New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-13
THE CITY CLUB ACTS.
REMOVAL OF MESSRS. PARKER AND
GRANT DEMANDED.

A COMMITTEE. Healed BY WHEELER H. PECK
HAM CALLS on THE MAYOR. SUBMITTING
CHARGES AGAINST THE COMMISSION
ERs WHICH THE LATTER PROM
IsEs TO CONSIDERABLE
ABOUT TIE wRAY BILL.
As foreshadowed by The Tribune the City Cluo
Yesterday took a hand in the Police Board muddle.
committee of the club. composed Of Wheeler II.
Peckham John L. Parsons. r. w. c. Yelling w.
Harris Roome. Arthur Won Briesen and James w.
Pryor called on the Mayor and placed before him
charges on which they demanded the removal OF
Police Commissioners Parker and Grant. The
Mayor after looking over the papers, said that
they should he carefully considered. His manner
satisfied the committee that he was thoroughly In
accord with the movement
The papers submitted 10 the Mayor nrst relate
the appointment Of the committee Of the club to
investigate the conduct Of Commissioners Parker
and in the Conlin case. and then recite tho
resolutions as TO alleged characterization and con-
duct unbecoming officer against Chief Conln.
presented at the meeting Of the Board on February
a. These resolutions have been published already
in The Tribune. The papers then continue:
THE resolutions were put to vote and Commits
sioners Theodore Roosevelt and Avery d. Andrews
voted in the affirmative and Commissioners Andrew
D. Parker and Frederick ID. Grant voted in the
negative. The resolutions were not adopted not
having received the support OF majority Of the
Board"
in behalf of the City Club of New-York that. in
preventing by their votes in the Board of Police
Commissioners. the preferTinc of the above
charges agains. Chief OF Police Conn. Police COM
missoners Andrew D.. Parker and Frederick d.
Grant guilty OF conduct subversive Of
discipline and so demorslizing to the Police De-
partmen: as to afford good and sufficient reason
for rem wing the said Andrew D. Parker and Fred
erick ID. Grant from Office We submit that upon
the pfma facie case made against the chief of
Police Commissioners IT was the clear official duty
OF each Police Commissioner TO cause immcdiats
Official inquiry to be made as to the truth of the
charges and that in preventing the making of such
inquiry Commissioners Parker and Grant were
interest demands that they be forthwith removed
from Office.
We therefore request that you remove from Office
Ponce commissioners Andrew d. Parker AMI Fred
prefer.
That tho Mayor would remove II he had the
power. the two members Of the Police Board who
In TO be tried was not doubted by those who talked
When asked later in the day what action nyht
he expected upon the charges OF the City Club
against Police Commissioners Parker and Grant
The Mayor said that he not yet prepared to say
what he would do about them
III the Wray bin becomes law" said the
on the charges Of the City Club"
Have you received any limitations from AL
bany that the bill is likely to pass?" the Mayor was
81 cannot say that have" was the reply, but
bill of the kind passed. which would give me the
power of removal in the matter of the Police
Il replied in the affirmative If the bill as In
Though am not sure that this is the case). the
next best thing would be the enactment OF bill
allowing the Mayor to put an end to. the unfortu,
nate conditions now prevailing in the Police Board"
Then the Mayor added very significantly: IF
the biz talked Of this afternoon passes. II would
not take me an hour TO end all the Police Board
troubles