Lieut. Edmund Blaney, of the Atlantic Avenue police station,
Brooklyn, who locked up his son brought in on the charge of
fighting, is to be commended for his determination that his
own shall be treated no better than others. It is a gratifying
instance of the absence of “pull” and a delightful example of
paternal willingness to see that punishment is meted out when
it should be. Lieutenant Blaney could have let his fighting
son, a man of twenty-three, and the other prisoner go upon
their promise to appear in court, and no one would have taken
exception to such a display of fatherly interest, but he
preferred the Spartan attitude. The public need not expect
this rule to be generally followed, for not many parents have
the firmness to deal out the same degree of severe treatment
to their own offspring as to those of others. A not to be
overlooked feature of the case is the evident reduction of the
young man’s opinion of his ability to violate the law and escape
the consequences. He thought, or said, that he could not be
arrested because he was an officer’s son. That was yesterday.
To-day he is wiser and it is hoped a slightly better citizen
from a forced realization that ordinances are intended for all
alike.--Brooklyn _Standard Union_.
(1545)
=Impartiality of God=--See PRIVILEGE.