New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
APPROVED By THE MAYOR.
THE POWER OF REMOVAL BILL GOES
BACK TO ALBANY.
HEARING ox TIE MEASURE NJ TIE CITY HALL
ONE or TWO ALLEGED DETECTS CHANCES
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HEARING ON TIE MEASURE Ar TIE CITY HALL
ONE OR TWO ALLEGED DEFECTS CHANGES
soox TO RE MADE ~ DEPARTMENTS
vayor Strong has approsel the Power of Re
rnoyal bill II viii be- aid befor" the Assembly, "h'h
T. reassemblcs tomorrow evening. ami having h''"
d.., certified by that BODY. viii b" sent 10 the Gov
or,or I, is expected that 1t viii De- back in the
Mayors hands ON Tuesiay $40 that he can neg"
making removals and appointments on wednesday.
The essence OF the law IS found IN section " IL
follows:
At any time within six months ait,r ~ ne S,,. ,hc
Increment of his term ~ ofioe. the Mayor ot ~,
~ity ~ Ncw-York elected for a fun term may. q,
pleasure remove from oher any pnnmo 1',o, ,, the
or hereafter holding ON by "ppoin..'n' whos
MAYOR Of said city except Julrial ohcrts lC' WI VIZ,
removal other provision is maze py '"'
Tho next section permits removals only in the
manner now provided by Law"
The hearing which the law requires was given by
Mayor Strong yesterday. There were Jess IMAM '"o
dozen persons present when Secretary Hedges ma
IN. announcement that the bii Was open 'or ''-
cusslon Thorcup0n NJ -. Rothschild. wel-kno"h
Good Government man OF club T. who presided ~
the anti-Plait mces-uccting al Suffers liar'e'n
River Casino on TA.. -'iy evening. came 'o'""'
and spoke. in part. a. .-...ts.
The Mayor Power OF Removal bhl a : n,n ANY,
stands is q direct blow at the principe "I ,t ',pm
parsanship for which the reform
fought last November ana "Hch - "" i,s mas
abandon now II We DO not protest against ''' '
This bill gives auy Mayor the power to remoHe
heads Of delarirncnts without charges or ceremony
II holds that power from the pres lent oi te ~
| Of Aldermen. who Is elected by the peopIe w. wa'm "
view to the possibility that ne may become Maf" &
and for purely partisan reasons ih's ~, he non
| Of reform legislation meant 10 carry oi' III, I'm w
partisan programme Is a strictly partshh pl'' ,.r
This Power Of Removal bill - on lis l ld.r ,nrn,
mancnt law and If IL Is passed IN us pi'S'l.' l"'
| it bids fair TO bring upon our cit" system @ ol
partisan removals and appointments sucn o.i a. cor
hsve not suffered from even ulcr ln' ms, con
| rfipi municipal government have the u'n'os' ~ h
viii make proper Of this great power 5ni VIVA whht
| expect OF his successors "l2 as ",'a AMI
| who following the precedent OF an avowed nom non,
| partisan Mayor. will be forced to make Il c'e""
| The logical Illogical situation VIII men o,O, d.
that men who legally appointed for ,',rr term
viii practically only hold office for the two y.aiiS yi
hat the MAYOR holds ms one Vii nn1 be- s@d 10 adj
even a srclter extent than before this new era
| of peform' TO make tenure office depend on
party fealty is certainly not step IN the d'rec"o"
Of non-pariIsan city government .,,, ,,,. nh,
n il Is the intention of reformers that ms a Sa
shall be repealed after the present mayor 'st mai
| appeai TO your foresight that this VIII SIMPLY
serve example for the neM ronn 70 be
a Boomerang. disastrous to our ideal OF non-P"'
| tsanship In city aHairS' . 49,,
| Mr. Eothschild had patient listener III 'he
| Mayor but His Honors opinion OF the speakers
argument could not be OWNED Then a colored
| man whose was given as coloheI "'.'"
Johnson OF the With District. arose ana deciaie
| himself In favor OF turning all the rascais out
| They had been I'm office long enough 1here "'S
| n,enty OF cause for removing all present ihcu'
| bents and Mr. Johnson hoped that the Mayor
| would make a clean sweep.
| II looked for "A while as II this would De the ch'
| NJ the hearing and a sort OF Quaker meeting en-
| sued AT the end Of ten minutes or more "o"
| ever Charles C. Beaman came in ana aite'
| chat with the Mayor. having first removed ms
| overcoat and gloves. said he had something "
| say about the bill Mr.. Beaman began py re-
| marking that he represented the Committee On On
| / .oislation OF the Committe OF seventy WIN
| which the original bill had originated AS IL 'ei'
| the committee the bill was so drawn as 10 conie'
| IN. poyJr of removal on all Mayors. Inc IIeslI I
| lon, II the Board OF Aldermen was einpowereo
| nv The committees bill to exercise the same au'
| ,rHbority of removal the Mayor. and the chanse
| tn that regard did not meet the committee ny
| proval. ,, ., ,. .ho, tho committee
| ,,ndnrstoOd that ii at the Mayors sussest1II
| ,h.t the time for removals was EXTENDED to s.N
| nnntbs na With this change the committee wa
| na,VVts6ed hut not with the change preVcnthg ~.
| srasiIent of the Aldermen from exercising M IN.
| Inc mower should he become Mayor Inc Mayol ~ !
| ~ the President Of the Board OF A!dermen' "no
,a,o a,a elected on the same ticket, should ne III
,rusted with the same power and respohs,ohx,.y,
"Wr Beaman then made an argument w ", iavo %
of the general principle involved In the Dill sn0