The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-12
THE POLICE MAGIsTRACiES.

Facts and Elections From about the
City Hall-Cortemplatcd Ar ton the
Police Magfstracics To-S .ay-Another
"Combinatton, Talked Of-Why 1t
Rust Faii-New "Potnts,."
The City Hall devoid OF political tepics of
interest yesterday, but the .eeting of the Board
OF Aldermen to-day win dov ptsess serve 70 shake
up matters to an extent y lat may prove OF some
public concern. The PoD ce Magistracies will ia all
probability, be called ny in some form, rs there are
two nominations lying on the table, ard there may
be a little "sfand OF between the Mayors sup
portcrs and the opp osition. AS matters now exist
on the Magistrate question there is an element
In the Board that win wake an effort
10 postpone action the nominations
OF Messrs' AcEert and Streeter until
the Mayor has sent in nominations for the whole
NUMBER 81 vAagistrucies To be flied. Just how
strong this element is 1t is dnlcult to determine;
but 1t is MOI thought that there is majority; and,
even II Were Is, 1t will not be very di.cult mat
ter to bre lax the combination. II may be accepted
however as
FIXED FACT,
tnat Tie Mayor Will not send in the remaining
eight names to-day, and it is very likely That he
willTend In none whatever. AS he informed the
Aldermen once before when they asked for more
morn nations, and when they had not yet acted on
tn names already In their possession, he may
again say 10 them, .'Gentlemen, as you have not
! Yet taken action on the names ] have sent in to
| yeu think you have got enough business to keep
| you going for ten or fifteen minutes"
They didn't like it. OF course, but they eventu-
4 was not worth cent The fact Is that no com
bination can be formed in this Board. against the
y The Mayor has among the members at least even
4 supporters, upon whose ieaity ne may rely.
de 81 Vote to oa
makes 1t little dangerous to undertake 10 hold
against st the minority q. Sss as orx.s
know who will be first to turn over. The bin pro-
vides that "the first two" magistrates "appsnted''
second or next "two'' VINO shall be ';appoln.ed
shall hold ONCE for nine years, and SO on. This
that their terms Of office shall be defined q
not in the order in which they are .nominated.n
or course the act OF appointing" only completed
when the nominations are confirmed and the per
son has duly qualified by taking the oath OF ONCE
and receiving the Mayors warrant. me spirit OF
the act doubtless means that
THE BOARD SHALL ACT
hrst upon the two first names sent In by the
the terms OF Office shall be defined But it is easy
to perceive how the Aldermen may II they have In
the Wo s ne wo NJ ahd Sd
the fourth two, and, by confirming the fifth or last
, two, assign them to the incumbency OF the long
term OF ten years, when, In fact, the Mayor,
with whom the appointing process originates,
contemplated that these two last nominees should
Mayor has no power to renOminate candidate
who has been once rejected; bat the Aldermen are
expressly empowered, at their discretion, to re.
consider the vote by which they refused to confirm
candidate and may then proceed to confirm
MN. 1t will thus be seen how, by rejecting the
first four .'twosr and confirming the last 1.-TWO, y
; the Board may next proceed to reconsider the re-
Jections and ultimately to confirm them all, and
thus,
BY A LITTLE SHARP PRACTICE,
regulate rs they choose, by the order OF cOnhrma-
ton. the terms OF office OF the nominees. The law
, requires merely that they "shall take actionn on
the nominations '.in the order In which the nomi-
nations are made" TO refuse, by vote, to con-
firm is to 'take action within the meaning OF the
provision OF the bill. it will be thus seen how deli
cate matter 1t will be for the Mayor TO trust all
the nominations in the hands OF the Board at one
time, unless 1t can be held conclusive. as above
suggested, that the appointment is not complete
until the Magistrate elect IS sworn in and has is
sued to him his warrant. Certainly he cannot ex-
the functions of his eice until his oath Is
corded and his warrant issued or course If this is
sound reasoning the two first sworn in qualified
by the Mayor viii be 1.-THE two first Hppointed,n and
the Mayor may thus determine finally, when the
Aldermen have done their share OF the business.
what are the terms OF the respective officials. All
the provisions above referred TO are contained In
, sections six and ten OF the bill.