The evening world., 1908-11-04
DON'T BUTT IN"
B|NCHAM'S ORDER
TO Mr.. PARSONS
County Chairman, at Hearing,
Runs Against the Police
Big Stick,

Herbert l.. Parsons. Chairman OF the
Republican County Committee. has
found out what 1T means to ge ssainsi
the big stick" at Police Headquarters.
He faced Commissioner Bingham at
public hearing to-day and was told to
sit down" and mot TO butt in"
Chairman Parsons, who Was re-
elected TO Congress yesterday, made
several attempts to retort, but Com
missioner Bingham demanded that the
Chairman sit down" and sit down Mr..
Parsons did, especially when the Com
missioner glanced significantly at some
forty husky uniformed policemen In
the trial room and indicated that they
could preserve order II he could not.
Mr.. Parsons subsidized. but was up again
in a moment with the charge that at
the big Taft Sherman meeting a the
Madison Square Garden last Wedncs-
day uight policemen had accepted
money for admission 10 the Garden.
You talk in glitterng generalities.
came back from the Commissioner
Now sit down and don't QUIT in While
tell you few simple facts. You folks
come tro,ting down here to Head
quarters with a bunch of charges, ou,
you tell nothing spacific. You just
make charges, that's all. Now, l want
to tell you. Mr. Chairman Of the Re
publican County Committee, and tho
rest of you people, that my cops are
all right. and II they are not all right
| want to know II. And l guess know.
His Cops" Abused.
MY cops are little above the aver
age in this community. They are much
abused men. But / am with them all
the time-until. at least, YOU land me on
a crooked cop, and then III land on
him. But my cops are all right"
Charges had been made to the effect
that the police had turned away nun
dreds OF holders Of box and reserved
seat tickets after having allowed the
general public to hock into the Garden
when all seats We're appropriated. Ben
jamin +. Hall, chairman OF the recep-
ton committee, came to the hearing pro-
yided with a batch Of letters from per-
sons who complained that they had been
iostled by the police and hustled from
beyond the police lines. Among the
writer's of the letters were Cornelius ~
Bliss. Senator Depew, Lafayette Glea-
son, Luther b. Little and others
Chairman Parsons outlined nine cases
OF alleged police lncompetency and
would up by reiterstins the chareg
that he knew Of instances where adj
mission was sold by the police.
What" screamed Bingham. You
tel me that my cops took money? live
me the name or number OF any cop that
took a cent and I'll do the rest. You
are not giving facts. You are just ell
ing me "A lot OF stories. Give us a fact
or two and We will snow you what we
can do with a fact or two"
THE police acted in all insoent and
brutal manner" resumed Mr. Parsons,
Still Looks for Facts,
Excuse me. SIR" interrupted Commits
sioner Bingham, give us facts, not con-
illusions. We can't work on conclu-
/ sions."
/ Deputy Commissioner Bugher VINO
was in command OF the police at the
meeting gave his version. lie said that
had issued forty thousand tickets, ire.
spectlve OF the reserved and box seats
and that no orders We're received to re.
serve those seats. lie demanded, too
that unless something more specific b,
shown relative 10 the charge that The
police accepted money that It he stiicHeI
from the record,
is II rot fact" butted In ChsIrmsr
Parsons
sit down, Mr.. Chairman OF the Re
publican County Committee comma nd
ed tine Commissioner II am conduct
ing this convention and you are her
GOOD 5000 Tho case is a bad one, as far a
You nave presented it
Commissioner Bingham then aske
, Mr. Han for diagram Of the sestln
. Capacity Of fAe GARDEN, Mr. Hall sal
. II had been mislaid or lost. Then III
, hearing went over.