The Nome nugget., 1902-07-26
AS 10 POLICE MATTERS. ,


 have been assailing Chief of Police Jolley and hi management of the police department for man, months past And yet Councilman Stevens has neve had the moral courage to make specific charges against the chief of police, except through tn, columns of the Gold Digger, very uncertain chan mel, it must be confessed Last winter Councilman Stevens, lacking the courage to do himself a number of charges to he instituted against Chic Joey. The city council heard the evidence for tn, prosecution. and without the defendant being heard the having failed utterly the council nanmousl, exonerated the chief of police, Councilman Stevens acquiescing in the verdict.
 Ever since that time, this "astute councilman who because he controls the columns of q news paper, thinks he can ampoon anyone that he desires, has never ceased both by innuendo and direct misstatements of fact, to dircredt the police department and its management. He has done his best to destroy it's usefulness bring dscredt upon it in every way possible, even going so far as 10 publish untruthfu statements which, in his nsensate desire to overthrow Chief Joey, he supposed might be a means of bringing about the desired end. Illus tratiye of this, refer to the remarks of Councilman Stevens paper in reference to a robbery alleged to have occurred recently the Wild Goose pumping station, two miles outside the city limits And yet this truthful member of the city council holds the police department responsible for that.
 The reference to this robbery is about on a line, we believe, with all of Councilman Stevens state nents. IL is noticeable that his msrepres ent atons are all made through the columns of his paper. He evidently lacks the moral courage to prefer charges against the police departmen, in the council of which he IS member He chooses rather to rant in his thereby besmrchng himself and his fellow members of the council.
 Ii Councilman Stevens believes what he writes or cause. to be wriel., he has plain duty to perform. Let him cease from nduging in cheap sensational! ism and prefer charges against the chief of police, if he believes him guilty of the laches which he charges against the head of the police department.
 It is up to Councilman Stevens, and the NUGGET will believe that he is the cheapest kind of d player to the galleries unless he will make good his words hy act that will show good faith on his part.
 Mr. Stevens is a councilman, as we have said. In his paper he states: Tt is well known fact that the criminals who have committed the most desperate of robbercs have gone free, but the police are ever ready to jump any poor devil without friends or money"
 This is serious charge which Councilman Stevens makes. He is city councilman, yet his voice has been heard in the council uttering any such charges these. Has he not the moua courage to do so? Is he afraid? If SO, of what or whom? Mir. Stevens has taken the oath of a coun- cilman and yet it he ;s quite willing 10 vio- late it. If Chief Joley is the kind of official that Mir. Stevens would have his readers believe he is unfit to hold office. Therefore we wish to see Cour- cilnan Stevens either substantiate his statements or resign his position councilman. Unless he does so his attacks will of backmail than l-git- mate criticism Mir. Stevens is in position to prefer charges against the chief of police and his force. If he wishes to be taken seriously he will do his plain duty or his printed statements will be regarded as worthless. It is up to Councilman Stevens
 Editor Stevens vague and extremely foolish refer ences to Marshal Richards in his attacks upon the chief of police need to be diagramed in order to be understood. The councilman gets mixed, and his own nlouthpiece will need all his wind to fight his own battles explain his own devious ways and his job lot of misststements.
 Again we repeat that it is up to Councilman Stevens. Will he show his good faith and do his sworn duty by preSsrring charges against the chic! of police? Z.
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