The chronicle=news., 1913-03-08

W hen pOIIttrNi rlc caters VIII
g., together bahind closed doors i.nd
consrirc to d~ceivr the people at n
! city election 10 ,n.intaln themselves
| at the pastry counter. they are M,
ny.rs" 10 gcitInK together IA un edi-
tors ''sancio sanc;orum" and accus-
Ing good citizens opposed TO them OF
fhc same hnse motives which nctu-
nj" them in NIL their official and
private deeds. Thus i II that words
ARE juggied with reckless abandon
by III" kept paper ami cl'izcns affll
| lated with the ucr iorTati" and Pro.
| rrcssivr parties M. accused nf being
job hunters aud ~ h" slated for np-
po'Him"nts. Tho Ern whose names
are used have h.en affiliated with
III. move ncnt for good government
merely ss citizens Interested IN 'he
w.liar" of The ci'y
There IL much 10 h" said however
on the subject OF efficiency. since the
kept paper has sc-n fii TO bring up
the matter In connection with men
who ar" not candidates or seeking
office. II requires only reference
to the newspaper files To ontain evil
dcncr OF some of ~" Migrant incffi-
| cheney OF ,nIp" city oifirr holders and
arr oint."s OF the gang who are now
In public service hHd have brrn for
many years.
u was some .hr"o wears ago thai
III. "euicicncy" nf nirht captain
james Y. itannun was demonstrated
In n most striking manner. THIS po-
lire officer. who ~as a!so fccrc'ary nj
the Republican city central commit
ic" was suspe from the fierce
| after u hearing BY the police com-
mIitcc and aftcrward rcinsfatst he
cause NJ his political activity In
behalf OF the gang II viii he rcmrr-
| bcrcd that II WAS Night Captain Han
nan who stood one afternoon In
| front OF the Arcade saloon aud saw
"a fellow officer getting the worst NJ
! u bloody encounter with two KUN rcn
and would not interfere TO snv. III"
life OF tho officer Dccautc. m he "y-
| planned, he Was not on duty On
ticer Wilkcraon was Engaged In an
encounter with tn" notorious Lean
dro Martinez who ~ lxtse sentenced
| to. the. pe,ttcntiuN for y long term
\ for highway robbery. lie was bcink
ovcrplwcrcd by Martinez and one
other man now In the state prison
and had I, not been that n camp
marshal who saw the tracas inter-
fcrc<i and disarm"d The Gunn!on.
| Wilkerson might have been shot on
tn. main corner Of town. Hannah
was dismissed from the fore. for his
Conduct and when the affai, had
blown over" Was rcinstated.
| The efficiency of the poi,c. fore"
is chiefly notable from the careful
manner IN which they collect pro
| lection money from the dcni-cns OF
the west end Several months ago
mother officer was suspended hv th"
rollce committee OF the council fol-
lowing an invcsti igatiOn Of his con-
duct following the robbery OF q stor"
On Elm street. The charges made
l. gainst the officer were established
at the inquiry. The officer was re-
insta:ed after n couple OF weeks.
! During the TAYLOR administration
four police Officers have been dis
mirscd or suspended for drunkenness
on duty or for drinking while on
duty. Two OF these were afterwards
Ireinstated. \ few month ago
also "a dav pa, a,rnlman WINS suspended
pen,ling inquiry into the charghs -
thar he had brutally beaten up n
drunken man who no had arrested.
This officer was rartly Justified and
was rcinstated.
| Another Officer was suspended for
four days about year ago for an
lunwarranted attack upon an old
man. prominent resident. who Is
known to be sturdy opponent of
1.-The gang, This officer struck down
the citizen with his club when In
talking with friends he told the Of
ficcr that he had no right TO butt
in" to u private conversation. The
officer was rciustated.
The incfiicicncy OF the police de-
partmcnt has been a matter of pub
lie comment for some time. The sys-
, TEN OF selecting tho police officers