The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-23

The sensuous, enhancing and by no
means unesthetic wiggle of a number
of young ladies, appearing at the car
nival run by the Eighth and Ninth
Republican District clubs at the cir
Gus grounds last night threatens to
disrupt the ranks of the Republican
party in the city and cause the dis
nissd of John C. Stanley, police COM
missioner and purist, who was shock
ed by the exhibition.
Stanley can arrest and humiliate
| innocent couples walking in parks. arr
rest speeding autoists and do any ASST
nine thing he desires, but when he
chases Hula maidens from a platform
at a Republican carnival, conducted
for the purpose of swelling the local
machines campaign funds and other
wise interfere with the success of the
venture he can't get away with it, not
| by a long shot.
| At least that is what indignant RE
publican leaders say today, AMONG
them being Samuel Dave, ex-police
commissioner and leader Of the Ninth
District Republican club. They stand
| on an ultimatum delivered today:
STANLEY must get OUT
Dawes at police headquarters this
| morning was "het up when he paid
| q visit to- Chief Redgate and openly
| voiced his disgust of SANKEY'S order
ing perfectly innocent Hula Hula girls,
| Interpreting the dance that had made
Hawaii famous, to cease their captivat-
ing wiggling.
/ We've stood for this fellow Stanley
4 long enough. We're tired of him and
we won't stand for him any longer
| We've got to get someone else and if
we don Extraordinarily and Dave
rushed for the office of the superin-
tendent.
! Commenting on Stanley banishing
the dancers, DAVE stated he was pres
ent and that no pure-minded person
could take any offense at the dance
/ of the girls which is nightly given in
theatres. Republican political leaders
/ could see no reason for Stanley taking
offense.
Why, my wife was with me at the
carnival and everything was perfectly
proper Dave asserted 1.-THE mem
/ bers of the club are all heated up
over this matter and they will hold
a meeting next Sunday, morning to
| take some action in this case
The committee composed of mem
bers of the Eighth and Ninth District
I Republican clubs. held the carnival
4 on the circus grounds will present
John T. King and others responsible
for Stanley with an emphatic protest
against his action and a peremptory
4 demand for his dismissal as commits
sioner.
City Hall was silent today on the
action which Stanley took at the car.
i nival last night, but behind the 81
Hence there was yunmistakable evid-
III
to sour the politicians on the police
commissioner. That he will not BIZ
asked to resign and that he will no
in fact quit, under the onslaught O.
public opinion, seems to be the feel
ing at the city hall.
+ 1t has been known for a long time
that at heart Stanley has been strict
ly an administration man and tn,
Il administration has for the most par
backed him. A showing with tn
police department was ordered ant
4 the incipient raids were decided upol
as the best means of denronstratin,
that the officials were alive. Othe
spots of the city might get a mora
white washing, but the hits near hom
would be harder and more troub1
would be caused The second in
: reference with travelling carniva
81 SHOW SSGIIlSs 10 1llQlCdtG 5ludtNIlO ItOLd
I campaign waged by Mr.. Stanley i
, superficial.
Stanley's early moves to clean III
the city were looked upon with grac
by the higher officials and it is posi-
BILE that the commissioner has mis-
understood someone. At least he i
now drawing lines tighter than thos
: in authority think necessary an,
r,1llcI tighter than thew desire,
While Stanley's term doesn't expir
until January, 1912. he may be dis
posed of next January by the ap
\ pointment of two new police com
missioners pledged not to vote TO
him for president of the commission
BY this method he would be shorn o
authority and his influence would b.
!, I subject to the check of three othe
: commissioners.
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