Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-18

business OF the city and relieve him en-
tirely of it. He did not think that their
&C ion was fair, right or legal, and if he
had the power, he would simply adjourn
the meeting. There was no parallel case
| on the annals of the municipal records,
where Board of Police Commissioners
had acted as this had.
He then left his seat, but remained in
the room and for the next twenty mill
| utes the rest of the board endeavored to
persuade him to appoint temporary
chairman and retire, or reseat himself
| and allow the roll to be called; it be-
ing argued by the majority that as long
as he remained in the room they could
not act, as he was still chairman; whilst
he argued, on the other hand, that he
had resigned the chair and they could go
ahead and carry the vote by themselves.
At 5 80 O'Clock Mr.. Lindley demanded
the roll call, but Clerk Robinson refused
| to do SO unless ordered to do so by the
commission, and as this did not meet
their views the matter remained in stdtt
QUO. About 6 O'Clock Louis Seiwecke
| entered the room and demanded hear
ing upon the matter of the Alham bra
saloon, but Mayor Hazard, who was
seated at the reporters table, informed
him that oral arguments were agait ct
the rules of the board and he must make
his communication in writing. Mr.. Sic.
wecke left in disgust, and as soon
as the door closed on his retreating
from Mr.. Lindley Jumped" Mayor Haz.
ard on the proposition that he had acted
as chairman in addressing the saloon
keeper, and therefore could not maintain
his stand upon the ground that he had
resigned the chair. Another request for
the roll-call was made, but it met with
no response. 1t was then proposed by
MIR. Knox to call in Stephen NJ. White,
who was an authority on parliamentary
rules, to prove that the Mayor was wrong
in his arguments; but he had gone home,
and nothing remained to be done but to
argue the question all over again among
| themselves. AT 6 80 o'clock Mr.. Lind
ley made motion to adjourn, which was
seconded by Mr.. Knox, but here again
the same legal question was raised, and
Senator R. F. Del Vale WAS sent for to
decide one way or the other; but he also
had closed his office and could not be
found. The three Commissioners COM
prising the majority then held a
whispered caucus in one corner of the
room for some minutes. Clerk Robinson
at 7 O'Clock closed bis books, and rose to
leave the room, saying he did not care
whether the Commissioners excused him
or not.
| Mr.. Knox warmly retorted that he had
no right to talk in that way to the board.
Then the question was again raised over
the appointment of Mr.. Knox as tempo
| rary clerk, according to the motion of
Mr.. Lindley, and once more was the
whole matter gone into, neither side Civ
| ing way one inch. Things remained in
this position until Z :27 p. M, when Mr..
Knox went to the door to speak to Mr.. L..
| Siewecke about his saloon license, and
| Mayor Hazard at once took the oppor-
tunity of slipping out. AS soon as he
had gone, Mr.. Knox came in again, and
on his motion Mr.. Dexter was appointed
temporary chairman, the regular chair
man not having assigned one in his
absence and, on motion of Mr.. Lindley,
Commissioner Knox was appointed as
temporary clerk.
Mir. Lindley then moved that J..
F. Burns be removed from the Office
of Chief of Police, and Mr.. Knox
having seconded the motion, it was put
| to the vote, and a result of ayes and l
absent was recorded. Then followed, in
the same order, the removals of Captain
Emil Harris and G. II. Jennings from
the force. These matters having been
disposed Of, the following men were ap.
| pointed, on motion of Mr.. Lindley, by
the same method of procedure: J. NJ.
Glass, Chief; M. r. Higgins, L. G.
Loomis, J. F. Del Vale and N. L.
Sanchez; and also W. A. Bosqui as a
special officer.
The next thing on the programme was
the appointment of M. r. Higgins as
Deputy Chief, and the granting of q
leave of absence to the Incumbent, F.
E. Biles, until August 1st, when his re-
moval takes effect.
Mr.. w. w. Robinson was then ex-
cused from further attendance at the
meetings of the board, as it was said his
duties as Mayors Clerk were sufficiently
onerous, without including the Police
Commission, and it was resolved to re-
quest Chief Glass to furnish the board
with a clerk, who should be detailed from
the force, in future.
On motion of Mr.. Knox, recess was
taken until O'Clock this afternoon, and
the beard, at his suggestion, proceeded
in body to police headquarters to notify
the department of the changes which
would take effect Immediately.
The three Com missoners then put out
the light, and left the Mayors office for
the City Hall, Mr.. Knox taking the min
utes he had made during the few
minutes he had officiated as clerk. Just
opposite the Court House, on Spring
street, the party met Detective Glass,
and warmly congratulated him upon his
election and, wheeling round at their
| request, he accompanied them to the
Police Station.
Upon the arrival of the party here they
| invaded the Chiefs office and Mr.
Knox, pulling the minutes from his
pocket, read to Chief Burns, who was
talking to his deputy, Mr.. Biles, that
part of the minutes relating to his re-
moval and the method by which it was
contaminated, and ordered him to turn
over his Office and all the property per-
tanning thereto to the new Chief of Po-
lice, J. M. Glass.
The two Chiefs were then introduced
formally to each other, and Chief Burns
questioned Glass as to whether he had
duly qualified for the Office by being
sworn in and filing the necessary bond.
The latter replied that he had not,
whereupon Chief Burns refused to turn
over his office to his successor until he
should furnish proofs of his qualifica-
tions.
Mr.. Lindley then demanded that Chief
Burns turn over his Office to the Board of
Police Commissioners; but this also was