New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-20

COMMISSIONER MASON,S WRATH.

Commissioner Mason took the opportunity, M the
meeting of the Police Board yesterday. TO set NM
selfand his colleagucsIiglt rs hrcNprts'cd tin me
matter of street-cleanng. He complained thai thN
were purposey miSrcprcscntcd int newspapers and
AT public meetings in this, that theY were charged
with opposing the plan ia take the Streel-trahl'g
Bnreau ont of the Police Department., and on poi!i-
cal grounds This hc insisted, ahd those no
gave currency to the report ha tn means OF know
ne-in fact, could not help knowIn--that they were
sDeakinc an untruth. MIR. Mason read letters which
he had written between March Gand - Ia Speaker
sbarpe of the Assembly. Senator Forster and Cover
nor Cornell on this subject, urging the SEPARATION
A a measure of necessity as well as expectancy.
He favored the plan to create commission, hut OPP
posed the one-man rule on the ground that no one
man could be trusted with the WORK.
notwithstanding the publicity these letters re-
ceived.r Mr. Mason said, "thc old lie has been pub
ishcd as prsistently as hefo,e. Such conduct |
despise Unless some one will convict me or MI
French of writing what we do not mean. me cont
mon justice Of taking me az my Wort sh" , ne aG
removed from the Police Department., VII re u Is u
nuisance and an injury. has been the heart deSre
and daily PRAYER of myself "a vel as o. Nr French
and Mr. Nichols. As IA citizen feel bound 10 pro
test against this Misrepresentation
Mr. Mason read from newspaper reports, wni i i,e
rallied gross untruths statements about the min IN
The streets that served to keep merchants, anxious
to come to New-York TO huy goods. away from the
for fear they WOulu tie ol I'LL SOUS VI
Diseases One of them spoke of the three Leonard
N. merchants who recently threatened the
Board with indictment unless the street III 'front.'
of their stores was cleaned Invest CATION by police
detectives hal shown. he said that, II the three
names appe ded to that letter two were fictitious
The third was that Of merchant mo denied 'l ~,
comparison of the death returns in this city and
otner cities here, and in Europe Mr.. Mason con,
eluded that the health of New-lork had not been
wOrs than elsewhere last winter
THE ALDERMEN AND THE POLICE BOARD.
The following preamble and resolution were
offered yesterday at the meeting OF the BOARD Oh Al
dermen by Alderman Waite:
Whereas On the 5th resolution OF this hoari re-
uuestine the Board OF Police to tak 81
for the removal OF the MN and gnilase secniacd ~
OF business and the d. rinent OF the luhlc nrtd was
by order OF his Board duly Submitted to the Police Com
Whsrcas The resolution aforesaid having been duly SO
,nbmi'isd III F["pTr I w1 Iy tia Boar at
meeting held on the 10Th insi publicly ti,atd va" G'
tision aud contempt ~ IN cAcosH "i the po"cisoi u'
Board OF Aldermen therefore be- II
Resoired That the Corporation Counsel h. requested 10
scone and extent OF the powers th EOard ia relation
to other Departments Of the City Government and par
ticulary In relation TO the discharge by ne hohr OF %
lice Commissioners o: the duties now conidc I" them In
connection with the sanitary and p%ice rgni"'"n' Oh
The city and the protection ol the lUhhc hedI'h
Alderman Sauer moved that the preamble lie
stricken out Alderman Kirk also declared ina ne
Thought the preamble should he ~;rick'nout. AIer,
man McClaye said that the whole thing was hoNud
for political effect and III order Ia make the puhhc
believe that the were rcfOrIncrs III Was ul-
fair, while the Commissioners were beng tined, to
bring this thing up. W hen all the ticts were
brourlt before the people it wOald he found that
The Police Commissioners had done their duty
There was a running debate of conslierahi" length
Finally vote taken on Alderman Saners mo
lion to strike out the preamble and II was earned
BY vote of II to TO-. The resolution was then
taken up. Alderman Have declared that It was
.bunkum, I" aud ~ he not III the habit OF Not-
ing for 'bunkum resolutions ne would vote
against this one. Alderman SeNin declared that an
opinion coming from the Corporation Counsel would
be worthless and he would vote against the reSolu
lion. Nevertheless it was adopted 10y vote OF
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