The herald., 1893-11-17
THAT POLICE COMBINE
MUTTERINGS AGAINST COMMIS-
SI0NERS STERN AND WELDON.
The Mayor Enjoys the Situation and Goes
to Santa Monica for . Swim-Gos-
sip About the Commission
ers and Their Action.

The action of the police commission
in letting out eight police officers in a
bunch, is still the talk OF the city.
Major E. L. Stern. the Republican
commissioner, is coming in for big
share of the comment.
1t was only possible for the men to be
discharged by his vote added to Tom
Weldon's, the other Republican COM
missioner.
The more the people realize that by
this action seven Republicans were
dropped from the force the more the two
commissioners are damned by those
members of the &. O. p. who have fol-
lowed the course OF events.
OF course Mayor Rowan ia satisfied.
Why shouldn't he be. BY this adroit
move he is enabled to point with
pride" to the decapitations which have
taken place.
determinations Tufte and Commis-
sioners Bosbyshell and Bradish are
fighting mad at the statements bv
Mayor Rowan about the hand they are
alleged to have taken in the dismiesel
of 1S men at the beginning of the year.
I They Indignantly deny that that was
parallel case to the present. Mr..
Bosbyshell goes even further than parli-
amentary ueage would dictate, and said
yesterday that commissioners who had
followed the courne of Messrs. Weldon
and Stern should be removed.
Major Stern, it is said, is not very
highly pleased with the notoriety which
has suddenly been thrust upon him.
His Republican friends have been won
dering what he means by this sudden
afiiliation with the seductive mayor.
There are a number OF ugly rumors
about as to the inside history Of the
combination, and the two commission
ers will sooner or later realize that an
explanation Of their course will be de-
manded by their party. Ssoles -.
Chief Glass doesinot occup u kn snvia-
BILE position in the matter. 6HeARye he
was not consulted abont therenoyal of
his men and the wholefo7ceis 30 ratified,
particularly ether Republicans officers,
that they scarcely know what to do.
''Pll tell you one thirg," said we'll
known politician yesterday. This is
awful rough on Glass. He does not
know whether his head is his own or a
football. Yet if l had been him l
would have told the commissioners to
60 to very warm place before | should
have allowed them to dismiss some of
my best men without consulting me at
all. / should have said: Here is my
star, gentlemen. II am not competent
to advise with you about my men, |
don't wish. to be a dummy and figure
head But Glass couldn'S do that with
out resigning, and that's just what they
want. Don't you forget it, if / was
chief I'd be chief or quit"
what is your idea Of the cause OF the
combination assy
swell, can't talk to you much about
that. 1t won't do, don't you know. |
will cay that don't think it is COM
bination with Weber to throw gam bling
wide open again. Weber is too smart,
if they are not, not to know that this
community is against gambling. That
won't work. 1t wouldn't last many
days. Where is there any money now :?
| buy my 5-cent beer, and you may
have some of your old-time luxurious
mess, but doubt it. There's not enough
money in it to make ii an object, and
the gang knows its a hopeless PROPOSE
tion, with public sentiment as il is.
They couldn't do it quietly. Everybody
would know it in little while.
mo, you're right about that. He has
been modest, nice business man, and
his habits are not like yours aud mine.
If there is anything like that going on
the mayor will not stay with the COM
bination. You mark my words."
Mayor Rowan seems to enjoy the COM
motion that has been stirred up, and
doesn't mind the rumors around about.
He seems to be satisfied that he is do
ing something that he has long wanted
to do, and let's it go at that. Instead
of worrying about the talk, he went
down to Santa Monica yesterday and
had good swim.
1t is understood that some OF the COM
missioners are not Satisfied to let the
matter stand with regard to some OF the
men let out. 1t is proposed to try TO
bring about their reinstatement, or make
the commission produce charges to JUS
tify their action.
Members of the council are taking
more and more interest in the matter.
Mr.. Innes was very outspoken yesterday,
and said that as far as he was concerned
he was for the men until charges against
them were brought to justify their dis
charge. Men let out in that style were
in very awkward predicament, and
their friends did not know how to help
them