The sun., 1903-11-09
NO STATE CONSTABULARY BILL
ODELL AS MUCH OPPOSED TO 1T
AS EVER.
Tammany Indinerent--Past Experience
Loads Her to Believe That Any Tinker
ing at Albany With the Metropolitan
Police VIII Turn to Her Advantage.


Ing at Albany With the Metropolitan
Police VIII Turn to Her Advantage.
Politicians in the two camps, Republic
can and Democratic, began to talk yester-
day about the chances Of a State constabu-
larry bill at Albany this winter. The passage
Of such bill would, beginning with Jan. l..
take the control Of the police force out OF
the hands Of Tammany in New York city.
The Republican politicians said that they
didn't believe q State constabulary bill
would be introduced at Albany. and the
Tammany Indians who remained in town
said they didn't care whether one was or
not. Leader Charles F. Murphy and Mayor
elect George B. Mcclellan have said within
the last forty-eight hours that police legis-
lation giving the con. rol of the department
to the Republicans Of the State wouldn't
inJure the Democrats down this way, but
would, on the contrary. hurt the Republi-
cans as n direct and fagi ant violation Of
the home rule principle, All that Tammany
itself is committed to, concerning police
legislation, is a strenuous effort to put
the three platoon system in force.
A State constabulary bill has been almost
as dear TO the heart of Senator Platt as
was the Greater New York City measure,
yet Senator Platt, it was said yesterday. has
given up all hope Of ever having such .
measure adopted at Albany. Gov. Odell.
for several years, has been unalterably
opposed to the State constabulary scheme
and he has not altered his opinion and will
not alter it,
Senator Patts latest utterance on the
subject was: Il have always advised
tote I,t,lo l,,,t %
friends oppose it strongly and l have de-
cided not to push the matter any further,
preferring that others should accept the
responsibility for the loss Of such benef-
icent measure But it will come; some
time II will come, just as sure as the Raines
Liquor law came after much travail and
opposition. The State constabulary bill
may. be years in getting here, but it will
surely come"
Politicians were going over Yesterday
Albany and its results. In 1897 when Tam
many elected Robert A. Van Wyck Mayor
the bipartisan police board law was in
operation. Under that law the Republican
county committees of New York and Brook
lvn each recommended to the Mayor a
Police Commissioner Thomas l.. Hamilton
now County Clerk of New York. and William
4. Philips of Brooklyn, under these recon-
mendations, We're appointed by Mayor
Van Wyck: Tammany wanted to get rid
VI NIhtl JOIlll MtN ulidk1, Dul I1dIHllOu
and Philips stood like granite against them.
Without word OF warning Mayor Van
Wyck removed Hamilton and Philips and
IN their places appointed Jacob Hess Of
New York and Henry $. Abel of Brooklyn,
promptly fired McCullagh and appointed
in his place William S. Devery. In due time
the Republicans got through at Albany
the single-head police bill, which Mayor
Van Wyck approved and Gov. Odel signed.
z,,,,t, l,t.x .~I. Il
Murphy Commissioner. ard Murphy
promptly appointed Devery Deputy Com
missioner. but Devery was really commits
sioner, The single-head police bill was
Of Devery, and the Republicans, were
thwarted in their efforts. McCullagh got a
good job as State Superintendent of the
Metropolitan Elections District, and a great
cry went up from Republicans for. State
consider the proposition for moment,
Senator Platt was greatly disappointed.
and he and all hands joined in nominating
Seth Low for Mayor; Devery and Deveryism
Mayor Low appointed John \. Partridge
Commissioner Of Police, who in tuIn APP
pointed Peggy" Thurston deputy. Within
a few. mon this Peggy Thurston dropped
ent OF sfbn nnd
Piper. McCullagh was succeeded by George
W. Morgan a. Surerintend of the Metro
po'tan Elections District. Mr.. Morgan was
taken from District Attorney Jeromes
Office by Gov Odell, and Mr., Morgan an
nounced the other day that the recent
municipal election was fairly conducted.
So, it was pointed out by politicians yes
terdav az a result of all the ruction at AL
bany on police legislation within the last
Ave years. Hamilton is County Clerk with
two years more to serve; Philips, Hess and
Abell for the Republicans have gone into
the political shades; Low, Shepard and
Devery are "out"; Mayor-elect Mcclellan
for Tammany will on Jan. appoint sue
cessors to Greene. Piper and Ebstein, and
Mavor Van Wyck, who summary removed
Hamilton and Philips, has been dreadfully
beaten for Supreme Court Justice.
1t is for the foregoing result that Leader
Murphy and Mayor elect Mcclellan and
their friends have only within forty-ei ght
hours proclaimed that the Republicans
can try a State constabulary bill If they
want to, and that in the end it will only re-
dound to the benefit Of Tammany and her
Democratic friends in Brooklyn.