The New York herald., 1869-05-19
THE POLICE BOARD.

The Four Commissioners See Each Other
Once Again, but Are Too Much Affected
by the Circumstance to Vote Against One
An0ther-The Compromise Rejected and One
Side 70 Give In.
The Police Commissioners are still muddled and
utterly at loss how to get out OF their present DIM
Guilty. and, judging from present indications, they
Will remain muddled until Mr.. Kennedy attempts to
take the reins Of power into his own hands and run
the police machine as TO HIM seems best. Mr.. Smith,
strange to say paid dying visit to the Central ONCE
yesterday. remained in confab with his political
associate for about one-third of o quarter Of
an hour and then left without even mention
ing the subject OF the organization Of the Board.
The fact OF the matter Is he has many things to
attend to outside The Police Department that he evil
dently very little whether organization
takes place not, although the income OF Police
C0mmissonersdoes happen to be the Insignificant
sum Of $13,500. AS for Mr. Manierre, he reishes the
dead lock In way that only man OF his stamp can
relish good joke that hurts no person In particular
and decreases no PERSONS salary single nicke.
Messrs. Bosworth and Brennan, however, appear to
be very anxious about the situation and are strain
ing every nerve to bring things to an issue on
the presidential question, and, OF course without the
cooperation OF one Of tie republican Commissioners,
their efforts Will be OF no avail Whatever Whose
particular duty 1t is to call session OF the Board
seems also 10 be just now ratner mOOteu question,
for Notwithstanding the presence OF all the Commis-
soners at headquarters at one time yesterday, no
session was called and as a consequence no meeting
Of the Board was had. Why tins should have been
Is the affair OF those most concerned; but there can
be but little doubt tnat with the Commissioners III
their present state Of mind as to the election OF a
presiden1, no better success would have attended
the balotings than there was on saturday,
had the meeting taken place. The turn
about system compromise does not seem TO
take with any one OF the Commissioners, and, there
FORE the last hope Of breaking the dead lock IN a
peaceful, n0n-partisan way, can be entertained no
longer. AS things now stand some one must give
way for the good OF the public service and sacrifice
his personal aspirations to the welfare OF the depart
ment. That tins person will not be one OF the demo-
Gratis Is foregone conclusion, aud that should not
be one OF them everybody who Is acquainted with
the doings OF the Commission during the past few
years and the length Of time the republicans have held
the presidential chair will be but OF one mind. MIR.
Brennan long before Mr. Acton had retired from the
Police hoard endeayorei to have mis- resgnatlon as
treasurer accepted, but the other members OF the
Commission would not hear OF It, on the ground
that his services In that capacity were entirely too
valuable to be lost. Since Mr. ActOn's retirement,
however his determination TO be relieved from the
treasurer's duties carries with 1t great deal more
than mere desire to get out OF the harness Imposed
by the signing OF checks and the tresome perusal OF
columns OF figures for IT, BY any ingenuity the repub-
licans could make him treasurer for another year he
would be completely thrown Off the track as
candidate for the presidential chair IL was there
fore, with the view Of sustaining Mr.. Brennan as
candidate for the CHI ei position in the Board that
colleague, Judge Boswortn, who, while Mr. Acton
president, voted 10 retain him as treasurer de-
clined to support him for treasurer when the new
Commissioner, Mr.. Smith, came In and the question
Of an election for President came up for considera-
Iion. MIR. Brennan being thus strongly intrenched
against all the approaches OF the republican side OF
tine house. will certainly not be the rst to give way,
and one Of the republicans must just IA certainly
to the democratic side before an organiza
tion Will take place. Mr. Manierre Is already begin
ming 10 tire OF the protracted struggle and no
doubt would like to see the fight ended in an hon.
rsble way; that Is TO say, In way that VIII not EN-
oroil him with his party should ne see at to consult
his better judgment and vote for the democratic
candidate president the Board. There little
but he wiz probably 30 oct In few days as TO con-
vince Mr. smith that the best way to get out OF the
muddle is to throw up the sponge and declare Mr..
Brennan the winner Of the fight An lntimation like
this Will be sufficient for "Hank,n who Is not over
particular as to what his party NAV say about him.
and by changing his vote the whole struggle Will be
ended, aud everything VIII Jog along as In the goo
old fashioned way.