cause the public peace to be pre-
served. and see that all the laws and
ordinances of the city are enforced, and
whenever any violation thereof shall
come to his knowledge, he shall cause
the requisite complaint to be made, and
see that the evidence is procured for
the successful prosecution Of the Of
fender or offenders.
Rule No says;
Every Patrolman shall conform to
the rules and regulations of the De-
partment, observe the laws and ordi-
nances, and render his services to the
city, with zeal, courage, discretion and
fidelity
Rule No. ii says
AS far as he can, without intruding
on the privacy of individuals, the Patrol
man must note all removals from or in
to the limits of his beat, and acquire
such knowledge of the inhabitants as
will enable him to recognize them. 1t
is indispensable that he should make
himself perfectly acquainted with all
parts of his beat, and with the streets,
thoroughfares, courts and houses with
in it.
Rule No. Is says:
lie must strictly watch the conduct
of all persons of known bad character,
fixing in his mind such impressions as
will enable him to recognize them when
he meets them in the streets at night.
He must note their movements and the
premises they enter, learn their names,
residences and occupations, and report
to his commanding officer any informa-
ton he may obtain He must, during
the night, take particular notice of all
hacks, cabs, or other vehicles, which
under any circumstance or in any man
ner whatever, excite suspicion.
Rule No. Is says:
He shall take particular notice of all
places where intoxicating liquors are
sold, and report to the Chief of Police
all unlicensed places, and all places
where the terms of the license under
which liquors are sold are not fully
complied with.
Rule No. so says:
Goodness and firmness will be ex-
pected in all cases of every officer; and
in time of extreme peril the Police must
be careful to act together, and to pro-
tect each other in the restoration of
peace. Whoever shrinks from danger
or responsibility at such a moment
shall be discharged as unworthy of a
place in the service.
Rule No. 55 says:
No member of he Force shall, while
on duty, drink any kind of Intoxicating
liquor, or smoke, or Except in the inn
mediate performance of his duty enter
any place in which any kind of intoxi-
eating drink may be sold or furnished.
Any member of the Police Force guilty
of intoxication will be subject to instant
dismissal.
The Daily Record believes in wide
OPEN city and that its citizenship is
too cosmopolitan to desire or tolerate
anything but liberal policy of admin
istration.n Because Appleton, Marsh
field and other cities, (as the Record
states) do not close their saloons at II
O'Clock p. M, is no reason why it should
not be done in Wausau, if it is the law
and because, Gas the Record further
says Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Appleton
and Kaukauna, may have score each
of palatial gambling houses, is abso
lutely no reason why Wausau should be
allowed to trample under foot the law
prohibiting such institutions. 1T is
not goodness to be better than the very
worst" The statement made by the
Record that 1.-THE officers of this city
have been leinent in some matters be-
cause public sentiment forced them to
be. They have allowed privileges
which the people who put them in Office
demanded" is not very complimentary
to the present administration. That
there is, or ever was such a sentiment
existing, except with very small min
ority of our Inhabitants, is all bosh.
The saloons exist purely by the will
of the people, and the least that can be
expected of them is that they shall keep
within the limits of the law. The peo-
pie have a right to demand that the
police force, which is literally paid,
shall enforce the laws without fear or
favor, for 'of what use are laws, in
operative through public immortality. !"
When vice becomes stencil ia the
nostrils of the entire community, it is
time TO come out into the sunlight and
regard it with horror.
If our laws were enforced there
would be no need of sensational or any
other kind of articles against the man
agement of our city.