The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-04
CALLS UPON BOARD

wrong. tolerance by new invasions OF
human right.
There 10 no hope In wicked men.
s~The leopard cannot change It's spots"
I said: Surely she will fear me, she
win accept instruction, nothing shall
vanish from her eyes that I have i'm
pressed upon her q. E.. the lessons of
xhe past).. But tonly) the more xealous-
ly have they made all their deeds cor
rupt."
The conclusion OF the whole mat
ter IL. You cannot gather figs from
thisties You cannot trust bad men
to do the right. You cannot put cor
rupt men In Office and expect them to
administer their Offices righteousiy. II
you are patient with them they will
only thing you easy Your dealings
with them are only opportunities for
them to double you. Their prom
Uses are blinds. They know no shame"
Conditions Here.
We need not go far afield for m
uluatratlnn--I La hare Inv our midst
The very conditions OF Jerusalem are
repeated---or at the very least there
IL an attempt to repeat them-in our
own city life. And IL the prophets OF
CID raised their voices and spared not
against the scandals Of their day, sure
IL no minister of the Lord Jesus Christ
no prophet. (. e.. OF the new disposal
tion can AFFORD 10 keep silence In the
face Of similar scandals In his day. I
refer. of course. to the recent action
Of the Police Board in c:smissing Ser
geant Krengei from the force.
hold no brief for NJ. krengel. His
oficial acts have not always been above
reproach. To traf1o In second hand
5ewefry with the denixens Of the un-
derworid 10 very reprehensible prac-
tice in any guardian Of the peace. No
enc would have complained had Mr..
Krengel been censured by the board
IT the time these transactions were
OF certain members OF the board con-
curing In that censure would have
bean not q little lAughable. 4.
But no sane man believes that Kren-
gel was dismissed because he trnfficked
in jewelry. He was dismissed be.
cause he testified against the accused
police commissioners before the Vice
Commission and the Council Investi-
eating Committee.
Police Regulations forbfdding police
officers to engage In any other business
was only blind. a subterfuge, de-
signed to give . veneer Of legality to
the whole outrageous proceeding.
KrenEel was the victim of private
grudge. He was being punished for
having testified against the commits
stoners; thereby notice was intended
to be given all members Of the police
forcA that they must be the earless
eye1ess and tonRueless lackeys OF their
supsriors-not daring to tell the truth
even under oath about them--on pain
OF being deprived OF their bread and
meat.
1t was an unjust act. Here were
two men. virtually sitting in Judgment
upon a man whose real or fancicd Of
tense was against themselves. Wheth-
err Krengel's charges were true or false
that fact alone made them unit because
prctudiced Judges in his case. The
celebrity OF the whole proceedings--the
absence OF all discussion--prove that
the whole thing was cut-and-dried--
that only were the judges prejudiced
hut they had agreed their-yardiet be-
forehand!
II was cowardly act: They hide
behind a section Of the Codei
They had not the courage to say.
1--WE are diminishing Krengel because
he told on us under oath. No. They
They fall back on the letter OF the
lAw. They try to throw dust in the
eyes Of s.ie public by using police eff
cheney ~ protest for settling pri-
vate score
Furthermore. 1t was an insoient act.
The more one thinks OF 1t the more
indignant does one become. Who are
Two Of the men who voted to dtscharge
Krengel? Mon who have been dis
credited--one ri them censnrsd. by
The City Council Tor acts unbecoming
member Of me board. the other
asked to RESIGN from the board. Yet
] thew two men presume to dismias
IN olncial-without trial. without An
opportunity 70 BE- heard In his own
defense . technical breach Of
police regulations!
The SCANDAL b not 20 much that
Kreneel has been dismissed. but that
theee two men arc now sitting ~
members Of the board.
CoasAiaG10uesu lGuse Co
whatever becomes of tho Police
EommImicn. Mr.. 0oOde ana Mr.. We'll
4 eGnk E0l sFublic homer dAmAnds Il.
1 {ksR essysN eelf-Feepect aSgAAnoa ~ 1f