The New York herald., 1876-01-27
HOW TO PURIFY THE POLICE FORCE.
The Anti 7 ammany Charter Gaining in
Favor Among the Members.
sOnN MORRISSEYS MAIDEN SPEECH.
The Steamship Money Traced to
an Ex-Assemblyman.
AlRANY- Jan. oR. 1916.

IN ieW days. IL Is 10 pc very exhaustive docunen
and wll understand. be unanimous report, which,
II true, will be pretty good evidence that the com
mittse, and all, have had in view more the ex-
posure OF wrongs that ought TO be righted, and
abuses that must be remeded in the various
departments OF New York city investigated by
ahcm, than the obtaining OF any advantage
Eor partisan effect in previous letter l
stated that the committee would recommend the pass
Age by the Legislature OF an act similar 10 the London
Contagious Diseases act placing the houses Of Ill fame
and their inmates under license and subjectng them
10 the regular visits OF inspecting physicians. 10 con-
versation with members of the committee learn that
ahe committee believe that public sentiment on this
point ia rather too sensitive yet, and
Ihat If they should recommend license system
n great hue and cry would be raised about putting
premium on crime and all that sort of thing. While
they are satisfied that such act would be beneficial
In its results they unwilling TO encounter the de-
nunciaton certain class Of people in the community
would visit them WITH and they to suggest sort of
halfway measure instead. In their examination OF,
and consultation with, the police and other
experts in the ways and means and
causes OF crime in great Cities they
found they say, but opinion this subject Of
placing houses OF i'll fame under license, and that
TO license them as in Paris and London with the usual
feature OF regular medical inspection. The halfway
measure allude to- which they will suggest in their
report, Will be the passage of law that will put these
houses
UNDER ABSOLUTE POLICE CONTROL,
30 that virtually the police will be responsible for the
existence OF any houses that may harbor thieves,
become the resort OF Infamous characters, or that
xender the houses n nuisance their neighborhoods.
The committee contend that houses of i'll fame
virtually outlawed at present, placing them under
perpetual police surveillance and control and doing
Away with the present red.t tape methods, by which
~ a.. a aIr, ob,o
punishment will be great stride toward the utter
tnction OF certain evils which the legitimate out
growth Of the present federation Of the houses free
from police control
REoRGANIzING THK POLICE FoRcE.
The committee will recommend, too, so far as
abe police themselves concerned, that the
1aw which at present prohibits the Police
Commissioners from removing captain or SER
geant a parolman except charges duly pre-
1erred and trial had shall be abrogateo temporarily,
hhat is to say, that IL be declared imperative for
given time The object Of this is 70 give the Commits
sioners power make IA thorough reorganization OF
abe force and If they think Il necessary, to
ht once every captain and sergeant deemed unfit for
his place by this means it is believed by the
;mttee that the police force. the material of
can be placed on good basis divos,ed Of all IT'S
present useless members The necessity OF giving this
kemporary power to the Commissioners in order to
Sear and branch every evil that has crept into
hhe force by OF the presence of incompetent
corrupt officers on 1t above the rank of roundsman is
fortified they say, by the fact that last
wear act to give the Commissioners power
10 get rid Of useless or bad captains and
defeated by democrats in order TO save a captain
who had friends in Tammany Hail. and that even bill
10 give the Commissioners power TO enforce their sub
pnnas in cases where charges of serious nature
Preferred against policemen was throttled by the in
nuence of the same interest The committee will
recommend likewise the establishment of three grades
On the police iorce men when hrst appointed to !
$500 a year the second grade at $1,000 a year
and third at ST. 200 year. This, II !
will be perceived somewhat like provision relative
20 the grading of the police which Is part OF the anti
Tammany charter. The salaries OF the captains and
sergeanls considered too low by the committee, and
shey recommend that captains be paid 81 900 and
Eeants 81 500, and that the pay OF The detectives
be also increased and that the system known in Paris
the triangular system be adopted In the detective
Force-that the detective who works up shall be
known but the Superintendent of the Police,
and that the known detectives who work in pairs shall
make the arrests after the unknown man has given
Mi the Information necessary 10 the superintendent TO
make his case good
The very important recommendation they to
make that police courts shall be done away with and
that police Justices shall hold tho
houses the city 10 DO divided into ten police justice
districts, and each justice to give hour or
two OF a sitting every day each station house in
his district BY this means persons arrested trivial
Offences need not undergo unnecessary imprisou- !
ment The committee will also suggest that two
three magistrates shall hold court until O'Clock
night In some of the station houses they believe that
81 such a plan adopted persons who
carceraed on ppant charges after four O'Clock in the
afternoon and therefore compelled to stay all
night in station house cell will no longer have The
risk TO run that they now have
committee condemnng in the strongest language the
practice OF placing boys who have committed their FIRST
offence the same cells and conveyances with
. A TEMPERANCE LECTURE
The report of the committee will show that nine
stenths Of the crime committed in New York city
abe result Of too frequent indulgence in strong
drink
Mr. Lyons ferry bill reduces the fcrrage rates be-
,tween New York and Brooklyn about slxy per cent.
The rates lxed for horse buggy, wagon, gg.
sulky, II cents one horse business wagon cart,
struck II Two horse pleasure carriage IS cents;
Two horse wagon, loaded 25 cents with extra load
30 cents horse business wagon and driver empty
20 cents; one horse market wagon, 10 cents; empty
~ cents loot passengers are not to be charged
cents.
THE ASri.rAxxASr oH1RlxR
The statements made IN some OF the New York
papers that the New York anti-Tammany charter Win
never see daylight AFTER 1t has been referred to the
Committee on Cities ana that Senator Blxby has
already become convinced OF that 'iac,,n utterly
without foundation on the contrary there several
members in the senate and Assembly who were a
couple of weeks ago, inclined to oppose general
principles who are now very iavoraO,y disposed
90 It's man features The spring election clause has
twice as many open advocates as u had when tho
question Of the charter was arst broached and The
HERALD gave exclusive publicity TO its salient points
The members Of the two houses will not DO obliged
when The b IS TO be acted upon 10 ask for postpone
meni from day % day q order that they may see the
printed bil for the reason ibat special printed copy
Of Il Will be placed n every members hand few days
after It's Introduction
HoRKissxr's xADES srEEcH
The event OF to-day was Senator John Morris
NHeys speech on the repeal Of the Grey Nuns
aCb II was up ior ulscueblou IA Aomulutc
Of the Whole and Bradley, OF Steuben, and
Rogers, OF Bunalo--the first democrat and the
other repubhcan-had spoken pro and the law
of the case, when up AOrrissey, amid
Abe wondering interest Of the crowded chamber
aud said d:-"Mr. President | strike out
ale FIRST section Of the bin" Here he paused moment
ns II intending to sit down and say Curiosity
40 hear him evident all sides aud II was
Hratifed IN iull and satisfactory measure Though
taborng under chronic hoarseness he made himself
clearly heard by everybody He was listened TO with
profound attention. anc she simple, candid manly tone
OF his speech told well 10 his favor. He moved
abe sympathy II not the admiration of bis hearers In
rhe frank adm ssion, "lt very little education re-
ccived from those schools and ] know and feel the
necessity Of itn Further in his address. whcn
never halted but foV ed along smoothly, he again
zee hearts of bis audience by the sincerity ol tne