New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
MAYOR To HAVE HIS WAY
Order from Police Headquarters
Hits PIaincIotheS Men.
FORMER ORDER SUSPENDED
Captains May Not Detail Even
One Man for Special Duty
Unless in Uniform.

During tbs absence Of the Police Com
missioner no details to duty N plain clothes.
under rule -, paragraph p, of the Rules
era Regulators, viii be made 50 reads
sn order which came forth from Police
headquarters yesterday. bearing the sigma
t,Jre ct Acting Police Commissioner Bugher
L comes as an echo Of the remarks made
Nv the Mayer recently, conforming the
rleinclorhes men 81 the force, ard viii nc
doubt convince the executive officers OF the
department that this time the Mayor viii
have his way.
The rl1le OF the department which IS TEN
perz-tly rendered null and void by the act
trs Commissioners order reads with
.he spp-oye. Of the inspectors. captains may
6<1sn ore member OF their command az :
tire for special duty in plain clothes for a
period not exceeding forty-eight hours, the
e1n1e man not ceing eligible for such work
of,ener than once z week Records Of
these details viii be noted On the blotter
and reported N the daily morning returns.
Those in the Police Department who a-s
sn s position 10 know regard the order as 4
direct result of q visit made by the Mayor
tast wednesday 10 the night court While he
sar IN ther court. an interesting as well IS
81 interested spectator, the ciJy's chief eI-
ecUtive discovered. much to his surprise.
shet plainclothes men in companies, bat
! tslions, even in hordes. were present with
{ prisoners He didn't like If a bit, and told
Or. Bugher So.
The enemies Of Mr.. Baker III the Police
department are sitting back in their easy
schsfrs those OF them Tho have easy chairs,
land there are many Of them, srnacking
shet- lips with satisfaction, for they seem
/ 70 see that when the Commissioner reaches
Kew York efter his vacation is over ne VII
he relieved cf a1v further anxiety regard
ring the Police Department by the Mayor
The Commissioners friends feel that IS
Song as the Commissioner has lived through
thc many -l,n1ors Of his removal that have
! been rife since Mr. Gavnor has been at the
! City Hail rs will continue TO be in Office
for an indefinite period.
! That the Mayor IS all Leved I'd over the
police situation and that the fur is gong
TO fy unless speedy changes are made II
! rhe present order OF things IS proved cT
J rhe fact that ne wrote z strong letter L
| Chief Masistrate Ncadco on Friday IN
! xae letter he tells Mr. NcAdoo that his visit
- rf2e night court showed him the nesd Of
/ rvstern OF records ny which Lhe magistrates
can keep tabs On false CT improper arrests
srd acts CT violence On the part Of police
men. as well as the names Of the officers
/ offending, SO that the reports may bs sent
e M Nc.dco. who would send them 70 the
City Hall
The Mayor makes = significant recor2r2sfs-
eation which might tend 70 show that an off,
/ Ger can take what STEPS he thinks necessary
On handling n=- cf tough character who
| give him trouble The Mayor writes 'Of
course reasonable allowance or lesTay
must rs given 10 the oncer as g rrle. and
81 fact very much Of II in tbs case Of rllt-
fans"
Whatever the differences Of opinion in the
cera-me,t may be regarding the Mayor
general ettituds toward the force. one thing
ne has made certain. and that IS that the
station house pisinclotfaes man is slated
scr ouic!. and permanent efacernent