The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-11-09
The Police Commissioners Remov.
ed-Excitement in Baltimor4


-AAAPALIs, November l.-The Governor
has decided TO remove the iGoinmissicners.
The decision is very 'bItteT against thpms He
says the registry lists Of 1896 should have. no
right to 60 behindtIe registry law. He says
the Police Commissioners and the Judges of
Election were most partisan ia their charnc-
ter, and were guilty Of gross Official .niscori-
duct. lie would call upon the United States
Government to uphold bis authority If IL
should be necessary. 'f4ef-ft4'
sheriff Thompson, OF Baltimore, arri, ed
here this morning for the purpose of taking
up the commissions Of the new officers. u
BALTIMORE, November 1.-The old Police
Commissioners are in session with their coun-
ael and advisers. II is not known definitely
what they Will do. Ills believed that they
wlll take some such course as the following. !.
upder the law which creates the board OF.
Poliee Commissioners, it is claimed that they
have most ample power. They Gao in any
emergency increase their force without limit,
and call out the military II they deem it.rxpp-
dent. They can alSo summon the Sheriff,
who was made subject to their order
They have assumed il as understood Tue
ground frat is, that they are no, guilty of
official misconduct, and next, under the fol-
lowing clause in the new CONSTITUTION Of the
State, they maintain that as thcy Are elected
70 Office BY the Legislature, the Governor
has noPower TO remove them, on the ground
that the chnse below quoted annuls aud ait
rogAtes the provisions of law under which
the Governor acts, which WIS passed prior
to the enactment of the new constitntion
The clause in the new constitution referrei
10, is rs follows;
"AFticle 2, Section h--The Governor may
suspend, etc, and may remove rpr imeompr-
.ehcy or misconduct, all ciyilOficers who re-
ceiye appointment from The Executive for q
term not exceeding two ysars.'f b
II Is claimed that,as the Commissioner are
elected by the Legislature aud not by the
Governor, therefore, t1e Governor cannot re-
move them on this ground. Il is understood
the Commissioners will go IHtu court, and IN
the meantime resist by ltwfal means arrest
and otherwise, parties who may Assllmr or
attempt to exercise the functions al, police
officers. II United States troops come, they
will protest that they are siulply exercising
their lawful functions, and they are-not il
eitber insnrrectioh or rebellion within the
meaning OF the clause OF tue Constitution ol
the United States In reference to tina. sub
ject and n ths government troops F0rcibll
eject them from the possession OF the Com-
missiohers' office, MarghnPs 'oiIite, poiicr sta.
iiohs, kc, they VIII submit under Id9tt tst, aud
await thtideeision Of tht eodrts They pro,
feSs the greatest solieitnde TO avoid any eul-
lission- with the general governme0t, mud to
prevent q popdltr outbreak -
} Itisnow said that Mr. Ford Is not tn be
s0ommisioaef, aud Geo. Il Barry md C,R,
HUru, before named, are to be appolntedj but
nothing is positively known aS ist.
BAtTnToRE, N. D., November lit II not
yet ascertdned who are inc new Police Com.
missioneri appointed by Governnr SWfin. II
is rumored that The new police Erre haye.al
ready organized and will make their Hppetr-
anee in the courss Of the day in the stteets.
The old Commissioners have their lAl force
on and will resist the depshds uf the new
force for the surrender Of the station houses,
Marshal ofice, etc. e. lf.4 Ir
|, A bodf of four hundred dismonnted eaynl.
m, who arrived here ysstsrday TO emb frk for
lTeIas, are now &C FoFt McHensy and runori
cav they viii be retatiaodF 70 Aid ia case VI
emergency. lcer 20 -is--- G = sitr -
1 Tbs. BahimDrs- -dsirilSs says lViis ftborted
| that John t. Ford, of Fofdis Thsiifes shoto-
!. nelg, aHd Capt! Hara 6fithS Third. wafd
ono. OE GseeInor, SsaAa,t Rbgiltefs, ham
ihrpn selecteds for. Police coJiaaissiSnerN aud
IVA. iNOurand, one bf the WilnosJsl igr the
| prosssuiion is abe nsE Marshal. siffiecl q
/ There 10 seonsidsfabls feSihE naaniesied
here 10 regard 60 Gov. SwGnB's action! Some
! bitterly denohnrs u, and otbera approve H.
i Large crowds 90 people Hre g'ftlfpred VI the
II eornera Of the aifcsts and bearshe heaspa-
Iper olacss. dissassing ths a1Attsrfbat Uthst'
wise u iI quiet. -siasrai .5ssI -
The nsw police force has noe as-ySl madl
Ithelr appearance on-the stfeeisi but lit q
! suppossd thar win Do % lhsfore ths' elose d