Telegram-herald., 1886-09-25
The CON ulssoNtRs
A wsrsa Discussion ossr the Appointment
81 koaa4snans

81 Reaaasman.
Al the meeting ~ the Police sad Fire
Commissioners yesterday. . moiion hxne
the salary of detectives al g IS pef asy ~As
adopted A communication from Henry
SEsder. Withdrawing his application Tor
patnolman. and ASKING dat he oe appointed
sleoiai p8lioemsu a. the Wonderland. p
also a communication from s4eketl 4
Wiegins asking thai Henry snyder 1ad T..
h. GRAY be appointed special policemen 81
the Wonderland were referred 10 The
Committee ca Men and Discipline. 4
change of IRE alarms wss reported a. fol-
lows Box -. 70 northwest corner oi
HeBg-si and Nealth.age s5, % corner of
North Prospect and Fountain-s.s. and "a
10 Front al the intersection Of Pearl u. Ap-
plicaIions for POSITIONS Oh tie Police farce
were received from J. Al Qaigley. M. O.Nan
Dam and Jas A. Bright Placed
on nle. After some other unintefeStiug
business bad been dispatched. Commissioner
Powers moved that Superintendent Perry
recommend a suitable person from The p0-
lice force 10 al The position "a r0undsman.
Commissioner kiilean amended that thls
matter be- referred % the COMMITTEES on
Men and discipline 10 confer with the su-
pefintendent IN the selection OF a suitable
man and report 10 the Board al is next
meeting. Lost Commissioners kiliean
then raised "a l4liaf Of order. claiming that
Commissi3usf Powers motion was out of
order. ard gIfiag for his reasons the FIRST
paragraph "a the rule for The guidance Of
the CcmmHice GA Men aud Discipline.
which rs4ts - follows. The COMMITTEES
on Mn i Discipline shall be charged
with the examination and recommends
eiOns for a afp ointment 10 POSITIONS and pro-
motions on the fOrtt of the Police and Fire
Department" The President decided that
the point Was not well taken. Mr. kiilean
appealed 10 the Board but the decision was
sustained, Commissioners Powers and
Dygert voting against Commissioner
kiilean. The original motion BY Mr.. Powers
was then voted upon and carried. Com
missioner killean moved that the
petition from the patrolmen asking for an
increase in their salary. be taken from the
table. Commissioner Powers moved that
it be referred to the Committee on Men aud
Discipline. kilean amended. that the sal
airy of the patrolmen be raised five cents
per day. but was not supported. Commis-
si0ner Powers motion was then adopted
and Commissioner killean, chairman oi
the committee. made his report recon-
menCing the raSe OF nNe cents Der Cay.
This was voted upon and lost, and a mo-
ton by Commissioner Powers 10 lay II on
the table was adopted. Adjourned
The above IS a straight. square record OF
the proceedings of the Board yesterday. II
has been the custom here. a. in other cities
that make any pretensiOns TO a metropolit-
an police force. 10 have the executive Of
ficer OF the Board, I. c. the Superintendent
recommend men for promotions. which j.
entirely proper. as he IS very naturally the
only person who knows ANYTHING about the
men. To this Mr.. killean objected. and
having been sat down on made his motion
to increase the pay of patrolmen Sl5 pei
year. Munifcent increase Mr.. hiileau
very well knew that the Board would not
vote the increase as the matter had been
talked over But il served for what would
seem TO be little bunoombe all the same.
Now if B. p. b, Boiler Plate Ball. be true
10 his instincts-thOse of the AeDiifis Amer-
icaaa-he will this morning set up howl
that will be heard as far as the odor OF the
animal he eInulates can be smelled-and no
further