Show THE DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY The second man In the Pplice department depart-ment Is a Democrat this situation beIng be-Ing brought about by the removal of the three best men on the force all Republicans Re-publicans The effort is now making to mve the Fire department also put in the same position Chief Hilton of the Police department Is slated to go and ought logo at once for every day he remains at the head of the Police department de-partment Is an injury to the city Chief Devjne talks ns If he might resign at somo time not ta distant Wo trust that he may not do so for ho is an excellent ex-cellent official and good Republican but should he resign and the Incompetent Police Chief be deposed it is easy los lo-s e where we would be at in a Repub can city where the people only so late a last fail gave the Republican party charge of municipal affairs there would be Democratic heads of these two departments de-partments an < the Democratic politicians politi-cians would be quick to make them nucleuses of the Democratic machine A cry ot horror is sent up at our plain exposition of these facts and affected surprise expressed at the Idea of tho abandonment of nonpartisanship That IB after ousting three Republicans who In one department r in line of succession to the Chiefship In order tog to-g t down to the Democrat and Insisting that the next in succession In the other department must be a Democrat they ask us to consider that all this is done In the Interest of nonpartisanship The Herald is the newestand the old cst champion of this sort of nonpartisanship nonparti-sanship which Is In fact merely 3 plea for Democratic control In a Republican administration Our contemporary be Icves the Mayor should have his own men in executive positions so long as it does not Interfere with the public service serv-ice i There It is again unless Democrats Demo-crats are In control the public service will suffer I is the old bogy cry that nona but Democrats can be good public servants and nonpartisans The same hue and cry was raised against Chief Devlne when he was appointed it was prostituting the position to partisan politics qndnl sorts of evils wero I prophesied but didnt l come to pass Isnt it about lime that this pleading the baby act in the interest of Democrats Demo-crats for public positions the ousting of Republicans on false pretenses came to an end I is very tiresome twaddle |