Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-17

contemplated, the police force grafters
may find themselves subject to Il
storm of public Indignation, which
may result in something much more
severe than dismissal from the force.
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The investigation of police graft and
police grafters will. if present reported
plans are followed out. he carried on
without any brass band arrangement
and will be therefore all the more
thorough and successful.
Its results will he all the more sur.
prsing and beneficial both to the force
and the public when they are made
known and 20 into effect.
1t is the unanimous opinion of good
citizens that it Is time such action was
taken.
The people demand that the Chicago
police force he purgcd of grnfters, and
Il rcproach that has been stain upon
the escutchcOn 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.
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The spectacle of police officials nc.
cumlllating great wealth upon very
moderate salaries IL one to which the
public has not been blind. Neither
have the heads of successive city gov
ernlnents of the past been Oblivious of
the incOngrnity Of the thing, but while
this extraordinary condition Of affairs
had been either ignored or winked at
In the past. it Is reassurlng to the pub.
lie to know that Chicago now has a
city administration that will do neither
the one nor the other.
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Mayor Dunno, 1t Is declared on good
authority. IL determined that the pub
lie Of this city shall no longer he
amazed and disguised at open graft
ing on the police force, with its cOnse.
q,ient detriment to the public morals
as well us the business interests Of
Chicago.
1t Is claimed that information Of a
definite character is being received.
showing that among the methods
which are said to have rOtted the pO-
lice force at the top ana permeated 1t
to its very roots. paralyZed its efii-
cheney ana rendered it's name 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 re.
sorts said to he favored by certain high
police officials.
Overfriendly relations between pO.
lice officers and prominent gamblers,
who pursue their avOcations without
interference Oh the part of the police
Gambling of all kinds from crap
games and stud poker to horse racing
In ''protected" resorts of vice In Ger,
tain police districts.
Active participation In politics by
certain police officials, to the extent OF
these officials assuming and disclarg
Ing the popularity understood functions
authority and other attributes of a pO
litical machine boss.
| NepOtism In the department where
by the best positions In the force ar,
filled by relatives and friends of com
mandlng officers, promotions on merl,
denied to deserving men that favOrites
may be boosted to the front. ana cOnse
Quent injury worked to the morale OF
the department as a whole.
| In the prosecution of the discussed
investigation along these lines 1t II
pointed out that the following ques
tiOns could be asked with much peril
nence and good results of certain com
manding officers and their subOrdl
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 Othel
business than police duty during the
years that you have been on the police
! force?