New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-23
TIE SENATORIAL POLICE 1--WE 5 TIGA-
TON

! TIE BrooHyr 75rsS OF Ia. evening Publishes an
at Gle purpoIng 20 give point, 0. re evidence
taken before tie Senatorial Police Committee from
which we cObdeu-s the following summary: It is
I charse ed that
. tie Office Of the Deputy Superintendent. Of Police il
~ ay IL uOdel of CrcuHIoc s.i9a ard asg sue1ur
a. q, =. the Investigation tended to .hoE no, only
Lo ere ae too msn7 oerks but that the ie?srtnen.
~. verv inharmorous'y. For inst.uoe, no one in
~ ~, a-tne.. copli tell what Nr. ID. b. Hesbr0uck
cutie. re. TLey 81 know that he was bl-y msn,
lnrpipg an ,und in all directions bu, the sphere ana
nature al ma labOIs two theses w slah'
The New-YorA clerks gave NJ en-. .ol uo.ns sSi!
,e In thst civ bot supposed De did great deal in
Brooklyn but Mf. w. II. Folk thought the stset con-
trary-thst M Hs, brouck did ve3 its IN bfo"syn,
hut probably gres, deal IN Ner-io' C9nttChei
Lewis of Brookypl, hosevef, t1reT ". 1frorO ~
this dubious question: by shosDg that M .itsoto0o1
was diligently working eve-y day except SinacFs ana
Fourth Of July. on The Wi'anT'urgh Improvement
Coum-sion-neaLwhiIe draw 'tg pay also ifen The
Police a. fist assistant Clerk.
NJ. Hssbrouck, dis.egarling thu subpoena Of Il.
Committee. had failed TO spPear before them. L:
seems iha, che had figured ~ a. Inspector Of
" Police Uniforms, ard agent ard collector for TIE
" tailor by whom they were made" The writer goes
OF:
"The evidence Of Ger ..Supt Tallmsdge, wh.n pub
ton. than any other. Tie General declares himself
to be hwerte1 in every turn by the clashng authority
Of bin self end the Commissioners Toe Board at large
are continually framing pew rules, which tie every
day necessities Of tie force compel the Superintendent
to override. ana On the other hand he hnds individual
Commissioners assuming TO overrue hun, even IA the
smallest matters Of detail SO far from being respou
SHE authoritative head Of the force, he huds himself
r,daced to expensive automaton, and Lis office 70
mere sinecure.'
II regard to the house and lot ssid TO hsvo been DO
mated TO General Nye, the writer says:
"Thc fscts, as stated by Csp,. Squires snd one or
two New. York officers, WHO alone told strsightfor-
ward story, are plain enough Mr.. Gri!ey owned
SloOoO hcuse 70 est 'tteeti 'hat mon
raised from the policemen, N some cases Will
ingly IN others glingy,to mske donation to MIR.
Nye that pat Ct this money has been retained to
tie mep because the newspaps X made such an out
cry about It, and that the other part is now in the
hards of Nj Giidey; and that NJ. Nye is now living
il the hOuse in question. This IL all PLAIN enough
but one till the evidence appears in print will be
likely to imagine the amount Of preysncation, eqalvo-
cation and rank perjury which form tie staple Of the
evidence of most of TOE New. York Captains on this
point Excepting Mr. Squires above referred to, who
stae point blsnk that be thought Mr. Nye deserving
of n testimonial and Helped raise money to get him
one. there hardly officer VINO did not descend
the transparent subterfuges in order 10 AVOID
owning NJ that the men lad been backmoled for Mr.
Nye's benefit.
many precincts, both 1877 and 1893, 10 devote to
Tie Republioan and American committees, but with
ore or two exceptions the declared that they gave
the money voluntarily
The correspondent Of Tie Times sums up thus:
"CIcumocution and favoritism, in brief, are the
great faults Of the present equalization, as developed
by this inquiry. Circumlocuiion, IN the number of
useless officer the eSorbltsnt salaries IA the abun-
dance of rules, made only TO be broken, ana hall OF
them impraciicable ia the conflict of authority IN the
extension Of the Commissioners Jurisdiction over the
-. AL. - ,f =
demands remedy Fayoiiti,m, IN the bestowng fat
salaries upon professional politicians, who have no
time 10 devote to the department and who have other
duties dsmardug all their attention. IN the org snzog
a mounted brigade, IN order to give p COMMISSIONER
brother Job to board the horses IN the admission oil
unqualified men, on account of their relationship to
favcre oficers and worst OF all in overlooking the
most rascaly offer the part of members OF the
force, who had personal or political claims on Com
Beyond all this. there is n grave ,r.p..~.;e.. GA
tsbhshed not only by the evidence OF payers bat OF
receiver that appointments in the force have been
sold by men who had at least an ostensble intimacy
with the party in whose they are stated to have
profe the power to conclude such bargains. This
part Of tie inquiry is not yet fashed, the impusned
Commis-iouer having yet to offer hts explanation.
BROOKLYN comes out of this irv,- CATION 10 many
respects, with fly lng coois. The municipal systems
tie two cities also appeared IN contrast very ia'ol-
able to Broo klyn. ca Graham being called on for
an account of the expenses for police, additional 20
that directly clargeable to the police fund, was able
promptly aud fully TO supply TIE desired inform stion
while a similar requiston, made on the newborn au-
thorities eicted the fact that the expenditures OF
that city are disbuIsed through such mntiiaroos
cham elr that it will be impossible to suppy the de-
81 ed statistics with any accuracy until next year
Mr.. Strsnai an, according 10 the writer, hiss been
very lepept 10 certain members Of the brooklyn force,
overlooking in instances charges OF tue sra'e''
cbnracter One man who if the evidence is to be be-
heved, richly deserved the State Pnron WAS no' dis
missed, but merely transferred to New-fork for duty
The writer says that " the public will not be surplsef
TO leain after this, that the morality of the New
York part Of the force is not high, but that keepers
Of inrroI er houses reckon captains of police among
their patrons and that Others shown to nave daY
frequeIted rum-shops, to have associated famlary
with thieves and 10 have appeared 10 the witness box
as witnesses no, against but behalf of gambling
house keepers all OF which among the disclosures
which nay be- expected wien the Committee make
their report.
NETWORK AND PHILADELPHIA