The evening world., 1912-07-27
TO FORCE MAYOR
BY COURT ORDER
ITO LEX0W POLICE
Alderman Curran Declares
Writ of MandamuS Will Be
> Applied For.
HOT NOTE TO GAYNOR.
Petitioner Quotes Epictetus and
Asks Why No Action Is
\ Taken on Graft.
HOT NOTE TO CAYNOR.

dke1 on Ordt.
Alderman Henry n. Curran sa,d "a.
cay to an Evening World reportsr TIA,
Mayor Gaynor will b n,andamu,,.d q,
oourt II he attsmpts to sidetr.ok ~.
pposs or the Board 70 investigate
unv ana In Lexow fashion the Rossn.
the police situation.
Whsn Alderman Curran, Chairman n.
the FINANCE Committee, and his col
leagues called on tho Mayor last evening
shd presented the petition the Mayor.
according to Mr.. Curran, said they war;
trying to smbarrass him and that ,bs
hosrd was stuntifydng Itself by svoh
Aotisn.
GAYS CHARTER FORCES MAYOR
TO ISSUE CALL.
We received anything but a hearty
reception" said Alderman Currsn
We we're frank In telling TIA Mayor
eur purpose and assured him va CON.
tsmplated no underhand methoda We
are determined to Investigate fully. II
the Mayor refuses to grant our REQUEST
and issue a call for q special meeting
We shall SO into court
The wording OF the charter cannot
b Questioned and no legal qutbbls can
successfully be raised In opposition.
The charter makes Il mandatory upon
the Mayor to call q specdsa u,sstfus
when q petition signed by fifteen nom.
hers Of the Board 10 presented to him.
Our petition - signed By seventeen
asn<l
natures
The hct - that svssy man. woman
and child II this city q four and half
rnziions Of people 10 airsaAy stuiyihsd
by reason Of the Rossnthal police de-
veaopmenta The Mayer alone rsmains
unstuitihsd. He alons b above stWfin.
whioh We accept his statements.
IF the Mayer acts In accordance with
cor wishes or n the courts compel him
10 Issue q call. We intend to designate
a small working investigating commit
ess of. say, i've or seven members with
fuu powers to subpoena The Commit
tss on Rules WIN decide the mem borship
of the committee.
WILL CALL GAMoLERs AND
POLICE RANK AND FilG.
Every phase OF the situation will
ha gone into. We shall demand TO
know from the police and others the
number and location of all gambling
places in this city; their extent. how
long each has been permitted to oper-
a's. under which different police re-
slmes and administrations. and the
identity OF their proprietorships. IL
necessary We will summon the pro-
pristors and known players to get the
nntr r1t la IN NJ NJ
lstion to the so-called police system.
"ln Justice to Police Comm ssioner
wsldo. We shall also take up his side
Of the controversy, in which he blames
The courts which have failed TO ade-
auately sentence gamblers. or to order
destroyed implements seized IN raidinx
gambling houses,
Toward this end I, VIII be neces-
ssry to bring before the committees
the Judges or magistrates who rend-
cred the decisions complained OF ny
be necessary to subpoena the Commits
sioner. ms we'll as inspectors. captains.
Neutenants, Becker and members Of
the strong arm or vice squads.
TN order to make this work effective
II will be requisite to employ n stan
OF Independent Investigators, remote
from the police. who may De depended
upon to make tNuthful and satisfying
reports. This all will meen expense
Of which taxpayers Will not complain
II our investigation proves profitable.
We shall make application sor an ado
quate appropriation OF money TO- the
purpose.
~ am writing a letter to the Mayor
at st. James. again explaining our
position. reassurlng him that We have
no intention of embarrassing him and
urging him to issue the call at once.
We want action ana we propose 10
have It,"
, N his letter to the Mayor Alderman
Curran wrote:
You enjoy asking other people
questions. ! want 10 ask few
about this Rosenthal case. Not that
enjoy II, but merely TO perform a
public duty. Yesterday 7 handed you
On order signed by seventeen mem
bers Of the Board OF Aldermen, re-
curing you 10 call n special meeting
Of the Board to consider police con-
dNions here. You may remember the
little talk we had. | asked Won to
help us. You didn't like that. You
said We were just trying to EN-
berrass you. VIII you tell me how II
will embarrass YOU e We find out
why this man was 40 easily and
theatrlcally murdered In the lime
Night OF Long Acre square? Let us
no tair about this. How can It EN-
harrass you?
You puzzled me sadly when you
said we would "stultify" ourselves
u we undertook this investigation.
lust how do we stultfy ourselves by
doing that? The Charter says: The
Board of Aldermen shah nave power
and II shah be its duty to see to the
faithful execution OF the laws ana
ordinances OF the Clty."
And the Charter furthet SAYS: ut
shall he tn" duty OF the Mayor 10
keep himself informed OF he doings
of the several departments" and TO
he vgilan, aud q tive in causing the
ordinances ~ the c't, and laws ~
the Stat to be- executed and en-
forced
WANTS DEFINITION TO. THE
WORD "STUlTiFY."
] cannot see where NE stultifca
ton comes in Ny only doubt Is
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