The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
A OUT, G. M. SMITH IN.
sIITY-NINTH'S COLONEL MADE 70
LICE COMMISSIONER.

nAA4 Ill IAALh FOs
LICE COMMISSIONERS.
win Go to work on Naondny-Grnnt IL Glad 10
60 and wishes ne HAD Gone .'The first
Week n-Chier Coniin Way Retire Now aud
Moss May show UP Altered Corruption.
Col. George Moore Smith, commander of tho
Slxty-ninth Regiment, is the man whom Mayor
Strong has selected to succeed Col. Grant in the
Police Board. and his appointment ls due to the
Mayors son, Putnam Bradlee Strong. who Is on
the non.commisslonod staG Of the regiment.
Col. Smith has accepted the office. and he will
take his place In the Police Board tomorrow,
Speaking Of tho appointment yesterday Mayor
Strong said;
II fret wanted to appoint Col. smith to the
Police Board two years ago last spring. but he
was unable to arrange his business affairs so
that ho could take the place. When ] had the
appointment Of Mr.. Roosevelt's successor under
confederation I thought Of Col. Smith again. and
again he was unable to accept. During our stay
at Richfeld Springs this summer Col. Smith
was the guest for two weeks Of my son Bradlee.
Then came the talk about Col. Grant resigning,
and / talked to Col. Smith about the place. Col.
Smith called on me yesterday. He was here
about five minutes. I asked him II he would
take Col. Grants place. He said he would. but
wanted to talk about the matter to his wife be-
fore the appointment was made public"
Mayor Strong said that Col. Smith was q
stanch Republican, rather more Plat than anti.
Platt. With which faction of the Police Board
Col. Smith would side the Mayor said he could
not tell. Col. Smith was not In the city yester-
day. He 10 one Of tho best known National
Guardsmon in the city. For nearly twenty
years he was an officer in the Seventh Regi-
ment. He resigned from that regiment to take
charge Of the Sixty-ninth when II was threat
cned with dissolution, and he succeeded in
building IL up 70 is present hign standard. he
,so a i sRanm. mI Ta 10 = ana mam ne nr os tS ~ Nav Nam Yort
Athletic club Tho priIdins Tr.des Cn, Tho
Quill Club and the Presbyterian Club.
Col. Grant shook hands all around and left
pointed to succeed him. Col. Grant is not COM.
and announced that he shook the dust of Null.
berry street from bis feet for good.
ut is the best thing 1 have done since came
here" nc sa said, II wish l had done 1t in the hr''
The last echo o, the brief ruet,on tbe co,one,
raised wa, heard in the followinr that emanated
An ,vno-r,,,.n TO-, fro,, pr.sd.rt No.. o1,c.
as Col. Grant went away: = 'A'
the women to whom policemen have Maid money!
houses OF designation TO which the women take
proprietors frequentl arc men. The crime
charged, is keeping a disorderly, house. The
Of o~t the %o9e !. who who BBaGipE'G %en &c to their inS f houses IS
q necessary element In the case. When women
price and take them to these houses and the
proprietors assign them TO rooms. then there Is
P PSs o ON %haSa .a9 PSn sTs never faa &c st ofieers
IN paying women and then arrestinE them. and
Of the newcomer there was nothing but hearty
praise In Mulberry street. ponee headqnarters
seyen1h Regiment. Ideut-Coi. Kim h the dee.
partmsnt's chief clerk. Everybody smoke of
Col smith in the highest terms: Commissioaer
HE is personally most amiabfe man, q fine
soldier, a good disciplinassinn, a successful bust.
sense m" Ho WIN y be- the IS sea aHa1 Of ms nif6 By es seVerai
lated upon Mayor strons's choies.AF feAA' '"'
Col. smith Is expected in Mulberry street on
nj u 3. sso9 9ss S = S5 i iTs Ssa' i$5 1 .s'I.sneas were
s sssry tlm yss : Change i Or an hs smsr ssse 9 %ns ont
likely h TO prove wss @ess tS ss,si Es.. Ssii'S Tr. t esnli IL Is Is
prudent man, and there are strong inesPtiyss
IN f,sh oo sS ae%Rs nam A no sSS out was ais fo oSttbe
to a stSndstiIi by the refusal Of Commits.
81 nsub asFkSG Sna DO SFH made 20 a iss Ga'F sSs
fSc e 81 In. has I'd, %dd s|T F ,s.d 4. i Mo-: e I, e. g. sas-
The latter said At the last hoard meotine that
the Chief. while he was ostensibly catering 10
Grant complaininR of Moss. With this new ali.
cipiinarian coming into the board. it is conceiy-
mise ON a "a 600 pens{onn' for lie especisIlI ss
there are stories sfoat to the effect that MT.
Mos Ia nrenaring 70 accent Mr. Parter's chai.
ien9e and disnlay Inc sworn evidcnce he holds -,
corruption involving Captains and "somebody
else in the department. The Chiefs vacation
that The hoard meets ON Wednendayi '''ofo
n oo.,uss,onnn,s an,,,n
NEW coMAlssioNERs POLICE AND POLITICAL
VIEWS.
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missinner of Nav Work !; Grant as Police Com