New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
NEW MEN IN OFFICE.
SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
,ortN p. FAURE sI1.As c. CROFT AND GENERAL
opEIRNE MADE COMMISSIONERS OF CHARI-
TIEs-RoBERT ]. WRIGHT CoMMIs-
sIoNER OF ccRREcTIoN-H H.
PORTER RETIRED.

sIoNER OF CCRRECrION-H. II.
PORTER RETIRED.
Nayor Strong made the following appointments
yesterday 10 take effect January L.
Commissioners OF the Department Of Public Char-
des-John p. Faure. sas c. Croft and General
lanes r. O'Beirne; terms six years; salaries 5000
each
Commissioner Of the Department Of Correction
Robert ]. Wright; term Elk years; salary $500.
The old Department of Charities and Correction
will under act passed last winter by tho Leg
stature be divided into the two departments named
The correctional department is to be under the care
o, a single Commissioner and the charities depart
r,ent continues with three-headed Beard. The law
gave the Mayor until December 2l to make his se-
lectlons. With the changes Of January l, Henry II.
Porter. who has been president of the Department
" Charities and Correction for many years, and
has been the controlling spirit Of the Board for at
least dozen years, retires TO private life That Mr
Porter was Justly chargeable with large part Of the
laxaess ine:ficiency and ncompetency that were
known 20 exist in the Department was so fully
demonstrated that the Mayor became convinced that
he could not consistently continue the president in
Office Notwithstanding the numerous and powerful
,,euences which were invoked to secure his reten-
ton
The appointments were announced yesterday soon
after II a. m. All the appointees were present al
the Mayors office and took the oath of office. The
Mayor followed this ceremony with a short address,
,r which he told the newly chosen Commissioners
that the departments OF which they were TO take
charge were probably the most important in the
CITY The Commissioners of Charities were TO nave
the care Of all the citys poor and the Commissioner
Of Correction OF all the city's prisoners. He said
IN substance:
The MANAGEMENT Of the Department OF Charities
,1 Correction has been satisfactory IN the past
YOU viii do all that is in your power TO nrng the
two departments as they VIII soon De cohs"'u'eU dc
hTa, am Of the opinion that after the LEGISLATURE
meets law will be passed that will authorize the
Inc Department OF Charities should; above al
others be taken out Of politics Politics sn9paa tha
c.iv depsrtmeats 1t is absolutely essential that
there be no politics in your department
The Mayors last sentence seemed 10 De addressed
PARTICULARLY to Commissioner Faure. who assured
colonel Strong that the new board would strain
every nerve TO conform TO his wishes
Nr Faure II is expected. will be the president OF
the new Board of Public Charities. He was at the
time Of his appointment last March. In business
with Scott Brothers. No. 20 Wortn-st. FOR many
Years he has been interested with the Mayor IN the
.na~i,ios NJ St Johns Guild. He is independent
Damocrat belonging to organization
General James r. O'Beirne. appointed a Cheriues
Commissioner yesterday. was born IN ireiahu aoou ~
Hfty-eve years ago. At the beginning OF lhe NN"
War he enlisted in the Union Army ana maue d
Good record Ie was seriously wounded at Chah-
-
u,,. United States Marshal in the District Oh
columbia President Lincoln recommended MN ior
,Ilit,-y Governor Of the District, but the appoint
rnent was not made owing TO the fresiuen' uN-
,.,,elv death For time the General was news
,,,rar correspondert in Washington. lie hVes at
Nn g57 West ndred-and-seventeenth-s''' anu
i, secretary of the Flemington Coal and COKE 'oii
many Under the Harrison Administration renel "i
OBeirne was Assistant superintendent Oh lI'iiiiis
ton at this port .,o-s
suas c. Croft. who is another OF the new members
OF the Charities Commission belongs 10 the hrm oi
croft Brothers carpet dealers, in West on an
Observation-Disclosures. He: like an ,he a.
rontees OF Yesterday, except Mr. Faure Is an f
Fepublcan OF the Anti-Platt persuasion. r' -, ,he
- ihe leader of the Republican organZauon III III ~.
XXXIst Assembly District, and Is MEMBER VI '"e
new Republican County C9nis,vT II sss sole control Of
,5e new Department OF Correction has been OI, se
r,issioner Of CHARITIES and CorreSton siiICe o.
spring He a member OF me . Hlnl Oh Xario,,s
Wright dealers in fertilizers N tne aeo actie Anil
noiuts the East RiVer. lie iS "H oN''N $780,
Machine Republican