The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1874, Page 3

+ THE HOCUS POCUS Mayor Havemeyer Undergoing | Political Cremation. Charges Presented to Gov- ernor Dix. He Enjoys the Luxury of a New Sensation. ORE TPE MATSELL AS AN EXCLAMATION POINT. pis Beatie aid The Commotion at Police Headquarters, City Hall and Among the Local Politician ————___ TAMMANY ON THE RAMPAGE. What the Police Accomplish Yesterday. — + THE DEADLOCKED FOUR. ey oneal Unanimous Action by the Board of Aldermen. a aa oc MORE THIMBLE-RIGGING EXTRAORBINARY. The committees representing Tammany Ha)l, the Poiitics) Council of Reform and several members ef the Committee of Seventy, who were appointed to present charges against the Mayor to Governor Dbx, arrived at Quogue, tour miles east of West- hampton, L. L, on Tuesday evening. The Gov- | ernor’s country seat, called “Seafield,” is about three miles from the Westhampton station; and, | when the committee tound that they had gone | somewhat out of their way, a consultation was held | whether or not they should call upon the Governor that night. It was finally decided that they should | pay him a visit daring the forenoon of the next day, and a special messenger was sent wo the Governor to notify him of the ehange of programme. Yesterday, therefore, about nine o’ciock in the morning, the | committee, which was composed of Jotn | Kelly on the part of Tammany Hall and George W. Wingate and Thomas Cuoper Campbell as co uusel; General Joseph P, Jackson, of the Council of Politi- calReform, and Henry L. Clinton, representing | Several members o1 the late Committee of Seventy, | started for “Seafieid.” The first glimpse the HERALD | reporier, who was one of the party, got of the NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1874.—TRIVLE SHEET, of the charter as it now stands Mr. Charlick and Mr. Gardner were inetigibie tor appotatment, The obarter provides that tne heads of depart. menia who may be convicted of any wilft! viola. | tion of its provisions or of any evasion of them are FOREVER DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING ANY OFFICE Under the city goverument, These men were con- Victed of a violation Of their duties in respegt to | the removal of an inspector of election without | grving bim the notice required by law. These pro- visions oj law, a84 understand them, are substan- tially partoi the charter. In one section it is pro- videu that the Police Commissioners should per- orm the dattes required of them by the Election law, and then, in order to make the matter more certain, in a supplemental act passed during the same session a distidct provision was, inso many words, made that they should perform all these antics, Asa lawyer | consider that to all intents and purposes itis precisely the same as though that | law bad been mcorporated in the charter. The | duties which the Police Commissjonera are re- quired by law to perform are imposed upon them in tue Charter; Dut, Apart irom tuat legal ques- tion, avout wich I suppose you will consult the Atiorney General “or your | legal adviser, & more unfit or upseemly | spectacle could not be presented than the appoini- ment of! two men to that position wno had been convicted of an offence which, as Your Excellency staved 2n your notice to the Mayor, involved a vio- lation of their offictal oaths, in iny judgment, if there Was no other provision of the statute, that | of the Revised Statutes, as it ia stated in the notice of Your Excellency, providing that those offices suould be vacant where the incumbents were con- victed of the commission of an offence which tn- voived & Violation of thetr Oath of uflice, would dis- quality them, and if the aypomting power should restore them to the office that appointing power would hold and would exercise A VbTO UPON THE ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, ‘The laws are constrned lor the purpose of carrying them into effec: according to their Gret meaning. Any construction which should permit the ap- poimting power immediately to restore to office the Party who had been ousted would change and nulliiy the law itseli, In this instance it is true that each was appointed to the vacancy caused by the otner, It i8 & simple evasion, aud that does not alter the case in my judgment, This petition contains only facts which are true and which caunot be dis- puted, Tne documents are proof of the facts, and copies of them are anuexed to the petition. I trust, thereiore, that, owing to the great im- portunce of the matter, this will receive very early attention at the bands of Your Excellency. 1 will now give way to other gentlemen who will, sir, present charges embracing a wide scope.” Mr. Cunton, on coucluding, sat down, and Mr, Wingate was about to rise to speak, when u ser- vant entered and announced that the messenger irom the telegraph ofice at ' Westhampton was out- side with @ despatch tor one o1 tne gentlemen. | Mr. Campbell went ous and. soon reappeared with | the despatch, Which was addressed to Mr. Kelly, The Sachem opened it hurriedly, and a broad grin | spread over his good-natured lace as he glanced over it, He at once crossed the room and read (ne despatch to the Governor, which ran as fol- lows:— New Yous, July 8, 1874. To Joun Kxxty, care of Governor vix, Westhampton, Gardner and Charliek resigned last a tits Voorhis and Matsell appointed. WM. H. WICKHAM. The contents of this despatch were a PUREE to everybouy, and even the Governor forgot his usual reserve and exclaimed, ag he