New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-03
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An instant later Senator Frawley rushed into
the discussion with corroborat!ve evidence. He
said:
VIII This bill is not meant TO wine out vice in New
arc about 70 enter on primary night there to con
ToI the Democracy Not twelve months ago the
CHANGED the captain from my district to another
prois bat ~ 'I S s pace wen! there under the
inspector. " - 10 i'aus
who stood Tor two hours With his t csb last esa S
10y 1oA iG refused TO let men vote unless they
Noteu against me. In another polling place n
roundsman in uniform sat checking on the off,e,si
unless they cast their ballots for the candidate
do away with the present system Elect t'S ei bi
p pnitr poiSe board and take man from the
the head OF the department Make him responsibIs e
All this was too much for Senator McCarren
When his name was called he rose with ,,rot
evidence Of earnestness TO deprecate the att.cl,
against Mayor Mcclellan He said:
know this bill did not emanate from the Nrovor
nothing to do with it, In fact he dd mar ne had
m 9I about It as some members OF the Senate
lie doesn't really care whether AZ possas o. ''o'
II seems to me that Senator Cohaan went ,T en-.
Tley d TOO e fag when he said the Mayor knew he
for that statement / believe the Nayor va 'int
majority Of votes That was Te sysT received
i bie1s "TLe severat candldateS eager to obtain
and a high excitement, which stirred the civ,o
Was OF a bo %eo Rad S The election
ton conducted in New YorI, Ssty "y Siec
the polling places In the interests of tb eShsFS at
candidates who watched carefully the canvass OF
OF any man who knows how these things are , 1n
OF the count. ''eSS
EFFECT OF RECOUNT BILL.
Now, It may be going a little wide OF the cpes,.o-
before us: but want to say that don't beiievss
Of
a social or political revolution in this STATS
Cleveland was elected by only little Owe "I Sa
votes IN the entire state and on the electoral vote
United States. Nobody proposes 10 go back a vear
been Kicking around in the gutter This SoTe : have
be the time to discuss this bil but 1 consider Mi
Opposition TO the bill was surprisingly ,vool
weak not in the quantity OF words. but in ar
guments against it and in votes. Even In actual
words the Senate was spared much, for after
Senator Grady had made his first speech arainst
1t, consuming half an hour. and Senator McCar-
rem had spoken briefly. Senator White became
so i'll that he asked unanimous consent to hive
his vote recorded for the bin that he might 90
home. Senator Raines. presiding ruled that
this might not be done. but Senator McCarreD
offered courteously to stop his speech for roll.
call, and Senator Grady offered to make what
ever other objections he felt when his name wac
reached on the roll. This course was adopted
and Senator Whites name next to the last. was
called first.
Senator Grady in his speech declared that I'M
der the present charter the Commissioner was
empowered to make whatever rules We're neces
sary. but he could not degrade man against
whose name not one word had been said" No
such scheme would leave the force in good
shape he felt sure; indeed, it could hardly re-
suit in anything but absolute Reorganization of
the Police Department. Taking UP some OF the
newspaper comments. he inveighed against the
methods used to pass the bin. declaring them