The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
TO MUCH POLITICS
 IN MAYORS PLAN
 TO SUIT MORRISSEY
Former Democratic Aldermanic Leader
 Speaks His Mind.
Propositions of Fire and Police Comais. sions Considered by Charter Revision. ists Opposition to Permanent Fire Clerk -- One Permanent Assistant Chief to be Recommended Police and Fire Pension Funds.

Chief to be Recommended-POIice and Fire Pension Funds.
 Former Alderman John J. Morrissey, I member os the aldermanic charter revision committee told Mayor Lee last night that he was opposed to the may OTIS plan to appoint a public works commission of six and to change the term of office of the members of the Board of Relief so the mayor would have the appointment of all the off, ces before he went out of office next Fall. He told the mayor that he the naayor) was looking for too many ap- pointments, and declared there was too much politics in the proposition to suit him.
 The mayor told the former alderman that 1t looked as though he, not the mayor, was injecting the politics.
 Present at the meeting were the mayor, City Attorney Cullinan, Alder men Wilson, Primrose, Tague and ex- erAlderman John J. Morrissey. Auditor Heating was the only absentee.
 The committee which was appoint ed to receive any amendments which anyone would like to have the alder
 
 members call the 70. K." upon the proposed amendments that look good to them.
 At previous meeting it O'K'ed four amendments, giving the mayor power of appointment of the city engineer: the right to name the city attorney; to abolish the section of the charter requiring certificates of aldermanic nominations to be filed with the town clerk; and allowing the tax collector $400 more annually for clerk hire in his office.
 President Bullard of the fire com mission and President Hill of the po- night for the purpose of discussing the ire and police pension laws which AL derman Tague has fathered. The conn., mittee decided to change his proposi- tion to eliminate the right given by. the present charter to commissioners to take the initiative in pensioning men after twenty years of service. President Hill suggested that the law remain as it stands and that the mem bers of the department be given the right of appeal to the courts in case they are dissatisfied with the act of the commissioners, the same as Is al- lowed the members of either the police or fire departments if they are reanov- ed as the result of charges against
  agree to that, and he, was also willing to withdraw the provision in, his pro- posed draft requiring men to be 60 years of age before they can be re- tired. Both MT. Bullard and MrA Hill believed the pension law should be changed so that the men pensioned should pay into the fund the same as the active members of the department. .At present the two pensioned men1- bers of the fire department are not paying anything into the fund. Pres ident Hill had a new proposition to be included in the pension amend ments to the effect that both the fire and police departments have jurisdic- tion over the men after they are pen stoned. It was finally decided that Alderman Tague and Presidents Bull lard and Hill should form a sub-com- nlittee and prepare a draft of an aendment to the pension act which they will present at the meeting of the committee, next Tuesday night.
 President Bullard made a strong plea to have the clerk of the Fire board rated as a member of the de- partment The mayor said he had re- ceived objections to the making of clerkships permanent. He understood, however, that the clerk of the fire Bul1ard made it plain that the clerk was in possession of valuable infor- nation which was of use to incOm- ing members of the board. He was the medium through whom all supplies were purchased was familiar with con- ditions and work done by one board of commissioners in bettering a depart ment would be lost if the next board saw fit to install a new clerk. Alder men Primrose and Wilson said they would favor the permanent clerkship but the other members of the com mittee were not very strong for it.
 President Hill said that while the committee was at it the clerk of the police department could also be made permanent by charter amendment. The clerk of the police department is given the title of sergeant and the require that sergeants shall first be patrolmen. The mayor said that he understood that there was nothing to prevent the police corgl- from making the clerk of the police department do patrol duty.
 Commissioner Bullard explained that needed to take the place of the three have been made vacant by assigning ment and pensioning the third. Presi- | dent Bullard explained how two as- were needed to cover different 1 and that their services were 1 needed in case of there being a, large fire or two fires at once.
 After the commissioners had retired 1 the committee voted to strike out the l
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