unconsciously raised his hands neprecatingly, “MATSELL! GOOD GRACIOUS!" “Is there any auswer to the despatch?” inquired the servant of Mr. Campbell, aiter the momentary excitement 16 had given rise to had subsided, Mr, Kelly repiied in the negative. “Tell the boy to wait,” said the Governor, rising. “J have a despatch to send.” Five minutes aiter- wards the messenger was on his way to West- hampton wita @ telegram to the Governor's pri- vate secretary, Colunel De Kay, at Albany, bidding ium to come to Seafield on the first train, an imdi- cation that the Governor had work to be done quickly, no doubt in relation to Mr. Havemeyer's | folly. ‘When the Governor returned to the room | aiter sending the despatch and had resumed his Governor was about three-quarters of a mile away trom his cosey cottage, a few rods frum the sear | shore. He were an old white felt hat, with the rim turned down over his eyes to protect his face | against the rays of the sun; a plain brown coat | and vest, that hung loosely about him; a pair of } paa@taloons, which had apparently seen consider: | seat, ar, Clinton arose and said :— ‘the resienation of these men—Charlick and | Gardner—does not, in my opinion, relieve the Mayor im the slightest degree, and as bis act is such as, 1D our judgment, calls for the interposition of Your kixceliency, 1 am iree to say un venail of those 1 represent und who, 1 have uo doubt, will indorse my uction, that the resignation oi these imen should not make any difference in the action } for Men of all parties were now arrayed agaist inapectors of the poli‘feal minority shali be named by the Commissione of Police belonging to Unat ‘ty, and thereigre Mr, Russell ougnt to have D consulted i regard to Lie mMspectors of his party, and bot’ he and General Durvee ought to ave peen allowed @ voice in regard to the ap- pointment Of all the inspectors. Prior to the elecuon and on that day & large number of removals and | pointments were made by Charlick which never came before the Board until the 10th of November, and they wero confirmed by these men against the etd of the others, They charged that Charfick removed inspectors upon false accusa- tions, without the knowledge or consent of Rus- seil and Duryee and without giving to the inspec: tors removed the notice prescribed by law: that these removals took place mainly in the Eighteenth Assembly district, in order to place it under the control of PARTIES INTENDING TO COMMIT FRAUDS im that district, and they recited the cases of four inspectors, W: » Hugies, McCarthy and Shert- dan. These men who were removed on false | charges, on forged papers, all without exception were democrats, and those appointed in their Places were men belonging to the Apolio Hall Party, aod those who were removed were removed without the conditions imposed by law being ob- served, All this was a@ violation of the law, for the law declared that no inspector should be | removed except when on duty of registration or election, and without written charges being pre- ferred against him, inthe paper they sent to the Mayor one of the charges made against these men Was for removing Sneridan—the very offence for which they were subsequently tried and convicted, ‘This committee also charged these three men with having arranged that fraud should be committed in a certain election district, and a8 a cover for that iraud having sent out a telegram directing that the watchers at the election shouid be kept outstde the railing. By law it is provided that each candidate shall designate a watcher, and that it shall be the duty of the police to make way for him to the inspec: nd to allow him to remain so near vo them tl e can see the votes are hon- estly Canvassed ald the returns properly made out, AS the railing was so jar trom the in- spectors that nothing could be seen jrom it, the telegram in effect’ amounted to an order to prevent them from periorming their auties, and its result im many instunces was to promote | fraud in the counting. Therefore the committee slated it was the imperative duty of the Mayor to suspend and remove the Commissioners guilty of these acts, and who were responsible tor phe gen- erai demoralization whicn had crept into the di: cipline of the Police Department. ‘This report of the committee was adopted by the Board of Alder- men, and @ resolution to the elfect was adopted and sent tothe Mayor. On the 4th of June the Mayor sent a reply to tne Board of Aldermen, in which he staved that he bad read all the testimony taken upon the examination of Charick, as well as the report of the committee, but he still ag- sumed that even these charges were of no account, and stated that the Board had declined to make specific charges against them, though nothing that I know of could be more specific than the charges entertained in the report, He concluded, however, by saying, “My entire duty in the premises I shall eriorm; and, as you fail to take advantage of the Invitation extended by me to prefer eharges and ive iacts, I shail direct that a fair investigation proceeded with under my immediate super- vision.” Mr. Wingate then went on at conside able length to expiain the other charges preierred against the Mayor, and concluded by calling upon the Governor, in the words of the petition, to re- move him from office. THE REFORMERS’ PLEA, General Joseph P. Jackson, who represented the Council of Political Reiorm, uext addressed the Governor briefly. He said that he had come, at the urgent request oi many of the members of tae | Councti, to urge upon the Governor the absolute | necessity for the removal of the Mayor. He was sorry, he said, to have to make such an appeal against one who had been associated with the reiorm party ; but as he had offended griev- ously against the law he felt, and those whom he represented felt, that uty to the peopie de- manded that they should set all personal consider- ations aside and demand that justice should be done. Mr. Havemeyer, he said, had been elected by men of both panies who elected him in the hope that he would have an eye only for the public 09d; but how disappointed they were now in the man of their choice needed no argument | to make plain to even his best friends; | him, and the eaotire commun'ty was almost as one man in their demand that he siould be made to | suffer for his violations of the law. He had be- | tayed the sacred trusts that had been confided to his es poe and he should pay the penalty. The | General then closed by saying that the resigna- tions of Gardner and Charlick the evening pre- vious, and the sppointinent of Voorhis and Mat- sell in thelr places, were a contession of guilt and an attempt to escape the consequences of bis wrong- | learn better if they only patiently watch events, | | attention, | reached Police Headquarters and then travelled aggrandizement; but the citizens are wrong tu ‘titk, as the situation so plainly sirows, and will When the Mayor reappointed Messrs. Gardner and | Charlick to the Board of Police he meant to restore | them to their old places, Some rumors of opposi- tion to this latter part of the arrangement reached his ear, but they were ehut out as unworthy of No one would certainly oppose the Mayor's desire in such @ matter as that, and most certainly not any one Who was so lately bounden to him for very particular favors, Accordingly | Messrs, GARDNER AND CRARLICK While they were out, and’ the question of their | probable reappointment was being discussed, the | opponents of the Mayor were at the men in office aud working out their own ends. It was shown, | and conclusively, tov, that as an instrument his | useiuiness had ceased. His term ol office was | sort, and he was most assurediy going inty the deepest, darkest oblivion. In the political world he wouid jeave no landmarks, and in tie mind of the community he would always be remembered as the funny old man, No serious consequences need be entertained of such tnflueuce, and it was always well to take time by the torelock and make hay while the aun shone, Counsel like this falling into ever open ears most willing to hear, produced its | fruit, and now the pcople are weated to the spectacle of four public officers arrayed in pairs | against each other to secure personal ends, with | the burly torm of the Mayor, boiling with indigna- tion, standing between. THE MAYOR I8 NOT MAD because they won't agree, elect a president and treasurer, transact the business of their places, and pay off the needy men, but because they won’t do what he wants and agree to suit hm, During the meeting of the first four the Classification of the two foices might be permitted in the absence of @ bevter, as the two forces have started in different boats, pulling tor the same stake. Alter the reappointment of Charlick and Gardner, when they got together for the purpose of | Organization, the Mayor arrived at the Central OMice. He quite expected a happy termination of | al diMeulties, tt was said, because he had read the Tiot act to the dissenters the day previous, He had counted withous his host, however, for the mect- ing Was adjourned without anything having been | gained im the way of organising the Board, A LONG CONSULTATION was held in the Superiutendent’s office between the Mayor and Measrs. Charlick and Gardner, and the latter gentlemen there and then relieved the Mayor of ali further trouble ta their case by re- signing their positions. He at once decided to send two of the strongest men of his acquaintance to fight the warriors in the Board, and he deter- mined to appoint Mr. Matsell and Mr. Voorhis. On leaving Mr. Matsell’s office the Mayor met the then Superintendent. He said to him, ‘‘Are you coming up to the house?’ “Not to-nigat,” answered the Superintendent. “Lam rather fatigued, and will go home.” “If you don’t come up to the house,” said the Mayor, “how can I swear yon in?” “Swear me in!” repeated the Superintendent, “Atn’t L sworn in already and in harness ?” “1 mean as Commisstoner; { want you to go up Stairs and take your club with you.” The ppsrlayemient, laughed, and the Mayor ejaculate “COME WITH ME.’ They went to his house. Mr. Voorhis was sent for and both were sworn in as Commissioners of | Police 4nd handed their written appointments to | those offices, Ic has been hinted, and is more than likely, they were aiso treated to lager, but the lact has not been sufficiently distinctly stated for posi- tive assertion. Mr. Voorhis having, up to that mo- ment, een @ member of the Board of Excise, might, through delicacy, have declined the bever- aze, but the same excuse could not hold good in Mr, Matsell’s case if he were at allinclined towards the frothy beer, though he does not look like it, Later in the evening Mr. Gardner called at what ougnt to be the municipal palace and was ap- pointed to the Board of Excise. Towards eleven o'clock at night rumors of what had occurred through tne city by UNDERCURRENTS AND PRIVATE VEINS. Amazement sat upon the public brow yesterday. morning when the inteligence appeared in print, and