The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-13
TIE New POLICE BuI-PEr-

The NEW POLICE BuLr-PEr- r,nco,ya pm,.
rIcIANs.-The Lieutenant r,..r.ar ~. .onAs-
scended to write a let. .er 70 Mayor WOOD, in re-
ply on,s n0ner protest against the newrOwdy
fonce Oh, before the Legislature. Master
hr~y mond, as usual, deals largely In twaddle,
and in that small beer clap-trap Of Q housing
and pettifogging politician. He IL plead
ing the cause Of the primary election row.
dies. They have served him . good turn. for
oil that we know, and may be useful hereaf-
ter. The greater Seward Ajax Of the Tribune
calls the Lieutenant Governor "a little vii
lain" and we are not sure but that, touching
his political tactics, the appellstion is well be-
slowed. 1t is difficult 10 conceive how an
honest man, with the experience Of Raymond
concerning the rum and runianism which have
so long controlled the politics Of this city,
could approve the passage Of this new police
bill, for it is substantially bill 10 legalize
rufianism, to fix upon us by law the supreme
controlling power Of the bloody rufians OF
the Stanwix Hall tragedy and their associates,
under the thin disguise Of popular reform.
But the approval OF this new bill by Master
Raymond is perfectly consistent with the ar
ticle Of his newspaper organ here, justifying
and eulogizing the late proceedings here,
canonizing rowdyism, and formally inaugural
ing Reign of Terror. Such are the tactics Of
the Broadway House politicians, and Of the
'little villain" 80 called, who speaks by au-
thority Of the Lieutenant Governor Well, We
must be patient; but were there any other
than Seward majority in our Legislature we
should appeal to them to strengthen the hands
of our Mayor instead Of weakening them, and
to concentrate the supreme supervision Of all
our executive departments in that officer Thus
our city government would conform to
the structure of our federal government, Of
which the President, touching all executive
matters, is the supreme and responsible head.
But as 1t is, we can only ask Of our Seward law
makers at Albany to spare this community the
law of terrorism of the new police BILL and to
let Mayor Wood alone. If his hands must be
kept tied up, do not gag him, and turn rufilan-
ism loose upon the city. Tax US, fix upon us q
horde of regulators and spoilsmen, let filth and
garbage accumulate in our streets, give us up
to plumber, dirt and pestlence, if it must be SO;
but spare us police corps nominated by ruf-
fans and assassins, spare our lives and proper
ty from the mercy Of legalized cut-throats and
burglars, and we shall be thankful.
At all events, don't give us this new police
bill in advance Of the Maine Liquor law. Stop
their grog, if you will; but don't, for the sake
Of deoency, and for charity's sake, pass law
to turn off our present police corps, and to sub
stitute such specimens as ex-policeman Baker.
We are quite sure that large majority Of this
community do not desire the re election Of
Baker. On the contrary, in the face of the
Lieutenant Governor, we feel authorized to
say that our citizens are opposed to the guar
dianship of such men as Baker, and the rest
Of the participants in the bloody frolic at STAN
wix Hall. Don't inaict upon us this new police
bill.