New-York tribune., 1908-12-08
BAKER TO BROOKLYN
SENT RACK BY BINGHAM.
Grand Jury Criticised by Court for
Attacking Commissioner.

Police Commissioner Bingham, after conference
with Mayor Mcclellan. yesterday announced that
he would send First Deputy Commissioner BAKER
hack TO Brooklyn. Earlier in the day the Kings
County Grand Jury handed up TO Judge Dixie a pre-
sentiment attacking the Police Commissioner for re-
moving the Brooklyn headquarters to Mammalian
and declaring he had consequence an lneIhcleAl
service in Brooklyn.
For this action the jury got itself rounoIy cru
cised by Judge Dixie, who pointed out that me o0uS
had overstepped its Jurisdiction
Those who are in a position TO know say the
Mavor has no intention OF removing Mr- Bingham
The Mayor feels that the general mas mace S
rood 2 commissioner as General Greene ano
better one than Mr.. McAdoo and he does not kno"
where TO find a man who could Ill the place as
successfully
For some time # had been known that Senator
McCarren was on the warpath on account OF me
sending OF War Horse Max Schmittoerger over
70 Rrooklvn as chief inspector Of the borough IN
cise,ts1lv 70 keen McCarren's saloonkeeping con-
stitueuts closed up the Sabbath Yesterday
Commissioner Bingham had 3 long talk with Mayor
Mcclellan in the City Hall, and after Il was over
he broke his rule Of never speaking OUTSIDE OF
Police Headquarters and burst forth IN an in'ei
view.
II 1ou Brooklyn fellows would give me show
you'd see what could be done for your sectlon'
Re shouted as he came out Of the Mayor 5 once
This continual pounding IS a bit discouraglhg-
am arranging this that there viii be COM
risre 7ne notice service IN Brooklyn. and If Xou
don't ike II get ne ont Steamer rates are just
as cheap 10 Europe now as they VIII be next year.
and I'd just soon go now IS then
Nobody stepped forward TO bar General Bing-
hams way to the nearest steamboat dock, and ne
coatinDed:
wow. see here: you can't have deputy take
care Of everything in Brooklyn I can ind work
for Baker t. do that viii make him greater help
I often need him in Manhattan and he's got 70
come over sometimes 10 Manhattan take of his
east and cuffs and get down to work on business
We al have pitCh in on Bakers gooo man
Hell have an Office in Brooklyn because 1heTeS
s1v-z1s an Office there. but he and all the other
three deputies viii have something to DO Win
Fsreoklv- Tot one Of them only That's not me
way 10 handle Brooklyn Pistol permits and otheF
kinds have 10 come under one mans SUPERVISOR
and you can't scatter jurisdiction in Things lLhe
that There a lot OF work that has 10 be DIVIDED
M and taken 1lp in the whole city things may
be systsnatized-"
you're tr-ying classification Of the Police De-
YsrtTnerlr taer2" the Commissioner was asked
That's It That's just what I'm after No waste
OF men OF york. Get everything properly arrangeu
60 the best service may be had I'm doing that
Just wait awhile before you do your pounding anu
III show you what service can be put IN bToOh-
lvn They aren't doing the work they can DO over
there but we'll get II done Look at your traInc
service al the Academy OF Music for your opera
Better than it ever was. Yet I've been caIleo d
-, -t -! by some people for the way We
fixed I'd this traffic The way you have 10 get
drivers follow the rules # they go to the left and
mix things I'd yank EN- of the seats and take
EN- 70 court The magistrates say I'm taxing
trivial cases 10 court. and damn NE for IL Ihe
devil. Don't I know they're trivialE OF course
the, are But that's the way TO get the rules car
ried ont I don't want those drivers severely pun
isbed Let the Judges give EN- reprlInaho anu
thaf'u DO But you've got TO yank en- Oh 10 court
10 make EN- obey the rules That's the only way
I've beeu able 70 make EN- do il. Up in Harlem
did II and what was the cry2 'Oppression- Out
rager Unjust But get the traThc rules lolio"eu
and IL makes things better for every one
While General Bingham was having the time OF
his life in the City Hall, the Brooklyn graha jury
was on the job and doing few things IN the
rresentuent line Among the things that the pre-
sentiment said were:
et-51-ed Of its Importance the headquarters OF
the Police Department Of Brookyn-, z4, .5
thr centraiization in Manhattan Is SIaTIAsIy III II
evidence namely. in the removal OF tLe DOtI ~
Vrr-lyirp force Of the Bureau Of Information; tle
absence Of deputy police cornrrss!oieI, Ai4u II-e
-scsIlv7 in charge Of borough inspector. Al OF
which conclusyely attests Jhe sle-ehltLl1 % -
Fsr,oot1-n Police Headquarters were TO De useQ es
a distributing station. whatever tLaA may IIl0dlI IL
N oJT opinion the Police Commissioner Of
greater New York intends TO centrallze ponce
that the Borough o. t7f23lIS! p ,Tes+0T the
efficient police service We seriously question: ZIG
wisdom Of his action along this line
Commissioner Bingham characterized as IN
true the charges Of Rabbi ] L Magnes who
declared that the Police Department was per
scouting the Jews in this city, but admitted that
he had asked for the resignation Of Alexander
Hart private secretary for Commissioner Baker
OF tne grounds that the resignation Of Mr. Hart
would strengthen the department