The evening world., 1908-10-10
Commissioner Declares There
Is No Secret About Where
Department Money Goes.
UPHOLDS THE PENSIONS
Declares Policemen Should Do
Police Duty and Not Be AS
signed to Soft Places.

Police Commissioner Bingham to-day
made his first appearance at the Bulge;
Exhibit; which is being conducted at No
1s5 broadway. He was warmly received
when he was introduced as the speaker
of the day b. w. s Triton. president OF
the Fiathush Taxpayers Association.
who had himself been presented to the
audience by former Senator George W.
Brush.
After expressing his approval Of the
civic movement which had led to the
establishment OF the exhibit. and ex-
planning that while in the army he had
been prevented from taking part in
/ civic affairs as ne would have liked 10
have done. the Commissioner said:
1t vas with feeling OF enthusiastic
devotion that | accepted the position OF
Police Commissioner when it was Of
fered to ne by the Mayor OF this city
I'm not saying this. either. wiki any
feeling Of elecmosynary patriotism. for 1
don't believe in that kind of patriotism.
but ! am trying to give a strong. hon
est administration. My time will soon
be over. and all THAI l can expect Is
TO leave behind me the reputation %
having done well"
His Budget Is Plain.
The Commissioner said that he had
made study of every matter touched
upon in the Police Department budget
and had made no secret OF any item of
money expenditure. He quoted one
clerk as saying: Great guns. The
boss is telling every one where the
money goes" The budget. ha said had
been plainly made out and plainly
classified. Every department. he de-
clared, must grow.
Il asked for 200 more men some
years ago" he said. and / have Sc
cured. thus far, 1900 of them. I'm still
in need of those 500 men. / have a card
here which shows that $4,000 of police
money is used for other oranges of the
government. If ! had the COO cops that
money pays for the department wouldn't
be so short-handed. There's no reason
Why policeman should be court Of
ficer. Each court should have its own
bailiffs. If l could take those fellows
out Of the courts and make them pound
great deal of crookedness applause
The other day one court made a re-
quest upon me for a man speaking four
Languages L told the applicant TO get
one elsewhere.
I'm summer times we are obliged TO
detail men to free baths, piers and many
other places. Then, the city ferry
boats, OF course, come within our care
in that respect. I-suggested to the De-
partment of Docks that some of its
men get badges as special patrolmen
That seemed a sensible thing, but me
Civil Service law says: You can't DO
It. You must have a special list I'm
for Civil Service, bit I'm for common
sense first. That suggestion of mine, II
practicable. would save from 100 20 30
cops at all times to the department.
I'D like to have policemen do police
work, not helping out elsewhere. These
pernicious details ought 10 be broken
up. (Applause)
He Is for Pensions.
Then, for pensions! l believe in the
pension roll, and l don't believe in de-
creaslng pensions, as ] have been
wrongly represented The policeman
takes his life in his hands many times
for the benefit ~ the city, I'm for the
cop. He's as much sinned against as
SHINING"
The majority Of cops are good,
sturdy. honest men with only the faults
OF their environment, But you were
asleep when your pension law was
passed believe that any man receiving
a pension from the city should be sub
ject to the department as to good be-
| havior, morality and decency Just as he
was before he was placed of the active
list.
"Now results are what tell. For the
first six months Of 1907 the Detective
Bureau secured ga convictions, for the
first six OF 1908 # secured 2s65. From
July through September last year the
are 1861, making a total Of 1876 con-
! yictons for the first nine months q,
this year against Lar for the same
| period last year"