New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-23
The Standard American
Toilet Soap,
Cashmere Bouquet.
A HITCH IN PLATTS SCHEME.
O,CONNOR GRIEvINC AT HIS FAILURE TO
PASS THE POLICE BILLS
IN THE SENATE.
GENERAL. BELIEF THAT THEY ARE DEAD-ForR
REPUBLICAN SENATOR'S AGAINST THEM IN
THEIR PRESENT sHAPE-ANTI-PLATT
SENATORS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF A PL.ATT-CROKER DEAL
OF A CnMPROMISE

OF \ pLATT-CRokEk DEAL
RUMoRs OF A COMPROMISE.
frpouruE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE rRIBUNE.1
Albany March Ex-senator O'Connor, the Platt
Republican leader in the upper house. looked
broken-hearted to-day over his failure to push
through the Senate yesterday the Plat Police bills
! for New-York City. and 1t was reported that he
had declared that he would never summon another
Republican caucus the measures. But 1t can
| be predicted that within a week Mr. . Connor
will be looking about for supporters for some
| compromise and Will again summon the fepuo-
! lcan Senators to caucus
The general impression to-day was that the
latest Platt Police bills dead. With Senators
| Stapleton and Reynolds openly opposed to them In
| their present form and Senator Lamy pledged to
| resist their passage. owing to his telegram 10
Mayor Strong informing him that he should follow
the MAYORS advice upon the bills-and that advice
was unfavorable to the measures-the Platt leaders
have only sixteen votes in support or their meas
ures or one less than sufficient TO pass them Be
| sides Senator Persons. of Erie County. If report
can be trusted, will favor radical reconstruc-
| tion of the bills before he again supports them.
Several Of the anti-Platt Senators VINO were be-
guiled supporting these Platt Police b!ls leei
that they were deceived In various directions Ihey
lust now learn that 1t was Senator John flames,
| one of the most Jealous Plat Republicans In the
State who proposed at the conference at Governor
Norton's house two weeks ago that the LeXow
bill creating a special New-York Police Reorgan-
! zation Commission of three persons two Repub-
| leans and one Democrat should be abandoned
and the work OF reorganizing the police force be
intrusted to the Board of Police. composed OF two
! Donocra,s and two Republicans Mr.. Raines Is
ono Of the most cunning politicians IN the St"'e'
| II he had been intrusted with ORDERS oi
| Thomas c. Plat TO prevent thorough REQ, ST.
| iza,ion of the Police Department ne couin NO.
] have taken a course more likely 10 accoi,P'
this purpose than by this suggestion; for with the
work of reorganizng the Police Department. s'''
| 10 two Democrats and two Nepuphcdiis ~
would surely be partisan collisions ana u.iieie
| of opinion and deadocks over proposals 10 re-
move this or that incompetent ofical-and poi',e
reorganization would be a failure. ana MT il"'V
| Tammanv allies in the Police Department wouid
| not be disturbed 49,,
| But the anti-Patt Republicans failed, as they
ACKNOWLEDGED to-day. 10 see TINS Trap, "".'
John Ranes had set for them. ana they "aiheu ~
| # Thus the Police REORGANIZATION BILL au'ho'N'N
the appointment Of a commission OF three 10 re-
organize the police force, which measure h"i 0'''
| framed substantially by Governor Mo''o" az"
Mayor Strong abandoned, ana haIH's az"
Ioxow set to work to draw up tho bill "hich was
subsequently introduced by the former e'npo"'''"9
the Board of Police to do the Work OF Feorsa'A'-
| ton. - $500 :,
II can reasonably be suspected that lhon'as -
| P.att and Richard Croker were the men VII" '"-
spired John Raines with this thought Of emPo"er"1
the Board OF Police. which is always IN sta'o oi
| deadlock TO reorganze the dopar mont. lheh eve"
if Mavor Strong should appoint mon OF the hish'S'
class as Police Commissioners. there would surrey
be successful appeals made to 'neir partsa" wv
| ings as Democrats or Republicans, ana co'"p"'"
| lively few removals would be made Inc ht"o"-
men Of Mr. Plat and Mr.. Croker In the ponce
| To,or,men, would Tins nearly all be saved from
official decapitation. The transfer OF the "ork OF
| reorganizng the department 10 the Board oi 10
| lice much pleases the Tammany nan HvH''''S'
Senator Sullivan. Of them, said to Inc lI'D'"'
| correspondent to-day: 81 guess that shaI sup
| mort the bill now and that Senator Ahearh also
| win do so" Senator'S Wolf and ODonneH also.
| is It reported will vote for the bill. thus iouT -,
the seven Tammany Hal Senators apparfn'sl IN Inn
| the Tammany Hall policemen c"d'Dc ~ '
their places upon the force ,ba p,a,t lead
ar ~ go arare yesterday mat ne could have the
votes OF Sullivan. Ahearn. "oln ana t1oneH 49,, G
n ro tbJnk it good policy c disclose the alliance OF
Croker ana Plat at this time. ana Therefore ulr
also might with reason have been appIeherFsI rye
that he did accept the Elm votes ,bo 9 iat SEN
ators would have their eyes opened as 10 me Iue
saa,npt r. One % the anti-Piatt Senators said TO-
| day that he should Immediately vote against the
| biz IL a single Democratic senator voted for H. ~
There are rumors Of comnroimhSe tb vaorous
| Lexow, who has made so many retreats deGi i
loudly to-day that 1t vas his 6ill or nEh,ns
Tens BIZ which is an almost verbatim copy Of Sen
ator LexoWs amended Police Reconstruction meas
| ure will be adopted. This provides that connlls-
sion OF three persons. to be appointed by Mayor
| Strong shall reorganiZe the police force.
senator Lexow vas evidently annoyed to-day by
| the arguments made by James {. Garter and others
| against the consttutionality Of the Board OF Po-
! Ice bill lie said that he had eminent lawyers ex
| anime his bills before they were introduced, ana
| they said the measures were INSTITUTIONAL Lieu
tenantGovernor Saxton SAID he thqusht Mr.. Gar,
! terra argument an exceedingly wciEhty one, which
! merl;ed careful consideration.
! senator LeXow offered several amendments 10 the
| Police Reorganization bin to-day, all intended to
| perfect
nre which appeared to be full OF imperfcctions.