uncertainty hung in every mind as to whither things were drifting. A sigh of relief went out Irom the peopie’s breast when it was seen the one great difficulty had been removed, and the miund-jaded population began to hope in the | juture, The day already born, which seemed pregnant with calm and happy peace aud solution | Of the difficulty, died shrouded in tue same veil of | trouble, and was buried in the continued chaos. | matters suggested beiore taking any active part in | conviction, lee themselves could nut ansvor at this moment, THE THIMRLR-RIGGED BX-CoMM(SSIONBR, Mr, Gardner went to tis new place in the Com- Mission oF Excise yesterday, He did not take any Dart in the administration of the agatrs of the dé- partment, but merely pat in an appearance as a Commissioner, It 1s understood some points of liw have been raved as vo the validity of nis posi- tion, and he will awaita fall investigation into the the administration of the department, ACTION BY THE ALDERMEN. | It being generally known throughout the city | that a call fora special mecting of the Board of | went in, and just as certainty came the opposition. | Aldermen had been called for yesterday to take | “that since the election he bad sus\ cognizance of resolutions looking to the tmpes Ment of Mayor Havemeyer for bis actions in cop- nection with the reappointment of Police Commis- stoners Charlick and Gardner, the excitement in and around the City Hall auring the entire day was intense. Long betore the hour o/ meeting the | | Corridors o1 the City Hall were oceupied by an H anxious crowd which towaris the appointed hour (two o'clock) kept surging towards the chamber of the Common Conncil. { An immense lobby membership had congregated | ontside of the railing, and even the reporters’ tables were encroached apon by the sightseers, | Ail Manner of speculations were tndulged in. Some believed that the intended censure would be dropped, owing to the Mayor appointing two otuer | Commissioners, while others ueld that the Alder- men felt terribiy outraged, and, notwithstanding the Mayor's contrition, they were bound “co go for | Rim,’ if only for luck, Punctually at two o'clock the “grave and rey- erend seignors” of the Common Council filed in | and took their seats, Each City Father looked | | svlemn as he tiled into the cuciosure, and, no doubt, | felt that a great responsibility resied upon nim. | With bated breath the large concourse awaited the | developments about to occur. Generally it was pretty well understood that | resolutions denouncing the Mayur’s action in | connection With tae Police Co umissioners would be proposed, but the teror thereof remained a mystery until the Clerk had read them aloud. Even then one reading did not seem to suitice; they were read the second time and seriatin when it came to take action by vote. Mr. Sainue! B. H. Vauce, the President of the Board, being an interested party, consiaerately | stayed away. At the hour o: meeting the joliow- | ing members answered to their names:—Aldermen Bulings, Cooper, Falconer, Flanagan, Guon, Kehr, | Koch, Ottendorfer, Retily and Van Schaick. Alderman Koc moved that owing to tne ab. sence of Mr. Vance, President of the Board, Al- pee Bulings take the chair; which was so or- dered. | General PincKNEY, the Clerk of the Board, read | the call by waich tats meeting was convened. The bes he of the last meeting were read and ap- | proved. | Under the call for motions and resolutions, Al- | derman Oswald Qttendorfer sent to the Clerk's | desk the following preamble and resolutions:— | Whereas His Honor the Mayor, whose duty it is made by the er to be vigilant and’ acuve in causing the | he city and the laws of the State to be | although his attention nas re- | Deatedly been called by resolutions of this Board, stating the reasons therefor, to the necessity of the reconstruc: | tion of the Board of Police. has persistently retased an Auvestigauon into the complainty made against the | Police Commissioners; whereas the Grand Jury of the city and county of New York considéred thair duty tor the protection of the wellare of the conimunity to investigate some ot the charg made against’ the Police Commusvioners, in cou quence “of which tour indictments were foun against Oliver Charlick and Hugh Gardner, Comm sioners of the Police Department: whereas the said [ lice Commissioners, when tried in th» Court of Oyer a: ‘Terminer of the cicy and county ot New York oi oue those indictinents, Were convicted of a misdemeano, v.lving the Violation of their oath of omer, and the Gov, ernor of the State of New Yor advised, of sugh | on gave notice ta the or on July, 1, 1576, | that, in addordance with the provisions of the Revised | Statutes, the 3 of the convicted Polive Comunisson er: wore vacated: and whereas Mayor Willian flav. ist nd | of sins ( Ue f Med to rea on the 2d day of | L874, the co: d Police Commissioners Oliver | Hick and Hugh Gardner as members of the saine var trom which they were expelied by virtue of the laws of the state—trying by 4 trick to cvade the dagrant yiolation of the law thereby'committed by appoin.ing Oliver Churlick in the place of Hagh Gardner and vice versa; be it therefore Resorved, v deeply deplore the action of Mayor | .'Havemever in relation to che Police Comal. Sioners Oliver Charlick and Hugh Gardner, in Orst de- niny, Under the preience that specific cnarges must be ferred, to investigate the complaints raised squinst | States District Attorney, | sit with him 4 to che Mayoralty in case of impeachment, ts @ proneanced republican. This aiuch of the political aspect. ‘Riderman OTTENDORFER—I will not controvert any legal a8 ect alVaueed by the speaker belore the last, The only mitigation in the Mayor’s be- havior 1s the Corporation Counset’s opinion, which, apparently, the Mayor did not pay much respect to. He ithe Mayor) did not vetieve in the opinion, oF be Could not Dave stooped to so low and miser- able a trick as to @ppoint Oharlick to Gardner's piace and vice versa. The second resolution was putto @ vote and adopted by the following :— Yeas—Aldermen Billings, Keilir, Ottendorier, Reilty an Nay—Alderuan Cooper—t Alderman FaLooneR eXplained his vote, saying tained Mayor Havemeyer to the pest of hia ability, His admin- istration as a whole had beew superior to that had for many years; but he regretted that he could not say So Inlica for his reappoinment of Charhck uad Gardner. He couid not justify bis proceed- ings; therefore ne (the Ao voted ‘yeu.’"? Aidernman FALcoNeR moved to lay the first reso- Jution over. Alderman Gon moved its adoption, and, being seconded by Alderman Retily, it was adopted by the aunexet vote Yeas—Aldermen Cooper, Falconer. Flanagan, Gilon, Kehr, Kow Reily wad Van Schaick—9% Nay—Alderman Bulings—1 The preambie and resolutions were then adopted by @ ubanimeus vote, Alderman FLANAGAN Offered a resolution, which Was adopted, appointing Aldermen Ottendorier, Van Sobaick and billings 3 committee of three to present to Governor Dix the resolutions adopted by the Board, ‘This Gnisued the impeachment business, and the Board was about to adjourn, when Aiderman KBHB offered a resolution requiring the Police Commis- stoners to let out the contract ior street cleaning by wards, which was laid over, Two messages from the Mayor, one vetoing t resolucion ousting the Court House Commissiovers from the new Court House and the other on the sudject of the Permit Bureau, were received and eoner, Flanagan, Gilon, ‘an schaick ~3, | laid over, after woich the Board adjourned to meet tu-morrow afternoon. ‘The proceedings of the Board were dignified and calm, Without any exhibition of leeling. REMOVAL OF CIi¥ OFFICERS IN OLD TIMES, ae it may be interesting to know that De Witt Chaoton, while voiding the office of Mayor of New York, was removed by the Governor and Council, Clinton resigned is seat in the Senate in the sum- Mer Of 1803 to assume the office of Chie Magistrate ) of this city, under an a) poinument made by George | Clinton (Acting Governor), as the successor of Kd ward Livingston, then recently appointed Umted. At that time the Mayor- alty was @ dignified position, and it was sought after by men of the most clevated sianding and of the highest order of talent, The judicial powers annexed to the office were great, and the emolu- ments so large us to render it very desirable in ® pecuDlary point of view. Mr. Choon continued to hold the post by annual ap- pintment till the winter of 1807, when he was removed by the Council consisting of a majority Of his political oppowents. He was reappointed in 1309; buc he became sv objectionable to certain parues that they insisted oa nis place being made vacant. The influence wicided by the incumbent it | was considerable, and it was thought necessary that the office should be fliled by sone other per- son, In January, 1815, he was removed, aod the blow Was asevere one to him. ‘ine law was, of course, different from what it is at present, but | tue power of removal was practically in the Ex- ecutive, Clinton on each occasion was deprived of omice before tie term for which he was ap- poiated had expired. L An instance of Governor’s au- thority im rereren the removal of judictal officers in this city ts of more recent date. Rovert H. Morris was Recorder u! New York in 1840, and the Legislature the year previous reorganizea the Court OF Sessions by dispensing with the services: of Aldermen on the Benci. ‘tne Recorder treated the law as 4 nullity, and wllowed the Aldermen to dispenalbe Justice. This led to bae obstruction of business in fie tribunal, and appli- cation Was made tu Governor Seward for the re- moval of Morris from ofjce. The request was not complied wita, on the ground that no improper or ; corrupt Motive was attributed to him, and it was Mr. Matseli Was at his office early, and received larze numbers oi friends who weut there to can- gratulate bim on his promotion. He did’ not ap- pear to too much relish his advance and was evi- thougnt better to jeave the question for the con- | sideration of the Supreme, Court. At that twme the Senate possessed power to remove judicial officers upon the recommendation of the Gov- rn | them, and then, after the Grand Jury and the Court of | Gyer'and Torminer have periormed the duty which by | tlie charter devo ved upon the Mayor, and indicted avd | Convicted the accused, iying the spirit if not the doing. This las’ act of his did not alter the case, in his opinion, and the Governor, he hoped, would actin the matter independent of this piece of | which Your Excellency may take. $ TAMMANY CHARGES, Mr. Wingate rose as Mr. Clinton concluded, and able country service, and shoes which were well adapted by their size and general rough construc- all trickery. ecter ot the law by th ny i M tion to carry aman dry shod through the morass | said that oe (Mr. Cliaton) had go iuliy stated tue | Sal! tr ne | dently leaving his Superintendent's chair with | icster of the law oir mtment, this depriving | ernor. t wo iater date, however, ir that at certain places