New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
ELIGIBLE LIST WIPED OUT.
BROOKS. M'CULLAGH AND THE RES
MUST BE RE-ExAMINED.
THE POLICE BOARDS WAY OUT OF THE Diff
GUILTY OVER PROMOTIONS oPIN-
ION AS TO THE BOARDS pow

ION AS TO THE BOARDS pow
ERs ASKED
The four Commissioners were present at yester-
days meeting Of the Police Board. and the follow
ing resolution. prompted by the hitch over promo
tons, unanimously adopted on Mr.. Andrewss 5
motion:
Resolved That sll eligible lists OF candidates for
promotion to the grades Of sergeants captains and
inspectors Of police now existing In this department.
be and are hereby cancelled and annnled
The Board also decided TO ask the Corporation
Counsel for further and fuller opinion as to the
powers and functions Of the Board and the Chief Of
Police respectively.
The resolution cancellng the eligible list was the
result Of the hitch promotions. Acting Inspec-
tors Brooks and McCullagh have been eligible for
promotion for weeks but Mr.. Parker has refused
to vote to confirm them They stand IN the
same position the acting inspectors recently de-
tailed by the Chief. and Will have TO pass another
examination before they can be promoted The act
ing captains whose names are stricken OF the
eligible list are: Brennan Of Church-st Steinkamp'
OF East Fifty-nrst-st Walsh. Of Deancey-st.
Kear.. Of West Thirty-seventh-st., and Brown. OF
West One -hundr and fifty second-st The rounds
who eligible for promotion to ss'seants are;
Peyea OF Delancey-st and Schauwecker. OF the
School Of Instruction.
Commissioners Roosevelt. Andrews anu Grant
have been willing all along to promote Brooks and
McCuilagh and the Ave acting captains. but as Com
missioner Parker would not vote for them ana
Chief Conlin refused to indorse them they were
powerless. Now that, eligible lists are cancelled
there will have TO be new examinations
speaking Of the matter. President Roosevelt said;
7 heartily seconded the resolution. MY teehns
personally is that when there are vacah'ies 10, 10,
which we hold ORGANIZATIONS we should nppollns r olns
at as the result Of those EXAMINATIONS VI e''0
should cancel the examinations
Commissioner Parker said
voted for the resolution because considered II
good thing II opens the nein ahe % es ,ess IN IN cIiins
candidates was opposed rom tne @ nnSt oc,nrs ~ %
There should have been at least hve ana NOR S ~
make II a competitive exau1inaton. The same way
with the deputy chief. was opposea 70 clting on,a
one man. Others should be allowed 10 20 j" ""u
compete.
As to the resolution asking the Corporation Couhse
to define the duties OF the Board. Commssoner
Parker said he voted for II because he consioered 7"
advisable. There is no doubt In my mno' nov"
ever" he said "that the Board OF Police has ths
power to x inspection districts and precinct bound
aries The Chief is the executive ofiicer OF 'he De-
partment 1t is WE'LL however. to have the Corpora
ton Counsel decide those points, 1t - seherahy
understood that the Commissioners Will soon order
new examinations for promotions. MI Parker VIII
insist on citing more officers than there are vacan-
cies .l the various ranks.
Commissioner Parker submitted TO the Board a
communication from the District-Attorney giving
the status Of the cases Of all the indicted poice
ofhc.als. The Commissioner said he had been m
formed that most Of the cases would be ,ried dnTins
tina April term and that there "ouio oe "o oe'"s
He further said:
..It ought to be understood right that the
scouitted ted after trial does not decide whether
not the Police Board can try them we sly IN "a
trying them We may find out that II Is useless TO
y Ss s to they can be tried
It is thought that the Commissioners VIII Try CAP.
charge Of extorton.