The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-06
MORE DEMOCRATS
THAN REPUBLICANS
ON POLICE FORCE
Figures Show the Falsity Of
Charge Of Politics in
Department.
Captain Dorian is Not TO Walk
Plank.
ONLY THREE MEN REMOVED.
ONLY THREE MEN REMOVED.

Facts often ruin the best planned
crusades. and editorials published
either ON the front page OF the edi-
iorial page have been known TO go
down before an uHanswerable array
Of figures.
Sunday morning the News Demo
crat INDUCED IN a front page screcd
IN which II said crime Is rampant In
Poducah, and laid the blame to an
alleged Reorganization OF the police
department. by substituting old men
for new for political reasons. Il IN
oidrnily said Captain John J. Dorian
g. 10 be let out, which has been
learned TO be a misstatement OF
fact and this morning Il publishes a
Ng, of seven murders committed In
and around Paduoah during the last
year. la two OF which crimes no ar
rcst was made. the one being In the
city and the other the county. In
che other ave cases. u would appear
that the police department. which
the News Democrat says Is RepubA-
can. made arrests. bpt the police.
county and circuit courts, In the
hands OF Democrats. acquitted the
guilty parties or admitted them 60
hall
Tho d.forganizatlon OF the police
and Gre departments. alleged. are
interesting. when compared with the
facts. The city administration Is
Republican. when a entered Office.
Il found rot a single Republican In
any position on the police force and
IRE departments. they were sll Dem
ocratr And ala any one ever hear
% a psducah Democrat appointing a
Republican 70 anything? The ad-
mlnistration has been IN power three
years and silh the head OF the Gre
department. Is a Democrat. the cap
ta'ns are Democrats and the chief OF
police and his captain are Demo-
Gratis Does THAI look like politics?
Now. a. 90 ne personnel OF the
Toiirc department.; there are 80 men
On 70; II OF them are old men and
Democrats, and IS new. some Demo-
Gratis. some Republicans. Does that
look as II politics Is being played to
the deirlment OF the Department.
Moreover. only three men we're let
on and one OF them has been placed
on the Ere department roster since:
one died. Aaron Hurley and sixteen
voluntarily resigned There is still
one vacancy In the board. and n
glance over the llst OF names OF new
men viii show that many Of them
are Democrats How can a Repub-
lean administration that keeps Dem
ocratic heads OF departments in COM
mand. leaves al but two OF the old
men. excepting those who voluntarl-
~ resigned on the rolls. and then ap-
points Democrats as well as Republl-
cans 70 their places. he accused OF
hurting the department by playing
politics?
We produce the names below:
Old Men.
Patlllo Kirk. r. w Wick. A. c.
Stewart. Walter England, Henley
Franklin. Emile Gourieux. John Hes
elan. Elmus c. Carter. c. ID. Gillian.
wiilam Beadles. Herbert II. Doyle.
Nike Dugan, Henry singery. chief
Frank Harlan, Henry Seamon. Thad
Terrell. +. II. Cross. sergeant.
New Men.
VIM. Smun. T. ]. odle (last week.
W. IS Beavers. G.. II. Scott, Charles
Nftrhell. Hugh Garrett Hugh George.
J NJ. Dunaway. Ed Gelatt. T. G.
Schrader. w. c. Hickman. r. 7.
Jones. q. w. Toler, Frank Bald
ridge. John Dorian.
Resigned.
Luc!en shelton. Leslls- ogllvie, r.
c. Dalton, William Walker. Il. C.
Pennington, Charles Bowers. Casper
Ioner lobe Owens. Fred Merry. T.
J.. Roeder, l.. b. Langston. Charles
Whlttemore, Charles Clark, Jim
Brennan. J. r. Morris (dlsappeared)