The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-06
Albany Has Heard of a New
Sensation
FUND 100000 REPORTED
The Bill Gives the Commissioner Full
Control--The Police Inspectors
and Gambling Houses
Oppose.

Albany, N, ", March 6.-Coincident
with the arrival Of Police Commissioner
Bingham of New York to urge, and three
inspectors Of police to oppose the police
bills now pending before the legislature,
which are designed to give the commits.
sioner control OF the discipline OF the
force, scandal has broken out over the
collection Of corruption fund by the
police TO defeat the measure. Specific
and detailed information with reference
to the collection Of this money and the
plans for its use has been sent here,
and it is expected that it win be made
public.
The charge is that one inspector Of
1 police in New York collected $3.50 from
eleven gambling houses and other illegal
resorts in New York city. 1t is alleged
that this collection was made with the
avowed purpose Of bribing legislators to
vote against the bill, and that the origi-
nal assessment was $500, to which an
extra $3.50 was added for expenses in
New York city" 1t is, Of course, charged
that the assessment was levied on the
hundreds of illegal resorts, and that in
this way fund of upwards of 100000
was collected. But there seems to be
reason to believe that in eleven cases
special information has been secured Of
the collection.
1t Is further declared that the fund
thus collected has been placed on deposIt
II al L.
pany, thus keeping the scandal out Of
the state and preventing the possibility
Of the payment of money at the state
capitol arousihg suspicion. Members who
vote against the bills are to be paid by
drafts upon the trust company, but il
they prefer to get their money in more
remote parts of New Jersey it win be
arranged. The publication of these de.
tails has caused sensation here.
William NJ. Ivins, Republican candi-
date for mayor of New York city, at
the last election has written a letter
TO the legislature advocating the pass.
age of the bill, which contains this ar.
raignment of the New York police
when the law can be sold without
fear Of punishment IL Is more profitable
TO be a policeman than a criminal, and
It win inevitably be sold. If the Law
Is not enforced it Is because to that
extent the inspectors, for reasons best
known to themselves, do not wish ii
enforced. The police commissioner, in.
stead of ruling the force through the
inspectors, Is paralyzed by the inspec-
tors. To expect satisfactory results UNI
der existing conditions Is deliberate self
deception. We might as we'll build the
iails without any way to get into them,
and fatter ourselves we had system
Of penal law"
The fate OF the present bill Il regarded
Bs one of the most important questions
to come before the legislature this year.
Hughes Railroad Plan Ready.
Governor Hughes yesterday examined
in detail the railroad legislation, which
constitutes the main features of his off.
cial programme, and the bill viii today
be introduced by Senator Page and AS
semblyman Merritt. The measure will
abolish the states railroad commission,
the state gas commission and the rapid
transit commission Of New York city
it will create two new state bodies to
replace them and will reproduce many OF
the best features of The Massachusetts
railroad commission law. 1t viii be Tevo-
lutionary in many OF It's provisions, and
is regarded as taking the most advanced
step yet known toward the state regula.
tion of public utilities.