, 1875-12-02

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THE USELESS CITY MAnsHAIsH1P.
As the proposition to appoint City Mar
shall is Btill pending in tho Common Council,
and there il possibility, notwithstanding
assurances to the contrary, that this useless
and absurd measure may yet be adopted for
partisan If for no other purposes, Tttn
TRIBUNE would onco moro state tho rensons
why this superfuous Office should not DO
filled:
l. It is filing tho san,o place with two
men, md it il hiring two men to do one
man's work, If there be any good roason
why there SHOULD bo City Marshal and u
Superintendent Of Police, then for tho same
reason thcru might bo two Mayors, two City
| Clerks, two Comptrollers, and two heads Of
| the Fro Department. Tho tlnality in tho
| Inter cnso wonld bo Just as consistent as in
| tho former. Quo argument TINT was made
in favor of the now city charter WAS that it
| simrlidctl departments md brought item nrl-
| der tho control of one responsible head, and
yet hero il au effort mR{lc to establish. two
heads to tho most important department in
the city.
| 2. The appointment OF City Marshal in
addition to a Superintendent Of Police at
| once places thcse two oflfcia1s at cross-pur-
poses. Az the duties arc precisely the same,
| Aul rs what Que does The other can veto and
would veto, especially it the new co'n.r
phou!l happen tn be ignorant Of police bnsi-
ness, there would 10 in reality no head to the
police furce at all. At present, Supt. H1cKEr
is probably doing as well as he can, 80 far es
lc in allowed by the authorities over him.
For even that mnch tho people Of this hummer
and crin.e-ridtlen city are profoundly thank
FIJI. In ense. however, Of the appointment
Of City Marshal, who could Ito nothing bnt
Interfere with him, TINT little would be lost
md his usefulness would be destroyed, and
between the two the police force would 10
utterly deuoralized, and tho thieves, gam
blera, and bunko-seerors would make them
sclyts secure in tho city, and regain that free-
dom md license which the Mayors policy has
heretofore given them.
3. lfa City Marlhal shnll bo appointed,
there can be no responsibility in the roiica
Department. The City Marshal will shoro
responsibilities upon tho Superintendent, and
back upon tho City Marshal, and, il they ara
so Disposed, both Of them cau shore them
upon the Mayor, and the Mayor upon then,
in turn, and thus no one will bo really respon.
sbls. Worse than all, it makes tho Mayo,
virtually absolute in police power. He Gun
do what 10 pleasos without any responsibility,
When it Ia remembered what Mr. CoLv1N haE
done under limited responsibility, the
Council should bo slow in bringing about q
condition Of things that wonla leave him
without any responsibility at al.
1. ia City Marshal be appointed, ho must
work for nothing, aud there is no vay Of pay
ing the debt, as no appropriation has beer
made for the ex-enss OF this Office. Aa a,
Alderman romarked; "What Is the ,lse oj
hiring a ula,l to work for the city and ther
not paying him?"
These are Ho1ne OF the reasons why the Of.
ilce Of City Marshal should not he fllled
There arv equally torcible REASONS why Mr.
GoopELI, the prosent candidate for the Of
fec, should not bo appointed. Mr., Goons11
; ia an amiable, genial, and social gentleman,
This, however, IL not q qualification for th
Office. lie Is q rool.rootel, hido-bonns
Bourbon partisan. II tie Democratic part,
want 10 place man in this Office who vii
manipulate tho police force and use 1t 70
parsisan purposes, 80 as to carr,
tho election no1t spring in tho ih
!: forests OF the Opposition, eyon though hi
has to do the work gratulso1sly, we can ae
.. why they want Mr.. GooDELl in the office
but the public will not look upon this ~
qualification for the Office, and Mr.. GooDELl
'. will only WASTE his time. II police work i
wanted. then Mr. GoopELI il utterly untitled
by experience or natural qualities, for thu pc
yition. Ile haa had no experience what
ever, and Is not rerused to have es
traorainary executive ability. No man ca
J offect reforms in tho police force, muir
tain discipline, md bring tho force up to Il
maximum OF Effectiveness, without havin
either military qualification or been educa
> > cd to tha hnsiuosa. Looking the whol
ground over, there is not only every reaso
why Mr. GooDE11. should mol bc appdinte
City Marshal, but there arc also many reasou
why no person should be appointed.
: When Englishmon tirst seized India, the1
was no pretense Of care for tho natIvas.
feverish greed for gold was tho solo recof
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