The evening world., 1914-01-31
mitchell CLASHES
| WITH CANS OVER
NEW POLICE LAWS
Ex District Attorney Says
Force VIII Be Demoralized
Under Coethals.
GIVE TOO MUCH POWER
Mayor Suggests That Police
Commissioner Be Given a
Permanent Job.
GIVE TOO MUCH POWER

Mayor Mitchell and former Assistant
District. Attorney Howard 3. Cans
FLASHED this afternoon At the City
Club during discussion Of the is~is-
lation at Albany which will enlarge
the powers Of the New York Police
Commissioner. The Mayor spoke 70
several hundred men and women on
what the Police Department Needs"
and In answering him Mr.. Cans con.
tended that there wasn't much 70 pre-
won't Col Oosthals, under the new
order Of things. from making ''as sad
. failure with the police ~ We did
under the weak and imbscils manage.
Msnt Of Rhinelander Waldo or under
the strong and corrupt hand Of . Dew.
cry Or . Van Wyck."
Mr.. Cans said that corrupt - the
Police Department now 10 there u
. feeling among the mon that u they
are dismissed for doing their duty
they can At least appeal 70 che courts.
Mayer Mitchell had just finished
telling all about his ave pieces Of
Regulation. how the Police Commits
saousr was 70 hare shsoluto power,
how the System" was TO b directly
attacked through the loyalty Col.
Cocktails Was 70 inspire Into his msa.
PoAog N0Hg the oOor IN rk%G
WoNlD.
Whea m. oaas hal his ~ he
asessted that he sambnas question
ana thoss q exciss ana prostitutien
weuld eems back ct the hensts %.
iissmaa who hunted these evils I'm.
Ger . max like Col. oosthals.
"Unasr present conditions" said
NJ. Cans. - pelieeman knows b.
oaa b hassassed. seat - distant prs.
elaets end trsAtsA - etAor disoom.
eeetA Dst ~ knsws tAas - sannsA
b dismissed without . Aaie tylal aal
judicial review Of the eaets and the
circumstances. You NJ. Mayor.
would remove that last link-that
last safeguard TO the esprit Do CORPS
which prevails here to-day and uaakss
the New York Police Department ~
finest In The world.
''You would have svsry man realise
that his Job hangs BY . thrsaA-the
yin Of ths Poltse Commissionsr, Whe
very oftsa y inflvsaosd BY unjust
runners end the lihs. A BIG lspaSe.
meat = juss honsvoembsa WITH N.
juDt rumosA Z"
"a psliesnan undsr eas ooumis.
sssosr may - his auty b. sAssanG
saiooas. sapprassiag gambliAs ana
raiding houses q prestitutien, Un-
der ths nsEt 10 win lee ~ Job.
While Comnisslonses change IN
soeeeess ana pelitiss rsaain. They'll
81 square on he honest COP. TAAs's
whsrs the court rsvisw. which you
would abolish. comes 70 the aid q
the honest man.
GOOD POLICEMEN HAS COME
otAMog NOW.
II personally know Of instanooe Of
sod poncsmea. who aftse Aslng tAsls
duty. were diamissed fsom The seevios
By order Of . Mayor. TAis nsw orosr
Of things wiii bring abeut . dssn@eSi.
lsatioa that ~ nsvse assansA q, n
wti b much wosss tAan iu The psst.
4 0sod psliesaaa he's ssans chance
aow Of holding Ais NJ. Thsss n
nethins 70 gua1aatss him d ne n.
turs u the Mayors isgis,ation 10
adopted"
Mayor Mitchell SAID In reply: TT 10
true that . certain lower strata Of
pSsotics u In league with members
OF the so-cailsd system and that they
try to get square. But if you have .
good Police Commissioners aha q rood
Mayor the police will not b. AFRAID 70
enforce the law.
Tho trouble 10 w cannot reach
the supins men now. thoss who lay
down and won't enforce To law,
Thsss men now In power IN the 20.
iios Department could asey Ne Com
missioner because Of the courts. n
was impossible b technically est the
goods on them. sW now psoposs "a
mako the character Of Tie policeman
The same ~ ths character % he 70.
tioe Commissionsr. ! Wfll "a thaa
the people Of New Yeek aeax sxpso(
anything bstss than . psvssy or {
vaa Wyck u they vote toe tat Tin
Of an sdministrattea. 800
oivoo THE COMMISSIONER A
PERMANENT JoO.
II believe" the Mayer eousluaed.
that the Mayor Of New Yerk ousht
70 b recalled u 10 doseo't ~ thai
The Police Commissionsr malsss sood.
Col. Cocktails y coming hego, sumoss
70 ths contrasy. ! know hat.
There b absolutely no ssasoa why
Col. 0esthals should not hsaens .
pssmaseat inst3tatiss Y propr lsws
~ $1,000 ,Ae>as - w. aaAs ~.
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