The sun., 1904-08-31
M'ADOO'S MAINE PARALLELS.
NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT POLICE
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED.
The Reign Of Vice In New York-t;Olf and
tide POslrOom struRgle-Ma Sistrate
Pool and Tom Reeds Frlend-Captain
OBrlcn and the Ways OF Some women.


There has been vice in New York city
since Hendrix Hudson went up the Hud-
son River on the rginnl Hudson River
line, said Commissioner McA doc yesterday f,
and there is vice to-day, and there Will
DE vice after the present Police Commits
sioner and his SUCCESSORS are dead
Commissioner McAdoo resumed work at
Police Headquarters. after his vacation
Yesterday morning. He has been up in
York Monday evening He didn't keep
well informed as to the police news, he
says, as his only information came from
the Cape May News
The Commissioner was told that it was
rumored that many gambling houses and
poolrooms had taken advantage Of his
absenccto open up and that Tom Byrnes
had said that the town was wide open ow-
ing to the incompetence Of the police.
Il have no reply to make to Mr.. Byrnes.'
said the Commissioner. Il have nothing
to say now in reply to his charges. and
have nothing to say in reply to any charges
he may make in the future"
But about the gambling houses" was
suggested.
Il am not much of golf player" was
the reply. "Sometims | tap the ball,
sometimes / slice it and sometimes oven
miss it altogether. But sometimes I hit
the ball good hard swat. There is one
golden rule about golf. Keep your eye
on the ball. That's wat am doing about
the poolroons. You can interpret the
parable.
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charge of the Sunday crop OF drunken
men because, he sale, the saloons were
open, Mr.. McAdoo said
Magistrate Pool and are good friends.
His friends can believe him and mine can
believe me. While / was in Maine, heard
story about Tom Reed. 1t seems that
the Speaker was talking with d number of
men when one Of then said that he was
SO years old and had never had drink or
smoke.
Why didn't you say that, too?' asked
Reed of friend.
Because l couldn't prove it, was the
reply.
well, your friends could believe it Just
as well as this mans friends do, said Reed.
That is like Judge Pool and myself
Capt. O'Briens trolble with the traffic
reminds me OF another story or two. A
large woman from Bos, OH got on one of our
street cars. The seats were crowded and a
gentleman started to give her his seat.
Don't get up sale the woman, push
ing the man back into his seat, You
need it as much as do
-She did the same thing at the next corner
and the next till the man exclaimed: Don't
stop me, madam. | am not giving you
my seat. want to get off
Another woman wert to the Fifty-third
street elevated station OH the downtown
side and said that she was bound for
Eightieth street
You are on the wong side said the
guard. Go down the stairs and cross
over
THE woman went down to the street,
crossed Eighth avenue, and went up the
other downtown stairs. She was amazed
and angry when she mt the Same guard,
saw that she was back on the same plat
form and got the same directions. You see
the trouble Capt O'Brienhas on his hands,"
During the afternoon the Commissioner
had half-hour talks with Capt. Cottrell Of
the 1 enderioin station. Capt. Hussey oi the
West Forty-seventh street station, tie new
Tenderloin: Capt Dillon Of the West Sixty
eighth street station, and Inspector " alsh.
who is in command OF them all Later
Mr. McAdoo said that The conferences had
no particular signfcant,