The Springfield herald., 1902-10-10
A Red.HOt Roast.

the police and fire departments Denver unde
II the direct control of the governor The mayor an
city council absolutely nothing to do with them
governor appoints Fire and Police board OF thre
members whose authority absolute and whose resgna
ton the governor demand at any time Inc go'erho
appoints and the police judge 1t VIII thu
that matter how good city council ana mayo
may elect however excellent ordinances the
may enact of these ordinances is beyon
power. In the spring of 1901 Republican counci
and Republican were elected They have rendered
the people and met the expectations
respect About the time they wer
Orman appointed fire and police board
consisting of Frank Adams (brother of exGoverno
Adams) Charles +. Wilson, well known Democrat, and
Burpeea Silver Republican These three men have hat
police since. Their administration has
been disgrace their party and to the state Apparently
effort has been made to suppress or restrain gambling
any Divekeepers and prostitutes have
openly piled nefarous caings in utter contempt
the Women have been assaulted in open day
been debauched and the whole city terror
by thugs and other dsreputable characters who
aocked ali sections of the country. Con
dons becoming unbearabe that Judge Lindsey
of the county court himself Democrat summoned the po
before him weeks and them lee
ture which produced their immediate resigna
tons
Judge Lindsey said
ITO the Fire and Police Board and Hamilton Arm
strong. Chief OF Police:
~ have asked you, gentlemen. to come here and
these boys and there also girls in this city
Friday. l desire that you should
something of this court, its workings and your
relation it, The law makes the court and its officers
responsible less for all boys and girls charged
with onenses from truancy those of serious
nature. duty enforce the law. Parents in
and adults who violate the law and partic
uary police officers who refuse to enforce it
responsible for juvenile delinquency and juvenile de-
pendency than the children themselves, and yet it is
who brought in here and it is sell
get adult ofncer-who is really in
to blame. A juvenile is less ire
sponsble An adult is not regarded To illustrate
by a in point:
1T became the duty this recently to send
young girl to the Industrial school. She not de-
PRAYED or vicious. capable being a good, pure
with kind of favorable environments. Like
mortas thus situated, she subject to empta
tons. What of these temptations? A wine
room-not one. but many. She was induced to enter
such places. You knowingly permitted them
open violation of the law. Yet the child is placed
trial bear whatever stigma and disgrace that
attaches conviction You and the divekeeper, the
real culprit, go scot free.
1T is shameful that these places continue
wide open and you have the power order them
closed You have paid attention the requests of
this court to close certain places reported you
had to send girl to institution be reformed who
ruined in place that reported you several
weeks l sent my probationary officers the
place within the last few days and they report it still
open
| Il have a pitifu gray haired old lady bent
with years and her face dmmed with tears, pleading
in this all she had earth lost by
wayward relative in of the gambling hells
| of this city; a gambling hell tolerated by you.
| Il have written you gentlemen and talked
of you about these matters weeks have
of a prosecution. have asked the Humane Society to
Mr.. Whitehead and Mr.. Tufts, of that organiza-
ton tell story of horrible state of affairs which
they has been repeatedly brought your
| and that you do nothing l know force is made
quate and you handicapped in but that
| is for glaring violations of the law 1t
nonsense to talk about these things being known
your board. 1t only subjects you and those respon
| sible for you to contempt and ridcule
| Flesh and blood, body and soul and the future of
little children sacred that it is a monstrous sac
! rilege a henious crime permit any con-
sideraon earth than that which tends to preserve
them interfere with the rigid enforcement every
| law which conduces to their moral welfare their
| future happiness.
''If you do not do your duty appeal to
| lghtened public sentiment waken those charged
with the enforcement of the just their
solemn duties to the people,
have fearful responsibility, and how you
can sleep nights and continue ignore it is simply evil
that you do not appreciate it, for all
of highest standing respect in this community
| wish you would go about this few weeks and