New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-01
past before US let profit by il, sad dscwa ihe VdE
gar war rhapsodies now occupying Congress
Tie POLIC8.

tNItN
The evil Of special legislation at Albany Ia refer
cree to the affairs of this City never more obyi
Gus than now More than one.third OF the work pro-
messed ia the law makers of The State this winter has
Be ell coucocted tere aud most of il il intended % Sc
here only Scores of Old wrepulers, eete politicians
copdtmued public servants. sId not a iew wel known
rocues are the engineers of the several schemes now
in the legislative hopper snd which may at any mo-
meut be ground out under the forcing process peculiar
70 The close of the session. Fortunately one yery
pretty scheme which the movers could not hsye doubt
al would enc in the ruin Of the Police Department
las been rar;ially checked The bill to make the
C'ef Of Police an elective officer, ana 70 invest h,m
z,.b .bo rover Of his own nomination through
h .orian guard eleven hundred strong, has been
throw overheard; but there is substitute 10 rs
place Dc. car1gly pernicicg' ba. sill oaiinl'tsd
in some mees re- O. produce tle sane results tfls
substitute does arsy with the open ari direct election
Of the Chief but ma hin thc mere ereature Of the
Mayor, appointed and ey,'tad 81 bis will Therefore
oil the friends Of any particular candidate for Chef
have 10 TO- to nominate end sc, he right kind OF
Mayer. and the thing is dc2e. TIE first section Of
The substituted bill stscs oa the Che; shall be ap-
pointed with the Gomez Of the Commissioners,
(Nsyor Recorder ar Cy Jlige) but shall hold
office during the pleasure o! the Mayor olly' tsu'
Giving Tie latter - th h' Of disrissilg many
cau6ioates as b. ADDS necessary before he can
settle upon T. p Ign whom he was elected to ap-
point. lie a.. section conirus .his power, by
providing ,la IN ce>e vacancy shall occdr IN the
ofce = -odsou Of death, resignatiOn or otherwise,
(2tc' means dismissal by the NayOr) the Mayor
algrc g. r f he vacancy until ST ;cessOr shall be
afro atsd ~ tie Board Of Commissioners The last
section Of this artul dodge however is the worst 1t
Is aimed especisly at the present BOard of Commis-
sjouers end provides that al members OF the Police
Departut1 now in Office except the Chief shall hold
their rers during coed behayior thus legsatng INTO
the srecures Of the Dep rment for their lifetime all
the sturi broken down old hacks, VINO now hang hae
doad.wciebts uron tie CT y-men so notorious unfit
morally and rhysically for tie active and resi- oLsbe
duties o. the service, that they have become tue oy
word OF the town. These are the persons whom the
Board of Commissioners have been replacing as rapidly
as the expiration Of their four years tenure would
allow They have, TO man, been supplanted by more
sui,abe material greatly 10 the benefit Of the Depart
r.nt and the profit aud security of the City.
Now why is all this tinkerng aud amending aud cub
stuting going forward Not the slightest disiatsiac-
ton with the existing Board of Commissioners Of Po-
lice has been expressed by the People; and the only
disappointed parties the paupers daily eziled from
the Department, the rOwdies and backguards OF the
force sentenced for misconduct the usy and Inefficient
Chief and certain Aldermen whose fingers itch to hold
the power of appointing policemen in their respective
Wards Tie honest portion of the People OF the City
al with +ha nrpgpnr arranOpmnufS
for filing tie department; the Commissioners have
dore wel and are doing we'll and if the depart
ment is left to their control we may soon boast OF as
efficient and Trustworthy force as can be found ese
where We irust the Legislature will assure the per-
manency of the existing arrangement by conclus'ey
rejecting the BILL