bordered the little creek | 1@W 10 the case that he would not tase up the Gov- Cennaeat Teche aUHISeieae ona ies tonvorte regret. Towards eteveu o'clock Commissioners | taal mal any patna peunraltnral na Iieoae | Seward was caked upon ’to bie —. i bets “Seafleid” and the | S7HOr's tme in discussing 1b except to cali the | said:—“4' will take these papers and ace upon | Disbecker and Duryee arrived at the Ventral OMice. | &fant, ean rading the public moraiity by the famenta. | Felerence to the Recorder. The election Which fows tranquilly between “‘Seafleid” and the | Governors attention to the provisions ol the them at once without any ‘unnecessary delay. T {hey always move in concert, A short caucus wad ‘spectacle ol sting the trac execulive oiicer ot ear | in the fall of 1840 was a very exciting one and huge embankments of white sand built up by the | ninety-iith section of the charter, which impose have looked at the laws bearing on the matter | held with the newly appointed Commissioners | i ence the role of the victims of the criminal | there euraietisive i een Teco dee orice sea during @ toll of years, The Governor Was OT ee ea (olution of evasion of the | cursoriiy, but I will give them A thorough ex: | «ud they left the Duliding, they said, to consuit | colts Hela ie Sasi , standing upright in a small boat, which he was Managing with one oar and which, just as the reporter hove in sight of him, he had succeeded tn Mooring in a little iniet surrounded on either side by tall grass. The fact is the Governor was out shooting snipe, and as he lay back in his boat, once he had got it fast to the shore, with bis gun resting in the hollow of his Jeft arm, and with pis decoy ducks riding jauntily on the waves afew feet away from his little craft, 1t seemed by the way the seagulls screeched as they flew by, giving the tall grass near the boat a wide berth in their Hight, that they knew there would be but small chance for them if they even ventured near the suspicious looking object in the inlet, And true enough the Governor isa crack shot. While the | reporter was wondering in his own mind how he could bridge the soft ground that lay between the road and the creek, 80 as to get witbin hailing dis- tance of the occupant of the boat, asnipe came sailing along from the direction of the seashore. He was whistling merrily to himself, when of a sudden a corresponding whistle trom the boat at- tracted his snipish attention, and in a foolish mo- ment ne deemed it the part of wisdom to veer his fight toward whence it came, He circled about for awhile bighin the air, butas if suddenly be- thinking himsel! that he was in dangerous quar- | petition sets forth that an investigation was instl- | tion of John Keity, John W. Chanler, Hugh Laylor Provieious ol the charter, and which section, he claimed, the Mayor had repeatediy violated. “Tne Poution wich J present,” sald oe, “4s signed by ohn Kelly, Oswald Otteudorfer and W. H. | Wickham, and a. the document isin itseif very | voluminous | will oriefy state its coutelite, It cou- mences by deciariug that Mr. Havemeyer is Mayor ot tue city of New York, and under the provisions of the charter he was required to be active and vigilant in executing the laws and generally to periorm ali the duties required of tim as chiei ex- ecuuve oillcer of the city, and by section 25 he was authorized to appuint Commissioners of Police, and, il necessary, remove them for cause alter having given them @ proper opportunity to be heard, in pursnance of the power tiuus invested in bit he appointed the Board of Police Conmise sioners, wil the exception of Mr. Henry Smith, | Who Wus retained in ollice by the Legisiature. The | tuted into the transactions oi the Police Board in reference to the Street Uieaning Bureau by a com- mittee of the Legislature which took place in the city o| New York and culminated on the th of April ina report of the Assembly committee, a | copy of which is anaoexed to tue petition, in which it sated that ihe cleaning of the pubic streets of the city of New York could only be done by a board of wen who could recoguize their first duty | to ve JUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE, who would preserve a system of economy which that Board had pot done, aud that a permanent improvement could Only be expected by a recon- struction oi the Board of Police. On the applica- and John Stevenson, and others who represented the Council of Political Reiorm, an examiation of ters, he turned about to retrace his | course. But It was too late; the muz- | zie of the gun was raised slowly, and, just as { the bird had started swiftly away, there was a loud | report, and 4 splash in the water told the story. | But to the committee. It was nearly ten o'clock | when they all arrived at ‘‘Seafteld,” and when they | did arrive they were ushered tuto the parlor of the | cottage, where tle Governor, with his usual punc- | tuality, was realy to meet them. Mr. Kelly intor- | mally introduced the gentlemen who accompanied Dim one by one, and soon aiterwards the entire | party were seated, talking pleasantly about tne | weather, the sea breezes, everything in general im fact, and nothing in particular. Finally Mr. | Mr. Charlick Was commenced beiore a Judge of the | Supreme Court, it being alleged that during the | summer and fall of 1873 Charlick and Gardner nad | Violated various provisions o1 law in regard to the | election and in violation of their duty. Tne testi- Miony taken in that examination and that ad- vanced in the legislative inquiry were published | daily in the newspapers, so that the | puvlic was well informed of it and the Mayor must have known it. We claim, sir, that the tacts developed oa each of these proceed- ings made it the duty of the Mayor, tu fuldiment of | the obligations Of his Gata o1 oflive, to cause an immediate investigation to be made and to re- move the parties accused from thet office if sul- licient tacts were disciosed to warrant it; but, in violation of this duty, he retused to take an: steps in the matter or to remove the officials wi were implicated, On the 20th of April the Board of Aldermen, having the matler brought vo sher hp | 2° amination, and you may rely upon prompt action ‘on my part.’ This ended the interview of the committee with the Governor, and at half-past threé they leit the htde station of Quogue for the city. WHAT JOHN KELLY SAYS. A boy with the evening papers from New York got on board of the train on-which the committee who had called upon the Governor were return- Pe Of course they were in active demand. Cunton exclaimed, “Well, what do you think Havemeyer has done now?" John Kelly gave up the conundrum, and so did the whole party for a whie. “Gone and hung himself,’ sata one finally. “Appointed Reddy the Blacksinith Chief of Police,’ ventured another. “Asked for admission mto ‘Tammany Hall,” exclaimed a third, Then came the explanation, which was Gardner’s appoint- ment as Excise Commissioner. At first this news was greeted with alaugh all round, and a few refused to believe it until they had looked at the oy eis themselves. Then there ‘was no laughter, and each one looked at the other as much as to say, “What next?’ The HERALD reporter got into conversation about the appoint- ment with Mr. Kelly, and the latter said:—“Now this 18 extraordinary. It is only adding fuel to tne flame, and it looks as though the Mayor intended to do all in his power to make his conduct in this Police Commission business more and more inex- | cusable. I cannot see what be is uriving | ab Personal), he certainly can gain nothing by the course he 18 taking. it | would appear that all he cares to do is to gratify his several whims and faucies and spites, no mat- ter how the leelings of tne community are out- raged by his action. He knows, he must know, that the people are fearfully in earnest about this matter of reappointing men who have been con- victed of a violation of the laws, and he has been given (ee legal advice not to do just what he did a few days ago. Ii the people wanied Gardner re- appointed and there was no law in the way [ could easily understand his determination to keep him in power somewhere; but the man is not. only not indispensable to tue public weal, but is abso- lutely considered by republicans and democrats alike a8 unfit for a public trust. He and Charlick made for themselves @ name as Police Commis- sioners which was not made any more brilliant by the revelations during their trial; and yet, in defiance of every wish of the | community, he seems anxious to fight , the people themselves, This question of his wrong , doing Is not to be looked at as @ partisan one; for, | ‘ou must have seen to-day, some of his old asso- ctates on the Committee of Seventy have placed their names to the petition drawn up oy Mr. Cline | their friends, An agreement, however. | had been entered into to meet at three o’clock and en- deavor to orgamze tne Board. They had no sooner gone than tue floating political population got CASE Op On the scene and spent the time—it seems lever to have anything else to do—in discussing the situation. “How is tt going to bef’ queried one. “No organization, sir, Disbecker 18 gone down to consult Van Nort, his oacker, and yon will see he returns with instructions to hold cut,” answered one of the crowd, “HOW ABOUT DURYEE?”’ demanded the first speaker. Several attempted to explain this as a matter of easy solution, butin the midst of the Babel ot opin- 1008 @ pale-faced gentleman, with a long nose and very unraftied exterior, said quietly, ‘Do youreally wish to know how Duryee stands?” “Certainly we do,’ sprung {rom a bunch of throats. “fhen I'll tell you—mind, as a secret.”” “All right, ail right,” shouted the buncn, “we'll keep it.” “We're all society men here and can depend upon each other,’ “Yes, we are.” Ad no reporters present 7"” “Only one. Go avead.” “Then, gentiemen—hush! ah, that’s nothing. Then, gentlemen, Duryee is going on as he has gone on. What's that? Ab! He is bound hand and tout to Disbecker in writing, before witnesses, un- der oath, and must go as he ts told. You can now go home. We understand the situation.” ‘The pale Jacé took a cigar irom his waistcoat pocket, a matchox out of his coat back pocket, took out a match, bit the end off the cigar, struck the match, lighted the cigar and moved away without unce looking at the crowd he had so much astonished. “Who is he ?? they asked, ta a breath, No one knew, but they watched his slow retreat- ing figure with an interest rarely seen in tue coun- tenances of such men when they were not LOOKING FOR PLACES, “He's weil posted,” said the first speaker, “You bet,” chorused the bunch. “Five minutes ago L heard the same thing,” sald each one, and the in- Jormation seemec of such weight that they went off to digest itin solitude. At three o’clock Comission- ers Disbecker and Duryee returned to the build- ing. Commissioners Matsell and Voornis were sent for, and the four went into session. As soon as they were seated Commissioner