Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18
LExow CoMM1,rrEE REPORT.
A Bi-PaI tisan Police Board Recon-
Mendel for Now York.

nended for New York.
The report Of the texow committee, with
its recommendations, which Is to be pre-
scented to the New York legislature today,
was given GU. for publication last night.
The recommendations Of the committee
cover the following points:
The concentration IN the hands OF CHIEF
Of police Of all police powers and that
Of suspending subordinates without pay;
the establishment of bipartisan board OF
police commissioners, with exclusive au-
thority over elections and the 1udlclai
functions of the department.; promotions
on the force in conformity with civil ser
vice rules; the examination of the accounts
Of the department in the same manner
that other departments Of municipal gov
ernments are examined; the reorganlza-
ton of the police department by commits
sioners, who shall cooperate with the
mayor and the continuance OF the COM
mittee of investigation.
Senator Cantor is the only member OF
the committee who does not sign the re-
port.
The report says that the committee found
at the outset that the charges against the
police department were general and With
out a scintilla of positive proof. AT 1irst
the main difficulty was to get evidence, put
as the investigation progressed the diHl-
Guilty lay in sitting the important from 'he
1T has been conclusVely shown that IN
a very large number of election districts
in the city OF New York almost every
conceivable crime against the elecllve
franchise was either committed or per-
nitted by the police invariably in the IN
terests of the dominant democratic orsani,
zation Of the city of New York, called
Tammany Hall"
And further on it says:
while regretting the lack of time for
Investigating every district, the committee
considers that sufficient has been SHOWN
to demonstrate that for years honest cleo
tionS had no existence, in fact, in ire city
of New York, and that huge conspiracy
against the purity of the franchise was
connived at ard partly participated IN by
the police
The report continues with what is in
effect a review of the testimony taken
with regard to, blackmail collected from
gambling, green goods, violation or excise
laws. pawnbrokers, abortionlsts, and many
other crimes.
But the evidence of blackmail and extor-
ton does not rest alone on the evidence OF
criminals or persons accused OF lne com
mission of crime. 1t has been abundantly
proved that bootblacks, push cart ana
fruit vendors, as we'll as keepers or soda
water stands, corner srocerymen, san
makers, with flag poles extending 1e"
feet beyond the place which they occupy
box make rs, provision dealers. wholesale
dry goods merchants and builders, VINO
are compelled at times to use the slae
walks and street steamboat ana steam
ship companies, who require police. service
on their decks, those who give public eX-
hibitions. and in fact all persons and all
classes OF persons whose business Is sub
ject to the observation of the pollce. or
who may he reported rs violating olul-
nances or who may require the aid OF the
police, all have to contribute in suostan-
tial sums to the vast amounts Which HOW
into the station houses. and which, after
leaving something of tie nature OF ue-
posit then flow on higher.