The herald., 1893-11-18
ETHE DECAPITAT1ON ACT.
WHAT MAJOR STERN HAS TO SAY
REGARDING THE MATTER.
The Eight onioers Deposed wsre Known
to the Chief Before Being Dis-
chnrged-He Had . Charge
Against All of Them.

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The action OF the police commission
ers on Tuesday last in letting out eight
members Of the police force has caused
I considerable talk, and the various state.
ments regarding the matter through the
columns OF the press are at variance it
appears. The article in yesterdays
HERALD has brought forth statement
from Major Stern, one OF the police COM
miHsioners, who desires to place himself
Rright as to his vote and to contradict a
! part Of the report in yesterdays Issue.
The major stated, in the first place,
what Mr.. Bosbyshel claims as cow
ardly act in the summary dismissal OF
the eight men without q hearing, is a
precedent inaugurated by Boabyshell
himself, as the records show. On page
353 OF Clerk Robineon's report OF the
, meeting held on January 34th
OF the present year Commissions
er Boabyshell himself introduced the
resolution to discharge 16 men from the
force without any apparent cause, and
his motion prevailed, and the men were
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Boebyshell was not consulted in this
instance aa to who would walk the plank
. the shoe didn't tit him, and he kicked
right against what he did himself ten
months ago. When the Bradish- Bosby-
ehell-Tuits majority in the board had
things their own way, the two alleged
Democrats called eerenely along; but
just as soon as they found themselves in
a minority, they kicked as If they were
playing football
Major Stern Gays that If Chief Glass
states he did not know what officers
would be deposed, and for what cause,
he tells faleehood, which can be
easily proven that he had made re-
port to the commissioners as to the
standing OF every officer on the force.
Opposite fhe names of those discharged
are the following words, put there by
Glass himself: "Incompetent." Lazy"
"Too mnch poker, "s'Too much whisky"
etc., and that Glass now attempts to
screen himself from all blame; but on
Tuesday next the chief will be shown
up in his true colors.
Major Stern states that he has no one
to reward; that he is not desirous OF
putting anyone off the force without
cause in order to appoint some friend OF
his to the vacancy; that the man
Majors that he suggested and who was
appointed last Tuesday, was a southern
man and a Democrat, and at the time
Mr.. Bosbyshell stated that he had
Majors name on his list and was going
10 move his appointment himself; that
this does not look as If he voted to re-
, move men from the force just in order
to create vacancies; that every
man who was voted to 60 off
on the Let of December had
some objection written opposite his
name by the chief Of police and that
individual reason for discharging the
men. Chief Glass has stated to HER
AID reporter that the Dismissal of the
men was q surprise to him and that no
charges were pending against them.
Major Stern says he will call the burly
chief to time on Tuesday, and the man
ner in which the good looking major
spoke left no doubt that he would carry
out his statement.
That q change in the Office of chief is
near there is now no doubt, and just as
soon az George Gard is bounced from
The United States marshal's office he
will occupy the chief of policies chair at
once. Rumor has it that both Mr.. Os-
borne and Marshal Gard have not many
days to remain in their fat positions,
both being bitter partizans; and, hav-
ing taken an active part in the last cam
a Apaign, they are booked to 20 in fort
night, and just as soon as Gard is dis
missed he will be made chief of police.
Anyway Glass does not stand we'll
with q majority of the present police
commission, and if Gard hangs on too
long in his present billet, some one other
than Glass will preside over the police
force Of this city.
Glass statements regarding the action
OF the police commission at its last meet
ing have not done him any good, and the
meeting Of that body next Tuesday will
be highly interesting one. A few more
of the present force are liable to be
dropped, and in consequence the entire
police department are in state of anx-
isty. 1t has been asserted that the
council is likely to take q hand
in the fight. Several councilmen have
expressed themselves as being dissatis-
fed with the action of the police board
last Tuesday, and threaten vengeance,
hut there is no likelihood of change be-
ing made in the commission, however,
unless there is an attempt to get two
Democrats in that body. instead OF Brad
ish and Bosbyshell, who were put in
their positions by the exclusive votes OF
five Republican councilmen, not receiv-
ing the vote of a single Democratic
councilman. Still these two men main
tain they are Democrats. Their votes
don't indicate that they are. If they
were they would at once vote for DEM
ocratic chief OF police. There is war
ahead in this department and something
OF very interesting nature will drop
very soon and when it does, the explo-
zion will show, when the smoke is
cleared away. that Glass has got his foot
in it.