The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-30
DTsMIssTS0 THE CHARGES.
Mayor Fly Discovers that there IL No C~use
to Remove the Police Co.uis.iorers.

to Remove the Police CON- mts~torers.
Mayor Ely yesterday rendered his de-
cision on the charges made against Police Com
missioners Erhardt. Wheeler. aud Nichols. 1t
h'''TT r.. P scas Scc &c cI III T1''
from vSr no md S coy ale a TO ms
own .hseryaton OF detects in the administration the
VIZ NSss so. s H%' i1 ErSsras ss isrss q
Since hen have tsm The @ 1 cSasS an sppor
any t. ef heard a, directed p The ensres and have
tary evidence offered In their hchalf
careful ccn.dsrson Of the .tmeny ' and %y on bos
charge. made am convinced that the Commissioners
would Justify their removal
past year in dcr"Sy h" conoS n hs, benz sse
.na,sn, syery ~, but on The airing the COMMITS.
9c * sns nw ~ more a t9S:s
are not sunccniy cupabe on that charge as to merit
In reference 10 the charge of irregular and cspreious
enioccm' Mt ~ laws "a. instance to which nv attention
announced Of the Ions neglected Excise law
on the afternoon and evening Of the 7h day Of
rms action, which indicted misery and di.grsse upon
OF law appears 90 me TO have been nn'rce-
.sown s eS and acS rh int s c ~ G gas
wasso TO them by JUDICIAL tribunal that they
The, manner Of It's .snicrcsment ,hns wa. repre-
ar S sms m"' nssrss wSn sn @r o me TO III
In view Of thss consideration, do hereby decide that
named Commissioners And in so doing would express
tue hope that In future the dutcs devaved upon
ssto sr% er,ei.m and ,6s, he viii be ,eSSIiy
""' ''''" '-'' ssitS Eir' Jr Mayor
-Four hours later about two hundred men and
twenty women assembled in ChickerinR Hall.
in response TO the invitation OF the Rev. DIR.
Howard Crosby. William +. Dodge. Thurlow
Weed. and several hundred others. to protest
against the removal Of the Police Commission
ers for enforcing the Excise law. Nearly all ofthe
men represented what is commonly caed the
Yoxrss citlens Among e" them were eS.fSrT
Commissioner Or. Samuel Hall. School Com
and Alderman Morris. The originators OF the
meeting sat upon The platform. Among them
Wales. the Rev. Or. George Hepworth Chamncey
Shafer, the Row DR., John Spaulding. William
T + MeSe the hsv ch hnd TIs9y sinsl9ir
| H. Hall VA"
A. few minutes after o'clock Mr. Salem H.
nominated Sinclair Tousey. "one Of our most nos"
respectable citizens. Ms Chairman. Mr. Tou
ss,y. ,, on taking the chair, said that everybody
then asked Mr.. Wales TO read the resolu-
tons, Thereupon the ex-Dock Commissioner
Excise law should be- enforced that the Police
Commissioners deserve the thanks Of the peo.
shown wisdom in Yielding to the beet public
| sentiment OF the city"
Mr.. Wales then sat down, and Mr.. Touccy in
| troduced AS the first speaker the Rev. DR.. How
ceiyed with applause. ;" Had n9t the object Tor
| he said. this hall would not have held
the people who would have come here
SSnSe Come q io f ss s" ,sr M1y Ssm Ely
| and has yindicatcd his own name by dismiss
INK the charges against the Police Commission
ers. This was evidently tho first intimation
| that the two hundred respectable taxpayers had
received Of III" MAYORS decision. They looked
| vigorously clapp.d their hands Mr. William
+. Dodge, who in conformity to his habtual
practice. occupied q conspicuous scat on the
platform, smiled at tho nv. DR.. Hcpwor,h and
clappcd his hands. The applause having
ceased. DIR. Crosby lauded the police for their
enforcement Of the laws cspe tally the Excise
law. and then moved to adjourn.
more spec hes, and called for Mr.. Hepworth.
| The reverend gentleman h"gan 10y saying that
DR.. Crosby had stolen his thunder. and closed
by ADVISING everybody to support with his
| sympathy and his vote every public officer who
| did his duty. Then the Chairman put the mo-
ton 20 adjourn. He was answered by calls for
The eX-Congrcssman and temperance advo-
| cate prose and made a low bow. He said that
i"ve that the people wished him to remove the
| Commissioners. He had. however,. been nd
xons Il called r c9n,5nry him by SSSd ct
c9ntnged. "%%Smpanisd t ~; some s'I members
| OF the National Temperance Society. A wen,
meant To- 10 right" Mr. Dodge added that al.
| though he had lived in Now York nearly seventy
years. h. did not know single member OF the
The Chairmans third attempt to put tho mo.
ton to ADJOURN WAS Interrupted by calls for
Chann""y Shanor. In rrsponse 10 the calls Mr.
shafr"r stepped To the front OF the platform. and
ia witty speech argued that the 5000 men who
were selling liquor without license should b,
smut up. II 1t took tn" whole power Of the coun
legal pos ton. because the law breakers were
trying To oyrrwhelm the law 10y storm.