New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-02

THE MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION.
nh. onnonen,. OF the bipartisan Police bill were
In tho majority In the Governors Room OF the
CIV Hall Yesterday. but It's supporters. though
fever were as earnest and indefa'lgaplc IN i'S
behalf az were IT'S more numerous Antagonists
The hearing. which was announced some days ago
nv Mayor Strong to take place In the Governor
Boom instead OF the Mayors ONCE the usnh'
Mace 80 that the crowd might he. AZ far as posi-
hle accommodated. was attended by so many peo-
rio that this large apartment was uncomior'ably
niled The reform organizations including "e
Committee OF Seventy. the city Cub. inc CON
federated Good Government Clubs. the 'lty Nis'-
lance League and various others we're largely rep
resented There were present Dorman Il. Eaton
one OF the earliest advocates OF the CIVIL service
,,w. Carl Schurz Joseph Larocque Charles {.
peanan the Rev DR.. Charles H. Parkhuwt. Presi-
don, Seth Low Of Columbia College: Everett T.
Wheeler chairman OF the Municipal Civil Service
Commission; Charles W. Watson, OF the same com
rn,ss,on. Edward I.auterbach, chairman OF the Re-
nuh,,can County Committee: J.. J. Callahan, George
7. R,ves Preble Tucker. r. W. C. yelling, James
W PRYOR Arthur II. Fly. J. II. c. Nevus j. Au-
gus,us Johnson. George W. Miller. Frank Moss
Thaddeus D. Kenneson. George De Forest Grant
and A. a. Whitman.
The Mayor took his seat behind the celebrated
wrt,ng-table OF George Washington. with CORPORA
zion Counsel Francis NJ Scott at his left hand. Al
IN. enno,n,ed hour Secretary Job f. Hedges read
IN. of,cial call for the hearing and gave notice
that the Mayor was ready to listen TO argument on
the merits of the bill adding that those opposed 10
II would be heard first.
Joseph LarocQue. chairman or the Comm''eo Vi
Seventy. was the first speaker and opposed me
hill purg,ant 10 a resolution passed at speciai
meeting OF the executive body. He undertook 70
chow, how a bipartisan board blocked legislation
how the board then began to trade IN appoint
ments and how the notion or tracing per'aueu "'-
subor,linates in the department making tnein irao
tious under orders and defiant OF hait tne ooatu
because they believed they had the o'her "a'
with them.
MR.. LAROCQUE's STRONG ARGUMENT
Mr.. Iarocque charged that the corruption EXPOSED
bv the Lexow Committee had resulteu from oPa'
,san trading. and said it was now proposed 10 re-
r.nsa N the same state II the present bill should
,.cor,e Law He quoted the well-known provisions
OF the Committee OF Seventy's platform. laying es
necial emphasis on the provision 'or d''o1ceil.e''
~ municipal from state and National pohucs run
thern,ore IL the commission was appoih'eH ~ "a"
cordance with the provisions OF the BILL the chahse
=, orin,on overnight on the part OF Commissioner
m the subject Of free silver the tariff would MAKE
h,s disbursement from the commission necessary
He thought II n plain violation OF the pa"o''"
on which the reform candidates were e'N 49, "
violation Of the principle OF home RUE "h'Cn wa"
one OF the main contentious Of New-foTks ci'lze"S'
a
firm which also they had strenuousy demanded
Mayor Strong had hitherto shown hinsei ueep's
sensible Of the obligations which bouhn MN - VI"
10 900 people who put him in office: IL was theio
incumbent on their representative 10 accept 10 I'm
promise on this other questions 'es' ""a''
demands the people might make IN the iu'u..
ne held I'D for bargaining by venal legislators a'
.,nny The nresent law carried out by the men
uhon, the Mayor has put and IL 10 put IN inc fo
lie. Commission, was infinitely bet'er 'ia'i "o'
he the new law, and on behalf or the peop'e WIN
elected the Mayor the speaker urged MIN u u's''
prove the measure TO-, III M
o,,,mens must be made from lists prepared by the
civil Service Board The city might not Always nav
an upright magistrate 10 appoint uPlB"' N''
eioners and upright Civil Service eNa"'"
der the present circumstances no person ' "
appo,nted as a policeman except he had paFS' az
termination and had been properly placed Oh '"e
,'',, ,., Under the new bill the members OF
,ha Clvu Service Examining Board for the police
would he directly under and appointed by 'he 'o'"
mssjoners with power OF removal. inns "O"'' =" o.
tina, IL the board not an honest o''e M"
examiners were not sufficiently doche 10 10 a. nv
u.era directed they would be discharged ana '''s
.o..s r,o,ld he repoated until men had been fonh'
r,ho uyouId obey orders. II was n distinct fe"'-
Grade movement and would bring about situation"
distinctly worse than II was at present NV .'.'
could &c: along with the present laws "'''e nv
n-esent commission until an honest reform Hes''''
we co,,ld be elected which would do what II was
elected for.
srrt1 LOW MAKES SOME GOOD POINTS
Everett p. Wheeler said that In opposing .'e o'''
re- represented the NewYork Civil service he'o'" III
.ao,a,,on y. which he is president. which had
adon,ed a memorial requesting the Mayor 10 "''
spprove the bill The association he sain' har
selected President Low. OF Columbia Co"'so' -
present It's Views. - 49,. u
Mr. Low, IN responding TO MI "hceie' az,
was received with hand-cappins. lie SAID ne "ou''
sneak on three phases OF the matter on 'he pm
c,nle Of rood faith on good government IN Ne"
York and on the message that New-forK "ou'u
send TO the other cities OF the Union on t"e g.,
political victory OF reform OF last IAN. MI i| w
read from the platform OF the reform party "i'0"
pledged the government OF the city 10 on-parnsah-
ship and which he said was the expncit lutheran {"
OF 1900 citizens OF the city, and that All appo'"'
,rsr.s or nromotions in the Police Department
should be under the direction OF the |iVh Se'N'
BOARD and that all examinations ior promo'o"'
both mental and physical should also DE u"ue'
their direction
..1.his was devised" he said. Ito keep the ponce
surgeons from ~ / may be pardoned the expires
.,o, eating their hooks in. These declarations
were specific and II is In direct violation OF 'n'"
that this bill was drafted II IS strange tha' "".
for the first time a non-partisan government " "
mower a bipartisan measure shoh1 DE io''
on IT, Can the best interests Oh INC s'''
he served BY a bill that was twice assai'ed Ds
u...nee,,ngs q, earnest and enthusiastic citizens
IN Cooper Union?
THE great objection 20 the bill Is In us iuh'a
mental defects 1t Is not altogether what IL uoe'
but what II does not do. II has not taken l''
Board OF Elections out OF the hands OF the PONCE
Department and has not separated them lh's II
the fundamental defect OF the bill
Mr. Low then read from the majority report o.
the Lexow Committee. and pointed out wher'
the Senators themselves spoke against pohtcs IL
the Police Department. and said that the eV'i'
they had Investigated were the result OF the sr'i
OF the politicians on the department. I'm view o
these expressions" ne said 81 would Ike to asf
whether any believes that bipartisanshp VII
take craftsmanship out OF the department.
land for the message that New-York VIII
send her sister cities Of the country Is she u
say that In bipartisanship she has discovered IN
panacea for all ills. shall we return TO the iqea