New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-24
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TT HAS TRIUMPHED AT LAST
PASSAGE OF THE BIPARTISAN POLICE
BILL BY THE ASSEMBLY.
IT WILL NOW GO TO MAYOR STRONG. WHO IS
EXPECTED TO APPROVE IT-MR PAvEYs
EFFORT TO SUBSTITUTE THE SINGLE
HEADED COMMISSION MEASURE
INTERESTING DETAILS
OF THE VOTING.


OF THE VOTING.
Albany April % (SpeciaD-The New-York BIZ
partisan Police bill passed the Assembly to-day
just az 1t came from the Senate. and was ordered
to be sent at to Mayor Strong for approval or
dsapproval. The Mayor may retain the measure
in his possession fifteen days without expressing
an opinion 1t, 50 that. to insure beyond perad-
venture its safe return and necessary transmits
sion to the Governor. the Legislature may be
forced to extend the present session to May 10 or
even May 15 But there is no serious expectation
here that the bill passed to-day will encounter
any further legislative obstacles that its ap-
proval by Mayor Strong will be delayed long. The
passage OF bill creating bipartisan commission
has been inevitable ever since Mayor Strong's un-
official announcement OF his friendress to that
feature OF proposed police-reform legislation. The
Assembly especially has been anxious TO record It's
sentiment in favor of both the BIPARTISAN Com
mission and Police Reorganization bills. and 1t
has been prevented from passing both those meas
ures in substantially the shape given them in the
Senate by Mr. Lexow only by the obvious neces-
sty Of allowing the ugly tangles over police legis-
lat!on in the upper branch" to be Strengthened
out.
The acceptance by the Assembly to-day of the
Bipartisan Commission bill in its unamended form
the Republican AssembIymen bipartisan control
of tho police force and through it OF the election
machinery in New-York City. seemed to offer the
only possible guarantee Of protection the voters
Of the rest of the State from frauds In State and
National elections. To these legislators the prop
ositon OF the Committee Of Ten 10 put the control
Of the police in the hands Of single commits
sioner appointed by the Mayor appeared indu-
bitaby to open the way, in case Of restored
Democratic rule to frauds which would by
parison dwarf those perpetrated In 1884 In 1891,
1892 and 1893. The appeals of Mr. Pavey. Mr..
Wray and Mr.. Conkling for sngle-headed COM
mission fell. consequently, on dull ears; for the
evils and abuses Of which. under former bipartisan
police administrations these supporters OF the
Committee OF Ten plan complained deemed
by the country Republicans, as body, far more
toerable than the even remotely threatened in
vestment Of a single Tammany Police Commits
sioner with autocratic and unchecked power.
The main contest Of the day came, OF course, on
the expected motion to substitute the Committee
Of Tens Single Head bill for the Lexow bipartisan
commission scheme. This move made almost
the outset by Mr. Pavey. who had himself In
troduced the proposed substitute early in the ses-
sion The vote this substitute was the only
genuine test OF strength between the friends OF
the rival measures, and the vote it is given in
details to show the divisions of opinion on both
sides Of the chamber. Mr.. Pavey able to
muster thirty-two votes for the Committee Of Ten
b!ll: It's opponents numbered seventy-nlne. The
vote was:
For the substitute-Messrs. Barry. Brann. Brush.
Fltzgerad. Foley; Gsrst HaIpn, Hennessy. Hoff-
man Kunzeman, La Fetra. Lawson Madden, Niles.
Norton Payey. Percy Reinhard. Sanger Schoep-
hin, se!bert staley, Stanchded. Ten Eyck. Tobn.
Against the Observation-Disclosures. Abell. Albeit.
1 R1k AesTGP Bo Broxn Bro%Ss
Bqlard Burns. Campbell Cart%risht GhamSers' n
denisr. Gc9dsell. Gray, Greene Hamilton higb.s.
Howe. Husted. Keenholts. Kelsey, Kern. Krenr;ch
ISTRihGeTy Mgy ReaS Rider
Rockwell Rogers Scanlon, F. + Schu.z Harry
snyder. Steinberg stevenson j. y. stewart, Terry,
man. Wilcox Wilks. Whine. Speaker Fsh-rotal. 49,
or the affirmative votes fifteen were cast by
Democrats and seventeen by Republicans. Mr..
Foley the leader OF the minority. initiating Mr..
Cantor's policy in the Senate tried TO placate
the Committee of Ten by giving nominal sup
port to it's single-headed commission scheme and
went so far a. 70 pose on the floor one of the
genuine advocates of tn committees plan OF
legislation Most OF the minority members took
their cue readily from Mr.. Foley, but five OF
them-Messrs. Bake Donnelly. Finn and Nc
DerInott. Of New-York, ard Mr.. McKeown, Of
Brooklyn-ioned the seventy-tour Republicans
in opposing the substitute.
The debate which preceded the rejection ot the
Committee Of Tens plan was notable chiefly for
a plain spoken and Vigorous attack by Mr.. Pavey
on Thomas c. P,att. to whose perncious inter-
ference with legislation the speaker charged the
failure hitherto OF the Republican majority in
the LEGISLATURE to enact the reform measures 10
which it morally pledged. The bipartisan
plan OF police administration in New York. he
said. had been made odious In the past by deals
and bargains with Tammany, entered into by
Mr. Plat and the Republican members OF the
Police Board. by which for scraps Of local
patronage the security Of the ballot had been
tranicked Of and the true interests OF the Re-
publican party trampled on and defed. His op-
position 10 the new bipartisan board arose chiefly
from his fear that under 1t similar system Of
selfish political trading might be carried on in
the future. II Mr.. Plat could retain the control
OF the party organization. y synopsis OF the de-
bate is given below:
The vote on the passage of the bill was 9S to
2l. These Republicans voted against II: Conk--
ling Niles. Pavey and Percy. OF New-York and
Schoephin. of Erie These Democrats supported
the measure: Barry McDermott and Blake. OF
New York. and Gallagher. Of Kings.
The Police Reorganization bill was not con-
s.dored. but made special order for to-mor-
row M noon.
After offering the Committee of Ten bill as a
substitute for the bipartisan measure today
and while attacking the Lexow Police bills. Mr..
who desires their passage. The answer is simple.
a. Thomas c. PLAT. OF Tioea County. an ac-
knowedged leader OF the Republican machine In
this state but the poorest excuse FOR a statesman
that the party has ever produced: devoid OF party
principle. Indifferent TO party honor. he has for
feltcd all claims To the confidence and respect OF
the party in the STATE and especially in the city
and county OF New-lork.
81 Clarence Lexow the Senator from the Six
teenth District. who holds the copyright on Piatt's
police bills.
80 Edward Lautsrhaeh Plat's political at,or-
a. Thomas J. Byrnes. the Giscredited and be-
smirched Superintendent OF a most vicious and
corrupt Police Department These are the men,
and the only men, who are driving these bills
through this Legislature | challenge any one
- controvert the statement that IL Plat and
Bvrnes should withdraw their support from these
bills they would never receive a moments further