| Show A T MO D b D I 1 a lit literary Bureau Bure in III Washington to fa Further Brownlow Bill THE POLICE OF THE CAPITAL I I Very Vcr Efficient hut Inadequate to the thc Great mount Amount of Work Im 1111 Imposed posed on II Them Correspondence Washington Teh Ieh 6 The attempt of ot ota ofa a combination of at automobile manufacturer to force torce the Brownlo good roads bill through Congress has hns thus tar far tailed failed to that measure In the slightest degree A literary bureau Is 18 maintained here at nt a n great grent expense e and the various tanners farmers clubs throughout the he country countr havo hao been b en loaded with made Inalle petitions to Congress to Iu s the bill Hut But there them In Is a Il lI belief that auch legis legislation lation lallon h not wf will at this time limp This sentiment IB Is well ell expressed by b nelll James 11 of ot otNel New Nel York who In an nn Interview today Bild I doubt If tt Mr bill ap appropriating till for good roads will Mill bo he passed In tho first place Ilac tha tho government Is on the erge of ot a deficit to ent T upon a 1 now new Held of ot exp n dl til re of at which tile the amount might ba bo unlimited would A m hazardous to 10 many ilia 11 Tho fact Is 18 we are spending nit nil the money the government has It would be a II lamentable condition for tor u 1 country as liS rich Ich us 1111 this to be lIe running behind every cerS Mr like or Spain mId It would be bo very orr to 1 lot of ot new taxes In a n time of ot peace I Besides thin many doubt the tho wis wisdom dom of at tho government going Into tho business of ot building roads I Im Im m a II in believer In the Importance of at good roads When In the New Xo York leg In I 1 voted otell for tor the original good roads net but hul the tho question lIu Is whether the construction of ot roads should not remain In the tho hands of or the tho Mates lI If Ie we people In New York got anything out of or the tho general govern government ment for tor this purpose we 0 should have to 10 pay pa for tor It II and wo 0 pay marl mor than wo WJ Rot Hol We contribute to tho national tuxes In proportion to our wealth We should receive from the national treasury In proportion to our population Ours Is n II much richer I community than Is 18 found In most oth other I er ar Though no specific tax lax Is 18 I made for tor thin additional expenditure It comes out of ot the tho pockets of ot the tho tax taxpayers payers Just the tame they are nrc so much poorer at lit the end of at the year I Furthermore there Is 18 a 1 question whether the superintendence of oC road construction from the thc Atlantic to the Pacific over this enormous country could bi hi wisely carried on In Washing ton The demands demand for new const eon tru In scantily populated 1 districts would be beury ury cr great Krea t The rhe force of ot agents and which the tho government would In time lime hao would become very ery large Once started on such urh n II course It h hard to say where we should end or to what an nil amount this Item might grow gro There Is however some question certainly as II to the power of ot tho govern men t I am nm no great stickler for or states rights but when It comes to road rond build buildIng buildIng Ing I believe that the tho states and certainly the tho state of ot Now York can enn get more for tor Its money and tel ter results If It road building In l kept In Inthe the hands of ot our state under the laws which we now have Instead of ot 1 turned over oer to the general government Burl Buch at nt least Is my present plan don I sympathize with those thoe who be believe lieve 1100 In good roads but let Us be In our policy nOl not 1101 allow nil ow our zeal to lead us Into unadvised actions S IN WASHINGTON Mr Ir John J T Is the of ot the Iho house of at representatives Mr bar como come to Washington tram from Minne Minnesota sota Up In his northwestern home the librarian h Is accustomed to deep deel noi He HI like e nearly every oer man In Minnesota ta In h early arl In life lito the use of ot Not tho so eo popular with wilh thc tho Scandinavian residents of at that but the wide wille i Ill aw hide woven oval shoes hoes of ot tho Canadian Indian When Mr tr came to Washington h ht brought a II pall pair of ot these thc snow shoes with him He ha had few tew opportunities to use them since he came until with within in the past few tew days the heavy fall t of o snow nearly 10 Inches Inch fell In one day da Mr Ir has been In his glory Ion He lIe lives on the heights to the northwest of ot the capital and ho he makes the trip of oC nearly three miles from his house hou c to his hili on snow tI every morning No Xo one In Washington Wn ever saw lIaw northwestern winter locomotion before and Mr Ir has during the past t week eel attracted moro more attention than thill la Is accorded to Senator or orto orto to Om Miles when he appears In full uniform WASHINGTON Washington with u IL population Ia of or nearly embracing nearly 70 jO junto miles with over oer too COO linear miles of ot streets ami nearly of ot roads road Is It probably tho most IneAt policed city of ot the United States of at population tion The iho third largest polite domain In the tho United States with Its Important and valuable Interests has hils been heen ca cafor II for tor by b an un organization too much out of ot proportion to afford unquestioned to lito and property therein What should be the finest body hody of ot po policemen In the United States should shou be found In tho nations capital Con Congre gre s however hoo r hat has been Insofar as ns the thc police pollo and fire depart departments montH ments ore are concerned and yet t tho verj foundation of ot government rests upon the tho protection afforded to persons on and proposition however has hils been beell wholly overlooked by those who make laws for the government of ot tho Iho District of at Columbia as ns well us UI the nation The picture of ot the situation Is III not correctly correct hud until one tho many