, 1873-02-03
New Commissioners to Be Nominated
to the Council This Evening.

aecopt, aud, until tho misguided men recognize
this fact tley will 10 in hostility to recognized
autnorty' as ruo, tn' snua omioFs u eno
5eoelaon aro opposce TO oooo,onco IN auy 1o1n'
They themselves rofuso to obey tl1oir superior
\oiicer, and by eyory effort in their power seek to
.,yoyont tho natrolnlcn from rendering obedience
to those VINO haVo neen appointed to command
tht u under tue orders OF tho Mayor. Ihoy aro
!keoplng up sort Of intimidation on tho mon,
who daro not show their allegiance to tho Mayor
~ .Io ,,o,.s snts .v T,a r
arg plaglnB aespofa1o ga'ne' aheS nave st"Aen
'e7orything upon tho iBsuo OF tho Contest and
are utterly interruptions as to what means they
sro1, tbnt thoIr cn,,raa iR 1i1,cly to I,cta r;ot
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.oa1 .ney wonla ho' 'es''Atn ~ ~ p,ovoAe ooou-
'shed to gam thor ends' lhefe nave peon no
open thfoasa 10 tho men against tnolf yielding to
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whole thing ia supervised by shrowd porson
wlo has tho doubtful honor Of having brourht
.hor,t n,o .,,o,o ,;raa,It., at,, 'Aoa'.' .,s'.
~ spous l!e "uo'e ol'LcuAts' m1u tna1'
hitherto not required his Immediate personal
acknowledgement. It hna been amusing during
Tho whole Of tho affair to observe ono ahrewd
man pushing the othor two into uncomfortable
places, that e might achieve tile desired objects.
One clustering mercural Commissioner has dono
AL tho talking, and soused himself in oil the hot
water. Tic other hus boon pressed Into 1ia
present poeitlon through his utter weakness md
want OF capacity 70 resist while tho third has
:meroiy planned and plotted, furnishing tho
brains for the whole osew- And the mercurial
batter has actol tha low comedian to nicely.
-He has assumed that all thia opposition is
tho result Of bis own foresight md
credit md rssponsibiiity Of tho whole S poriorm M
ance, while the weak man, knowing his own
n:asknoss, has shown himself morally stronger
than tue mercl'rlal halter, IN admitting his III
eapaci. sh ~ ntimating p his willingness to re-
sSoll as to tuI.7 members Of tho OK Board. The
third will nrobs> s>bly never roaltzo tile absurlity
Of bis porfor7nan.' ~, 80 Kind is Nature III dis
tributing her gifts.
Citations ron1afns uncha."se AZ Captain
.Frenchs station the Sorgea,.td are acting IN en-
tire harmony with tho captnp, md
:all efforts used by the emRearios
have hitherto failed, SO good has been the effect
of tho doughty Capteil,'s example. He receives
bis orders from the Chief, and the scrgeants
transmit them to tho men. Tho action OF tho
provoke tiiliculty among Tue 3ergeanta mud pa-
frolmen, cannot he too highly condemned. In
view Of the presout crisis, it Is IN outrage upon
tho officers, and littlo short Of conspiracy to
fow there il ttio ] reason to doubt TINT The Grind
Jury will hold tlpae three couspiratore nccounta-
bio. Atpregcnt, however, tho officers nro Batsiiod
with tho condition OF Affairs, md nro doing their
duty without marmur n, throughout tho entire
have doubt us to the legality OF the Mayors
action in the premises. but thoy know we'll
enough that while they can plead obedonco to
the law as interpreted by the aid legal a,tllori-
:ty Of the city, no earthly Court but would hold
them blarneleas should tue result be yorlicf
in favor Of the ox-Boayd. And, rs there is not
the romoteat possibility Of any such rerdiut,
they are doubly secure III recognizing tho Super
blandlshmonts Of tie Creators Of tic broken @ or or
Ranization that recently migplaneged tho police
affairs Of tho city.
Sergeant O'Douncll WIS received back at Ills
station. on West Twelfth 0trcet. with undia-
gtised satisfaction on tho part Of tho mon. who
are ready to stand by him. It is probable that
tho buriY officer has not m enemy on tho force,
and those who know him best entertain tho
highest regard for him. The CITY Is Fortunate iu
the possoasion Of the Sergeant, for in SECURING
Ills allegiance to authority, 1t has secured thet
OF his entire command.
Captain Iull, ut tho Armory, has moro diff
cult task before him. Ho has to contend with
tho conflicting orders Issued by tho leposed
Captain, who claims hiB right to giro Ills COM
'mands o Captain Lull, and who will prob
ably prefer Ho.ca!led charges against
him to lie ox-Board Of Commits
sioners, though tho suppoaod-acting-S -Superin.
tendont, Dr.. Ward. When this picco Of nou-
Benso has beon successfully carried through, tho
ex-Doard will probably suspend tho Acting
Captain, and thus preclpttate collision at the
Armory. This will give tie Grand Jury an
conspiracy. Tue men here are acting aa much
as possible without bringing Themselves into tho
conflict, end nro beginning to reniize the ua-