Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-07-13

what is the remedy When policeman In
city becomes too familiar with the residents
| Of his beat he Is transferred to another part
/ of the city. The same plan should be adopt
ed in this county. Isit possible to get officers
from other parts Of the county to 60 there TO
| do police duty unless they are paid for their
| services2 II they are there, the law Is not
violated, and being paid only by fees, they
lose their whole day for nothing. The sup
preston Of crime is the thing to be sought.
Do not invite persons to commit crime sim
ply to send them to Jail or the House Of Cor
rection.
The demoralising effect upon the county
from letting the people at Cabin John Bridge
openly sell intoxicating liquors for whole
sum Of $l00, prevent IL, will never be over
come by sending some one 10 the House
of Correction. II has been suggested that
il we send q man there the same secret
influences will reach him that have caused
other officers to neglect their duty. know
there are some honest officers In the county,
and know there are plenty Of crooked per-
sons who think they can bride them, bat
they would fail.
There are some few persons on that road
who would not do thing in straightfor-
ward way If It were the best. Are we to
allow this class Of people to suggest what our
duty ISL II is very easy matter for an
officer to say, III have done my duty, that is |
all am obliged to do" could have said |
that q few weeks ago when you refused my
request, but every man knows | would be
living, because could do more and have done
more, and am here trying to do still more.
II an officers natural instinct Is to shield
or connive at crime, he ia pretty apt to do II
as soon as some law-breaker iDparts to him
the surprising information that he has per-
formed his duty, even though he has never
done anything. II, ON the other hand, his
nature 10 such that crime is revolving to him,
then he knows his duty is not performed 60
long as there is anything he can do to pre-
vent it. How ridiculous 1t would be for me
to say to the law-breaker OF this county, Gas
soon as you can get the officers in your neigh
borhood not to modest you, why go ahead
with your crime" would be Ct subject
for the insane asylum, IL not for the peni-
Tertiary.
have only asked you gentlemen to do Ia
your official capacity what you would do IN
your individual capacity in reference to your
private business. II your grain was In
condition to harvest and your servants re-
fused to save 1t, what would you do2 You
would hire others who could do 1t. That 10
what ask you TO do now In your official
capacity. believe 1t is duty you owe to
your county to do 1t, and that Is why am
here urging 1t O second time.
But why should Cabin John be attacke ed SO
vigorously when there are so many other
places In the county where the law is being
violated some may ask. Because this re-
sort is responsible for more violation Of the
law than any other place in the county, lie
the answer. Owing to the large sums Of money
made there by violating the law large part
of the community 10 being corrupted. For
years 1t has been known that persons were
carried on the pay-rols there simply to pla-
the am nl0Va n r aOnna nf hia fFianda
The ramiHcations Of this system of protec-
ton have, at times, assumed such proper
tions that it has been almost impossible to
prosecute successfully the vioators of the
law at this resort. Stop the violation of law
at Cabin John Bridge, and it will be but o
short time before II Is stopped at Rock Spring,
Rowzee's and Ourtain's