OCR Text |
Show tlce of ordering criminals to v "move on,',' and Honolulu no doubt had never thought of a scheme so original and evasive of exact duty until some one from the "mainland" pointed out tho manner of handling the undesirable element as'practiced by our cities. ' Ttfis ordering of criminal suspects out of town, which simply means the Inflicting of their presence on some other town, is wrong and should bo abolished by common consent. It necessary to do this, thero should be a convention of city officials from all over this western country to consider some better plan of disposing of dangerous dan-gerous vagabonds and other itinerants itiner-ants of criminal instinct who aro driven from place to place and made confirmed criminals. Wo suggest that a convention with this object in view be called to meet in Ogden and that the call include the chiefs of police of all cities and the law officers of towns and villages. Ogden unloads Its criminals on Salt Lake and Salt Lake sends back a greater number, and the result Is these drifting undesirables remain at large until they commit some atrocious crime. . SHIPPING CRIMINALS OUT OF OGDEN. Honolulu is ridding itself of the criminal element by shipping the bad iui?u to tho mainland, landing most of . them at San Francisco. Recently a negro, charged with shooting a man, named Parker, was allowed to escape on a ship sailing for San Francisco, and, in their eagerness to get him away, a number of citizens offered to pay his faro. Thl3 bhlrkint; of responsibility on the part of the authorities of Honolulu Hono-lulu is nothing new. City governments govern-ments all over the West make a prae- |