New-York tribune., 1884-03-21
PROPOSED CI. AEfOnm0'
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE OF
THREE.
.voruv. wAss MEETING sUGGEsTHD-wHAT is

~oruv, u.ee NETTING suGGEsTRD-WHAT is
LIKELY TO BE DONE AT ALBANY.
rbs Citizens Committee of Fffty-three, ap-
pointed at the recent mass meeting hromeS ~ eme tbe
institute to 9rse reform measures for this
cty. viii hold special meeting tn gs;dO tO-moT, +
row at Room hoa in another 5le M1ls mass meeting next
e.h ghI'Th When the committee will make report to-
rether with suggestions for further legislation,
In Albany recently think that II the
people Of this city only make clear ,I
they want the RTesep5 Of
FORM legislation for this city arc said TO De Assem-
blymen Smith. Dayton and Binder and three 5 OF
four other Republicans VINO nave s'eao ga bsye met
the approval of the Committee OF Futy-tnulee' u
Members of the committee state that sen
.Or Gibbs shows the e Mr.
welt and Others carefully guard the interests OF
such measures the Assembly The til to tsrn
nate Of a. h.reafsf ssP appssd RS 's
come a law; also the nine bills reported by the
RsFe RoGssVf he which passed
yesterday. will probably be approved by Governor
cleveland. ~, p,ao;.
dent of the Board of Aldermen on general I5 5Shes
WILL it is said, undoubtedly pass, Senator
bill for spring election is not fayorapy s
and probably will not be acted upon 6y 'ne 'h1v hefS
lature. The Civil Service bill VIII proDaoiy
be amended ID the Senate SO as 70
include the Police Department in its RTovhS;I9n%s; h; %
the senate by having It delayed. The politicians
from this city bringing great pressure 10 pear on
The Senator's and it is said that several Oh lhenl
have been led TO promise to support amendments TO
the Civil Service bill which would destroy It's use
fulness But members of the Committee OF fllty-
three state that the bill will pass the Senate not
wthstandlng the opposition to IT. ,o
\ bill is TO be introduced to place
the Election Bureau in the A charge Ss
of two commissioners at salaries OF
g. 500 each, and thus to take IT out OF thS re rOCe nee
Department. Such Dill Will De suppoIleu Wy .n0
Committee of Fifty-tbree
The politicians are greatly disturbed over the
work OF reform in the Legislature " III we d0nt don,
stop this kind of legislation" SAID Alderman MIX
lucky that Hustled had the Police Departments
exempted from that ridiculous Civil Service Dill
otherwise we would have been prevented IRON
naming the inspectors of election and poll clerks
lit ev should have 10 unde go Civil Service exani-
nation and these reform felers allowed TO get IN
things might be different When this conversation
should say So If Kirk had not been allowed 70
name the inspectors and poll clerks III the ia
Assembly District, he would not now be an Alder
man. He never was elected, but was counted IN, l
don't wonder that he fears the effect OF having the
inspectors and poll clerks undergo Civil Service
examination. OF course that was why some per
sons at Albany were so very particular to exempt
the Police Department from the operations OF the
Civil Service bill. / don't believe much IN this
Civil Service, but can see through door "heh IL
Is wide open."
Commissioner Hubert o. Thompson also expressed
himself as thoroughly disgusted with the alleged
reform legislation at Albany. He thought the
Roosevelt refOrnefs' acted principally from
ignorance and malice Sheriff Davidson said that
the Republican party. Register Reilly said that
the effect of this partisan legislation would he so 10
disgust the people that the Democratic party
would bag everything at the next election"