The sun., 1895-03-22

In Ills deliberate judgment entirely nuliity n,
sshtmo ~ reorganization. u might ss well b,
tetanicaitics that now staEd in the way Of dis
missing an officer are 70 b, perpe,unted.
cred su'iicittn 20 give n murderer ono trial
senator O'C"u;Ir Nh, he ran have a dozen.
whna an ncqnrtni had been secured. and made
" fr,iher "ltar 'liat his objection To the re.
would bS Sss on GIVE an o
poTtnInlty i prefSr new La charges aEains' him
hergcs wIIch had been tried before and render
Senator ilradley here interrupted the discussion
% ,ne effect that IL was as cheap 10 Guy n Rc.
p.elicau senator Ms II was to elect Democratic
O:s.
senator REYNOLDS offered An amendmen pro-
N.ding that tho risht uf appeal by writ OF rarti-
ornr. he given I? any orlrer certified for ir.
'npFal on 'l- ";cst!hgny previous record. charge
or other rruuad wlp,h thr said Board mas deem
reasonable pnd sufficient"
In dehonnciug this as the sairr asvoiinR down
the h.il, senator i.cxow stirred NJ Siarleton o
the sensation OF the day. The Reynolds Incl
iShment ieeted the Stnplcion outburst. and tito
fate OF the bills trcmblcd in tho balance. The
"TTis Di! i ,adi"aiy and fnnda,nentatiy dif
ferent from he measure originally introduced: :
but we have been dragged into caucus on 1t, and
wrong. What IS there that demands this haste
this great haste: What is the occasion
Of all par!inmcn;a-y methods ana rules COM
init us to this bill md the rest of them Nv
for delay and consideration. j Ishnii probably be
5 -, Il VIA, u they & are %sps II !, FtpaSss%: @ HS"
Rssy Il ss, SSa,d.I so.s
the caucus My nmendments were ruthlessly
,TGnIsd Ei. xii pr9n hop, to be able 1T to vote Tor
Gus: But The Sili is not in proper shape to be
passed now"
ssnso% Senator L1Tow rose t9 reply to the irHs
facer just landed. and aaid: =" have listened
10 many remarkable speeches hut 10 none so
two mouths old. and one on Which the Kicking
Senator had caucused weeks ago.
senator Htapleton-Did ever vote in caucus
senator, lexow called thi, a fimsy question.
and StRpletnn shouted hotly: This bill wus
not even in existence"
senator Eexow was then moved to try to score
the Syracuse Senator. and said he was surprised
at his Iauguage. To accuse his associates of nm
fairness was to accuse them OF unrepublicn nisnl.
which the Nyaek statesman implied was some
Senator Stapletnn was ou.wnrllv calm hut
lnantestly hot under the collar when he said in
fumoNs 10y The genius Of Con and ,he persist
encc OF a PARK hurst. Some OF us are wit hout
,ns hn ai.E Gt b .S Chamber am Of gold
tcenth Iexowl does not enjoy a monopoly OF all
that is wise ard good in this body. fnd
that there are mistakes in this bill rhe word
'rcnewable.' used fer ,rcviewable.' should GER
tanly be corrected. There is. in my opinion, an
removed But my amendments offered TO the
cRucus to correct this were trampled on. and
bounce me and call me a traitor"
This time the senator's meaning was clear TO
everybody but O,Connor, Lexow. nnd Rnines.
most superb human effort TO drive Stapleton into
position where u would be simply impossible
Tor him % vote with 'hs other Republicans.
Senator Rnines an,c rs near to killing the
whole batch OF police bills right then and there
Morton with lis power Of Veto The scene u,; was
;'ne OF the most reInarkRble ever seen in a leg
hfandshtd u rlenched ,iis; in front OF staple
tons upturncd face. which wore an expression
~ hs,." shrtked Raines. You reveal the
secrets OF caucus in which YOU took a part?
have witnessed many an exhibition of what
walk m to the cannon's mouth but il you
think this is an exhibition of courage your
rnrt you are mistaken in the meaning OF tho
walks in the dark and with eyes shut tumbles
into the abyss that he knows not OF. Your as
toctaics " ii point tie finger at YOU A caucus
III which your own vote
senator staple!"n. his look OF restraint deep
enrE rose at this point to ask
,i"H:''
theatr;cal gesture. Nlr Raines replied: Your
eeat. II ynu I,lease. have the Noor.' Contin-
nE with raised voice he ,H You vii! find
Of New York and the Republicans and array
Yourself with lhr thirteen democrats in thi.
Senator . REYNOLDS tried to ask question. and
got got the same gesture AMI "egly Your seat if
nnids.
the face of the we'll wnrked-up Rainc.. He took
long breath and turned again TO senator
s,apis,om: saving: IT is the position Of an :g-
senator Haines ran on IN rambling way to
,nlk about what the Police Commi.sntlers could
20 think 1t unsafe for him TO cool of. too. sud
denly incurred whether he had S'nae cxprc,a-
The effect was ali that could have been hoped
FOR. senator Raines has been II senator before.
pissed. he Is very well known IN Albany.
senator sullivan interiec.rd a hint as 10 what
Po!ice Commissioner could do under the Ives
Poui bill, and the initia iated seemed TO regard it
as funny. but kaines needed il not. He strobe
half across the chamber toward Mr.. Guy and
Altrok The same Old fist as he declared. umong
sunday. II hc wns n Police Commissioner, So
'rhtiy that i they could not be broken into
League club would be doing n good bar bust
Hess n!l 9f ,he lime"
have q. visitor from the country the year
round"
senator Raines tun,iisd to the fact taat he
was furnishing very Rradleyish style OF enter
tAinncnt. and soon sat down 1t must have been
his example that had so good an effect on Scna-
tor b'Connnr; or IT may he that the responsi-
Diliy o. the occasion lad n stead wing effect on
the usually imprls!ve leader. lie TOOK a turn at
Staplr!on. but disappointed expectation by he
INV quite Temperate and even almost diplomatic.
He said:
This amendment providing for appeal would
leave the Police Department just where it is
NOW. and am sure that Tie senator does not
want to do thus" Asa matter OF fact. Siapleton
had shown no concern auout that part Of the
question. but this paved the WAY for the state
ment: There ntr differtn, staHdroinls OF un-
Harness. II! ms case. as "A inau the Senator IL
h"nornlily bound to stand by his vote ia the
caucus "
~ this point senators, Stapeton and Rey-
nolds III turn tried to ask question. but Sena-
tor Oto"nor was !ntOlerant of any interruption
ana seemed about to emulate the exhib billion
made hy RaineS. Ill recovered himself. though
aud went "n TO say in paternal and polite way
that II he Senator's conscience hud stood IN the
way OF his agreement witt, the findings OF the
caucus ne should have withdrawn from IL and
lett d insei free from its obligations. Senators
should not act like children because they could
not have their own way.
=, senator Cantor slyly put in question about
TIE attitudeo MAJOR Strong Rs repOr;e, 10 the
caucus. Senator OConnor WAS a delightful
plciuren an ninaDle gentleman as he respond
ed: The gentleman is very artful but
understand his tactics. ! am no gos-
ling, nor Was ! born yesterday. He can
not drag herring across the scent and throw