Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-03
LONGCOR
REMOVED
SATURDAY
StlrS up Factional Politics
and the Democratic
Bosses

in the department. 1t is alleged
that the night men, Longcor, espe-
cially, entirely ignored the chief of
police and the municipal court as
well. Chief Cornelius states that
Mr.. Longcor has never reported on
or off duty to him and made no re-
port of any work done to either the
head of the department or the city
recorder.
Some time ago a number of affi
davits were filed with the chief of
police, the mayor and the police COM
mittee of council, in which charges
were made against Mr.. Longcor.
He is accused of acts unbecoming an
officer.
1t is asserted that as soon as 1t
became known that these affidavits
were on record, Mr.. Longcor went
to work and procured a woman of
i'll repute to sign affidavits rejecting
on the habits of certain gentlemen
who had nothing to do with this af-
fair. 1t is said that Mr.. Longcor
has been holding these affidavits as
a club over the heads of the men,
bers of city council to restrain them
from firing him.
Friday night, it is said that the
police committee of council held a
meeting to discuss this matter and
at this meeting Mayor Waters is
said to have remarked that some
action must be taken; that he had
submitted in silence in regard to this
scandal as long as he would. The
committee is then reported to have
decided to recommend to Mr.. Corne-
Illus that he suspend Mr.. Longcor.
1t is not denied that Mr.. Longcor
has not sustained the police admin
istration of Chief Cornelius. 1t is not
denied that a minority faction OF
the Republican members of the city
council, combined with a few Demo-
cratic members, selected police
force over the recommendation OF
Chief Cornelius, who wanted to keep
the three men he had, and whose re-
tention was asked by all the busi-
ness men of the city. The new po-
licemen were all put in by a faction
that opposed Corpelius, and the po-
la - hA al
then been working harmoniously
The incident of removing Longcor
from the force was the outcome OF
personal politics, and is the conse-
auence of throwing out the police
men who had been kept in their
places the year before not on ac'
count of politics but because they
were first class officers.
The incident caused great excite
ment in the local Democratic camp
Patrolman Longcor early in the af-
ternoon had a conference with Drug
gist Haas, and Alderman Steuslofs
had several pow-wows with the local
Tammany boss, Druggist Dan j. Fry
who administers cascara bark doses
to the brethren whenever they are
ailing. The representative of the
Peruna Democracy will have some
| hot stuff ready for the Republican
city machine at the meeting OF the
city council 1t will be recalled that
by a deal with the Democrats by
which they got some of the best Of
fees Alderman Gesner was able 10
oreanize the city council and name
all the Offices, thus getting even
with the Waters administration for
removing Gesner from the chairman
shin of the street committee. II
will be recalled that Gesner was the
Croisan candidate for city marshal
when Cornelius was nominated anc
while pretending TO support the Re-
publican nominee and getting the
support of Republicans himself the
Gesner-Croisan combination came
within a few votes of defeating Cor
nelius at the election and have mace
war on the city marshal even since
So the Gesner-Croisan faction Is
worked up too at the action OF Chiei
Cornelius in relieving Longcor o'
his billy and the Democratic mem
bers of the council will be expected
to stand up for one of their ap'
pointees.
The oregonian of Sunday has this
from Salem:
.'The chief has complained thai
his subordinate would not sho"
proper respect for his authority
For several weeks 1t has been knowl
that the police committee hac
charges under consideration and II
has been rumored that oficer Long
cor had An aftdayit of two in his pos