New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01
4 HITCH OVER PROMOTIONS.
COMMISSIONER PARKER's oPPoSIll0N
TO CORTRIGHT'S ADVANCEMhNF'

IT 1s BELIEVED THAT HE Will. NOT VOTE '''
ANY APPOINTMENTS or HIGH OFFICIALS NJ
r,,,e rrur-clilrF Co&IIN's POSITION.
.r,,o &c likely 70 be a hitch in tho Police Board
over tho promotion % Inspector CoTtrFn' 10 Wv
,lacs OF Depu,y-Chief The Inspector mas
',.., - arncar for examination on next N''"'7
Adv Commissioner parkers vote VAS 'e'''"''
against Il. , nts roll
,o,y,es IN ordering the Inspector TO be examine J.
I, e inferred that ne viii also oppose MS "'
mont, In tina; cas-. he other three Co'h'''9S''"''
cou,i only promote Cor,r1gft on the '"'e' ~ I'M
incubation What position che: comm wiz en-
IN tho premises cannot be conjecihTed. lie 'e''''
yes,er1av morning 20 discuss the matter.
=, cas-. o, n hitch over Inspector Cor'rgh'' II j.
.,,,r, ,ha. the Board VII also be ~ oiis over
o,ber promotions which are now ha"s'lh nv
Five Inspectors VIII be needle! 10y MAC" 49,
the new inspection districts viii be es'ao'S.' l.
can,a,n. Brooks and McCulaeh VINO are no" ~
ing Inspectors. have not YET pee" comm '
rrsnoc,ors and II IS understood that Commissioner
p-ko- "a holding out against their appointment
4, nrescnt besides the D-puty-Che: and Inspect
orc there are several captains AMI s'rscan'S y''
70 be appointed Mr. Park'r's opposition "l'' anu
block the appointments q ii'se sl'. r.. ,osi,or
should Mr. Parker not T"''ic H'"' 80, ,i..,i,,,
he has taken much VII depend upon enc or''.'
who under the Bparisan ia" ,, naS c 'n
-, rnrerIn II viii be remembered tfai n ="
can con''I' hr Iomuiasioner Parker alb
sen, from A Board meeting. the o,hr' ,H'' - -,
missloners got together ana requested tne ~
indorse ten roundsmen who were On IN, rtlt i'
us, fo- rrouof,on 70 scrgcanicles. Inc 'hcI N
dorscd RI. candilaies and they were aipoh,ei.
The talk IN police circles u ~ ht H' In 49,,
not at all pleased at the way 'he "'''-'' "A'
As The matter now stands It Is probable ,h@ an ne
fore long Iessrs Roosevelt. Andrews anu 80, az.
win call upon the chief indorsc other caii;a re
for promotion. lie may be iur,,an, ac,inr In
spectors and several seTsea"'s VIZ L. sbouiI
eligible list for promotion TO capdii''I'S w. =
ne CHIEF refuse 10 recommend the promotoi.s me
three commissioners Will be helpless without Mr'
Parker and the latter. II ~ hcilcV' WI. opP'H'
any other promotions peing i,a,r chat cantalns
There Is much speculat on as 20 "I''t ,' in
are TO be selected for the additional Eacanc:es VI
inspecorships. II Acting Inspectors BROOKS anii
McCullagh are eventually coniirmrd t,s'" WI S,li,
be three Inspectors 20 make No,',nS nag
Donald Grant and Captain Alaire. who went mi o
ihc competitive examination with Cortrght Brooks
and McCullaeh Both Grant ana Aare
such "A low rating by the COMMISSIONERS ,h4t; a.
though they pa ssed excellent written EXAMINATIONS
Grant and Alaire veterans. II Is possible how
ever that they may yet have chahce TOT IN
At the invitation of the Police Board. Carl
schurz. president OF the civil Service Reform As
ISOLATION secTeary MGAn.ny Ar'i Mason ms se
vice Board. met at Police lIeadquartcrs ycster-
ings OF the Department. 90 far as promotions. dis
missas and reductions I'm rank were concerned
chief cOnlln. four captains. -FOUR sorecahts ana
four roundsmcn. who were promoted by TIC present
Board summoned before the nvcstigators
Chief Conln the first 10 have his promotion
investigated. Four roundsmen who passed the
highest examination wer" then ushered before the
Civil Service officers The captains who pres
ent were Harley OF Fifth-st.; Oiirien. OF the De
tective Bureau; Thompson OF Oak-si; and Okeefe,
OF Mac!ousal-s' Sergoants Flood. Stenbruck.
Petty and Gocmar were also examined In each
the Civil Service men asked the officers Ger
tain questions about their police and their
records IN the Department. They also went all
through the examination papers Of tho men, and
carefully investigated the system OF making pro-
motions In the Department.