New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
sHAKEUP DUE TOMORROW
r.prprncE RETURNS FROM CONFER
ENoE WITH MAYOR LOW.
HE EXPECTS POLICE IMPROVEMENT TO BE
MORE NOTICEABLE IN THE FUTURE

MORE NOTICEABLE IN THE FUTURE
,,,,;.s Commissioner Partridge was in pleas
se,t MOOD Yesterday when he returned TO ms Oh
6ce in Mulberry-st-, after a visit with MaSoi
Low at Rye over night, and he SAID 10 news
paper men that he had talked with the Mayor
about the Police Department and other oepaf'-
rnents of the city government.
II do not think the press is inclined 10 crll-
,ssa ,ba Police Department more seriously than
,-e ourselves criticise it, Colonel Partridge said
I'VE realize that conditions in the Police De-
nartnpent are not at all what they should be-
ne course the Mayor talked with me on these
s,,biec-s and gave me some advice. admit that
the Police Department to-day is not What 1t
should be- as 1 have admitted before But DO
claim that the Police Department is IN bet'er
condition to-day than ii was when TINS aoihh-
,istration came in. There is still great oeai oi
room for Improvement. But We have accom-
lpiished something. We haye been workahs' anu
to-day the department is better than IL was
md from This time on the Improvement Will
begin TO show. The department has been got
snfo such a shape that from now on improve
rnents viii be more noticeable.
~Was the discipline now existing in the oe-
partrnent discussed by you and the Mayor!
was asked.
.%People are ant TO criticise the Police Depart
rnent" replied Commissioner Partridge fop
The few observations they make in their own
limited circle and cannot see that conditions
generally have improved. For example, III ten
vou q little incident. While was at Mayor
rows last might the Mayors niece in talking
With ne WAS kind enough to say: Commissioner
Il want to congratulate you on the Improvement
in the Police Department / have nouceu Ihe
change myself. IL the past l have always hdu
more or less trouble at the crossing at Forly-
second-st end FIfth-ave. Now L get across
without any difficulty l asked her II sne nau
made any particular observations or the WORK VI
the police anywhere else in the city, ana she
replied that she had not. She had made her op-
servations at that point. Now, this morning get
a letter from gentleman who probably crosses
-har nlace at q different time Of day, for ne
saws that he never had much trouble IN get
ting across. I tell this simply TO show that one
is apt to get wrong impression II ne !uoses ."
entire department from limited obserVaeIoIi na
The Commissioner said he thought the appear
snoe of three or four drunken policemen IN the
trial room at Police Headquarters the other oay
showed how easily a few men could cause crlu-
ism Of seven thousand men. The drunken po-
liceuen could not be dismissed of hano ne stilu'
In one case Deputy Thurston had zone ItShl IA
ordering the policemen before a surgeon 1oI - ~
animation, with view 10 having preahihs
charges" made In infiicting fines on the oIheI
men he said he thought Colonel Thurston had
used his judgment honestly. An examination ION
of the record he said. would show that there
had been heavy fines or dismissals III me pas
: sioner Partridge was asked if there had been
Il any change in the friendly relations between
3fAfavor Low and himself and he replied:
" Il wifi saw only that the more Mayor Low and
see OF each other, the more We ike 10 Morh
together and the better we Work togetneT-
The Commissioner appointed no captains yes
fersiay but ne intimated that he would appoint
seven tomorrow and make some transfers He
spent good part Of yesterday afternoon IN con on
sulfation with his two deputies and Senior In
spector Cortright getting ready the list for the
coming shakeup in the Ponce department.
Later the Commissioner said:
II have sent for the seven sergeants VINO are
. at the head of the eligible list to come to my
office on Monday You know what that means
Commissioner Partridge admitted that the
changes TO be made would take place after the
appointment of the new captains There is
much anxiety in the department over rumor
that some of the captains in Manhattan are to
he cent 70 F3rooklyn When asked whether this
was so. the Commissioner replied:
Those who are interested viii nave 10 wait
for day two There will be some changes,
but the orders have not been issued, ana unlll
then they viii not be made public"