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David u mn will ccmo g. town to-day.
.,d NI. at,, ~ tho HOFFMAN iIouHc. Whom
Mr. HI. ..rros Z, town on law business
bc d.,. % .., rs the liolrBu House. and
f. srt bsoou, Lupwu among those parsons
who nrr .on,i1r with the ex-senator and
La political ambitions TINT when he goes to
N. Hsrru' House IL - to 30 expected that
he f. np tp poiiu,s. On tho Thursday after
eloctirl day THF SCS told about the plans
OF the Democrats who are opposed to tho
aorirnt.on of the Hon. nichard croker in
the CITY state and national politics. and
said that Mr. uill would do hls utmost to aid
in tho overthrow Of MIR croker. who time
and urno again has hunlla,ed him. II was
saii Yesterday that MIR. Hill had made NJ his
mind that tho time had come when he and
his friends might get out In the oren and
fght Mr. Croker and Tamn any Mr.. Hilrs
friends have never given NJ tho hope that In
time lie might 30 the Democratic candidate
for President.
Ono o! the mon who will go In for the anti
Croker campaign Ia John c Sheehan. Mr.
sheshan Is a practical politicians he knows
how the game Is plnysd; and II is his belief
that an anti-Croker Democracy In New York
city by fusion with the other anti-Iummany
elements viii I've able to overcome tho wig
vans ticket in the election OF 1901 In view
of the TaCt that w Iili l. 'ouNDR 10 Town To-
day, IL il significant that Mr. Sheohan
yesterday had something to say about tho
Charter Revision Committee and It's work,
and the condition Of Now York citv politics
Some Of tho recommendsdo dons Of tho
Charter Commission are exCc!lort," he said
yesterday. Il believe that IL Il rrht that one
OF tho branches Of the Municipal Assembly
should be abolished The Council has proved
to be an obstructive and useless piece in the
city machinery | DO not think that tho
number OF Aldermen should lie increased TO
l2O. for that would make IN unwieIdy un-
MANAGEABLE body.
The recommendation OF q singlc-hoaded
Police Commission Is proper. The sub
sttution ol one responsible head will have
very beneficial results az the same time
] do not believe that the Mayor should have
absolute power OF removal over the Police
Commissioner II he does IL will simply
mean an absolute lack Of independence on
the part of the Commissioner. Anyway.
II the Mayor is TO have the power OF removal
over the Police Commissioner. the Police
Commiss loner should have the power, GER
tainly in the nrst six months Of his term. TO
remove the police captains under his juris-
dction, for whose work he is responsible
Il agree exactly with the criticism nade
by eX-Mayo7 Hewitt as TO the responsibility
for the present condition of affairs The
Chief, Dcvery, is directly respons BILE for
the vile conditions which exist in the various
parts Of the city Devery IS accountable
and not the Police Commissioners. and the
Mayor IL responsible lor Devery. The Mayor
IL at tsouteiy responsible for him.as ex Mayor
Hewitt says
The appointment OF q vice committee by
Tammany Hall al the order OF A!r Croker Is
ah..., eel. ed EvAv
what it will do. and. what Is a great deal more |
important. what II will not DO. The appoint |
meut was n positive confession on the part |
Of Tammany Hall that all the charges that |
had been made against the Police Depart |
ment wero absolutely true. and that tho con- |
ditlon OF affairs against which people are /
complaining existed. and that 1Gmmany |
knew that IL existed. II Mr.. Croker was
honest in his desire to rid the city Of corrup-
ton and vice all that was necessary for him
TO do was 70 give an order 70 the Chief Of |
Police and the conditions would have boen |
changed In a moment
we hear a great deal about vice on the |
Last Side. Ine fect Ia that in al parts OF the |
city conditions are practically the same. |
The Police Department has always been |
criticised, It always will be criticised; much |
Of the criticism is unjust am free to say,
however. that the Police Department under |
the administrat 10 Of Devery has not rag /
Of decency left
u am opposed 70 q State onstabulary |
Police law. but oven such a law would be !
preferable to the present condition Of Affairs |
In the Police Department. l believe that |
no man is more anxious to see the moral |
condition of tho city bettered than senator !
Platt, and II IS safe TO say that II such law |
is urged by him II will be because he is |
convinced that It Will be TO the general adj |
vantage Of the residents OF New York city"