Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
Police Commissioners.

supernumerery Tenders his Resfgna-
 tion-The Republican Members of the |
 Board Absent-Voting Places Objected |
 to-Will the Police Force Ever be l
 Filled.
 The Board of Police Commissioners held Mayor Robertson (presiding), Bollman, Cat lin and O'Brien. Commissioners Harmon, Sloat and Hart were absent.
 Thomas F Blakeslee rendered his resigna- ton as supernumerary on the police force. MT. Blakeslee appeared before the Board and said that if he had known that he was to be objected to he would not have applied for l the place. He said that he had been charged \ with being atheist, deist and every l thing else that was bad. He said he had been 1 followed up by J. B Sargent and others and l he believed without cause. He decided there | fore to remain in the shop here he was now 1 employed. The resignation of MT. Blakeslee l was accepted
 Letters were read by Mir. Bollman from ! Commissioners Hart and Sloat saying that ! they could not be present last evening"
 Commissioner Catlin said that few days
 ago he asked for postponement and it was
 not granted, and he thought he was treated, ! to say the least, in very dirty manner. 1 Commissioners Bollman and O'Brien ! agreed that when the first postponement was
 made it was stated that on the next night the \ election of supernumeraries should go on. ! Alexander Troup appeared and entered & protest against Mo- IS Park street being used
 as polling place in the Second ward unless the whole building was hired He thought
 the building where the polling was done
 committee rooms He said it was not
 fair play, and the Police Commissioners ! should not back up the Republican party in \ any such fraud as was carried on in the Sec ! ond ward on the day of the last election in ! the purchase of votes.
 | John J. Brennan said that he found on the ! morning of election day that the room in the
 rear of the polling place (which was shed , was to be used as 8 committee room and he , objected on the ground that it connected with the polling place. He said that on that , day men who voted and who were known tc . be Democrats after voting went back to the ! Republican headquarters, and as he supposed ! received pay for the ''delivery of the goods, b | or in other words for voting the Republican F ! ticket.
 ! | MT Troup said that it was apparent tha ' MT. Blakeslee and others were carrying on
 regular bargain and sale" in regard to votes
 ' on election day.
 Mr. Bollman moved that if the committee could not hire the whole building they bt instructed to hire the old polling place, whicl \ was carried.
 Alderman Klenke asked that better poll
 I ing place be selected for the Sixth ward. H. a ! said that at the last election the box tender a and others suffered from cold, and it would
 | be great deal worse at the next election h He said he would not attend the box again 8
 the same place for $50. He said it had COS
 ! him $15 for doctors bills since the lasts selec
 | tion on account of it.
 Commissioner Bollman moved that th !, committee be instructed to secure 8 nor n suitable place for voting in the Sixth wart
 I for the town and city elections, which wa ; ! carried.
 n Conuissioner Rollman said this meetin, a was called for the special purpose of fillin! , ! up the force. While three commissioner were absent to night, yet he believed that th | members present had the power to fill up tn l. force from the supernumeraries under tn . charter. He thought the reason why tw'
 ! commissioners were absent was because on U ! could not be present. He did not think 1 ! fair treatment on the part of absent mem . bers.
 Commissioner Catlin said when he ha ~ | asked for postponement on account of sick ! ness it was not granted, and even when on U l commissioner was dead and his place had no u ! been filled important appointments wer r made.
 On motion of Mr. Bollman, it was vote = I to adjourn, subject to the call of the presi dent of tho Board. It was the opinion o those present that the Board should mee aa | next Friday evening, and this is the time tn Q meeting will probably be called. In tn ! meantime the public will have to suffer o Q account of bad police protection, and if out d rages occur the outskirts of course n a ! one will be to blame.
 . There has not been meeting of the com . n1issioners during the past year but what al <, addition to the force has not been broached 5 l while the force is eight men short accordin to the Chiefs statement, and the deficit
 ! constantly increasing, yet the vacancies ar
 I political grounds than any other. At tn
 ! same time the taxpayers are left to suffer.