The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-03
hits LAX Law ENFORCEMENT.
JUSTICE DAVIS COMMENTS on
THE LOW ADMINISTRATION.

Calls fer ''Ns Temporiztng With Police
Corruptiou' and Refers 70 bargain
for Lax Enforcement Of Law''-Nix on
Predicts Tammanyil Win Next Time
Mayor Lows liberal enforcement OF
the Excise law came in for few words Of
comment from Supreme Court Justice
Vernon M. Davis at the dinner Of the Demo-
cratic Club Of the Thirty-Hrst Assembly
district last night. Justice Davis referred
TO 'temporizinG with corrupt police admin
istration' and TO bargains for the lax en-
foroement OF the laws.
The dinner was held at the Harlem Casino
and was attended by group Of Tammany
district leaders and by Leader Murphy.
Among the guests were Supreme Court
Justices Bisohon, Dugro, Fitzgerald, Gle
eerich, Qildersleeve. Lsventritt, Mclean,
O'GormAn, Scott. Truax, Amend and MCCALL
Other guests were Charles W. Dayton,
Lewis Si1Sn ssns na pt1ssrsld SSSISS1sh
John T. Martin was postmaster. When
Justice Davis was introduced he said:
Party lines are probably less defined In
this section than In any otheE part OF our
tsi ss p s,sy hs1s SrssnisSens nav have
psHdsn votes q this d!s,ris, I, ". sSs,,.
f Hi Assembly district TO FORM club.
sIns%G have SerT passed Since the
tSs members Of this club that Il bore The
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hard work. careful PREPARATION 81 argnm ,,en
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say 70 YOU that You are spprosckine cam.
palsns still more Important. when questions
sysn more Intricate are to be discussed oxsed.
ment, upon the correct solution Of which
depend the success Of our city government
Police adminlstrstion. financial policies.
municipal ovnsrship. public school admin;
the liberal enforcement but the actual en-;
foroement Of law irrespective Of personal
S oor p0E ssSs.
sisRSus flashlights 9 .taSy - and dsos.sn
club SsyS % dSsS tSs great
M g: mean. q SSt:naf for tf he'll part. w
not do TO Be. on the wrons aide Of these apes-
tions or to be insincere on the right side.
tupt poi S admini strstio3, no bargain for
LAX enforcement Of law, and no illIberal treat.
ment of our public educational system that
may cripple or destroy the present well:
balanced plan Of primary. secondary and
cole rate education soon to be the browning
glory OF our municipality.
believe that the present administration OF
the Democratic or % nization will stand Tor
all that Ia good In municipal Rovernment 30
long AZ Il does II win deserve power When "
oeases to do that y will deserve failure. and
will surely meet II.
Justice Davis warned the company not
to make tho mistake Of insisting that the
preesnt municipal administration was
wholly q failure. The administration has
made many mistakes. be said but 1t should
be criticised with discrimination.
Lewis Nixon, who In the matter OF ap-
plause divided the honors Of the evening
with Leader Murphy, was the last speaker.
He said that the Republicans had allowed
the %0-foot channel proposition for New
York Harbor TO lag and that they had now
denied 70 New York new Post Once; He
also said that he had been In the South
and West and that everywhere people
asked him about Tammany Hall: He told
them, be said, that Tammany Hall under
In present leadsrship was ono Of the great
powers for good In the United States.
Mr.. Nixon predicted q victory for Tam
many at the next election.