The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-10

years. The first time was during the great
strike, and the second emergency was created
The present police law was put upon the
statute books in 1851, being modelled after the
We find that there cannot be much partisan
snip In IT, as 1t was placed upon the statute
S Se9fs there Sy a hx pe ! Enars,; EesiSls5qrs an, and i1 hs
pubiicans had control Of the legislature In
l ,SS an ana during mat session they Increased
In March, 1868. the Republican State AS
sembiy appointed a ommitte to examine the
Docks and documents pertaining to the Board
9t polics c2gnIssioners Of the city Of st;
h rom the on Joint rs9Rss anpS,, is, I sSs,,9 senator r1a5 Evans M
report to Lieutenant Governor Stanard. then
President OF the Senate. in which can be found
Thu success Of the metropolitan system in
New York City and elsewhere leads to its intro
are satisfied with its superiority over the Former
system municipal systemp."
statute books Of This state for forty-thres
years. and during that time has been amended
men and increasing their salaries, to keep
pace with the growth of the city and the ne
cessity Tor living wages corresponding with
other occupations.
COMMISSIONERS. POWERS.
In 1883 the chiefs Of police Of this assembly
know that an increase OF the ST. Louis police
force was absolutely necessary. Nine hundred
and seven men. divided into two shifts of
twelve hours each. put on duty at one time
45 men to guard a city Of sixty-two square
miles. with q population of almost 500, 90 in
babitants and paid smaller salaries than police
in the Union.
spite Of what Is generally claimed to the con-
trary. do not give, the Board of Police Com
did not possess in the law of 1851. Their estf-
mates are made in the same way for their an
n Iloa s sar the payment yhss ha " t aH IP0S estimate na e0% atSer
than that in the law OF 1851, and the statute
pay for each. How partisan PAPERS will boldly
deny the provisions OF written statutes of this
highest judicial tribunals. can only be explained
on the ground Of the bitterness Of their partisan
/ have been informed by various chiefe OF
Police that the st. Louis Department stands
tahe e u IN 1as s spahien a OF IL the ,6 peii 6ers aa5hSri5 IL ,S Of
men, the efficiency OF its service and its capa-
bility OF handling the criminal elements.
Mr.. Halves discussed the difference be-
tween the municipal and metropolitan svs-
TENS, and partisan and nonpartisan boards.
He stated that while Theodore Roosevelt
was a Police COMMISSIONS of the City of
New York he had stated that 4 nonpartis-
an police board was not desirable. as It
divided the responsibility Of ment
without tending to increase it's efficiency.
MAJOR SYLVESTER REELECTED.
AT the business session of the associa-
ton in the morning at the Hall of Con-
crosses, a spirited contest arose over the
election of officers. Major Richard Syl-
vester of Washington, who has held the
position for three years. was placed in
nomination by Chief Quirk Of Philadel-
phia. seconded by Chief Murphy of Jersey
City. Colonel Mathew Kelly Of St. Louis
was named by Chief Williams of Column
bia, Ga, seconded by Chief O'Neil of Chi
cago. On the ballot sixty-six votes were
cast for Major Sylvester and f%orty-nine
for Chief Kelly. Chief John G. Whitaker
OF Dayton was elected first vice president
and Chief George c. Tenney of Elizabeth,
n. J., was made second vice president.
Harvey o.. Carr OF Grand Rapids, Mich,
was reelected secretary and treasurer for
the twelfth consecutive time.
There were three active aspirants for
the next place of meeting-San Francisco.
Toronto and Dertoit. San Francisco Of
fered a proposal that a special train would
be provided to carry the delegates from
NAH to the coast free of charge and
succeeded in carrying off the prize by a
majority OF twenty.
In behalf of the members of the ASSOC
citation, President Sylvester presented a
gold watch chain to Chief Kelly and a
silk umbrella to Chief Desmond was pre-
scented by Chief Whitaker of Dayton in
recognition OF appreciation of the efforts
made by the St. Louis officers to entertain
the visiting chiefs. This closed the bust
ness session and the afternoon was spent
in a trip along the Pike.