New-York tribune., 1901-02-06
POLICE BILL is PASSED.
ASSEMBLY APPROVES THE MEASURE,
lOl TO 43. AND 1T NOW GOES To
MAYOR VAN wYCK

! Albany Feb. CSpeciaD.-The New-York Police
! bill which puts man at the head OF the De
J paTtment. passed the Assembly to-day by a vote
! of IOl 20 43. This vote strict party lines.
one Democrat announced the taking Of the
! rollcaI that personally he favored the measure.
/ Two Republicans put themselves on record as say
! ing that they thought the bill unconstitutional
! The Democrat Timothy p Sullivan. and the
Republicans Assemblymen Bennett and Cooley.
The arguments advanced against the bill were
chiefly based the plea that such act was un-
constitutional and infringement OF home rule.
The clause OF the bill which provided that the new
Chief Of Police is TO be removed by the Governor
without charges was particularly attacked by the
minority Many OF the Tammany Hall delegation
attempted show that the charges against police
men 10 the effect that they are in league with the
chief agents OF vice in New-York City. and that
they these agents for the eXtortion OF Illegal
revenue were unfounded But the speeches ot
most OF these members. although voeiferous and
apparently earnest in the extreme. were for the
most part regarded as mere widernesses of words
Some Democrats bold as TO extol the ad-
mnistration of Chief Devery that OF "the most
able, the most efficient Chief OF Police New-fork
has seen"
The bill was supported on the other hand by Re
publican members who took the position that there
was no question as TO the Generalization OF the
Police Department.
Such members as lothian P. Aids. leader OF the
Republican majority. and Merton E. Lewis also
took the ground that the bill was in no way un-
constitutional, and that the police power Of the
cities was a governmental power, and had its
source in the executive head OF the State.
The speech Of Mr.. Aids. which closed the de-
bate was regarded forcible argument 10 show
that the hill was constitutional Mr. Aids showed
thai the Republican State OF Massachusetts the
power of the Boston Chief of Police had been with
drawn from civil authority and vested in that OF
tho state. and that in the Democratic state OF
MARYLAND the power of the Baltimore police had
been similarly changed from civil 10 state con-
trol.
The several amendments were voted upon and
killed by rising votes, and the bill was advanced
10 third reading. 80, - -,
Mr.. Kelsey thereupon moved the bill tor nnal
passage
Those who explained their vote on nnal passage
were MessTs. Fitzgerald Coo.ey, Bennett folieLi'
Sanders. T L. Sullivan, Van Name ana ftyIhdn-
Assemhlyman Sullivan said he favored tnS mess
,,re DersonsIlv though voting for it This laSt
expression of opinion WAS greeted with a slhls
from his own associates in Tammany Hall
The ahsentees were: Republicans MeSsrS- lIeal'
Iandon Plank and I. u. Lewis. DelnocIaIs'
Three Republican members. Messrs. Cotton: wat
aud Bedell voted with the Democrats lor MI Ac-
Keowns amendment 70 the bill that the chlei atp-
uty ne a resident of Brooklyn provided the i "lIti-
missioner appointed was resident OF Ne"-ho'A
Messrs Cooley Of westchester. ana Bennett. OF
New-York in explaining their vote said that they
thought that section of the bill giving the !oNeror
power OF removal unconStituuonai' but they
believed the bill was perfect otherwise ana lha'
the reason they voted tor IT. - -
The bill having passed the Senate just q week
ago to-day now goes 70 the Mayor Of Newly ork Tor
his consideration. Should he veto II the senate
and Assembly will pass il his veto. and y
will then be signed by the Governor ana become
a Law.