Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-04

mas invited COl. !. ~ 0IcCA VI IAAo SAs1
to deliver an address at the unyeil'
ing of their statute of Henrick lbsen
May II. Ibsen, as is well known, was
the greatest of Scandinavian authors,
as we'll as one of the few greatest
men of the world. and to be selected
to deliver the address at the unve1l-
ing of the first monument to his mem.
.ory in the state, is an honor Colonel
Steen fully appreciates. The colonel
is proud of the fact that he is OF the
same nationality as this great writer
Laundry TEAM Makes Raid
Even the delivery team Of the local
steam Laundry seems to have 1t IN for
Mandans poor, abused police force,
for yesterday they raided the police.
station and almost succeeded do
molishing IL. The driver had stopped
in front of Langdahl's lunch room and
thrown out fifty.pound weight, but
an automobile approaching from the
rear rendered the weight of no avail
and the team dragged it several hun
dred feet, until the strap broke, when
they proceeded head long down Main
street until their fglight was arrested
by the opportune Intervention OF the
police station. It Is said the Occu-
pants thought it was their crack o
doom, which has been threatening for
some time. Aside from broken
tongue, a few twisted rods, and sew
eral boards of the police station no
damage was done.
Attend Baseball Meeting Tonight
Those who are most vitality inter-
ested in the organization Of base
ball team for Mandan are urgently
requesting that every fan in the city
attend q special meeting tonight,
which has been called for the purpose
of perfecting an organization. Az
though it Is impossible to say what
will be done, it is the general opin'
ion of the most enthusiastic fans that
a subscription will be raised, or some
other means taken to obtain funds,
not for procuring an all paid team,
but to provide proper equipment and
training for q strictly local team. 1t
is believed, and rightly, that there
will be much less expense, more In.
terest and more interest on the part
Of the neighboring towns, If success
is met with tonight, representative
Of the base ball club which will be
elected will visit Bismarck and en-.
deavor to bring about the perfection
of a similar organization, that local
games may be enjoyed
Foran vIndicates Himself.
Because of the action of the city
Commission in re-appointlng Man.
dams police force, thought by many to
be unsatisfactory, John Foran pub
lished the following announcement
yesterday:
At the meeting Of Monday, April
20, Commissioners Clark, Mcdonald
and Henke, appointed Charlie Rey-
nolds chief of police, over my pro.
test. II as chief executive Of this city
l cannot control the selection of the
police force, 1t necessarily follows
that l cannot control their actions,
and If I cannot control their actions
! should not be held responsible for
them.
Therefore, as q matter Of simple
fair play, dear fellow citizens, I ask
you to not hold me in any way re-
sponsible for the police department
Of this city.
When assumed the duties of pres.
dent of the city commission, l prom.
Used that would try to give the full
lost publicity to the doings Of that
body.
There tore / think that I violate no
confidence, in relating the substance
Of a conversation between the COM
missioners Immediately after the ad'
journment Of the regular meeting Of
last Monday night.
Commissioner Henke asked the
opinion of the members of the best
method Of continuing the collecting OF
q certain revenue. As this was 4
subject that has never been discussed
in my hearing, by any of the commits.
sioners, since I became q member,
except at the very first meeting that
attended, I had very hazy ideas
about the matter. I had supposed all
this time that the collections, 80 much
talked about around town, were in
part collected from the sellers of soft
drinks, but I was assured by Commits.
sioner Clark, that the only money
collected >uring the past two years
was a hundred dollars per month
from two houses Of prostitution, and
that no money had been collected or
demanded from any other class Of
presumable law violators.
Now, dear fellow citizens, you know
exactly as much a. do about this
part Of our public affairs. I have
asked the commissioners what the
police were for, and was told TO
preserve order" And again I asked
ITO preserve order for whom? and
from whom" But this question 10
still unanswered. It seems to me that
the $4,000 that you pay yearly in
salaries to your police, is spent, not
in protecting the law abiding citisen,
and his family, but the violators Of
the laws.
Which Is It?
..sfs =. JOHN FORAN.