The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-27
THE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE
A Badge, a Gun and a Club

let's organize society entitled For the Benefit Of Those
Abused by the Police
We will now proceed to admit Robert cuggenhcim
capitalist as she newest member
Cuggenheim was "puched" again the other evening
charge oi bockadng horoughiare with his auto Guggcn
helm was very angry he roughly treated at the
police station The trough treatment consisted he said OF
being seized by shoulders and being thrust through the
corridor wanted stop and talk to the ee about the
affair.
Well you've got a very smaszed kick coming, compared
"a most Of the other members of society Brother Guggen-
helm Perhaps though Your dignity has suffered more than
the rest because you've got the most money we've IRE
queny noticed that mans ability for refusing TO assmac
insults and ndgue depends largely upon the size OF his pile
and the horse power his Nevertheless welcome Brother
Cuggeuheim Every new member helps.
AS matter Of fact it is almost up to Seattle do away
with police methods credit thugs and strong arm
men We are getting little behind the times by suffering
men who afflicted with "A little brief authority here below
to club and shoot DO somehngno necessarily
against any lawhut something that offensive 10 their deli
cate sense OF what is due policeman.
Gugecnheims experience may make his friends and himself
very angry But remember he simply seized by the
shoulders How about those thousands OF unforunates who
are YEARLY beaten kicked and slapped because they SUIT
ferng from an alcoholic condition that DISEASE and not
CRIME they merely suspected OF something
How those frcndess persons who are SHOT IN THE
BACK BY policemen because they follow natural impulse
caught petty act OF wrongong or who are
simply SUSPECTED Of some petty act Of ordnanee breaking
The policemen as individuals responsible for this
state affairs 1t the fault of system system that IS
rapidly growing obsolete and has been banished by many large
cities Seattle right remain in the provincial and bar
barous class any longer.
The other system experiment II IS not socialism
nor altrusm any other ism Il has been working
successfully several years in Cleveland Ohio for instance
Cleveland tougher" and larger city than Seattle IS
today when Chief Fred Kohe Of the former place started
THINKING instead OF continuing CLUB. One OF ties
results was that Theodore has declared Cleveland
police department be the best the country and Cleveland
today and fewer petty offenders than any other
city OF half a million people in the United States
In Cleveland polccmans record is GOOD he makes
FEW arrests-ust the opposite OF the ldtime system
The Kohlcr theory has wthstood rdcuc and abuse I'm
doubted has faults but the IDEA has been proved
right The is a matter Of working ont details
Some day will look back upon this period OF clubbing
and shooting and abuse by police in the way
regard the habits OF when they burned witches
and executed heretics.
Meanwhile. welcome the ranks Of the ong-snerng
people Brother Guggcnhem As wealth and powerful
make the noise any political
fnancial-we glad have you with Come in and
bring your friends.