Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-03

contemplated. the police force grafters
may find themselves subject to q
storm of public Indignation. which
may result in something much more
severe than dismissal from the force.
The investigation of police graft and
police graftcrs will, IL present reported
plans are followed out, be carried ON
without any brass band arrangement,
and will be therefore all the more
thorough and successful.
It's results will be all the more sur
prising and beneficial both to the force
and the public when they are made
known ana go into effect.
1t Is the unanimous opinion of good
citizens that 1t Is time such action was
taken.
The people demand that the Chicago
police force be purged Of grafters. aud
u reprOach that has been Il stain upon
the cscutcheOn of the city thereby
wiped Off.
The people look to Mayor Dunno for
this reform, and he could do nothing
that would please them better or add
more to his own popularity.
The spectacle Of police officials ac-
cumulating great wealth upon very
moderate salaries Is one to which the
public has not been blind. Neither
have the heads Of successive city gov
ernments Of the past been ObllviOus Of
the incongruity Of the thing, but while
this extraordinary condition Of affairs
had been either ignored or winked at
In the past, 1t Is reassuring to the pub.
lie to know that Chicago now has q
city administration that will do neither
the one nor the other.
Mayor Dunno. 1t is declared on good
authority, Is determined that the pub.
| lie of this city shall no longer he
amazed and disgustcd at open graft
Ing on the police force, with its conse.
quent detrlment to the public morals
as well as the business interests of
Chicago.
1t Is claimed that information of a
definite character il being received,
showing that among the methods
which are said to have rOtted the po-
lice force ut the top and permeated 1t
to its very roots. paralyzed its eff
cheney and rendered its name q by.
word throughout the country are:
federation Of blind pigs, which are
run In open violation Of law without
let or hindrance and In large numbers
In certain police districts.
The unrestricted sale Of liquor to
minors in blind pigs and other Illegal.
ly conducted places.
Handbook making IN various rc.
sorts said to be favored by certain high
police officials.
Ovcrfriendly relations between po-
lice officers and prominent gamblers,
who pursue their ayOcatlons without
interference on the part of the police.
| Gambling OF all kinds from Gran
games ana stud poker to horse racing
In protected resorts of vice in Ger.
tain police districts.
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certain police officials. to the extent OF
these officials assuming ana dlscharg
ing the popularity understood functions
authority ana other attributes of Il DO
litical machine boss.
NepOtism in the department where
by the best positions In the force are
filled by relatives and friends of com
mandlng officers, promotions on merit
denied to deserving men that favOritcs
may he boosted to the front. and conse
quent injury worked to the morale OF
the department as a whole.
~
In the prosecution of the discussed
investigation along these lines 1t Is
pointed out that the following ques
tiOns could he asked with much peril
ncnce and good results of certain com
mandlng officers and their subordi
mates:
How long have you been on the po
lice force!
What Is your present salary, and
what Is the average salary drawn by
you while on the force?
Have you been engaged In any Other