The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-09-26

was hothlnN 10 DO hut TO acqu.esce In
her distorted dream and take her kind.
~ and pltyingly TO the Office of tn,
chief OF police and place her in Gus
tody until Il was ascertained who hei
people were
There were always number o
women callers. and to their credit II
can be said that they we're the mos'
persistent and ingenious OF visitors
OF course. II was necessary to defer
10 them with the utmost care, unless
they were entirely crazy. Sometimes
the outside room. a huge affair. would
be crowded to the doors by swarm
OF delegations and by a horde OF in
dividuals who were bound TO get in.
side. To handle crowd like that
and to get order out of confusion was
no small job for the Office force, con
sisting. OF myself. the police officer al
the door, the stenographer and tho
bridewell clerk. The bridewell clerk
by the way. had about seven different
positions 10 FILL and he filled them
well. The officer. during my time, was
a man Of strength and discretion. Tho
stenographer, however. civil service
appolntee, sent in to ill the place OF
the regular stenographer who was ap
pointed justice OF the peace, was not
star at handling a crowd. II you
ever get into politics you will find out
what civil service" sometimes means
Day in and day out the politicians
came In. Many of them alderman
coming in to consult on prospective
ordinances, or on city business of va
rious kinds Some OF them ex.alder.
men, some members of the Legislature
From IL until each day, excepting
Monday and Saturday, the doors were
open to the public, and never such a
motley throng poured in as did then
Children who wanted TO get dogs out
of the pound, women who were seek
ing to have husbands or relatives par.
doned from the bridewell; men after
jobs; aldermen after special privi-
leges or in on city matters; all sorts
and conditions of people, by singles
by twos, threes, delegations, mobs,
they churned in and out Of the Office
and the air was thick with the scent
of tobacco and the varying dialects
and patois of the different nationall
ties.
Before this hour the newspaper
men had their innings" An hour
usually from 10 to II, was given them
| believe | got along fairly well Will
the newspaper boys, | never gave out
any news to any OF them which they
had not previously been informed Of
and certainly played no favortes
They were there to get the news, anC
II possible get scoops" for their vari
Gus papers. All they cared for was
to get an even start" and never by
any hint nor inference interfered with
their getting away" together. Ano
not once during my time did any news
paper man ask me to give him any ad
vantage over any others OF the clan
although scoop" over the rest al
ways filled their souls with Joy.
II was not absent by reason OF sick
ness during my term as secretary, ant
looking back at the job, with unim
FASHIONED eyes, | believe | made 1
| kOOu ht Ohig ltdl
can think OF, was once when ] wa
told to keep all inquirers away from
the chiefs residence while he was get
ting out his annual message to thu
city council. A man from the cas-
called and presented a card as on
of the supreme judges of an eastern
state. He backed this up by docu
| "a. al 10 10.
to see the mayor on a matter so I'm
portant that It could not possibly wait
. For once | weakened. The bridewel
clerk was going up to the house AM
| sent this caller along. He wa
dressed like a duke. He was a mos
imposing looking specimen of a man
, and his manners had Lord Chesterfield
going east by south" And when h
reached the house II he wasn't boo
agent. then | hope to perish. And a
that, he wasSsll he claimed to be! An
IL that wouldn't send a man hiking t
the nut and bolt factory" then don
know what would! When | introduce
, the next secretary of the mayor VIII
: followed my chief into Office "a ~
heads of the various departures. 4
the city hall they all had good wor
for the way in which | had handle
the job. AS "the bunk under sue
circumstances would have been
waste of raw material. am under tn
impression. that without setting tn
Chicago river on fire, | had held u
my end of the log"
ERNEST MGAFFEY.
i Copyright, 1908. by Joseph 70 Bowles)