New-York tribune., 1890-01-04
THE T4pY4NY P0LICE BOARD

The long dcadiocl. in the Police Board has
locn broken. aud Charles +. MacLcm has
boon elected president Mr. NacLcan is one
of the Shrcwjlc>t. most ingenious and resource
fail Of the metropolitan politicians OF the daY'
and he will undoubtedly get everything ON
of the Police Department for the hoh"h' ana
advancement of Tammany Hall that SccpIcNS
VIGILANCE. energetic effort and uncommon
suhtlety can secure.
+, i, by no means subject OF congntua-
tion 10 the citizens Of New-Nolk that our po-
luce force Is 50 completely under Tammany con-
,rol Niavor Grant did the most unju>tliiahle
and wicked act of his official career when ne
made the Police Board partisan. No previous
democratic Mayor for many terms had been SO
audacious and m>crupulouS as TO ovcrturn the
non-partisan character of this tremendously
novcIful Commission, which can do 50 much
10 pcINclt the viii of the people IN ON most
,.oncutouS elections The advantages, yes,
inc imperative necessity, OF non PARTISAN 10
:.o commission i'm such "A CITY a. this ale 100
ob,iou, 70 need argument We may now far
ly o\Dcct that all the huge and pOrtcntouS ma
rhinoly Of this mighty department VIII be
forced at high pressure to expand the aIeaGl
excessive power Of Tammany IN The metropolis.
!, iS.a bad outlook indeed for the people.
The Police Board controls the Election Bu-
rom. The inspectors, the captains the ma
iority of the force can easily hc Influenced 10y
the dominant power in the Commission. NIlh
,,ntoius. scrgcants. roundSmcn and patroImen
ahorjng for Tammany with the pressure that
hoy can bring to bear on the gIOg@cuo> and
..,t,, fft cit =
,,hi.h can turn out hOrdcS of corrupt voters a.
cvcly election. the T1mmany bosses VIII Icri
confident Of long lease OF power Hu' they
arc N danger Of trying the patience oi thc
tow, TOO far. Tweed and his friends ana
allie, tiamplcd everything here under then
fect for wears They were cast down and ont
Iy an irresistible uprising of puhlic-Sru'"d
Now-Yorkers. Tammany Hall should beware
OF going too far.
With the Police Board wholly in IFS hands
the complete mastery of the Board of Health
inevitably follows. Tammany is now in
trcncAcd in almost every department of the
ci,v government. But. NOT satisfied with Ifs
already prodigiouS revenues and lis already
cAorbtaut tyranny. it is trying to seize every
thing that remains II j, time ~ suggest TO
Mr.. Croker and Mayor Grant the adN>abiiiY
Of moderation. Mr. Croker is very pcr>ua-
sivc as we'll rs very ma,tciu. man IN these
days. While be- wa, away Oh hi, recent vaoa-
tion the Police Commission was 80 tangled up
that little was accomplished. soon after his
return we see that hc sets Tammany triumphant
in the seat Of authority iu the most important
and imperial Of all our departments. Mr. Croker
ba. ACCOMPLISHED a great many things and has
shown exceptional ability in charging the dom
nation Of his faction. But he may Yet have
cause 10 rcgrct-and the Mayor with hm-'he
setting-up Of Police Board in Mulberry St.
that will be Tammauy and nothing but Tam
many in III that il docs. The one lone Re
publican can OF course accomplish nothing
against the yo.cs Of his three Tammany col
lcapucS