New-York tribune., 1901-01-22
GRAM MAY HEAD POLICE.
bocK COMMISSIONER SAYS IT Is A
THANKLESS JOB.
EUMoR THAT CROKER is EGGING NIXON ON
10 MAKE IT HOTTER FOR CARROLL.
VAN wYcK & co.

There a rumor ahoat yesterday that DOCK
COMMISSIONS J. Sergeant Cram had been slated
Sor the new single head Of the reorganized police
corce. so when Mr.. Cram suddenly appeared at
'the trial Of Police Captain Herlihy at Head
~Quarters and listened attentively 70 the testi-
mony for hour so he gave the rumor ad-
ssitional impetus Mr. Cram would neither deny
nor affirm thst the position had been offered TO
him. hut Re aid say that the place Of Police
Commissioner was a thankless one and that
,even il the Angel ca briel should try 10 fll IL
sreople would find fault with him. His only rea-
son for presenting himself at the Herlihy trial.
he declared was 10 consult Commissioner York
about some law business There will be meet
arg OF the Board to-day.
Another runor gained circulation 20 the effect
that Chairman nixon had received word through
John Whalen from Richard Croker that the
work Of the Committee Of Five so far had
fproved satisfactory to the Boss, and giving Mr..
yslixon authority 20 wage stin more unreentingly
4she war uron the gambling ring i'm Tammany
HAL It is sa!d that Cocker thinks Carroll. Van
Swyck Engel Sullivan & Co. have gone too far
tsn bringing discredit upon the organization. and
isf he could get them thrown out by means of
Nixon II would be good politics" at the pres
lent time. This rumor could not be confirmed
but il was backed up 10 certain extent by MT.
tSixon's words after the close Of yesterday
saneeting Of the Committee Of Five. The chair
sanan seemed to be in cheerful humor and TO the
ereporters said:
I am greatly encouraged. The prospects We're
never so good as they are to-day for the sue
cess Of our undertaking. More than this will
not ssy at present. except that our committee
IS gathering new evidence daily, and while we
do not know what the Committee of Fifteen has
gathered yet if il is found TO supplement ours
when il gets into the District Attorneys hands
so much the better. The Fifteen doing good
work and we wish them success. If they want
anv of our evidence they are welcome to it..
different explanation Of Mr.. NiXons change
from discoura cement 10 hopefulness may he
found In the report that his committee has
found way to get evidence before the Grand
Jury in spite Of Mr. Philbin's decision that il is
100 weak 10 result in indictments The Grand
Jury send for this evidence regardless OF
Mr. Philbins opinion, If IL wishes, and II was
said yesterday that if the January Grand jury
cannot find time 10 do this. the February Grand
Jury viii be prevailed upon by friends OF the
Five to send for their witnesses ana examine
them.
Mr. Nixon declined to discuss the report that
he WAS about ask the Mayor formally II ne
considered that he doing his duty in mann
tanning that oversight of the various city de-
partments which the charter imposes upon him,
hut when Charles Stewart Smith, OF the COM
rnittee OF Fifteen told that such an inten-
. ton by common rumor attributed TO Mr..
n Nixon he is reported saying:
Mr.. Nixon is very determined man. ana 1t
" ouldn't surprise me if he did And if he doesn't
the Committee of Fifteen VIII in due time can
attention To the duties Of the Mayor, as eK-
pressed in the charter. and ask whether or not
he has performed his dUty-and IL not, why not"
Robert Grier Monroe, counsel TO the Commit
tee of Fifteen. began yesterday the examination
and classification of the evidence so far gathered
by that body.