The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-07
WHITE TO Be CITIES CHAIRMAN
EISBERG P4CIFIED WITH OVER
SIGHT or NEW YORK MILLS.

80 rev changes IN Legislative Machinery
That Plat Didn't Need TO Confer
Abont Them Odeil Mothers Thought
for n Police Bni--Lou Payn on Excise.
1t was settled yesterday that Senator
Horace White Of Syracuse will remain the
chairman OF the Senate Committee on Cities,
! This announcement was made Inst night
by Chairman Odell OF the Republican State
committee He added that Senator Elsberg
of the Fifteenth district, who has desired
for yenrs to be chairman OF this committee,
would be at the head Of the Sub Committee
on Cities and would have charge OF all bills
concerning this town
Mr.. Elsberg IL understood TO be satisfied
with this arrangement and IN this way has
7 been settled what was practically the only
/ fight for the craftsmanship Of an important
| committee The cbairmon Of nearly all OF
the committees OF any Importance have
| been returned TO Albany. and Mr. Odell said
last night that according to the rule of
priority these members would he reap
pointed TO the chairmanships they held
in the last Legislature.
There will DO 80 few changes in the COM
mittees, 1t was learned last night, that
Senator Platt. who intended 10 come here
to-day to take hand in the putting to-
gether Of the committees, has decided not
to make the journey. Boss Chairman Odell
had many callers yesterday, but the only
conference which amounted 10 anything
was that at which the rivalry between
Senators White and Elsberg was settled.
Mr.. Odel continued to be non-commlttal
when he was tackled by reporters about
the possibility OF legislative committee
being appointed to investigate the public
lighting situation in this city.
There is resolution before the Legis-
lature," be said, calling for such investi-
CATION, but whether or not II will be passed
is more than | can predict. or course the
fact that such resolution has been pre-
sented looks as though there might be
something doing
In talking with his friends last night Mr..
Odell suggested new plan whereby police
conditions In this city might be improved.
Shake ups and transferring captains and
men would never do much good he de-
clnred
TO my mind said the State chairman.
"A far better scheme for keeping the cap
tains up to the mark would be TO put them
in n precinct and keep them there for a
specified time. instead OF making them
work under a system which allows them
to be transferred from one precinct to
another. according to some ones whim
| would like 10 see some legislation intro
duced amending the Charter so that when
n police captain has been assigned to a
precinct he shall be kept there for a def
mite period. say for three or five years.
IT the captain knew that he could not |
be removed from that post for neglect OF !
duty, he could snap his fingers at the po-
liiical leaders or other people with pulls !
and he would have greater incentive 10 !
keep his district clean. would suggest |
also that If a captain should have charges /
of neglecting his duty brought against him /
and if he should be found guilty OF derelic- |
tons OF duty he should be dismissed. !
and that if SO dismissed there should be no |
opportunity given to him to or ep 0ack 7
into the department by applying to tho
courts.
In other words, | would put the Police
Department on military basis There
should be no appeal from the decisions Of .
the Commissioner in the trials OF captains
and the rank and file Of the force
TAX SALOON KEEPERS LIT EN- SUICIDE
SAYS TOM PArN
Louis F payn. Ike David B 9li. detests
alcohol and THINKS man d jackasz who
drinks it in any form Mr. Payn was at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. and the talk
got on to the question How is Gov Hig-
gins TO raise money for the necessary ex-
penses OF the State?
What would do said Mr. Payn. is
10 increase the liquor tax | would run up
this tax whenever any money ia needed
No limit is necessary. The tax is pretty
high now, know. but not so high as in
some other States. Suppose we doubled
this tax and drove lot OF liquor dealers
out Of business SO mitch the hotter We
would get the money and got rid OF some
evil at one stroke
But some poor. hnrdworking liquor
dealers committed suicide when the tax
was increased last time q reporter re-
marked
Is that so7' Mr. Payn replied. well
II we doubled the tax now and produced ten
such suicides. l would be for doubling it
again in the hope that an epidemic OF these
suicides would break out
Mr.. Payn declared that the Ranes law
was bad thing, and should be repealed
But / am against Sunday opening, he
added a stricter excise law is needed
Sunday selling should be prevented alto
9ether. unless we abolish the Sabbath. Sun
day schools and Bible reading / am be-
lever in the real old time Sunday
Mr. Payn won't even have liquor in his
beautiful farm home at Chatham. Mr.
Hill, at Wolferts Roosi has fine cellar for
guests accustomed to fluids.