New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-15
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We deeply regret tbstthe Board = b. be thu. cos-
s,t1ted. We ssJ thi' not in personal dspsragemsnt
of the Commissioners, but with simple reference to
their politics. All the Commis ssicners appointed at
AlbsDy are Republicans. Mr.. Brige', who is to be
elected. s al American. The Democrats will have
but two memters Of the BtaId-namey. the May
ors Of New-York and BROOKLYN. They we're fady
entitled to more. and the Governor should have
nominated one able, upright, independent Demo
crst in place Of either Mr.. Bowen or Mr.. Strana-
ban. Then the Board would have stood three to
three, and they would doubtle.s have chosen some
non-partisan higbprincipled citizen ike Luther
Brsdisb. William T. Hhvemeyer. or Robert b.
MintuIn (if On American, 80 much the better. for
the odd man. We believe this would have satisfied
ths. portion of the Democrats who desire to be
satisfied, and rendered the system popular with the
great bodNof our tax paying, law-abidiog citizens
Now il will continue to be made theme Of en-
venoned attack and political contention. This par
t'san constitution of the Commission is at once
wrong aud blurder. It was barely excusable
when Fernando Wood was Mayor, desperately re-
sistpg and laboriDg to subvert the law. With
Mayor TiemaDn in the City Hall it is unjustdaOle,
and endapgers the stability Of the system.
we do not see that Gov. Kings temporary
withdrawal of the nomination Of Mossrs. Bowen
and S.ranahsn is justified BY the fact that they
would else have been rejected. But hear The
Erening Journal:
CITE TRIBUNE says that Senator Spinolas charges
are 'eitbsr true or false, and true those Comml'
siobers ought not to be retained IN Once day
Granted. The charges are now proved to be untrue
But the evidence was not prOcurabe on the instant
end if the course which The TRIBUsE urges hac been
pur.ued, MessIs. Sisanahan and Bowen would nave
been sacrificed. OF what value to them would nave
been a post t-mortem vindlcat;onF'
We believe this statement does grave injustice 10
the Senate We have seen no evidence OF disPo-
.ition on the part of that body to do injustice BY
precipitancy. On the contrary, we believe 1t was
only necessary that any friend of the Governor or
of the nominees should nave risen and said: "The
charges made by Mr.. Spinola are unfoundsd, or
else the facts are greatly distorted-I ask time to
show them to be so'-and the Senate would have
promptly and oheerfully granted the request. If
the Governor supposed Mr.. Spno,a's weight Of
character or Senatorial influence so great that his
charges would be accepted as proofs, and no time
granted the accused for refuting them, he did nus-
tics alike to the integrity and the discernment OF
the Senate.
But we object squarely to the assumption that
Messrs Bowen ard Straaahan would have been
"sacriiced" if they had not been reappointed.
They are men abundantly able and 1--WE presume)
willing to live without Office. One of them (Mr.
Stranahan) accepted this post with great reluct-
ance and has never manifested, 80 far as We know,
any desire to retain il. We do both the justice to
believe that they prefer not to remain in Office an
hour longer than the public interest shall be served
by their retention.
The journal proceeds to say that
"THF TRIBUNE, we believe, was earnestly in favor
of the Metropolitan Police law"
Tile Journals recollection ia not exact. THE
TRIBUNE at first earnestly and actively opposed the
metropolitan Police bill as an unwarrauted depart
ure from the sound principle of local seif-gOvern-
ment. Finally, on the urgent appeal of leading
Democrats, who desired the relief Of our City from
the demorazing and dangerous despotism of Fer
nando Wood, we waived our original objections and
went in as heartily for the proposed law. We even
swallowed the Albany Commission, though we
could have wished it differently constituted. We
supported it, so far as we could, down TO the de-
feat of Fernando Wood and the election of Mayor
Tiemann, but always regarded it as an exceptional
measure, intended to mitigate and overthrow the
Wood tyranny. Thenceforward, We have regarded
its work as virtually done, and have desired such
modification as would assmilate it to the system
by which our Public Charities are taken out of the
domain of party politics. We desired the succes'
of Senator Diven's bill; we think the Republicans
and Americans should have united to pass that
bill, as they had power to do. That falling we
think the Governor should have so modified the
Commission as to diyest the Board entirely of its
partisan character If the Lecompton Senators
had voted against this, much the better; if they
had voted It down, we should then have stood vim
dcated as party from the imputation of having,
for party purpose, divested the City of the con-
troll of it's Police As it is, We apprehend that the
Governor has been very badly advised, and has
done serious damage to the Republican cause. We
could wish that even yet, some bill might be
passed which should place the control of our Police
practically in the hands of Mayor Tiemann. He is
Democrat, but our citizens know and confde in
him. We are sure he will not betrsy them.