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Show ChlEF WHITE iSiDiTES 1 'FEELERLEHERS Vants to Know if He Has Made Good Before Consenting Con-senting to Remain. j In a dual circular lter to prominent t-iti'zens. addressed ",Deai- Sir,' or "Pear Brother," 10 suit the discrimination of the author. J. Parley White, chief of police, has offered to remain in office. ! The '"Dear Sir" Ir-t 1 e r is addressed to "the thinking people, of the town." The "Dear Urother" letter is iiret;ted to "the betier olemcnt of i lie community." The opening paragraph of the "Dear Sir" letter reads: Before co :ii -hid ins; to rema in in charge of the police depart nifpt ot this city after pveeuiher M. ihis year, 1 desire to obtain an expression of the thinking -people ol the town, and govern gov-ern m"sp.f accordingly. The closing paragraph of the same epistle reads: If 1 still have the entire conhdence of rnj friends and they feel I ha t 1 am rendering: ihe city a service which they appreciate, I will feci it is my duty to remain. The bi'dy of the letter is devoted to claims of achievements, which include complete suppression of all "bunk" games, the minimizing: of highway robberies and the elimination of politics and religion from the police department. Prominent among these claims is the modest statement state-ment that, the department "is as competent compe-tent for the number of men employed as it is possible to rind within these L'nited States." The "Dear Brother" letter is devoted to less practical considerations, emphasizing activities of the department toward the suppression of the social evil and kindred vices. The assertion is made that there are very few disorderly women in the city at present and that these are being prosecuted prose-cuted mercilessly. In contrast to this alleged al-leged condition, he declares that the town was overrun, even in the residential districts, dis-tricts, wit h women of disorderly character char-acter when ho took office. The improvement the chief ascribes to the effect of prohibition. "Most of the underworld departed along with the booze," is recited in the letter. The chief declares the department lias in its possession "vast stores of liquor." which had been cached away for bootlegging boot-legging purposes. The closing paragraph of the "Dear Brother" letter reads: "It Is my desire at this time to get an expression from as many of my friends as possible as to whether or not. under all the circumstances, I havo made good as head of the police department, for it is not my desire to remain in any position posi-tion where I nave not the complete confidence confi-dence of the better element of the community." com-munity." The chief requests an early reply from both "the thinking people" and "the better bet-ter element." |