New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-01

Of Aqueduct Commissioner. from which Charles II
Murray was removed several weeks ago for at
tempting to play politics IN the Aqueduct Commits
sion without The Mayors permission.
Yesterday was IA" last day which tho Mayor
had the right to make summary removals from
Office under the Mayors power OF removal con
ferred by the charter and there was some expecta-
ton that he might exercise MS power 10y making
changes among some of the heads Of departments
but he dA not remove any of the Tammany chiefs
who had been placed ia Office. ana they VIII con
tinue to hold their favored herths
Immediately after Henry Abel took the oat
Of Office Police Commissioner yesterday h" was
escorted TO Police Headquarters by Assistant Cor
poration Counsel ladd. Commissioner Sexton was
string at the police trials with Commissioner Hess
looking on when President York whispered TO them
and went out The trials of which there were
about A dozen cases remaining. were adjourned to
next week and Commissioners Hess and Sexton
went 10 PreslIcn: Yorks room. where they met
the new Commissioner and chief Clerk klpp. An
executive session was At called. The new
Commissioner showed his papers. making him the
successor to MIR Philips resolution was offered
bv President York making Acting chief Devery
permanent chief. and All the members OF the
BOARD voted for IT, chief Dcv.ry was sent for at
once and congratulated by all four commissioners
The Board then renamed several OF the committees
as follows:
Repairs ana es-CommlsSoners SEAToN. HESS
an i;.n..'ns- Commissioners ABELL, HESS and YORK
Elections Commissioners ABEIi. SEXTON and
YORK. ..- ,.o,,t, e,,.>-,o,,
ana HESS.
The Board retired Captain William II. KitZer. OF
the nerhert-st station. Brooklyn. who had been on
the force twenty three years.
Commissioner Abel is Republican. He lives
AT 40 i3i Fourth-st.. brooklyn. and he was mem
Der Of the Assembly last year from the XIIth AS
scmby district of Brooklyn. He is sixty years
Old and has lived In Hrooklyn for twenty years
lie served In the Union Army. and was news
paper proprietor IN Sch"LArlt ,ounty III the cary
farm. and I'm early life was farmer He organ
lied the Farmers Ieagu" ana estnoisned RE
worked on The Tribune under Horace Greeley. He
was private secretary to Governor Cornell. and
Deputy Surveyor Of the Port under President
Grant He served three terms in the legislature
ana @;narantv Company OF Maryland Of which
Harry Il. Plat IS manager tie is president or the
jo6n =. Windolph. the new Aqueluct comm!s
soncr has been the leader Of the machine hepuD-
lie IN at 10 S3i West thirty s.. and is in
served in the Board OF Aldermen in 1891 ana was
yice-prcsident q that oody lie was cnndi .,.
me piace went to Thomas /. Hamilton. Recently
he has been an active candidate for The Office OF
RrpubIcan orgaulzat ion consented to his appoint
msnt e is pop1t mn IN R RS n5r organization In
the city said last evening hat ne OF
sionnr mad not been recommended to Mayor van
Wvck either by Mr.. Plat or by any other OF the
organization leaders. ~ for MI NindoIph' II was
ssfJ that the Republican organization recon-
mrnded his appointment for the office OF Aqueduct
CommissIoner before Mayor Van Wyck removed
DO to Ecnublican Police Commissioners. and that
the recommendation had not been formally with
drawn Roth Mr. Abel and Mr. Windolph were
sionrh organization Republicans. II was said. but
thev would have To consider their offices as free
gIfts from TnmInany for which the Republican or
noaniza,ion was IN no way responsible. II was said
mai the appointment of Mr. Abel and Mr.. Win
doInb would make difference with the pro-
gyaa'mme FOR legislation for honest elections In the
ci,v and that there was no patching up OF the
,rto,,,hla between the Republican organization and
Tammany.