New-York tribune., 1894-04-24
FERENCE CALLED on THE
POLICE BILL.
ray TELEGRAPH TO InF TEIBUN-

TElEGEArH TO lW TRIM -
,.,. Aoril 23-The Republican Senators
.,.a caucus tonight which lasted uhu' d''''
heu -,.ht The subject Of debate the New
w,-s reform bills The caucus decided 10 n'aNe
>o'" ,osnres Of the Assembly bill deprivins
- Sheriff of New-York Of his fees ana giving
.ne salary Of 500 900: Of the bill authorizing the
MS If New-Yorl hereafter elected to remove
NO We .nn heads Of city departments sixty days
81 '', ,r,,c into office and to appoint new chiefs
;. .hoso departments, and the bill OF Senator
oi w.. ,.~,,id,nr that the Dock Commissioners
,,sr not give out any work IN excess u ''V ~
or,ount except by contract
rona,ors overs and Reynolds Of Brooklyn how
.nt,rr,ed the members Of the caucus that
.so,. would not support the bill cutting off the
es NY e,ae Senator Owens offered To sup
-. tho hill if the salary was made $4,000 but
p.-r povoolds declined 10 d. 81 under any
',..,-,s,a,ces. declaring that If he did So the
.ha Republican Sheriff Of Kings County
might be cnt OF -r.,,.....
...,asnondent: "rhe sheriff's bill will pass the
-a.a dosnite the votes of Owens and myself
. ..o,os,tion since Senators Coggeshall and Dom
",,so, r.bo opposed the bill the other day We're
=. .ho caucus tonight and promised TO vote
for IT," r.,,,
,f.or those bills were disposed Of the Fepubh-
- carators took up Senator LeXow's bill pro-
,.,a,,e, for a non-part.san Board Of Police Com
,v,sstorors IN New-York City Senator LeNow
,.osor,od IN the caucus typewriter amendments
:. tho hill which. in the main. were In the direo-
ito, Of restoring il TO the shape in when II WAS
~ q loft the Senate one of these amend
,,,or,s defined the class of offences that would
ci.o tho Sunerintcndent Of Police authority ~
ssc,nlne members Of the police force or to assign
,bs,, IN different precincts Another amendment
offered bv Senator O'Connor. provided tha' lhc
Superintendent could be removed only on cndI h'9
preferred by two cf the Police COMMISSIONER :,
and that upon the charges being preferred ~
should be suspended from duty unul .h' 'oH-
clusion Of his trial. 1t was argued py 'i'e zen" 10
tors who presented these amendmeh's '"a1 80. ~,
Superintendent Of Police under the Assembly,
amendments received excessive power over 'hc
force and that the Board Of Police was maze d
mere body of figureheads. -
While these amendments were generailE az
cen,able Il was suggested by some one that IL
would be we'll before they were formally ac-
cepted by the Senate Republicans TO hold con
ference with the leading Assembly KepuDlcahS
in order to learn e they would De aaop.eu ~ ~
that House. Il was further argued thal me on
ought certainly 10 be passed. and must hot D,
nut in any peril by amendments mace u u ~
~ Senate and uossibly not acceptable to th'
Assembly After considerable debate upon theS'
considera tiors il was resolved 10 postp'i.e a
senator JeNOW biii bI4.4i a.
conference Of the nature indicated with the lead
ing Republican Assemblymen. With this pollcl
enimating them, the Re2ubhcan Sehd toiS & az
,antn,od Senators LexOw SaXtOn. and kilburn
a. a conference committee. The Republican AS,
senblvmen Indicated Speaker Maioy and
Messrs.- Airsworth. Fish, OGrady' ~, hopole, @
FERRY Robbins Wray ard Thornton. The two
committees will meet early tomorrow morning;
Possibly the Republican Assemblymen VIII hoid
caucus upon the bill tomorrow nlght.
corafor Saxton. chairman Of the Republican
caucus stated that Senator LeXow's RAPID iran
sit hi and the Rapid Transit bill Of the Cham6el
q ,o",oo-rov, morning would not be con
sidsred until wednesday. in the meantime ar
sttenopt will be made TO whip these bills II, ,f
ond Iii also receive the united Republican sup
port In the Legislature