The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-04
s'CZAR' CHIEF
 EXCORIATED Ant A Arraignment of Mont- g0meTy'S Police. COUNCIL WAS SEVERE Plain Words Used by Alder man About Gerald. Ressiatons Adopted Direct Mayor Carr to Ascertain and Report Number
 of Arrests for vagrancy
 and Gaming.

The M0ntEomery Police Department in general. and its Chief, A-5fpnus S Of a na6at severe attack by members of the City Council of Montgomery ar the close aof:regular meeting last night
 It was noticeable that although ss least three Aldermen spoke on the sub. iect arrafgning the police, the depart ment had no one defender, unless Alder man W. M. Teague's words, which were not extremely bitter, might have been construed as friendly to the guardians
 Chief Gerald and his force were charged with gross inefficiency, neglect of duty and partial discriminstion self was charged with attempting to assume the roles of law-makeE law enforcer, and judge of crime. He was responsibility of lawless conditions in MonkkOmery from his own shoulders 10 the shoulders of the City Council.
 A newspaper interview was the direct cause of the outburst of feeling against fhe man who. for nearly a quarter of 6 century, has been at the head of the Montgomery police department. This interview. which appeared In an after. noon paper. quoted Chief Gerald as say ing that Montgomery had become the haven of ''tin horn" gamblers from Bir- minEhAm and Atlanta on account of the the City Code. making it Illegal for DO lice to enter a private residence with.
 aCsar of Mentxomery.r
 Chief Gerald was termed by several Of the speakers as the "czar of Mont gonaery." If the Chief had been Nicholas himself, no attack by Kuroki could have been more carefully planned against him than was the attack in the Council last night. Alderman |. K. Jackson opened with his heaviest artillery and he was supported by the lighter lire of the small arms of Alder men ]. J. Sullivan and Gaston Gunter. In fact Alderman Sullivan. in one of his several speeches. said that he knew that Alderman Jackson had the battle mapped out and that he had given to the Alderman at large the honor of opening the battle with the heaviest
 The resolution by Alderman Jackson, which caused the debate. which was easily the most caustic the Council has heard, was inoffensive in appearance It simply called for the private secreta- " of the chief to do some statistical work. The resolution was as follows:
 Be it resolved. that the Mayor Is hereby requested to ascertain and re- port to this Council the number of ar rests that have been made under and amend Section iias of the City Code. May 25, 1904, together with the number Of acquittals and convictions as the re- suit of such arrOsts
 V Al by Alderman Jackson and deprfves po- iieemen to enter private residences to arrestegamblers without warrants.
 As soon as the resolution was read. 1t was easily discernible that Alderman Jackson was preparing to say things. He had the newspaper clipping in his hand. lie cleared his throat and look cd at Mayor Carr, who occupied seat
 Some Unvrattem History
 The history Of Montgomery. the un- written history of Montgon1ry. tells us certainly that no man is more com pefent to know what gambling Is, and how t is done than our present chief
 The Alderman said this deliberately and cleared his throat for further ut- terances.
 sI will not dispute that he is com potent man in his Offlce," continued tho Alderman at large, with his gaze fixed If he was not a competent man." and there was irony in the voice of the speaker. he would not have been con tinually reappointed to the head of the mayors of a quarter of a century, at least the half of the life time of the average citizen of Montgomery.
 Alderman Jackson here read the newspaper clipping.
 tsBut this Chief of Police" he went on. has overstepped his authority, He has ceased to be merely Chief of Police. He does not content himself with en- forcing the laws, he has set himself up as a judge of what the laws ought to be.
 '-The Jackson amendment to which he refers as taking away the sole medium from the police through which gamblers may be arrested, is no more drastic law against gaming than the