The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
PARTRIDGE OUT WHO NEXT?
JIMMY REl NOLDS. THE MtYORS
SECRETARY. NAY DE.
Park Commissioner Eustis Also a strong
Tp-MaJor Woodbury. and Ebstein
Might Oct It-PartrIdgr says Ills
Health Is iIad-Ad,crsc Criticism
Hasn't ImprO, ed His Liking for Ills Jol,

Hasn't ImprO, ed His Liking for Ills job
Col. John n. Part ridge sent TO Mayor Low
yesterday noon his resignation as Police
Commits sioner. to take effect on Jan. 1.
The text of the Commissioners letter to
the Mayor follows
MY DEAR SIR II now hacks but "A few DAYS
of a year since You honorcd me by placing
me at the head of the Police Department.
During the whole OF this period have de-
voted my best energy aud Hhi.i'y and all
my time 70 the Improvement of the q" part
ment, even 10 the extent of foregoing the
usual summer vacation aud to neglecting
personal AFFAIRS, with wlat success IT,"
records Of the dcpal tment aud annual reports
Tor 1902 Ill bc,d Witness \ comparison OF
the record Of 1899 with that of many years
since consolidation, ] tliuk, cannot Vat he
gratifying to the friend, of your adinlnistrl-
ton
For tho last fortnight hive been under a
physiCiau'S care. 1loUgn not seriously III.
] am advised that a prompt and complete
recovery calls for NOR" rest thpu ! can get
wi lie performing the on'rous duties OF this
Office
therefore ask YOU TO relieve me from
further responsibility, and to accept this my
resignation, to take eject on January the LIST.
1903
Permit mo 70 think YOU for the hearty
SUPPORT and many court, eics have received
at your hands Very respectfully
JOHN y PARTRIDGE,
Polio" commissioner
As soon as II became known that Col
Partridge had resigned speculation as to
his successor began. Six names We're
mentioned most frequently. A Sun re-
porter was informed last night that James
r Reynolds, the Mayors private secretary,
stands as good a chance 81 getting the job
as any of the six. Mr. Reynolds, il was
said, had et tho Mavor know that he would
not decline In" appointment If II wcrc
offered. and that III" Mayor had permitted
his private secretary 10 conclude that
the lightning might strike him.
There are others in the field, though,
besides Mr.. Reynolds. strong tip was
out in other quarters that nobody need lie
surprised il Park Commissioner Eustis
If The Bronx had a chance 10 take It
Mr. Reynolds has been active in Univer-
sity Settlement work for years and is re-
garded as an all-wool-yard- wide reformer.
He is an active member Of the City Club,
which has been after Commiss Toner Part
ridges scalp for many months. II was
said last evening that Mr.. Reynolds has
the support of some of the most influen, al
members Of the club a. well as that OF X.
Fulton Cutting and the big men of the
Citizens Union, with which organization
Mr. Reynolds has been identified since its
organization.
The other five possibilities were First
Deputy Commissioner Ebstein, Street Clean
ing Commissioner Woodbury., Capt. +
Norton Goddard, Sc. oLd Deputy Commits
sioner Piper, and John Mclean Nash, a
lawyer at CO Wall street a member OF the
Union Club and warm personal friend
Of District Attorney Jerome.
OF these, il was very generally thought
that Major Ebstein was the most likely
TO succeed his present chief. In fact,
there was much more talk Of Major Ebst
about Police Headquarters and tho City
Hall than there Was Of MIR Reynolds. But
Mr.. Reynolds doomed up late i'll the evening
One Of the men mentioned a. possibility
had this to say about Major Ebstein;
1T seems to me that Ebstein is the only
logical candidate In tho first place he'd
make an excellent Police Commissioner
He's got sand and brains and common
sense. the three most important requisites.
But, more than all this, he's in the line Of
promotion and he's military man, Most
important OF all. however, is the fact that
the Mayor must support himself when he
Partridge.
BY that I mean, Mayor Low has more
than ono, indicated since Partridge has
been in Office that he was entirely salts
fed with the COMMISSIONER management
of the Police Department. Therefore he
cannot, l. seems 10 mo. appoint a successor
to Partridge whose policy will be m ate
rally different from that which has pre-
vailed for nearly half the Mayors term,
unless he is willing TO condemn himself
In appointing Ebsteiu the Mayor would
give "A Ger, ificato OF confdcuc" to himself
and TO his First commissioner
Since the first r,Imors of COL Partridge re-
signing. IN. person most mentioned AZ his
suocessor has been the head of the Street
CLEANING Department, Major John Mc(iaw
Woodbury. When he wa, asked y.ster-
day afternoon if he would accept the Police
Commissionership if it was offered 10 him
he said
Il an too busy with the present TO deal
IN futures"
HAS the appointment been offered to
you?"