New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-30

his letter" ard when the Governor -
800 tpe uavor whether he desired 70 seho ~.
:. -. .ovsr-o- he grlaiy said NO. no" ana ls.'
- --e~eerre- abruptly. TO take counse4 W.
/ croker and Carroll AS the Mayer was soiLs,
was asked whether he would make i
/ and answered no, not WORD ,.s
rAsr Carroll would not talk about the Oo'eIHoI ;
,.t+e~ Ar croker shut himself in his room up-
stairs refusing 10 see newspaper men OF a4iSV
tbet- cards. Mr.. Whalen said over me 'elei.--o
char hc knew nothing about the Governor -
and could not talk about Il. The Mayor vas u
IN a cab 10 Police Headquarters. where ne -
sb55+ 10 O'clock lie went into the once OF m
T,g,s-v fifteen minutes after the CHIEF hao ar
rived In the building. The MAYOR aI1 ms -
v-are cfoected together for an hour ana ~ -
--,. admitted or spoken 20 during that tine. " -
80. 81, vas ended Chief Devery sent an ono.
- tre newspaper men TO say that the Mayor '-1
s,-,e-hfnr 10 tell them. and the reporters "7ie -
,-ited into the Chiefs Office. The dasot Sc
y-,for pere-v.s rlg chair while the CHEZ hinse'.
- -, "a -,.-elyos an order from the Mayor. ana
49, .,.., rod that order which related 70 me
r,e-,s order 10 the CAPTAINS on Sunday resaIul''S
Tho nl-Cuuagh men and votersJ
The Mayors mandate reacs.
yvi1rf.-, 8 Dcvery. Chief Of Police. - -,,rsbss
SIR. You viii at revoke the order PuplSffe ce
81 fbis mornings papers and issJed IRON 5ties
o. t5 e So force On Election Day and yon viii
issue Immediately slea ~ Ii o5perate with and
go - -bc execution and enforcement OF uie -
-oroltcn Election District iaWti ,1 Snap
ROBERT q. VAN " IN -"AsN''
Chief Devery sent out the following order 'S'' D"
the night:
70 A l a. a. directions received by ne from bis
honor Nayor Robert A. Van r MySA upon the
order which I issued at go ~ ~ %oTHs
be- - 1rc-slo5s o. Intinidation'' etc. you
are hereby notified that said order IS TeNohss ma :,
vii instruct me t OF Chapter 676 OF the
Laws q 1895 amended, TO co-opei, -, NTerr-
md
7or5-a1 Election District Law and render sq aiiG as
s ~ 5gr-5ries Ia the performance OF their duties
when called upon 20 do So lteaI us - ,,,r,trs
he poas places WILLIAM S s P6 of Poli:s
~. ,-r,ey said asterward '~To-nor1 ow's election
VIII he tho fsirest ever hela in New-York City. l
viii do all that lies IN my power TO SEQ that tle
nd fs accommodated" The Chief then SAID GOOD
might aae VEN IrIeTe1os II the state Of NewYOrk
Nm Inc Goveri5c came home. especially IN 'Ae
ely s o. we're no unnecessary words in the stte-
o. the Governor - NeS-a asN BEFORE Presiden-
lis1 F,ee-ion Day November S. is21 The hourSS
S9d D Sff y Rspe TS 81 GoyerhO Roosevelt
page % Of 1890 There Is a staleIleett "a g.
cidea il Snort orde-l
watt.- q the Removal Of District Attorney
07o'''' State OF New-York
Executes Chamoer
Albany December -. 1900.
The charge vitality affecting the conouct or ne
utuds and about clectoii tii1.e loWalu ~ L..
ted had issues a scandalousiy improper ana se0'-
ff0-re order the police force UnOeT Mn
when The conduct Of the District Attorney OF
fre Co-.rtv on New-Yorll affects elections. this
od g 5so 5s 1so 255eT oon St mercy %
The District Attorney denies that be gave thern
o,5r Two witnesses have testified that he ince-
Tersentlv gave them interviews which were sub
startiaIlv the same. and IN one case the testimony
Is explicit that he was informed the l'elEieW VS.
To- ~ bcatfcr. These interviews, and others Ike
them au-eared cOnspicuCusly IN the various morn
i've D- DerS and were never repudiated then OF az
ferv-a I'd bv District Attorney. He never ac-
i,o-Ie5peS fr any uav me receipt Of the notihca-
had been needed. would certainly have called us
attention &c the gravity % the situation anq have
aroused his vigilance as TO anything he might say
had said. TnCc~ the circumstance. II Is IN
possible 10 believe that ne dd not give any such
irrerzl tha- he was ignorant OF the enect
that might be produced by such public statements
should have been 20 see 70 the Observance Of the
law in the county. Had the other officials con
very gravest consequences might have ersued. and
District Attorney cannot 70 prevailed 20 profit
BY the fact that the action % others prevented the
evil consequences OF his own acts
AS the charges that the District Attorney
Attorney Generals Office who were concerned IN
pears that there such failure IN at any rate
certa'7 cases prior 20 the election.
IKE these arc 70 he excused on The ground that
they spring from folly. rather than from intent 70
Under these circumstances. the District Attorney
of the county OF Sew-Yo-k IS removed from ONCE
TEEODOPE ROOSEVELT.
1.-THE Governor looked well after the public safe
y and the President is a safe man" Of tho same