Q. Well, it was because they did not do it. Do you mean to say that you, as Chief of Police, with 3,500 sworn men——
A. Don’t say 3,500 men. It is 2,500 men; don’t make it quite so strong.
Q. Do you say to this committee, that with 2,500 sworn men in this city you are powerless to stop the public running of pool rooms in this city?
A. I will say that I am powerless to stop a man from making hand books, or selling pools confidentially to his friends.
Q. Do you know of any pool rooms being conducted in this city during the months of October, November and December?
A. I don’t know of my own knowledge; I never was in one.
Q. Did any of the 2,500 men ever report anything of that kind to you?
A. I never had any definite report on that subject.
Q. They were giving the people a liberal government?
A. Yes, things were running very easy.