New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-20
PRESIDENT MORRIS GETS EXCITED
AND MAKES UNCoMPLIMENTARY REMARKS ABoCl
CouNIcSrONFR VOORUIS,

AND MAKES UNCoMPLIMENTARY REMARKS ABOUT
COMMISSIONER VOoRHIS.
The usual calm of the Board of Estimate and APP
portionment was much disturbed yesterday. Pres
ldept Morris, of the Board of Aldermen. presented
letter from the Police Commissioners asking that
$3.50 be transferred from an unexpended balance III
order to lease detectives office at No. IL Wall-St
President Morris offered resolution to that effect.
Mayor Cooper said: " am opposed to the reso-
luton on the ground that its intention is the estab-
ishment of new police statOn-hOuse. The Police
Hoard has no authority to do any such thing, nor
has the Board of AppOrtiOnmeut any power 10 grant
the right, which can be obtained only by making
apphcatiOn to the members OF the Common Council
/ would therefore suggest that under the rule the
resolution go over until the next meeting ol thiS
Board"
President Morris-They merely ask the privilege
The Mayor~It is virtually establishing new
statlOn-hOuse.
President Morris, with a good deal Of warmth
The narrow minded and contracted Police Com,
missioner who the only member OF the Board
10 object to this and who says that 1t Is for the pur-
pose of establishing an additional stauon-house,
voted for the passage of a resolution in the year
1875 having for its purpose the establishments oi
four such outside bureaus l took the trouble TO
examine the records of the Board, and lind that he
voted to hire four such offices for the Use OF district
Inspectors One was IN Parepa Hail. one In Eliza
beth-st., one In Fourteentb-st., ana another 10
EIghth-ave. in the neighborhoOd OF One-hundred,
and-thIrtieth-st. This the Police commissioners ana
without making any request consulting anybody
for. All four OF them. smith, WORMS, Ma'seli
and Dsbecker. voted for the scheme, and
now this man Voorhis IS Directing 10 II. suppose
he would probably rather have the police captains
make rendezvous for prostitutes in the Appren-
ticcs Library, as he aud another Police Commits
sioner did when they endcavored TO put up job on
one OF their police captains therefore move that
the rules be suspended, so that the resolution may
be considered at once"
The Mayor am not aware that this is the
proper place discuss the character of Police Cap
taius OF Police Commissioners either. i neither
known nor care how this or any other Police Com
missioner voted. The question Is as to the legal
right, and | think We ought TO take time to con-
slider it,
President Morrs-Why cannot the rule be sus-
pendedf
The MayOr-The rule is that at the request of any
member a resolution must lie over.
Controller Kelly-There will be another meeting
on Monday next
President Morris-I only press il for the sake OF
cutting the red tape, and also want TO show that
the very Commissioner who now opposes the renting
of this office voted TO establish just the same kind
of office when he was in the Police Board before.
Controller Kelly suggested that the matter might
| as well lie over until the next meeting, and this
was finally agreed to by Mr.. Morris and the meet
| ing was appointed for Tuesday at p. III.