New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-20
MINES PLAN UNDER FIRE
JEROME CONDEMNS 1T.
Thinks 1t Night 'fLocalize Graft
Theorists" Says Erhndt.


Theorists" Says Erhmdt.
IN characteristic fashion District Attorney Js-
rome unburdened himself his ideas regarding the
report of the Committee Of Nine yesterday de m
tends to peruse that document earefuiiy. tnat hs
may discover where went all the sxli anu le
search of the COMMITTEES. With one or TWO OF tne
ideas advanced he agrees but the others he con-
siders useless harmful
The bureau for the control OF gambling tne e1
else situation and disorderly houses ne businesses
CURLY with "A bully good thing TO iocaiize graft
How the oftacersd rush to get Jobs thereI de
added:
With the abolishing of the Detective Bureau as
Institution, and the making u a. ossa a,,,a he
who knows the situation there The Commisslonsr
70 good a thing too. to give the connssonsr
more salary. for good man deserves IL h sps
report. far as I've seen it which Gom ~, Ihs
committee has sid beYad these two points there's
nothing which needs gisation--nothlng "hcn ne
the rules of the department It's surprising now
much power the Commissioner really mas no"
He's got got chief inspector now. Detail him: or
WheSh eas You call him chisf inspector Ala
siDne and y ec h1a n OF the orcs No legislation
necessary TO do that Let EN- keep records OF
charges against them. il they don't now-thars
The eommittee evidently has tried to get separate
the duties of the police detectives and consta6u
thgs in ts p9fse SUMMON The detective SER
geans ought to be set back to pounding the streets
their qualifications There never will be good de-
Civil Service examinations for detectives taking
into consideration the peculiar qualifications needed
ficatons-unfil the distinction between the deIeo-
i've searching Tor the law6reakins cEimnal an 20
the statutes, is made as plain as Is the dinerence
between Scotland Yard and the bobby on the
What you want is not any different arransemsns
Of apP %hf %sat s1hory you t have IoS YSs
tempt to substitute statutes for men You've got
sible for the. enforcement Of the laws honestly,
without ,sraft," and if he doesn't do it. break
Your Police Department aecumulatss all the IN,
properly not thing could be done in any district
which the captain wouldn't know, Take the 18th
his job the way I'd run it, he'd have a card index
with every house in the precinct listed and there
mate of every house weren't recorded He could
grocer or ifi s sh or gsf m
that information is in the hands Of his men-it's
in the force. Take scheme like this proposed
around town trying to find facts already in the
hands of the police.
and the committee has done nothing with it. be-
neve we really. working back to a modification
of the system against which all howled bloody
murder twenty years ago-the holding of Office BY
system would be to hold Office during good be-
havior the Commissioner to be removed only on the
stand for any unjust removals and no Mayor would
dars remove man who didn't deserve il What
have dared to Ienoye Waring If he knew that the
publicly? Take Lederle-Vvhen he was office the
eity's death rate was lower than it ever had been
was getting dollars worth for every dollar spent
have dared ei to remove Tederle? "0uo
Under such system 4 would be easy for the
Mayor to say TO Mr.. Pallas that he was guilty Of
neglect or duty IN that he made a certain contract
tpg brc eod wSa sh G s9
fh Pf s ea m Pas n F f3 % Enable 81 the e
Explain Satisfactorily ''''st - D'''''' -
don't know sufh about ga-vatsT gas that Is
Oakley a little If the Mayor word to him to
f es all or s9e ss TSe teshy
combe accumulated might figure interestingly, In
Joel B. Erhardt. Police Commissioner. thodght-
the report was waste of effort The mon >vFho
drew it nice men. ha said. but theorists
who should have stuck TO their lasts He also
said
for big things The legislature might not have
granted their requests but, but ne res S
H 1 sz H5 t fos s
or fOr which hi the commssioner has power
fn ea Mho aGd e shah 6e 70 s 40
ally greets his attempts at reform. how can he re-
these sporadic. efforts. for they know they'll stay
longer than the Commissioners.
Commissioner McAdoo said that he was IN favor.
generally speaking of the ideas put forth IN the
hill but dsIiked certain features. When he was
told that some of the Police Department heads
had declared the bill the most asnine ever
put out in public he answered that the system
worked in Paris.
Discussing the work and the report OF the Com
1nittee of Nine, ex-Assistant Corporation Counsel
James McKeen the member from Brooklyn. said
yesterday: XXI
Great pressure was brought to bear the COM
mittee 10 recommend legislation TO take away the
power of the Mayor TO remove the Commissioner
and TO make the Commissioners irreInovaDIe Tor a
rnitfee looked upon these suggestions doing
away with the spirit and letter of the charter.
which makes the Mayor Responsible 10 the people
for his Commissioner Very strong appeals were
mo lie 10 the committee to modify abolish the
right of a policeman TO have his trial reviewed on
a writ of certiorari by the supreme Court This
ffbe COMMITTEES 1t would seem that II any change
We're made it should be made applicable TO all
city employees
Isaac NJ Kapper who as a member or the Charter
Revision Committee drafted the chapter police
laws and regulations said:
The creation of chief for indefinite period
still leaves the Commissioner the chief OF police.
and nothing is accomplished by the creation OF
sich an officer If We to have chief OF police
amenable to some higher authority. such the
Mayor
A subcommittee of the Committee OF Nine went
to Albany yesterday present to the legislative
body the BILL
WAY TO STOP Sinking.