New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-04

Ale Fox moved that the further resdi0g be dis
peusc6 wi b.
Ald. HERRcK wanted to hear abeus the bulldogs.
ltwes 6rally decided to read the report Of @ ore
tisie-, the tel or, 10 the Geek OF tie Court OF Com
mon cas-, when he made his application 20 beoome
citizen, in which he pus George down smorg his
children.
Ad. LORD Wished 10 revert 70 thssHiiav IT L1ui,a
Nyckof, who wa, seut to subpeus oEe of The Chiefs
Ssters, Mrs. Finn formerly AcFrp, aud had the door
dsmned IN her face and when she called 10 ioqmre
for Mrs Finn "her daugheTs eviGcSd nervous
"lreR ulafiSn Of the hands aud JAWS such az she
Lneyer rinfs ed on the moss psufui occasions
Thi. snr he buldog apd the revolver affidavit were
rad and AZ lee; the following preamble and rasOla-
ter: -
Y@ikoupiod BY Bhsh alien. tsBd he doss pot dsny IT,
bss thssfore never hid ths Gus hsaoDS
ReTSd That .ho fcs Of Chief sf Police of the City Of
40 BRIGGS moved the sgopi0n Of the preamble
end resolution
Aid. HOWARD hoped that that would not oAss. 1t
was unt ue, for Mr.. Msse had been before the Com
ntee, AUD sworn that biz mother han told him that
was born IN thus couniry. II they should adopt
tsst every ritving den woul1 be iilIriua'ed. And
well they might these fellows had been On the
Chiefs rack for four or five wears sad thsy came TO
him, and be tod them be would vote for il If they
YOU'D show good cause. And so would aoy man
whom ta9 'i1th Wsrd you'd seud ere for that Ward
was Proveibia foritS hoIesy auZh'er ald Tor send
inR mes there who dare vote 10 u a ~ man ont of
pfico il he did wong. Who koew ~hsther this Mat.
eel which the Brandon register referred to- wss our
Chit, AID whether this Henry Washington Jackson
Columbs Aboeel vas his con. He could fadluo Mug.
Here was men who wss ouuging around hera every
cay, secOt0 only 70 the imekiln Ban, without aay
visible means Of supports he had been among lot Of
cid women % get no these Gtiidavls aud snOGid they
turn = sble man out IT office on sucs aiii4vis
% these He Ia favor Of cleo log the Chief OF
Police. He wanted Metsell TO have 10 come before
The pope syery three years. But be was ageinst
tunife him out so. Ii was credit to thsse men,
Mafaa ND ~ hat flav Ot
ale s; 1t showed that nothing else could be brought
agsilst them; for il they coUld have brought any
thing cleo against them they sOuld not have en- re-
dpced TO such ridiculous charges. lie would ike TO
kDow where these men came fom-Goi only knew.
He very much questioned whej er sny of them could
20 back more than ore or two generations. He
warned these men-od Tucker amouZ the rest-that
there would come dsy vines they would repent this.
AID. VIM TUCKER said that if Mr.. al atseli vas not
al alell the vote Of this Bssrd would not tara him
out; if he weIe he ought DO, to have the office He
should vote without fear favor for the res pluton
AID BRIGGS sail that sioce it had been proved that
Nr. Mssell was en- alien he hal not dshsd it, There
was DO CHARGE for doubt in the MANI of cDucurrent
testimony which all proved that he vas alien.
Was not no The author Of the chsrter by which officers
held their offices for iea foreign English law Had
he De. had control Of the city Governmeat-conro Of
Tie Les islaturel Had he not been Mayor for many
yssrs past This time he had fouai hat be had got
bod OF borse and Re eoulc not b9 Mayor, but II 1t had
been marc be would have been May or. Was he
not master of this standing srny here, made up
20 20 irto such minute Investigation when he began,
ard should not have done so il he had used suca du
phciy In HE report lie hsd return ed 10 foreigners OF
any account as having been in prison. He returned
none from the Firtt Ward. He laid Briggs had
called up policemen from that ward and from Others
shsre no men had been returned as having been in
prison. and they that they had besn in prison.
In the Thirteenth Ware few Americans VINO bad
been In the watch-bouse were psrsded having been
In prison. while foreigl ers sho had been guty OF The
most henous crimes were passed over. Mr. Briggs
touchrgy alluded to the departed black trunk. They
nj knew that the Chief office was the most corrupt
hole in the city. No stolen property that went In there
ever went out except at the back way.
Aid. LORD said there had been caucus in which
twelve members had pledged themselves to vote Tor
this resolution.
AID ELY would save the gentlsmaa's time by de-
e.ring on his responsibility that there hsd been
no csucue.
AID LORD proceeded to ssy that that only proved
that ose gentlemen hsd been kept in ignorance Bs'
bore leaving the Board, which he intended TO 90
fAsrty, he intended to make such expan.tons az ne
Seemed necessary. 1t had been sta'sd that Mr. Nat
I'll had sworn that he had been born 10 thn country
sTrt this was mistake He had only sa'sa that MS
n otb.r told him so. And for this was mans char'
i,el ~ TO be bssted7 The fact was, that the whoe
III 1t Of this movement was that MI maVeu hso re-
pored more Americans having been IN prison IMAM
really were. This was the identical tempest 10 the
identical teapot which had so often besn re-
feIred to. What matter If the Cniet were aa
En.ishmtnH Wss anything efDasM ,s aSei es.
csption to the testimony as lawyer, because tne
evidence was merely expsrte. The report which ha1
been broug hi ND here, in which George MatseI SET
down George as bis son, had been found II the csar
of the City Hail. whore ii might have been paced oy
ANYBODY. The authenticity Of the Brandon Regster
depended not upon tue vefacity OF MI oedg Nch or
The American Minister bu. only upon the vaioity OF
fbe statement of the indefstgaoe Branch whose dis-
pertatiens be had read WI 20 much interest oss'
this resolution would be the gtosseet piece OF tom,
foolery which the Board could commit Inc boara
Il. he I'm mi
AID, VooRHIs did not see the relevancy OF gro,
portion Of his friends remarks ihs reason assgS
Tor removing the Chief was that ne was on n.nEIa
alien and the testimony add1ced was sasfsotory 10
him. he would not ike TO be tried for his lie on H.
AID Vooshis proceeded 10 review the evidence Tncu
vas very conclusive to his MUD, he raid III II were
not co. why did no. the Chief bring up bis SISTER maIy
who YVES twenty four years old when they came over
He "a firmly believed thst Mststl was barn 10 ho-
xrnd ss that he hmsef was born in the United States
lie though. that We had some Americans vac cou,u
10 the Chiefs work ss well as be The Chei Knew
ali about the gambling houses which were so pen'y
in the city, and cid he ever make descent upon tuem
Last Spring the Mayor ordered an arrest oa =.
vas made ipformatio On had been sent Ia W '
vsmblers and they were prepared.
Dining the Aldermau's speech, SAN, VINO "ss
numerouely represented in the lobby frequently ms9e
demopstr atoms OF satisfaction, which were Win UNI
Guilty repressed. o,;u;or ~ lb
Lord that the Board could not remove TIE C1,el OF
Police the following from the opinion OF Wm' our1n
Moves. eco: ..,.,., l.s;,,.tiv.
ns.y and control City Government ard ns sse as
f,t, rso bound TO see that the las an so
city officer. shtu observed sae sppea b o &
both the Common Council 60 declare u, n
Chef Police vacant BY rts'Sn o. De 70 ss pd to ss
spon the appointing power to poese. h 70 al
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