The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-03

Police 90 be Obtained II Possible.
Though the meeting at the Tabernacle and
the structures Of the press may be said to have
killed off the Police bill which the friends of
Mr.. Seward had introduced into the Legisla-
ture, the scheme has not on that account been
abandoned. II Is now intended, we learn from
Q correspondent, that the Police bill shall be
quietly dropped, but that its provisions, en-
bodied in brief section or two, and couched as
an amendment, shall be incorporated into the
new Charter bill. AS this latter is sure of the
support of commanding majority, it is ex-
pected that the obnoxious change may be
struggled through, without notice, under its
cover. The end Of the session will of course be
chosen for the accomplishment of the trick
and, as usual, large proportion Of the me-
bers will be unconscious of what they -.
done until the bill is law. This is the -,
lation, and it is pretty shrewd one.
Should it be carried out according t. ..s--,
adouble aim will be accomplished m.s g..
ward men will gain the support Of e,e gamblers
and the keepers of the houses ~ ,ros,;.,,.;..
for future political operation ,a1,..dr ~.
pecuniary aid of these person 1,h.s hoon soo,rod
to the extent of $4,000 for tbe nurnose of
taking from Mayor Woo 4any mart Of the con
troll he may now have uver the nolice farce
and handing it over 4, less scrnnnlous ;ndi
viduais' ! Sa uee laid scheme to over throw
the present exceiP mt police and bring back the
odious system itch wasin existence year or
TWO ago. are we prepared for this change
Are the Peep 1e willing to have " short boys"
rowdies ahe .rafians made the guardians of the
city Ar the members of the Legislature from
the rur" districts willing to have their wives
ana az lighters subject to insult and outrage
wnen ever they visit the metropolis?
ne fact is Mr.. Seward cannot dispense
with the aid of the New York police. They
Are essential to his ambitious schemes. II
any thing is to grow out Of the recent dis
organization Of parties to his advantage, the
first thing needful Is the command of the New
York mob, and they can only be commanded
through the police. Should his .partisans
bring him forward next year as Presden-
tial candidate as they intend to do, if they
can, the police must be on their side, or the
city. which ought to be his stron gheld, is Sc
cured to his opponents Naturally. the police
side with the democratic party. If they were
left to themselves to vote their own way, it is
pretty certain that a large majority of them
would vote the democratic ticket. But this has
so rarely happened these conditions have been
so rarely fulfilled, that their natural proclivi-
ties matter little. Policemen like soldiers, do
as they are bid: whether in voting or patrelling.
They have moreover wonderfully nice sense
OF what is judicious and what hurtful at cleo
1yvnx
turbing the peace, and the men they should
never see in any mischief; can make an
opponent move on with q perfectly calm face,
while they allow crowd of their own faction
to block the way. BY these means, indie
pendently of their own vote which cannot be
rated at less than thousand, they control in
reality an electoral patronage unqestionably
greater than that of any other body or agency
in the State. 1t would not be two much to say,
considering how many men abstain from voting
altogether, that at any seriously contested cleo.
ton the police are sure to turn the scale in
favor Of whichever side they espouss.
Hence the anxiety Of Mr.. Stewards friends
| to get them out of the hands of the present
| Commissioners, and render them dependent on
and responsible to tools of their own. We
gather from our Albany correspondents des-
patch that two parties, one hard shell, the
other soft, have put their hands in their
pockets and sent three thousand dollars to Al
bany to help carry the bill, with view of OBJ
tanning commissionership apiece. There is
nothing surprising in this; but the reader must
not be misled by names These generous men
may have been hards or softs in times past:
now they are Seward men, and nothing else.
They are pledged to do Stewards work in their
Office Of commissioners; if they are not, they
have no chance of the office, and have invested |
their money badly.
1t remains to be seen whether there is any |
one in the Legislature who will take the initia-
tive in exposing-it only needs to be exposed
this fragrant fraud.