New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
ity anywhere in this country and perhaps anywhere

You and to the outside pubc. What ! mean MY by
for any c5sdcrate tine provided only they haze
with any cl2seness to the polluted cnan 1Tsrs
not only substantially aware year ago Of a.; that
your committee the close of it's nyesiIgaI I n
goF are re not not abe BEN to tell tell th them
W. mean The ' Citizens Of New-York Ciywe
understand the situation great deai net to ,n der,
stand it. And that is no criticism upon your COM
mtee. There are certain matters tna noat m, ex
neither learn thoroughly nor feel s ssiura
cept by prolonged process of continuous sa'"i"
''o" ONLY A PARTIAL REVELATION
Now. that accounts for the present intensity OF
feeling in our city You have only partially exam
ined 'one department OF our municipal adinlh,s"a-
ton yet, and permanent citzehs VI
York have been for years ground under ''ie "'''.
heels of half dozen departments tnat are Se5 nus
as bad that is. as bad as they nave inc genius
and opportunity to be .,,,oo i, i out or
this situation keenly and Indignantly fN iSa
BY the reputable OF case .hond have
treatment accorded to II that shaI 60 sither
the heart Of w hS or sMed by
apart from the main ma PSspi b so pe
Naded 9e our conmunS that at our recent election
other b m r sapk that S%' Gf Re
publicans Democrats were ape 10 orge, 'aI 1ry
nationality or politics. we combined In con-
certed movement to enfranchise our city from
chronic msrule That was what the sixth OF No
yember meant. 1t elected Eepgh'lliean , TO be
Mayor but it did not elect Republican Mayor,
c ann Of the forces that produced
hands sSoy T forces .nUd
utilized along political or partisan lines or en-
eTess w either Repnbcan or Democratic,
most earnest Republicans and our most earns rest
battlecry that comfor,ed u.s. consodated us and
held us was bat the eWned TO- feel and to
that go far as relates to the business OF honestly
and n'e arg and an mpsri
hence; and we want no more OF them optcgv
TO, the bipartisan feature OF the proposed ponce
THE CITY Is POLTICsRIDDEN.
II a partisan say Republican partisan. IL APP
pointed to a Police Commissonership. he is put
there with the expectation that he Will do some
things because he IL Republican that he would
not do were he Republican. Now. We don't
want any to do anything in his Official cap2cIy
as Repn sG%aSa" A ,naI e" Of course applies
| 10 a Democrat As We conceive It, there - TO
for that n s"a Si a pn Se VITA
/: the understanding that. though partisan. ne
| gained by his beirg partisan. We want SOM.
thing that viii relieve our nnd We EVAN w%,
thing has been going there BY Heploca our or
and We wart ocias o. the sI%mp-9iiiGals
hai sn aalr Se' De odS %s o TO in %o % the
i ias from the feisIs Of paTt.an;hp We f55Inu
Constituent and enforced element Of our municipal
ns IN e YS" a sa h@ ne eend
| itself and bsect.ng the entire department Whlch
| that commission administers. II creates an in
slant incentive to deals and dickers and that has
| been the bane Of our life. We want to be made
not not be made free from them.
| A SEPARATE ELECTION BUREAU.
| Let the Election Bureau be divorced from the
! Police Department and the police force be limited
to police duty. There is proprety In introducing
| the political element into the Election Bureau. for
| It's relations are with the State and Nation as
| well as with the city but. with the divorce thus
| effected between the two, we gee no more honesr
reason for introducing the element OF partisanship
We should feel in introducing 1t into The agency OF
nt PaaK1s or hers ~oad "o be
upon wS Which Is Business Is eonducad
OF the principal planks in last antumns platform;
some weeks before election in addressing citizens
of all sorts and descriptions and in all quarters OF
city " and this k"Sw @ and TO
Of a smsya e s se
and warmes response and that made tne v nse
Of on euasrnpsx that 9 into
administration Of our city will directly contradict
p pop feess that has just ma
Hall into back number and Which; 10 Inai na
| ton throughout other cities OF our State ana OF
states contiguous lin u,,o, or,
| connected has thoroughly learned in its conflict with
the Police do a 'he mp tsf the @
chinery OF this dpsrment ana 20 respfeyv ' s
| 10 be able to fastcn responsibility With dlreetness
and effect The indetermlnateness Of rSsponsD
| every attempt made BY us during three years 70
mg af ih s' an G' ofcia viii shed with facility iha
he will responsibility. delinquent captain Of police
reector Us to 'O The sapern"nden the
the four Commissontrs and what aonr CSmmi
responsible for. and you get your labor for your
pains No% IN h hnc 81 1"v we are not
ting forward theory; we simply stating fact
Whatever might have been the politics Of a de!in;
| quent Commissioner. even though he had belonged
| to Tammany Hall. could have convicted MN II
| there had been such definition OF his responsibility
that IL could have been made clear beyond perad-
| venture that II 10 him that responsibility uh-
| questonabiy attached
POLICE REORGANIZATION.
| | will further impose myself upon you only to the
| extent Of few words touching the reorganization
| OF the police force AS minated there are some
| OF us-there a good many OF us-who have had
rather peculiar opportunities for acquanting our
selves with the existing situation. and who, there
fore may perhaps be pardoned for having rather
sbonS T Be as me Ne no an Mho
10 work done, tia, Is thorough ad policy
Of Gespomd with east likelihood Of It's relaxing
'S We shs sY be Speaking distinctly within the limits
of your own report as an Investigating committee
horoushy say Corrupt 0' Is that ycu
| ralgn the force In It's organic character. That Is
what the Grand Jury OF March. 1892. did. Without
specializing It's charge II stigmatzed ms criminal the
force considered organized whole. Your charge
being OF the same comprehensive character Ias when
you say in your report that the testimony taken
Establishes an indictment against the Police Depart
| men; as a whole'). instantly suppose that In
your legislative dealings with II you VII. deal with
| il as a whole and that you will suggest mode OF
| treatment that will publish and emphasize the de-
praviy and hopeless condition which ii has reached
| as an organization. We would not deny any more
| than do YOU that there is considerable number or
Individual men on the force to whom the prevailing
| ain hae mt "A
| system our police force lie debauched beyond the
possibility Of moral resYscitation and we think "
cause Of earnest governmental discipline In general
that the vigor OF legisla ton should match the
degeneracy Of the situation and that you should
treat the force that sharp kind OF roundup that
shall be the means OF conveying TO our city ana 70