The evening world., 1912-04-09
HANDSOME COPS
GET bEEFSTEAK
AND BIG BOUQUETS
Bulls, Peelers and Shippers
Hear Their Praises Sung
| at Dinner.

and promises Of still more happy things,
Il Aid succeed In ellc!tlns one pledge
mat warmed the innermost cookies OF
he hsarts Of every policeman and po-
Iiosmaa's friend present.
Commissioner R~hAnelander waldo told
" - Inspectors and captains ana their
OueUte that any Recommendation end
Stsps the force would take looking to
issssassd pay for the inspectors and
sa0tains would be heartily supported BY
IN. And the crisp. jerky sentences and
0aHnsr Of the Commissioner told even
0ess stronGiy than his words low much
et heart he held his pledge.
IhtroduesA by President Donald Grant
e the association 40 - COP from the
Demsnt hs entered the Department rlsht
1Swu to tie present moment ana for
many q moment to come" Commissioner
WAado plunged immediately into the
very heart Of the subject and told the
diners the things that their manner
shovel % plainly they wanted 10 hear.
There 10 Just one big quality In .
police force" no said. and that 10 eff
nc.sncy. From CHIEF inspector 90 tho
youngest man on the force that rule
Dust hold. But there . be no e.
s1slsncy without cooperation. That 10
why I IN % strongly for this associa-
's1on and for every other organisation
- the Police Department. No mass Of
lsmsa can svsr be wholly wrong. Its
sJssdses may 70 astray. Individual men,
bsrs may make big mistakss. But the
maes 10 entirely wrong.
CAN rNUTHFULLv CAV " 10
X THE "FiN9or."
That 10 why I feel I can truthfuily
say thai the police force Of this city Il
ths best and the 'ansst.' OF course. ws
have things 70 contend with that other
cities. notably foreign municipalities.
DO not have to meet. London. with
7yooo.oe population. had fswsr than
twsnty murders last sar Yet he 20.
Ne force 10 not permitted TO use either
stubs o. ~eSwoivsrs and 10 not armed
With them. Why. then. does London.
with 1.ooo.W people moro than New
SYerk, have In . rear fewer murders
sDhaA New York In . MONTH
'9As answer - simple. The courts
seoAseA The police Department. The "a.
iA~inistrativs branch q ths government
sseas its duty. No supsndsd sentences
there for convictsd criminals. No -
selingfef them In the oustody Of their
ss~Asternsys."
& Ana here Commissionsr waldo paid
Ais respects with regard to the Posi-
.Sepss-hail jumping U man--in no I'M
pertain terms. although hs did not spe-
sciocaliy mention that gangstsr's name.
TN Paris the police fores u excellent
fAaa Il certainly does its work well. But
)ths policemen are al armed there and
always patrol Ia pairs. Why? Because
IssAs Frsnchman. Just - we'll behaved
= the EnSlishmsn. and just ~ desir-
sas q peace ana decent living. do not
have the same strong court systems
- their c~ross-channei neiShborS. Sym.
pa4hy for the arrested one. maudlln
! gush poured out BY .bouievardisrs for
koid to have errors Of Judgment and
sUnilty only Of . temporary ~lapse-these
ythinss bring up In the French police
tsyStsm Just such unthinking criticism
eos has accrued for almost the ssme
reasons In New York.
TO secure sficlency you must distrtb.
ute authority. II has been found that
eas man can . v handle more than
nltssa . That 10 the limit Of any
nan's abtity. % = captain has been
glven lisutenants responsible to him
Ter the two sections. and these sections
ere stiii further broken into smaller
squads. 70 that authority may be prop.
sgly spread ana zach man In authority
held 10 account to see that his work. IA
,peopely done. A police inspector In
New York. handing soo.ooo people. Il
really bigger than . ohisf Of police oil
aay CITY With . lessor population. than
isaAG
That 70 why ] want to see the In.
spsctors' and captains' . raised. The,
~ the work. The cost o; living hal
,gens Up. They should be gtven thu
money they deserve" .
The banquet hall last night p~ressnte,
remarkable appearance. The fou
walls were drapsd with nags Of the cit,
~ STATE and Of the municipal polio,
3~nterwovsn with the Stars and Stripes
Through the blue hsss Of cigar an,
eisarstts smoke dire Commissions
Johnson's mo Smoking" signs ha,
either been carefully removed o
theu0htfuily covered by the fags) asts
the eyes had ceased 70 water could b
made out the figures OF 700 or moro we'll
set-vp men. nicely sroomsd. with tn
sAssful grooming hidden under butchers
aSreas and nicely brushed hair toppe
~ chefs eapa.
TAsrs was . co~uspicuous absence Q
&As tAird-dsgrss type OF policeman. 4
haevoA Of Thsodors Kramer and tn
tnoV4ng Dieturs school OF dramatist,
UnAseshet jaws were totally missing.
O1uht BE-. for ell Appearances told.
eanksr6 dinner. or better. because IN
NJ Oeso % trim and thin and 20 pisinl
- Dlnk OF condition. the gathsrin
8 many athletes sitter . hard season.
joetN q. cN1MMfNs otvGe eoA'
RGMiMiecENcgS.
~ 'the handsome members were looi
~ thslT bsSt. bowing apd smiling VI
~ TIE ehaperonags Of inspectors NJ,
EDesksy and Hughes. Al the very on
- after etters OF regret were rea
leroO notables. inciuding George w. Pc
tios md J. p. Norgan jr. talso fro
Cyrus W. Miller. whose name was a
t1oudsd after II was explained that !
ee1 The oGbcs Of Borough Prsstdsnt
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