The sun., 1900-12-04
CRITICS OF NEW CHARTER.
WOW siATT sAys 1T wOvr M" roll.
TftsANS SHARr fWgfR MANS
And 81, n win Need . su1 risS, 10 Get the
Revision Thsossh the IesisIstsrs -te'sr
Objscn ~ New Hospital Hoard w'lss
O'Rvien Opposes "Eosr Mills" Wspeai'

And Ga, n win Need Q suR riskt 10 Get the
Rsv,sion Thsossh the Issisistsrs te'sr
Objscu "a New Hospital Hoard w'ls'
O'Hvien Opposes "Fosr Miiis" Wepea''
Following tho cue given bv Senator Platt.
who declared on .dnday that the rrve"d 'har-
tor proposed by tho commission appointed
, by GOV Roosevelt last spring would not do.
A. far ~ II concerned the Police Department,
politicians Yesterday were generally agreed
that " would take q stiff fsbt 20 get the pro-
po.~d amendments through tho Legislature
FOR this reason no one Interested In the Char
ter cared TO discuss II N any extent yesterday.
except Comptroller Coler and Preeidert o Rrten
Of the Department Of Education. A. mat
ter Of fact the Tammany ofYlceholdsrs have
very generally neglected to read the report
OF the commission The Mayor. OF course
has nothing TO say about Il, for he never talks
for publication. Corporation Counsel wha-
len IL reading the document and may have
something TO say about II soon.
Mr.. Coer IL an advocate Of Capitalization
In city government. and he thinks that the
Charter Commission has provided for this
In the executive functions. while providing
for practical autonomy In tho matter Of local
improvements. The Comptroller approves OF
borough government and OF increased power
for the borough Presidents. He Is also In favor
Of a gle-headed police commission. or the
proposed separation OF the public hospitals
in Manhattan and The Bronx from the Chari-
ties Department he said In q statement yes
terday:
Among so many excellent features II would
best range. indeed. II there were not some which
to individual minds appear TO be most unwise,
Chief among the hitter I should mention the
proposed separation from the Department OF
Public Charities Of some of the public hosp'-
tails. II some why not all? The relation OF
and to the other institutions in charge OF the
Department Of Public Charities Ia 30 close and
intimate that a division Of responsibility and
authority will. in my Judgment work very
badly.
For years experience has shown the neces-
sity Of centraliEns responsibility In this de-
partmsnt. and the Charter Revision COM
Of this course by going still further and sub:
shutting a single commissioner for board OF
three Nevertheless, they have. with, apparent
Inconsistency, taken a long step ,,Ia backwa,1d
from It's control about oue-half OF It's hospitals.
Moreover. believe the administration OF an
unpaid board will prove comparatively IN
fuenoes which. through the medical board.
will seek TO make Bellevue mere ADJUNCT u
AS a Wkols. I think the work Of the COM
public support. Above all, II ought to make
possible : very substantial reduction in the
burden OF taxation"
President O'Brien OF the Board OF Educaiion
Is opposed TO the proposed repeal OF the four
mills provision Of the Davis School law. Mr..
O'Brieu SAYS that this provision will tend 70
separate the department from politics ana that
the Department OF Lducation ought 70 hH ,he
the board will oppose the changes before The
Legislature.