New-York tribune., 1901-01-16
DEVERY'S END NEAR
POLICE BILL TO BE REPORTED To.n,v
AND HURRIED TO PASSAGE
SPECIAL ELECTION BUREAU BILL To Rr
AMENDED AND PERHAPS CHANGED
AITOGETHER

Albany. Jan Is (SpeciaD.-The chief bill rsIa,t
10 the Police De9artment-that aboIshiug the fo7r
headed commission and dropping Chief Davsrr
from office and substituting a single heade5 A.
partuent. with It's Police Cornrnis.fo,a
and Chief of Poice-wfll be reported favorabIv b
the Assembly Committee on Cities tomorrow
The committee acted favorably upon the bill tbi
afternoon. The Tammany Hall member OF the
committee. Assemblyman Fitzgerald made no "a
sistance TO the bill other than to cast his yota N
opposition to a favorable report being made unon
it. ssemblyman McKeown, Of Kings County
Boss McLaughlin's representative also votsd
against favorable report being made upon tha
bill. although he personally approves of the sneIa
headed principle. The other Democratic msrbsr
of the committee. Assemblymar Bradley. of Bus
falo, also voted in opposition the favora bs "a
port.
AL the Republican members of the committee
Messrs. Kelsey. NJ. z. Lewis De Graw Davis
Burnett. Cotton, O'MaIley. Seymour Hammond srd
Ross-voted in favor of favorable report on the
bill
Committee on Cities, who has precisely simi1.~
bill before him. said that his committee would give
hearing upon It. When Mr.. KELSEY was .ols
what Mr. Stranahan said he remarked There is M
harm in the Senator giving a hearing on the bin
We at least have started it on it's travels throuab
the Legislature. I do say that 1t will be passsd
in the form In which it has been reported. tha A.
semhly. OF course, may amend IT, But at least that
feature OF the bill is all right which centras ~
sponsioiIty for police administration in NevYorl,
by making the Police Department single hessad
department.
II was learned here late tonight that the R,r
reau of Elections bill may be considerably amend
ed and perhaps bill substituted This in
formation was gained from ". H. Ten Evck chair
man OF the Republican County Committee VIII,
was here at the Capitol tonight talking with
different Senators in regard TO the measure II a.,
feared by many that the bill as it now stands will
bring about the conditions in the new Bureau
II Elections as exists in the Police Commission
In both cases there is bipartisan Board of fonr
men appointed BY a Tammany Mayor In the case
OF the new Bureau of Elections which is thus 70
consist OF two Republicans and two Democrats
there Is the danger, ii is said, that the two rem
reSentat1VeS OF the former party when appOintad
ny Democratic Mayor may not be men who are
IN due accord with their party The Bureau of
Elections bill as il now stands also provides that
the commission Is to electa Superintendent of Eec
tons. such being the case, the Mayor. it is said
might appoint Republican members who would be
pledged beforehand TO permit the election of a
superintendent favorable to the party now domi-
nant in New-York.
The amendments which are proposed are for the
purpose or assuring bureau which is strictly b
partisan To do this il has been suggested that
the members to be appointed by the Mayor must
nrst be nominated at the primaries of their re-
spective parties. Many Republican Senators and
AsSemblymen agreed with Mr.. Ten Eyck in the
amendments which he recommends