New-York tribune., 1903-01-30

least be deprived Of his liberty his property
We venture TO say, therefore. that this magazine
article. issued over the sis1arure OF unbesTd two
men accused of serious crimes. constitutes great
q tbnusand unwarranted arrests by the police
JUSTICE GAYNoR SAYS:
There fs a story OF king of Spain being burned
to death in his own palace because there Mas n ro
of sus1 BS p rank o s fG BRng
And have among us persons, stahqs 4nittinr on
many fhaf it s high time that some one should speak
%ewNYnrk City-or, rather. of the sort of persons
who have usually heen put in rule over sneni 10
iinGge should not do So even though the funda-
mental guarantees of individual rights and I; hper-
frampIed f1FS ob under under foot and degraded.
aB But little When ndeed sSarfh nd @ so many even
recent ones) of judges speaking and wrlefs tIa Ia
bench without any carping over their ACTON; o
that feel reassured that th6ngn m Jnrse ngy saw s
very much more than that his soul is his own
No one should forget for day that our gov.
ernment is one of laws and not men The people p1
number in official positions TO carry them out;
They do not tolerate that persons put IN Uce S 10
ceed or violate the laws defining their powers & ana
dpe. and the meth0d and orny 'gS oT poce
official says: II can't detect crime. can't discover
BY keeping within the law. the emphatic answer
of the law is Then don't -rovieons in the
cbarteT of the city of New-Yorl in respect of the
powers and duties Of the police seeGn a ty SiT s
all times Of the day and night ,,i 10; atdIea
observe and inspect all places OF pubc anus tFer
licenses TO carry any business: all houses Oh
III fame prostitution and houses WneEe ts %ols @
mon prostitutes resort reside; all lottery olnces.
policy shops ard places where lottery uckets II II
lottery policies sold or offered tor SAFE, aI
gambling houses cock pits rat pts n6 a6o resran gsg
ali unlawful and disorderiy conduct or PracuceS
M have here lawful and unlawful businesses and
nlaces enumerated in one common class WIN pr,
vision that the police snail ca careeGg ti Oo ali InIaW-
ful and disordery conduct or practices tnerels.
ANY one can underStand now p p9Tcen Iees s such as
thea tres and other places of pubnc aInuselsHt: "
rTess and restrain all unlawful disorderly con
duct or practices therein. But does TINS statue
mean. for instance. that policemen may oe ue
tailed to such duty in houses OF III tame r.
10 sit or stand about in them, ana caretuliy ooo
serve and inspect them and keep oroer IN mem d
nut them undeI the visitation inspection and man
agement Of the police? The community ,9;za9 mas no.
understood that such places have peen iesaLzeu' n'
but that fraction of the community VINO are opseI
want see very clearly how this rather obscure and
~ fhe police to assert a right Of visitation over
such places. and thereby levy an immense PACK
mail upon them Under it such places, might oe;
and 1t is said have been. in effect really licensed
by the police authorities. and vast illegal revenue
derived from them and divided among offlclals ana
The lesson derived from experience. and which
Anelo-Saxon law and liberty epitomize and teach
Is that the place for the police is out of doors TO
preserve the public peace and keep outward oiGeT
without a warrant in their hands. except in the
extreme cases provided for ny law - the SiInPle
law in this respect put in force in the city of
New-York by a general order to the police force
followed up by dismissal from the Iofce OF every
low, who violated II, the immense SES-
tenn of police blackrnaiI which is claimed to exist
and which officials bewail that they are unable to
cope with. would at once be destroyed