attentions demanded ot the small In 11 IL Jurisdiction as liS distinct In Its lis social condition and In tho character r of oC oClis Its lis surroundings as liS any In the world Here lIere arc aro the homes hOllies and quarters of ot the tho president of ot United States the tho cabinet and supreme judges tho heads h of oC departments and thoan who conduct tho details of ot the thu govern governmental mental machinery while the members of ot both houses of ot Congress Congre s the embus ministers and attaches of or the foreign legations temporarily reside here While tho population according to 10 Hylester superintendent of ot police pollee nil by li the Iho way one of DC the tho most em lent dent police officers In the country Is 18 generally law abiding there It h still a II largo lar o vicious element clement the petty pelt ferres the dishonest servant the dis disturber of ot the place peace the Intolerable others and ond when these arc Included with those who violate the city ordinances ordinance the aggregate of or ar nr arrests ret rests for tor last year car equals tho a of ot the tho city of ot Ht Louis Loul the num number her ber of ot cases being between and annually On the first ot oC the tho last 1 fiscal year there were 59 privates In Inthe Inthe the force but of at these thee were on detail duty at nt bathing beaches at the tho district building serving nn III guards at nt the tho houses of ot detention at tho work hous 32 were doing doln guard duty dUI I Int at nt the White While House When this detail Is token taken Into consideration and when you ou add to the sick which av average a 25 or 30 a day there are arc lena than and privates to patrol a Il city which has hll nearly people within Its lIs limits A third of ot this force Corce does docs service In the day time lime while tho Iho remainder look after the lives property properly and people at nt night Owing to tho extent of oC the city the Iho bents beats vary nr most materially running from six or eight squares In the bunes section of or the city to BO 50 or 60 In tho resident section It I t understood that there thero are He over oer 20 vacancies In the police depart lIepart department ment at III tho Iho present time men avail for tor tho service preferring to work I where they hn their Sundays Bundas noil holl hollI nights ore off and no uniform to buy hU rather than work worl for tor 00 GO per I month which I In Us munificence cence provided 1 the salary 8 of ot a 1 private should be he nt the lost session last year gave gae an Increase of t forty tort m men mento n nto to tho police pollee department at fCO dollars per Jor month but ns nil before tho de department ha been unable uMble to secure men who can paw paM tho civil service examination for tor this small compensation tion T Any TAFT rAFT When dov 00 arrived In Washing Washington ton last week to 10 take thc tho depart department ment portfolio as al to Secy 8 cY Hoot Hool he ho was accorded an n n escort e cort of ot u 11 troop of ot cavalry When Ellhu Ihu Hoot Hool left for tor New York to resume hl l I vv w practise ho he was also nl o accorded a n 1 n 0 c cort Orders have hlo since been given KIen that ambassadors and ministers accredited to this s country by foreign et will b be accorded a n cavalry SN 1 In with the dignity and prominent prominence of ot the thc Individual There has been b en much criticism hoard that president should M his and do sv HU h III n rat iati I thing thIn 11 s giving citizens of or tin t nit i 1 States cort hut but the o t for Cor this was made plain to a 1 th thA oUter day hy h the th it who said 1 hat thero thorl cro orn not men enough In Washington who be he detailed from their dally patrol duty as escort to 10 prominent personages Not In has there th rl been h so 0 cranks calling nt at the White HOUM on one pretext or another to we lite the as II during the past six month Amoas and ministers nl been br pestered It is II for of ot giving a n lI of ot pro n to III th Ih of or foreign that the cavalry escort d upon unon It w lAS s but a 1 short hort Um Urn ago ItIN that Pory Ei lAb m nt for tor a n oC f representative newspaper men to the request that little or no bo III nad In III their I rapen p rs about the visits of crank to th Ih White 1101 thin hot wen ob by I mn w ho I th Ih of oC the i aili l In view of Ir co II 1111 I It ni II m i for fori i m nt l III Ih I of C Cn n 1 m n 11 art n 1011 n t 11 i vh n th the II nd property of r Wrt 1 rc tuk n In I 0 1 A bill ll t Ik t A 1 arM t of th SIJ II h y Im III Qi U i lw Ao n r pori d Ute i military n nih tM U u II ih of ot Arm chain rail In Th Ih bin bill al tUl to 10 t h h III 11 U m nI u 1 1118 which th y do l t It 0 I frum t U k t b bI who havu luo th I I IU had l III w i 11 t with wit Ut II ir d de ml III IM I I r it thc Ie i rt i t a r i h i l lu to 0 I M MAt 1 At I fr it h i tr ar n 7 l lM lu III 1111 I par lit r Ulu l ut V ul u lieI II I t tl r h tk a ar MIT r III iii v r Mint 1 nl wlm w win winT ft W T v bill 1111 9 Ir LII I oI record of ot a 11 chaplain In the military t which record Is made upon commendations for tor an nn unusual unu merit from his hi regimental rC commander n II concurrence In this opinion and commendation on the part of or tho de department commander According to tho report of ot the Ihl military affairs commit committee tee the th recognition r of or Is one of ot the principles of ot Justice the tho bill proposes Tho stimulation of ot em clency always results hum from the thc possibility of at recognition and promotion raya the thc report and tho Ihl service of ot any on class of o Is 18 sure sur to tl l b Improved by the III knowledge that advancement depends entirely upon n record for tor par particular The rh bill has hns the tho approval not only of or Heiy Hec Taft but by his Immediate predecessor and more than 30 general oll NI is If H 11 has hall been b en endorsed by b many man arch arr bishops 11 ml and laymen y shade of tr rf ll l f 1111 nd 1 resident In every 1 n Ih Union lulon |
