New-York tribune., 1905-01-26
THE BIG CHECK WRITER. y
BEHIND 1T ALL-RAND.
Speaks of Matrimonial TangIe-N
Y. Good, Says NcAd0O.

Police Commissioner McAdoo was the principal
guest at the dinner of the Arkwrght Club in its
home the top floor of No 800 Broadway. last
night. William Rand. jr-, Assistant District Attor
ney. was guest.
Thomas W Slocum, the first speaker, declared
that. though he was Republican in national poll
tics. he was for Mayor Mcclellan. and hoped that
he would be renominated-
Commissioner McAdOo was heartily greeted He
said
bs2 T9g @ might n6fba 5hs If M 6Sd ss to sa come tonight
1 do not know much about the drygoods trade.
seige o1f think any oT one els ss Should cnpan
am an improTnptu speaker I have not the time
for reflection which Mr.. Rand has in the classic
long as Mr.. jerome and myself are engaged in
driving certain gentlemen off the green cloth there
is certain building in Beaver-st we might raid
TO the benefit Of those engaged in the cotton print
/ understand your honorable chairman hopes to
see Mayor McClellan reelected II he is that
ilig1S ann against sTG SIT that attO'
Politics should be divorced from the Police De-
partment. There should be a law against the car
ryng OF politics into the department. and inter
iegnS SBsca1se wi1e @ Of personaI reasons am o
The police should be compared with the army and
navy. In my connection with the latter cannot
say ever knew the politics OF single officer II
Police Department from the slime Of politics The
police are human; but men in Wall Street do not
poosan oes ns S In Gx MuSy r2y Street. Mr. Rand
has him before the grand jury within tWenty-four
If the police were all bad I would get out The
ranks Will be bad We must appeal to the police
mans higher Of duty, and If that does no good
II the men in command honest. the men on
the force will be honest There are two great temp
night II is my duty to catch him II l can . leu lou
Of the wet Another Temptation is for him to clsse
his eyes things that he should see you must re-
to- do II. and the man who gives him the S Is
person who usually thinks himself morally above
we need more men The police OF New-York are
a brave lot Of men. just as brave as the japanese
I Would not make New-York heaven If could.
curlNjust good enough and just bad enough to be
inteEesting % ting. ,o5 suppose Igy {has this VIII
There are certain things that the law says shall
existed and will exist until the end BY comparison
with London, Paris and other large elues New S
VINO az blS n up viii Join in the hue and cry of
sytafn 70 Daners that the city of NewYork is rotten
The conditions confronting me in Mql5erry-st;
I Inherited l didn't make the laws nope 70
better conditions, and that wnen am t1rougn nI.g
dan. conditions win have been improved by nv
having been there
Mr. Rand sharply condemned the Detective
1IIreau He began by saying that he had been busy
in the grand jury room trying to straighten out
well known matrimonial tangle. and trying 10
solve who married whom II would be a scandal.
he said that would be made public in day or two
and he hoped the husbands and wives would all
he lined ,lp to the publics satisfaction The bless
fngs OF the law Mr.. Rand said. would not be con-
ferred on all the parties concerned. but the i'm
nortant man concerned the man behind II all
the man who could write the big checks
Mr. Rand also said:
am sorry that Commissioner McAdoO has gone.
7 would not say anything behind his back that
would not say II he were here. and want 10 say
that ne has not any higher opinion OF that detec-
tive bureau OF his than have OF all the rottenesr
ions on earth. McAdoo has the rottenest- But he
is doing the best he can. and in my judgment he -
doing the best that has ever been done there But
he has no control over the police than he had
over the tides when he was connected with the
navy The police graft right under McAdoo's very
nose but ne can't help IL. But he IS working on
bin that IS 70 be introduced this winter, which
Will abolish that S210000 detective bureau. and sub
stltute force OF real detectives II your wife
loses a necklace and II the detective force takes
an interest in it. and you happen 70 get an honest
detective. he get ysur w1fe's necklace back
again for you. The three hundred men there know
plenty OF crooks But when 1t comes 20 nnaing
anyone. especially any one the District Attorney
happens want. that's another thing. don be-
ave that detective force could hnd the City Hall on
clear day. don't believe any or them woqid
know truth If they happened 10 meet truth with
a hag in his hand
Mf Rand then spoke warmly in defence OF his
chief Mr. Jerome. Mr.. Rand declared. was hard
worker and a fearlsssly honest official
Samuel s. SlatsE, sx~S<Ase Senator. also spoka