New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
WALDO EXPECTS TO STAY
Police LieutenantS at Annual
Dinner Cheer Announcement.
WOMEN AT GUEST TABLE
Devery Hears Present Head In
troduced as Best Commissioner
New York Ever Had.

To-day completes my ninth month as
! head OF tine police, and expect to be with
you for many months" said Commissioner
Waldo last night at the dinner Of the Po-
, lice Lieutenants' Benevolent Association.
| thus putting at rest all rumors OF the day
! that he was about 10 resign his ofhce.
There was a storm of applause from the
eleven hundred men present, and tie noise
OF scores Of police whistles resounded
through the Waldorf, where the dinner was
held
1t was the largest dinner ever given by
! the police lieutenants, and its chief DIS
tinction was that among the guests and
speakers were a number of women. Br.
Anna II. Shaw, Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont,
Miss Grace c. Strachan and Miss lnez Mil
holland graced the guest table, at which
also were seated Lieutenant Richard H.
Enright. the toastmaster; John d. Rookie
feller, jr.. Commissioner Waldo, Justice
Peter A. Hendrlck, Controller Prendergast'
John c. Tomlinson. Patrick r McGoWan'
| William S. Devery former Police Commits
sioner: George b. Cortelyou and job r.
! Hedges.
The Police Commissioner received an en-
| thusiastic greeting when he entered ana
another when he arose to speak He was
! introduced by Lieutenant Enright with the
! remark that for the first time I'm years the
| police were being led and not driven, and
| that Mr. Waldo was the best Police Com
| missioner New York ever knew.
{ Mr. Waldo spoke about the new and eN-
| traordinsry problems with which the mu-
! nicipal departments OF this city were con-
! fronted daily, and asserted that figures
| showed how the efficiency of the Police De-
partment had increased Sppreciabiy during
the last six months as compared with pre-
vious years.
! He praised the force. saying that they
| had TO expect criticism. but they could
count upon public sentiment to stand by
them if they did their duty, And after
| telling that he expected TO stay At the
| head OF the department for many months
| 10 come, Mr. Waldo said he wanted TO nave
| the pay OF captains and inspectors in
! creased and that Of pstrolmen coming into
| the service fixed at $1,000 a year, at least
| As to the manner Of enforcing discipline
Commissioner Waldo said the best discipline
was that effected with the least friction
and that nagging. petty charges and pun
| ishment or juggling OF officers up and down
| could not accomplish it.
The galleries of the Grand Ballroom OF
the Waldorf Astoria were crowded with
women from the beginning Of the dinner.
! They sat watching the finest" cheering
when they cheered and waving their police
flags when the men on tie floor waved their
star and Stripes and blew the whistles.
Lieutenant Maurice Harmon, in Colonial
attire, recited George Washington's Fare
we'll Address and then Lieutenant Enright
began to introduce the speakers.
Father Bernard Vaughan, s. j.. was an
added guest 10 be received with much
applause He said he had been told that
he was wanted at the dinner, and when
wanted by the police one generally had TO
come lie compared the New York police
with those of London, and said he had
learned to respect highly the police here
He added
When you consider the work mapped
out for the police of New York and Judge
| as a man who tries 10 understand. you
! will come to think of ii as 1 do. ! despise
criticism and reverence the police, Any
blooming idiot can critcise."