Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-14
CHIEF OF POLICE ROLLmAs

IO Aake VHcO A uEs uSS AAS-H1O AB E1ect ed Chief On The First BaIIot-Thre Republican And One Democratic Vot. .-The Election Made Unanimous The Other Proceedings At Yesterday Afternoons Meeting.
 At 4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon Polio Commissioners Hart, Baldwin, Sheldon an Johnson occupied the seats around the tabl l in the commissioners room wearing a de ter,nined look on their faces, waiting for tn appearance of Commissioner Bollman, wh said he would be present at o'clock, befor the balloting for a new chief of police shoul
 begin.
 During the spare time caused by Commis sioner Bollman's absence the meeting wa called to order and some little business wa transacted.
 The members of the Board voted to in struct Acting Chief Hyde to fill the vacan cies on the force caused by the temporar
 absence of regular policemen with supernu meraries. The clerk was instructed to notify the par ties interested in the case of Officer Patricl
 Doherty to be present at the next regula
 meeting of the Board.
 The petitions of Bernard Moran and J. F Kennedy to be made members of the polio force were rejected on account of their no
 being regarded as physically able to stand
 the exposure of the work of police officer
 The members of the Board voted to holt their future summer meetings at 4:3' o'clock in the afternoon, instead of in thu evening, until further notice.
 About ten minutes after o'clock Com missioner Bollrnan came into the commission ers' room with 8 flushed face and out O breath as if he had been running. WheI MT. Bollman had seated himself and regainec his breath Commissioner Hart said tha Commissioner Gallagher, who is sick, would not be present at the meeting, the object O. which was to ballot for new chief of police
 Commissioner Sheldon then moved tha they proceed to ballot for a chief, which mo tion was seconded by Commissioner John son and the motion was carried.
 Clerk Crowley, who had been engaged il tearing up several large sheets of paper to be used as ballots, then passed them around and after each commissioner had written the name of his candidate on his ballot they were collected and the result was announced as fol lows:
 c. F. Bollman. n..........-.........-.......
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 Commissioners Johnson, Hart, Sheldon and Baldwin, three Republicans and one Democrat, voted for Bollman, while the lat ter did not vote st all.
 
 nounced Commissioner Hart said, "We have made au election of chief on the first ballot, " and at this remark Clerk Crowley looked wistfully at the pile of ballots he had torn up which were now useless
 Commissioner Johnson then moved that the vote be made unanimous as Commission CT Gallagher had told him to cast his vote for the man elected in order to make it unan- imous. This motion was seconded by Com missioner Baldwin and carried.
 The Board then voted that the clerk give official notice to Com missioner Bollman that he had been elected chief of the police de- partment.
 Commissioner Bollman then said; 'I have had this matter on my mind for some time. spoke to Commissioners Hart and Johnson when they asked me if I would take the office of chief of police if was rendered it, and I said to them that would take it if I could get it without my own vote, and I suppose must stick to what have said, I should not have accepted it unless I could have been elected by both sides, and I thank you, gen tlemen, for electing me and hope I shall succeed in the office of chief of police. There is one thing that made me little doubtful about taking this, as it s hard office to fill and I hope the commissioners will help me and support me when I am in the right, a thing which I could not ask or expect them GO LO II l were uOU dCIluS TIRuGly, dS l OO 1lOG want to be put up to be pulled down again. :"
 Commissioner Johnson said that he should support the new chief in the right with all his heart
 Commissioner Sheldon: Tvoted thus from my heart and hoped that Commissioner Boil man would be chosen, and he was, and he can depend on me for my support as long as he is in the right"
 Commissioner Bollman said; "I never asked a commissioner to vote for me on one side or the other, and I say this right here now, be- cause don't want you to think have, and I want to have it understood that never had any understanding about the matter with any commissioner whatever"
 Commissioner Hart then said ''I would say that I suggested Commissioner Bollman's name, because I thought he was the man best qualified to fill the position, and because I thought the members of the Board could agree upon him for a chief. I voted for him for two or three evenings before I asked him if he would accept the position if it was offered to him. He said that he would ac- cept it if he got it without his own vote, and as he does his duty as chief, he will, without a doubt, be given the uttermost support of the board of commissioners. /"
 Commissioner Bollman then said that he had some business matters he wanted to set- tie up before he entered upon his new office as chief, and it was voted that Commission CT Bollman enter into office as chief August 1, at a salary of $2,5OO a year, to remain until cause is shown that he should not longer re- main chief. The Board then adjourned, having accomplished the work they had in view. The office of chief has been vacant now little over six months.
 After the meeting Commissioner Bollman was congratulated by the commissioners and introduced to Acting Chief Hyde as the new chief of the department.
 Commissioner Bollman will send in his resignation as police commissioner at the special meeting of the Board of Aldermen to be held next Monday evening.