New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-27
PLAIN LANGUAGE PROBABLE
To-DAY's MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
s,Mr SEVERE CRITICISM or THE LEGISLATURE
EXPECTED FOR HANGING tf me ''i'
MAGISTRATES BII.L-PoLICE JUSTICES
WANT 10 RE HEARD.

MAGISTRATES BiI.L-POIlCE JUSTICES
WANT 10 RE HEARD.
There is likely to be a large attendance at the
.oociol meeting O. the Chamber % Commerce To-
day on account of the interest which mas peeh
manifested in police reorganization methods ana
IN the pending bill 20 remove the present Ponce
,ustces ard reorganze the lower criminal courts
an the city. The meeting. which has been called
Cor ESQ =. NJ. will Ice unusually interesting, be-
,use some plain speech may be looked for upon
the pending bill. which has been 'huns UP IN the
legislature. There have been reports that the poE-
,,cars intend TO make amendments TO the bill, so
a. 10 form number OF pooe-c ourt districts In the
city and TO provide for the election OF magistrates
for the several districts next fan. such a course
would keep the present Police Justices in power
several months longer and also defeat some of the
important objects of the bill. /; - desired 10 nave
only lawyers of five years standing appointed as
city magistrates and TO have them appointed by
tire Mayor.
The Police Justices have taken alarm a, the evil
dent determination OF the Chamber o. Commerce
70 urge the LEGISLATURE to pass me pending bill
without amendment or notification and they want
10 he represented ct the meeting to-day Ponce
Justice Ryan yesterday sent TO Alexander +. OFF,
the preslden; OF the Chamber OF Commerce. '"e
following appeal:
New-York, FEB; 2s 1872 1884,,
Mr. Alexander T. orr President Chamber of Com
Dear Sir: / beg leave TO request. AS mailer o.
tha, YOU and Your associates will permit delesa ai
ton Of The Justices to be pIes er Wednesday, next
for the purpose OF petitioninT the Legislature 10
pass the City MAGISTRATES , 6 Of the reaues,
tina, "e she 9 grave Charges which have been cSr
Rehabilitation that the character and official actions
Of the Police Justices will be involved IN the ou,-
justice dictates that some opp9riunty for hear
h...e he n he
T Tanfd' nave the "0"'' - JOHN ] RYAN
President 0, Board of Police Justices.
The fear that "the character and official actions
OF the Police Justices will be involved in the out
come o. the meeting" may be we'll founded Men
who are interested in the movement 10 promote
municipal reforms could not well overlook the
shameful degradation Of the police courts under
Tammany risrule. It has come TO be notorious
that some Of the Tammany Police Justices have
neither a sense of official decency nor any proper
regard for the duties Of their off, 1t is not I'M
likely that there may be some references at to-
days meeting to the official conduct and personal
reputation of such Tammany Justices as GRADY
Diver. Hogan and Koch. . ,,
Court gave an illustration OF the manner In which
Tammany justice is dispensed in the city. Louis
Davidson a lawyer, who is also Tammany lead
err was in the liouorstore at No l,7l2 Lexington
Mace bought a drink of liquor ana arrested the
bartender for violating the Excise law He ac -
police station and became so abusive that he also
was locked up When Davidson was arraigned be
fore Justice Koch. in the Harlem Police Court. on
Monday. Sergeant Daniel Wall testified as to the
police station. Justice Koch declared that he had
known Davidson for fourteen years and that ne
could not believe such language had been used
Sergeant Wall said there were several policemen
in the courtroom Wh9 HAD heart me ~ age
effect: Il wouldn't believe policeman under
oath, No. nor the whole department., either. j
know you policemen. When YOU set good lawyer
in The station house. you try 10 ride rough-shod
over him. It's beer tried on me.
Davidson was discharged. of course.