Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-25
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New York Police Make Bluff at Sun
day Closing.
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Senior Palma Talks of the Situation
in Cuba.
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pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, May b 1859
The police departments spasm of virtue.
| in which ii declared that there should be
| no shows, no music, short skirts, no
! beer, and no nothing" after midnight
but the peaceful contemplation of the holy
day to come, was good deal OF bluff.
There wasn't much music, but there
was plenty TO drink, and with the first ex
ception, in sohe few places, things were
! just the same as ever. 1t was necessary to
| take some sucn action, in view of the work
J OF the Mazet committee, and the fact that the
committee will, on Its assembling, pay par
| ticular attention to the Tenderloin. The
| committee, during the past week, has fully
settled the pool loom question, and Chief
! Deyery can 10 longer PUT forth the preteXt
of want of evidence to suppress them.
The testimony introduced showed that
| there was not Il police precinct on Manhat-
| tan Island in which gambling joints and
| pool rooms did not flourish, and that there
was 10 difficulty in strangers obtaining ac
cess to tham. 1t is To wonder that Chief
! Devery Was bored while listening to this
testimony 1t plainly was not news to him.
| Ihere was nothing in it that startled or
surprised him. He seemed Indifferent to
the fact that il convicted him of either al
most incredible stupidity, or deliberate con-
niVanCe with crime. But Chief Devery is
not the only one who is pilloried by these
disclosures. on the witness stand both
Croker ard the mayor assumed full rcsD1n-
S1b.jty for what was amisS in the admilis-
tration Of city affairs They both declared
that law was impartialiy enforced in this
city,and both upheld Chief Devnry as a com
petent, v.si!ant and faithful police officer
These disclosures also throw light on the
reason for the removal Of Chief McCu-
IaSh Ihe astounding confession of Police
n a.
McCullagh was put out because a gang of
professional gamblers. allied with Tam
mary, compelled his removal. Removal of
McNuiiagh and promotion of Devery. 1t is
asserted, was the price Tammany had
agreed to pay for the support of the gam
bling fraternity.
Special Session of Lesis!nture
The special session of the legislature call
cd by Governor Roosevelt is likely to be a
lengthy one If the program of the republi-
can leaders is carried out. They will, it is
SAID, utse upon the governor 10 recommend
in his message thu consideration of a new
rapid-transt bill, the last enc having failed
to receive the approval Of the mayor ard
a new BIPARTISAN elections bill, on the as
sumption that the mayor will veto the one
now before him. IT, in addition to the
franchise tax law. which the legislature is
called together primarily to consider. these
bills are passed, the legislature will it is
asserted, be asked to take a fifteen DAYS
recess to await the action of the mayor
That the mayor will veto them again is
likely, and the Legislature then must pass
them by a majority vote over his veto be-
fore they can become a law
The Brooklyn and Queens senators and
aSscmblyTncn have taken advantage of the
rapid transit situation to help along the
interests of their own boroughs. They
have served notice on the governor inform
ally that they Will not vote for new rap
Id transit bill. their idea being presumably
TO attract the attention of real estate spec
ulat"rs to property on the other side of the
East river. With the construction of the
Long Island railroads tunnel which is now
mcditated, and the building of bridges
across the East river property values in
Brooklyn and Queens will increase material
~, and a new rapid transit bill will not
help the Increase. The rapid transit ques-
ton. therefore, is serious one for the
governor.
1t is now conceded that the franchise tax
hill drafted hy Governor Roosevelt az a sub,
stitute for the Ford bill does not meet with
the approval Of every one and will have to
be amended to considerable extent. The
governor himself admits that there are i'm
| rerfcctlonS III IT and that he is willing to
have Il amended or to accept en- entirelS
rev bill if it enbndies ms ideas. The gov
crnor has explained to thG republican lead
| ers that his bin Is TO be regarded as a
| sketch or framework. They are preparing
| to take advantage of this admission to have
a law passed that will make the tax on
| corporations as light as possible The gov
! them, because II provides that when
| corporation pays a real estate tax on its
| franchise 1t is absoIVcd from all other taxes
| which it now pays.
Mnnhattan Tunnel Company.
In the Incorporation Of the insignificant
Manhattan Tunnel Company, with a cap
| ltal of 10000. in Albany yesterday there
are vast possibilities for there is reason to
believe shat behind the incorpOrat0rs are
some very powerful interests among them
men long identified with the Metropolitan
Railway Company. 1t has been suggested
| that the men in the autotruck company of
which Richard Croker is Il director, are also
interested in this venture 1t has been
definitely ascertained, however, that the
new company has connection with the
old North river tunnel project nor with the
proposed Long Island railroad tunnel nor
with the New York and Brooklyn railroad
scheme which came to the surface at the
last meeting of the municipal assembly. 1t
is learned that the incorporation of the new
company was not the result of the passage
of the Marshall laws. recently approved by
the governor, but has been in contempla-
ton for year or more. and that practical
" all the preliminary engineering work has
been done The company, & is said will
build tunnel from point in Manhattan
south of Canal street to some central point
IN Jersey City, and will operate in it an
electrically equipped railroad designed for
fast passenger service.
Senior Palma Talks of Cuba
r. Estrada Palma is in this city closing
up the last details of the labors of the late