Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-02
MCCLELLAN BEGINS new TERN
Mayor Of New York Tells officials They
Must Do Their Full Duty
GENERAL BINGHAM TAXES COMMAND
Police Commissioner TELLS the Cap
tRins and inspectors that New
Year Begins with u
New Deal.

NEW YORK, Jan. Mayor George Is.
Mcclellan began today his second torn as
mayor, this time of four years. The cere-
monies were few, as today merely marks
the opening of a new term, not a new gov
eminent A number of new heads of de-
partments were sworn in, including Gen
eral Theodore A. Bingham as police COM
missioner.
After they had taken their oaths Mayor
Mcclellan called the heads of departments
together and told them his ambition is to
give the city clean. efficient and honest
government. He alluded to his present Of
flee as "the last public office which, in all
probability, | shall ever FILL" and said:
You, gentlemen, owe your appointments
solely to the fact that | believe you are
well qualified for the offices to which |
have appointed you. l shall hold you to
strict and efficient performance of your
duty, and should any of you fail In reaching
the standard which | shall require. ] shall
not hesitate to remove you"
At the installation of the new board of
aldermen today Clarence J. Shearn pre-
scented a protest against the seating of
President MCGOWAN, elected on the demo-
cratic ticket. Mr. Shearn acted in behalf
of j. G. Phelps Stokes, the municipal own
ership candidate for that office. Mr..
shearn also presented protests against the
seating of Ave aldermen. They were re-
ferred by the aldermen to n committee
without having been read. Mr.. Shearn says
he hopes by the protests to get, writ of
certiorari from the courts to offset the rul-
ing Of the board of canvassers of elections
which seated the men whose offices he con-
tests. MIR. Shearn is counsel for W. r.
Hearst
Bingham Takes Command.
William McAdoo today retired from the
Office of police commissioner and his sue
cessor, General Theodore A. Bingham. for
mally assumed command of the police force
of the greater city. General Bnghams
first official act was to address the in
spectors and captains of the department
who had been summoned to meet him. He
said:
We start new year and a new deal
right here: have been sent for to come
going to do it. / have nothing against
you to start with-no suspicion and we will
begin on the, level. But by the nine gods
the level as I shall deal with you. There
Will be no spying on the men of this force
If you are manly men, sportsmanlilSe men,
you will appreciate that and treat me the
same. Don't go back on the hand that
/ stretch out to help you.
Mr. McAdoo greeted General Bingham
cordially, told him the police was an adj
mirable body of men and advised him to
know them well.
ShOohy Squad Abolished.
One of the first official acts of the new
police commissioner was to abolish the
shoohy squad and the vice squad. The
former was composed of plain clothes
men detailed to watch the uniformed
force. The vice squad was the creation
of the retiring commissioner and was de-
tailed to secure evidence against ques-
tionable resorts. Commissioner Bingham
also accepted the resignation of First Dep
uty Commissioner MsAvoy to take effect
Immediately and when he found that the
resignation of Second Deputy Farrell, in
charge of the Brooklyn division of the
force, had not been filed, sent a note to
him demanding his resignation forthwith
This leaves the commissioner free to APP
point three new deputies, there having
been one vacancy not filed by Mr.. Nc
Adoo after the death of Third Deputy
Lindsey.
The shoofy squad was first put into
existence by Theodore Roosevelt when he
was police commissioner, but was abolished
by Chief Devery and revived by General
Greene.