The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-27
Ministers Now Hunt for
 De Laney's Scalp; Latter
 Defines His Attitude
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 fight should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The man chiefly responsible for it was known to be in the city and easily within reach. Yet MT. Delaney made no effort whatever to do his duty. and the guilty went unpunished.
 (At this point appears a paragraph in which Town Clerk Weber is charged upon two counts with the commission Of crimes in procuring or attempting to procure liquor license. Inasmuch as the charges if they are not proved constitute criminal libel. in which libel the Farmer would participate by printing them. this portion of the letter is omitted. Editor of the Farmer)
 ''It has been said in extenuation of MT. DeLaney's fnaction in this case. that he was not in town when the case came up. This appears to be erroneous as to part of the time. and. at any rate. is no true excuse: for the chief prosecutor is. of course. responsible flor the policy of his office. It has also been said that no complaint was made in the matter to the prosecuting attor- ney, and that therefore he was reliev- ed of responsibility for inaction. This involves a still more serious errer.' As we understand 1t (and we are advised that this is legally as well as morally correct) 1t is neither our responsibility primarily. nor that of any private citi- zen. to continually hunt up and make complaints to the city prosecutor in order that he may conduct his office vigorously for the good of the city. This is his business. The City Charter (page 100)' distinctly says that it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attor- ney diligently to inquire after and make due presentment of complaint to tke city court of all crimes. misde- meanors and other criminal matters whereof said court has jurisdiction whether committed before or after his appointment to off1ce.'
 'On Sunday evening, November IS, 1908. public Concert and Grand Ball' was held in Lincoln Hall. for which tickets were sold at twenty-five cents each. This was as distinct a violation of the General Statutes as any of a number of infringements that have occurred the last few years. It was advertised somewhat widely. Yet it was not prevented nor. after it's oc- currence. were the responsible parties prosecuted. It has been suggested by those who would have us believe MT. Delaney to be faithful official that the parties concerned were probably from out of town and could not be reached. At least one of these parties was and is in town. and If MT. De- Laney is unable to obtain them in any other way. we can furnish his name and address. Here again it was the prosecuting attorneys duty to dili- gently inquire after the lawless con- duct involved. but he was either in- competent or unwilling to do so.
 "For these reasons-not to mention others within our knowledge-we be- lieve that any agreement whereby MT. Delaney should be re-appointed to the position of prosecuting attorney would be in evident disregard of the city's best interests.
 "For the Bridgeport Pastors Asso- citation by its Committee on Law and Order.
 GERALD H. BEARD,
 "GEO. M. BROWN.
 GA R. DAVIES"
 Rev. Gerald H. Beard called the Far mer office by telephone, this afternoon, and said that the name of MT. Weber did not appear in the letter sent to Senators and Representatives. but the words ''a citizen" instead. MT. Beard said that the copy sent to the newspa- pers was intended to read "a citizen