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Show oi'MirTo in: iitoiisiini. A trrvr niontha aito, when thu rf ln of (error In tbl illy waa at Ita liHgtil, I;. A. I'ranki waa aulhorlxMl tr tatah Unit and maintain a patrol ,tra for the ler jrotrctloD of tho jolc. At that time It waa uiipafe for petlea. trlana to to ahroaJon tho ftrt-la after tilht'alt, olnR to thellablllty of tin Ir belnjj tMofifx-d, taten anJ rotbnl by hUhwayruvo, by whom tho town waa Inf. i Unl. Uurglarlta were or nightly occurrence, an J the olllclaU proper Maraud iiowerleaa tomntntaln theeaco nU rrolect the cltlwna. The "J.llwr al"clly Koverumqiit ha'lahowo aeon flltlon of Imbecility, to any nothing wortr, that cauaed them to be brought Into general contempt UJedimculttovitlmate how much or how little the atrol ajatom that waa t-fctabllihcd ai a aide luue (o the i-ollce dcjartoient had to do with the tubne-quent tubne-quent Improvrment that cmutd.- It ennbot he denied, however, that a change for the better wai aoon after wardt apiJirtnU There ateari t be little room for doubt that the amlli nrlra to the police In the elui-j of patrolmen had aonie henoflclat utIVct, but there ! no meaua of aiiertatutng the extent of It. ItwlllbeobaerTol that Mr. TratiVt ha rrflgurd hli ioltlon In fonnecllon with the patrol ayitemtand cottveja thehlenthfttlt ladlilandeit, although aoine of the men who hareacted under him n-ctn toLe rtluclant lo tut ! from It, Kot a numUr of rtaaona we think the itep ta(.eu Ly Mr. 1'rauka will advlted and tho organization ought to Le d Involved, Ita exlttence h been a atandlnic rebuke to the late city government. It waa an adverth-e-mentof their weakmf,lhilr Inability to adeUaUly proteit the peoplo and cuppreat the criminal claea, who Hocked hare becauto of the evident Impntency of the ottlclaK A D tdcrtlou haa recently occurred, and tho prtAcnt governtiieDt ought to be given a fair opportunity to ihow whether or not they are an Improvement on thono who preceded them. Of courie the chlif trial Aa to foU ncy cornea with the win ter acaaon, when rough charactera have much titter opoituiiUUa for plying their criminal vocatlout than In the aummer; that U au aJdltlonal renaon for dUpenalng with the (Atrol men. BlioulJ emerKnoy at any time demand their employment lu future, whoever ahall direct them ought to be a ngular o nicer, (alJ by and directly rtfpattaU le to tho ilty government. govern-ment. Tho reavoua for thla muit be obvloua without argument. It doea not aid to tho comfort of dtlroua to feel that, lu order to aecuro the protection to iou and ro,rty uudcr the regular ayitem latab-Uthed latab-Uthed for the pjrpoae, thty ahoutd be reiulrel tJ par a ilJe-tax foracrvlceofa iteml.otllcUl character The Lurdeua that have of late U-eu hi ft pod Uon the feopte havo been luflUlently heavy without u Idlng anything out of the umal olllcial routluu of taxation |