Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-24

] | of the city government to produce revenue is denied by the heads Of both.
 | With the idea of securing clear | and verified statement Of the policy. ! in connection with the conduct of ! both departments of the citys gov ernments. a representative of the Re view. yesterday called on George w.. Toman, city magistrate, and James L. Allison, the city marshal A peculiar and together-ye apart. more or less unusually state of ai- | fairs exist in connection with the l discharge of the work in the two of- ] ficial forces. The peculiarity is that in the idea of the conduct of the off ces. so merged as to make one a cog within the other, there is no fric- ton of any kind.
 To the contrary. both departments are separate and distinct Yet both departments work with each other. ! for the ultimate benefit of the pubic of the city of Bisbee The idea of both the city magistrate and the city marshal apparently coincide as 1 to the good and evil effects the ad- l ministration of the city police act ] ions can have
 Judge Totman Is practically a new incumbent in the office of city mag istrate. It can not be said, however. l judgements in the city court are am ateurish. The reverse is true.
 The Type Of Officials.
 The city magistrate has had eX- perience with the working man Be- fore his election to the office he HOW holds he pointed with just pride to the fact that he had worked all his life and could see the workingmans side of any question and could look at such questions through glasses that would fit the worker. This fact added to the other that the magis- trate is a natural optimist, makes of .him reasonable and sane tdminis- trator of the city's police court bus mess. when eason is due and desery- ed. It also makes of him a magis- trate to be feared when the law has been Haunted with utter disregad of the city or the residents thereof
 The same may be properly said of
 Chief Allison. His tenure of office
 has been considerably longer than
 that of Judge Totman and his course
 has been SO well drawn in the pas
 six or seven months that an elabor-
 ation of the subject might be con.
 sidered as overdoing the matter
 The city marshal in an officer and
 is jealous. in his duty Yet he merg
 es his duty with judgement and kind
 ness. He has worked alongside Of
 the man who is now obeying the DO
 lice regulations of the city and
 knows that mans point of view He
 knows the ordinary man-on-the-street
 is jealous of his perogatiyes and re
 sents many things. To this insight
 which is enjoyed by his orieia
 force in the fullest sense, is due th' \ success. of the present administra ton.
 Who Pays The Fines?
 Few people, in considering the ma
 ter of a police court and police de partment stop to consider one ques /. tion. That is Who pays thu 1 fines?"
 In speaking of the matter yesteT o day, both Judge Totman and Cit, |. Marshal Allison declared that 90 pc cent of the fines collected by tn |. city court of Bisbee cam from tn O man with the bucket
 D. "If this is so," declared Judge Tot s- man. and our records are the bes e evidence in the matter, the fine: O really come out of the mouths O If small children in the city The mon e ey is taken from the needy homes O 's mothers and deserving families. y goes to enrich the coffers of the cit of Bisbee and l am sure that the oi '- ficials Of the city of Bisbee do no IS desire that taxes be raised in tha
 fashion
 "It stands to absolute reason tha
 the man who allows his temper t
 get the best of him and engages
 some disturbance of the peace, less in control of himself than tn 2. man who never allows his feeling
 10 get the better of his iudgemen
 This same principle works to th
 mans family It usually follows tha
 such men are not the most providen
 Consequently. when they happen
 fall from grace and the city coul . fines them, that money comes frol
 the family of the man It doesn !, hurt him particularly, but it doC ze work hardship on those who al ,u not responsible for such hardships le Every case is separate and dl ys tinct to Judge Toman There is T re set code of rules. The "rule w. thumb" does not apply in Bisbe ze The merits and demerits of eaC
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