The evening world., 1911-02-21

va u OlN MN IA
the community.
Other Re;sr"o r. ted.
RoGCES' GALbERY-The practice o..
putting pictures OF persons Convict~i II
no crime, and ~ persons known to have
committed no crime. and even Of merely
wayward bows. IN che Rosues' Gallery.
has becn stopped. IT did irrepatable In.
jury 90 many.
ILLEGAL ENTRIES OF HOUSES
Tho practice. grown general Aere. o.
forcing cutrG".c INTO houses by the
police without a warrant. although FOR
bidder Hy the Constitution OF Bill 81
Rights. has been stopped. Instead, tha
evidence IL irst procured and , warrant
obtained. To allow the police to enter
houses at will Without a warrant was
TO enable those In control Of the force
to collect cxtortion almost without limit
. FREE SPEEc1T-The police, and 80.
pecially those In authority owe them,
nave been made go understand that
every ono has the right II iree speech
In this country. So long a. what he
says does not u~iolatn dscency or inclte
10 'iolencc or - reach ., the peace.
No speaker OF peaceable .ssemblage
has been illegally inter.ercd with during
the ysar in this city.
/ THE SOCIALISTS have yart.cu.
Iarly made tho police ~authorities an
derstand that; those who entertain
views of government. or OF economic
' or social order. different from ours.
are not to be interferci with. Or 10
MED the right OF freedom OF spee-l,
ana OF assembly on hat account. That
their flag is red instead of blue or vel
low or gra0n docs not annoy or alarm
Intelligent people They chose the
color ROD for their emblem. not to sig
nifty that they favor violence or IN.
shedding OF blood. as the unintelligen
suppose and ~ actions of those In Of
fctal authority often lend people 10 bs.
lisve. but for tho purpose OF typlfying
the common brotherhood Of all men OF
all nations through the same red blood
which nows through the veins Of all,
and 20 the end that al war ana vic.
lcnrc shall cease Let tho fuudnmen.
tai rights OF all on which free govern
mon rests he denied 10 no one
The Rule as t. Saloons.
THE LIQUOR TAN LAW-An msEsl
abuse In the enforcement OF the Liquor
Tax law has bscn lone away with
That law specifically lays down the
method for its enforcement. namely.
tnai c~nns'Rbles n polccmen make
ar amdavi; OF any VOCATION thereof
they observe. thai II be nled with the
Distrlct-Attorney and that ne obtain q
warrant Of arrest and prosecute tn"re-
FOR. This method was followed In inc
rest ~ thu state. but here IN ms city
the police ha! for years been maxi
ing summary arrests on tho spot for
each "ren.e. locking the accused up ~
f,rclng hlm t. give bah. and conduct
Ing tho prosecutions themselves IN a
most Ineffective manner. all by order of
the head 81 the force a better method
! FOR extorting money could not be de-
vised n the gross sum extorted in
some past years by weekly ana monthly
payments ~ s. and upward from abou,
ln,~N liquor places ~ easily calculated
This has all been done away with. and
the legal method followed. Also for the
FIRST time tho law requiring all shades.
screens. &c, Of barroom windows to he
rut NJ or removed on SUNDAYS. 10 tina,
the police and every passerby may see
II there he any one IN the place, which
tho law torbids. has h@en enforced
throughout the city.
City Safe and Orderly.
OUTWARD ORDER-The chief duty
Of a police force Is TO enforce and pre-
serve pltward order and decencv and
the public peace. This has been often
impressed on the force during the year.
Much has been done in driving vicious
people out of sight. and I have no hest
tation In saying that this city IL out
wardly the most orderly. safe and inof-
fensive large city In the world And vet
we had a considerable number of people
who seemed bent on declaring otherwise
and sending out the worst notion post
ole OF our moral ,ncleanness and wick.
ednesS. They seem to have grown more
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