New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-22


ment-shey say, why are you afraid that the people
should elect the four Com missioner they s~cs
| the Msyor Recorder and City Jodge. answer, re
CITY Judge and Recorder are Commissioners only IL
cidentAly and Dot by oirest election. Thas taers
not . pollticsl feeling against them ~ Com MS
ere they step In as il uukno an to the psop's
there sd leg about ther on ssco nnssoe-
Sut vber YOU have the po,.icsi stand Nd ra--1
for mis- ana thar Commissiooer, the result Gu De 40
pcr.ase of party strife Again: is Il polirc to add
any uo.s ns.s % the LIST Of csEGds'es fog general
election Last election you had four or i've tickets
handed you. full Of names you knee Bothrs about:
and you had nothing eft You but Hebsons choice
Again they cry: The people OF New York don pay
iases enough. Laughter They pay, indeed. four
or five millions su il VII take little csors break
the cauls back let us pat on twenty thirty tnou-
sand more and the poor devils Of Nsw York woa't
nina the addition. But ibstesd OF 100 police
men, you viii soon want 1000 husbsnA
,our money for the purpose OF paying them
New candldsie for the police must be Endorsed by
95 citizens of whom two tnrds must be citizens OF hss
wsrd. BY this bill, smsa may 70 TO any Ward sod
geths % there. 50 suddenly SINS bill drawn.
that think 40 msn at Abs ny oss discovered that.
thew put all the rest but leave out the clause which
saws that two thirds Of the lndossrs must be inhsbt
ants Of the particular Ward. You see whyf A bully
or political rufian can go into any ward and get hts
95 godathers. Agsiu: Of all Internal plans -
destroy a system, the following is the mpst
passing one. II has cost no trouble 10 hod ths
cevis which Turk in this bill, but was resolved -
cast them out. Look down Srosdsay, ana yoa viii
see fine stslwsrt men, executing their duty as police
men with q gentswauly feeling, and with worthy
p,ide. They hand laics scrces the street with the
air of gentlemen, add the Gsrcely dsshing omnibus
has DO terrors for the fair hos Tell your wives
and daug hsrs that there is p,ot to take away the
respectabiity OF these men aid they will give you
peace till YOU protect them. sug hter aud applause
This bill wsrts 10 drive away frOm the Department
every man who bss the feeling OF gentleman.
In tie last clause the duty is assigned TO them
OF lighting the lamps; they turn, then, into lamp
lighters The night comes on. and tais geutemanly,
fine ook ING man. with his eagle end star, takes po<
of oil in his hand srd goes campaigning. Laugh
ter and applause Such men woald spit on such
du,y sur9ec certificate that msn is strong IN
muscle knowledge of the four rules of arithmetic,
and An Involvement by swentyfve citizens, are not
peeded TO make man tit 70 light lsmps Laughter
Psss that law, and they will resign IN abcdy and,
on the st of April you may be foupd not only With
out eads but even without the body OF Poce.
The move is political one; t~o political
caucuses hsve already been held on IT.
one 10 days ago, and one yesterday in which o. men.
not knowing the will Of the people, have sold the pro-
lection Of your property and persons topTty pur-
poses cast them of il they my political friends.
thew shall be my political foee and let every man
make them his Loud applause spent SIX mouths
in Presidential campaign, that H. all the time
could then spare from my profession and l have
some strength left yet. call upon all Of you to let
those leg .lsors know Inst il they beray you, you
i'll black ball them on eiectond day Loud applause
This City above all in Cbristendcm, requires an
efficient Police. Crime grows with the populs-
ton aud our City has become the Poor House
and Peni.entiary of Europe. LIST yer. for AZ
crimes and breaches Of ordinances. the Police
arrested 50, 7l2 persons The committsls to prison
for the last three years were, in 1882, % 36o OF
which number 2,i7i were temperate, aud 2s5si
Incorporate; in 1853, arrests, 2s,5jl-te nperAt
1899 Incorporate, - 32; 10 1884, arrests, 30 69i
temperate, about 600; Incorporate, IS ooo
Five yesrs ago showed there WAS more s'aoong up
town than in all Italy, the land of the stiletto. Tbe
srres,s for murder in this City in ls9l, were 81 in
want to destroy your police Besides these arrests,
the Coroner's Ipquests tell how many murderers have
escaped have been at the trouble OF
studying this subject, that when We 60 to
in republican New-York, shall this be so.
while in Epgand, with population OF $4,000 ,ooo'
they had in one year only - murders. ! sm gong !"
reflect on no man; but Tor what used to be murder,
for which life should be gwen Tor me- your negs-
sture has cut up the statute into shades OF A
slaughter which return short imprisonment tor hu-
man blood. You have not had man hung here Tor
three years: il is time, some men were hung You
must have Jadges and Jures that will execute the
laws 1 do not desire to be cruel, but society
should be saved. Your Mayor designs carry
ing out a River Police, for along the wharves
the greater portion Of the crime Is committed
Your Police system is but in It's infancy is only two
years old; let il have fair trial. Let Us use our
r2ht. The members from the rural districts are res
sonabe men; but il sDy man act unreasonably let us
cut him down election day, no matter to Whist party
down our throsts let us determine not to swallow t
Loud end prolonged applause.
Mr. JosYpH HoxrE then came forward with an
immense roll of manuscript in his hand, and said he
did not NOT know but he a little too late for q
long speech. Laughter. Once upon a time
similar document was presented in the British House
Of Lords and when the Lord Chsncelor asked for
the end OF it, he was gravey informed that the people
in Manchester sl afixDg their signatures ~ IT,
Laughter lUnrollng the petition along the plat
form Now this is the voice OF 6,75o voters OF tho
LIST, lid and Hid Wards OF this Ciy, and the other
end OF the doucumen. is still being signed up in
the XVIIIth Wad. Great lsushter and applause
Tbe old fashioned people where was brought up used
10 say that, c0arDg man and Facilitating nus ext by
an application of the boot-toe to certain tender point
was gentle hint to leave and If thst was gentle
hint should think Representatives at Albany
would feel that this the petitoDl was hint OF the
brosdest kind. [Grest applause. After some high
encsnums upon the present Police system ofthe City,
the speaker continued For tho last 80 years Of my
life, have fought under ths banners OF the Wing
party bat II the party in power at Albany passes
ts obnoxious bill all have 10 to say IT, have cast
my last Wing vote. Very great applause
Mr. PrLArIaH PERRirr, President Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, offered the following
Rs,ot1 Ths, tho sssins the change OF tho
present police system Of the City Of New Yors which h
been extensively circulated .ad signed ~ inc sssn, o.
officers toereof and forwarded to the Legss'ae a. A's"J
without Delay
Mr.. PERI1r ,sid, in the name of tho good order.
safety and general welfare Of the City ne hoped that
the Ubiquitous bill which had been sprung upon tho
citizens of New. York would not pass II the inter-
ess Of this community were TO be sacrificed 10 ths
ambition Of few political knaves, II was time thar
the CON nunity knew it. But he did not believe THAI
the Legislature would venture 10 persist 10 this step
alter becoming Of the feeling OF New York upon
tie subject. The Municipal Government Is emery
rg from chaotic Encouragement to harmonious
efficiency under this system, and the people knew IL,
and therefore desired that the good work might 90
"a, 10 which had taken Mace the