New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-28

GEN WAGER sWAYNE DRH. \. G.. ANDERSON
non-parsan lines appaQse, we i3c Gf Iyor
The camti4SSS o id 5ne o,c upon lat platform and
agreed 10 be bound and governed by rs Pt'nCp ~
political promises Having secured hiS tecI'Cr' ,
s s41ri that he shall use that oc GAINED upon those
promises, for the purpose OF I0Ttne machine
within a party and 10 throne an uncrowhef IN ~
distribution of partisan spol5 10 Ky KY ~ An
authority this machine and TO th's o'S'' 'f
Now think Of il. fellow citizens think OF c,'
political in The H'neeenh Gen5JsS ,akin
position Of mat description .,,, having ,nves
In The M irT po Racf 5 Of the city Of New
YORK and found tina; under Bipartisan G'n s,,cb
condition Of rotenness had been deyel4pen snyn
as no human being would have supposed p2s se5
i'm a civilized community. they report :" !; e no I'm,
lauf IN eS bn nronos.? i bipartisan Police Board
with the right TO make resuiauonS Iot '' he righ;
81 annoirt the examiners Of candidates 70 prepdie
me hSi b bI on former occasions said what had
~ say on the subject Of bipartisan Police boA'u
sH,r,,nste nar,ieenship from the adminstra,i9n or
city AFFAIRS applause and We We leo ctl,fy hon
t i oT 40 in the police Department of the city
Of New York o eo SbSdf bccauss hey are parans
on one side and because the! aTs PdIuS. lion va
and runs al once to a system Of deals where any
hing Ike decency disappears Applausel pua or a
-,rrrss thing II anything than a bipartisan COZ
sructon is the undertaking In Vi2s 'ion Q5 ,a .g
spirit OF the Constitution to h@ye h nolicemen~an
tnsnector and four captains-out or the sanly ~
En,riisan commission. 50 that 50 far rs me
Constitution contemplates that az 80 5,rees and
merit 10 be ascertained as far as prague ny far
examination 10y eoMISygt lxamina tioi-so far
as these provisions are GohSvt' 80, ~ ets+ement
0pvoxIol.s FEATURE OF THE BILL.
,.rder that system of admission TO the force,
,o,bin, can prevent the department being converter
in,o a Doljtcal mach,ne-and ! particularly hVi,e
~ a,ter,ion Of our friends Of the press 10 ths
pditou@'; s an integral par; of the so-caed Aims,
worth Police bi-but instead OF an inspector am ii
TO have an inspector and examine1S n all seg more
by this bipartisan Police board imste hnard
danger in This provision than in BIZ artisan podLi
Hacs5se the heads Of departments under ne
srEI - a boss or otherwise. regulate who
S he annointed without reference to fitness or
merit as the Constitution requires. ,.. .,ar
this proposed reorganization of the police ioTce
had displayed and wijhdTa"n ana iio1In Nae a."
cimmttee was appointed 10 draf! proper police DIS
to De lI ncb as the citizens Of NewYork who
elected Mayor Strong doud applause desired 10
Tnder the hands Of that commtee series ESQ Of
measures drafted which chalieng+l cTlIit I'm,
ysrk GaGghIerJ All questions of necessity OF
bparsan head :were [ rem Police by Departnen
tAppause1 All questions OF diversion Of the force
10 political purposes are removed by pro,lsi9n
made from csinle list ptpsrfd 9er que ,fs
Police Department. ChpPiaUseJ NeHL 'ial an
question: Of promo29 A2 be ssr of the
Competitor applause, ana that hey shal select
Bow NV WHAT is the efc o. measures Of that kline?
In the first place, the power Of elections is out
faithful patrolman wno enters the service knows
that he has no p9cai cafs 70 6 baS bcfore him
an honorable career win the right 10 promotion II
he deserves it, until h- reaches IN" top Of the force
NV we cannot a, his time a IT. length into
that they wer prepared ny a. cegpe,t4j D'1y , VI
lawyers as could he se-eci,n 70 pcrioaiI. w.
And what treatment have thr{ receFtl me
were introduced into the Legislature, they were
hardy hardy mfn' onv s,id thew viii remain ur the
end And now We are tod that whether We Ike
test The partisan measures known as the L@Now
Police bills, under the Wnp o., the parugsi are -
viii And where are the promises ana where WI
the ereai Re2uoeln palS D. IL a rs l nar ans
act shan be consummatcl? Applause)
JUSTICE" ~ THE POLICE COURTS.
But that is not all Another nuisance needing
abatement as much as the correction Of the Police
Department is the system Of justice n our INFERIOR
courts Of criminal jng.sl!cion Applause IN {Hg S
Calculated 10 do away with the existing abuses and
s 20 pu 10 f The TegtsS;urc Nobody living except
police Justice o. his clerk or his marsha. can be
found TO find any fault with that bill to-day ZAP
pause1 The hi was introduced into the senate
bv the Senator from Nyack who undertook -
father II. II was presented 20 his committee" weeks
and weeks ago ana th.re 70 lies IN ihai commit &c.
and IL cannot be gotten out; and IL that conpIttee
six Republicans ana three. Dsmocrats are ne Pc
sons who vote H. and ont Of NOS six Kepub lsans
at least TWO refuse % .ct the Oh so - tAc oeHate
for action Well why? They say thet un.eSs ne
citizen. OF NeW-YOrk. the gang or reioTmers VINO
put Mayor strong in Office, viii come TO some SORT
OF terms about giving the cOntrO OF the Ponce De
partment or giving their force the selection OF such
Offices in the city OF NewY Ork, neither the Ponce
Justices bill nor any other measure called Tor by
the good citizens Of New-YOrk for the purpose OF
making effectual the result Of the election ~ NO
venber shall be heard have passage.
Now that is a fine position, my fellow l;izenS, icr
the representatives % great party IN control OF me
Legislature take. but that is the existing position
OF the majority the Senate Of the state OF New
York to-day.
We are here TO express our con1emnation-(ap-
plause)--of these crcajuNes Appausc) We arc
here 10 cal upon fellOW-citZens 10 fix their al
tentiOn upon the action of their representative u
the Legislature. loud app.ause)
LETTERS FROM MESSRS. SCHUM AND AN
DRENS.
When John J.. Faure had been elected secre-
tarv for the mass-meetng he was called upon &c
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