Year: 1870

There are symptoms of fight between the
Democratic Ring OF Brooklyn aud the Police Commis
siopers The Special Committee appointed by the Demo
cratic General Committee to demand the expulsion OF all
Republicans from offices under Democratic control,
visited the City Hall yesterday morning, and first the
Water Department Here the Committee were received
by Water Commissioner Fowler, who, after hearing the
object of the visit made an extremely soft speech in the
course OF which he said that the Water Board was
Democratic institution that the Democratic party was
responsible for the government OF the city that the
Republican party would end the Democratic official life
if had the chance and that the Water Board had dis
missed all the Republicans in their employ who had been
known to he active in their party.


The Committee then visited the Police commissioners
and were received by Commissioner Briggs, who said


GENTLEMEN: am free TO say that do not like TO he
regulated criticised, interfered with by the Gen
eIal Committee at this stage. When we have had a
chance to get things in order will he time 10 Judge Us
by our acts. Your request for list OF Republican en-
pOyes is out of the question. That list Is changing
every day Your request for the appointment OF Demo
Gratis their places Is out or the question The great
The Officer OF officers wing the
expression under power 10 select In going over
rats But we do not want it Understood thar regard
politics half SO important as eiTieney We nave ane
property and liberty OF this people are charged TO
projection man does mt become policeman in day
WboIiv of him as a policeman and not politician.
While we cannot help preferring Democrats 10 Kepuol
cans we are free to say that after man is appointed
we find him running the politics OF either party We Will
and cause VERY quickly remove him. The Committee
is too hasty, too suspicious. It is 80 days to
day since we in office. During :, that
has been fortnight sick Mr. Van Anden has had do
nestle aiction In his family yet we have run the De
partment and made changes in the Department during
that period and making and Will make more cannot
the Committee let alone till we do something out Of
order Wait three months or six months III we then
have done wrong ask us Ia resign for one, Will not
resist any such request But AZ 10 ponts we can less


afford TO gard that than any other department. OF Gov
ernment that know of. IL looks like haste Ike want OF
confidence like desire to this as partisan ma
chine the Committee to be visiting Us IN this way 80
soon.


Mr.. Desmond of the Committee, said that it sup
posed that the Police Board was a Democratic one,
but that some Of appeared TO be shaky That II the
Republicans we're ia power they'd had all the Demo
cratic heads of In one day.


Major Kalbneisch replied: II Is not 30. II Ia fact
shat the Board of Health, Republican Board, kept Dr.
Cochran Police surgeon, and he Is Democrat unani-
mously confirmed by the Aldernaa ON my nomination
To day he retains find, Republican employe wnom ne
deems he needs Let him retain hlln say L. ne THINKS
best. He knows. Now AS to this committee walt
sent 10 have list made out at ALL It's
our business It's not the Committees business.
We are charged in Radical papers with being run
by that Committee. | don't expect dlnerently nom
a color 10 their charges. want 1t understood that I'll
have of IL. As to this being Board with shsky
Democrat in It. speak out, and name names I've been
Democrat since first voted IN this country IN 1925


intend 10 rum or help this Police honestly, unpart
sanly, aud rgidly. i don't want political committees
badgerng round us while are at this stage IL they
want men put let them put in AN application like any
other citizens and take their chances


The Committee then left In haste, and win report TO
the Democratic Ring" ut Its next meeting