The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-02
MAYOR GUSTS
POLICE CHIEF
OF NEW YORK
Mcclellan Accuses Bingham of
Permitting Persecution of
Innocent Youth
Politicians Agree That Change
Is Due to Reconciliation of
Tammany Bosses

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NEW YORK, July Politics is the
universally accepted explanation OF
General Bingham's removal as police
commissioner, which was announced
today. No other explanation is even
thought of or mentioned. Politicians
of every grade and all parties con
CURED in this view.
Briefly stated, the change was ac-
cepted as final and conclusive evidence
Of the absolute reunion of Murphy and
Mcclellan. harmony between McCarren
and Murphy and the buckling down OF
all hands, including the mayor and al
the official forces at his command. to
the serious business. of. the coming fall
election.
BOSSES SECURE CONTROL
The restoration of control of the
police to the hands Of Bosses McCarren
and Murphy was hailed with joy by
democratic politicians, big and little.
Rumblings of the shakeup made
themselves heard at the city hall weeks
ago, about the time ii was announced
that Boss Murphy was once more on
the mayors luncheon list and that the
boss had found It expedient TO drop
his fight on McCarren.
That a way would be found to put q
man at the head of the police who
would be in sympathy with this new
police program was confidently pre-
dicted by many Tammany politicians
BINGHAM TO WARN VOTERS
Bingham walked out of police head
quarters, absolutely convinced in his
own mind that Mcclellan removed him
TO make peace with the Sullivans, Muir
ply and McCarren and to provide for
his own political future by getting a
nomination for congress or some inn
portant place that would put him IN
line for the gubernatorial nomination.
In, bidding a friend goodby just be-
fore he left police headquarters Bing-
ham limited that he would take the
stump against Mcclellan. He said:
"rll get on the tail end OF cart and
tell the citizens and voters of New
York just how the mayor of New York
wants his police department. run.
think I can tell the voters of New York
something that will open their eyes"
MAYORS ACTION DENOUNCED
The executive committee of the citi-
zens' committee of one hundred at q
meeting this afternoon denounced the
mayors action in removing Bingham
declaring that the removal of the com
missioner threatens to restore political
control Of the police in the election.
The removal of Bingham was fol
lowed quickly by the announcement
that the mayor had appointed William
It. Baker, the first deputy commissioner
as acting commissioner.
Bingham's refusal TO comply in their
entirety with Mayor McClenan's orders
following an investigation of the case
of George B. Duffy, a 10 yaar old
Brooklyn boy, led to the official depo-
sition OF the commissioner.
Duffy's case was taken up recently
by Supreme Court Justice Gaynor, who
in scathing letters to the mayor as
serted that the. youth had been made
the victim of police persecution, had
been frequently arrested without jus
tifcation. and that despite Bingham S
knowledge of the youths innocence the
police department head had refused
to remove Duffy's picture from the
rogues' gallery.