Duryee pro- posed Commissioner Matscil as Chairman. He was accepted and took the chair. General Duryee then presented the following preamble and resolution, which were read :— t we earnestly request His Excellency Governor John A. Dix to, ous influences created prevent the spread oi the per- y the above enumerated facts, nich threaien to sap the foundation of the seuse tor law and order in our populous community by exercising the power contiied ts the Governor by section 25. chapie: Ss, waws of 1875, and to suspend and remove Mayor William F..Havemeyer in accordance with the requirements ot the provisions of the above cited law. Alderman REILLEY moved the adoption. Alderman Kocu desired to have them read again, Which was dons Alderman Ki then said “he believed that ali the matter contained in these preanibies and reso- dations was trae. look 1t; but he erred too much. The Mayor had which was too much vinegar, and his conatituents could not swallow that medicine. Let the Mayor be deposed, and when our President, Mr. Vance, is munity.” Alderman OTreNDORPER—Mr. President, it is not only with reluctuuce and with deep sorrow, but impelled by a sense of duty, that I have offered the preamble and resolutions now beiore vhis Board, It 18 a very serious matter to re- quest the Executive of the Stace to remove the Chief Magistrate of this city. But his recent actions have made it @ case ol necessity, and the time has come when this must be done, On the moral as- | pect oi the case there can be no difference of opinion. Every diciate of morality and decency has been violated. What is to become of us tf the evil example of the Mayor, by foisting upon us men convicted in our Courts tor responsible posi- tions, 18 allowed? Ideem it my duty to protest for myself and those I represent against continuing the Mayor in power, and trust that all the memvers present will cast their votes for the resolutions. Alderman Keur followed Mr. Ottendorter by saying “that he would deem it a neglect of duty, if he allowed this opportunity to pass without mak- ing a few remarks. more nor eXerted more energy with the German people to elect Mayor Haverieyer than himseti, and never were people so cheated in their candi- Gate, His duty as @ citizen Was tv uphold a repub- lican form of government by the people. He had lived many years under monarchial governments. Even there the wishes of the people were treate with respect. But he never saw such autocracy or “personal” ruling and tyranny as practised by Mayor Havemeyer. He owe it to the people of ment and not nave & dictator ruling over us, would vote, when the resolutions came properly { before them, in savor of adoption. The Mayor had erred, and il it | had not been of too grave a nature fe might over- | Prepared a dose of medicine for the peopie in | Mayor, his actions will be approved by all the cum- | No one in the city had done | New York to maintain the purity of their (eee. | 1 ) days before tt Look piace, proceeded in the night | time to the house ofa citizeu and demanded of | him certaiy papers, alleged to contain evidence of exteusive (rauds perpetrated oo the e.ective fran- | cutse, Which Were believed Lo be in 1:8 possession. A criminal complaint trad be Mace against the } regent Which did not invoive the charge of hav- ng unlawluliy Ootamed the documeuts. so de- manded, The citizen hesitated to dehver the | package, The Kecorder tnen declared that if he | did not hand over the same he (the Recorder), would search for the papers and forcibly seize th m by Virtue of his authority as magistrate. Under thts threat the papers were detivered. ACHION OF THR GOVERNOR, Soon after these proceedings the Recorder, in charging the Grand Jury in the Court of General Sessions, justified tts actions and declared that tney were m accordance with law. Upon this state of facts another application for his removal was made to Governor Seward, who, alter mature de- | liberation, was satisfied that any searco warrant for the private papers of the accused, which were | Rot alleged to have veen stolen or uniawiully ac- quired, Would have becn a violation of tue most | sacred private rights, aud that the matter was ag- | (ahdeheey by the mnixture of judicial and executive | functions, derogatory trom the station of the Judge and dangerous to the personal rights of tne citizen. Further, in availing otimself of his station asadudge to defend and vindicate his conduct betore the Grand Jury, who by 1aw could only re- ceive testimony on behalf of the people, the Re- ' corder obiained an improper advantage, denied to ali other citizens under similar circumstances, | Which, if permitted to pass without censure, might become & Np el ot alarming tendency. Ac- | cordingly the Governor recommended the removal of Mr. Morris, and @ mujority of the Senate | promptly acquiesced. There are some fcatures of similarity in tus case of the Recorder with that of | Mayor Havemeyer. The dimiculty in each case | arose out of election matters and partly out of an attempt to evade the jaw. Both offices are of great importance, aud Governor Seward was watted upon by a comunittee of citizens as Gov- | ernor Dix has been waited upon in tae case of the resent Mayor to ask jor the removal of the offend- ug lunctionary. Seward moved with remarkable celerity, for one of his first acts after the Legislature assembled in January, 1841, was to send a message to the Senate recommending the removal of ' Morris, { «4 Piece of Impudence.” (From the Worid.} The reappointment of Gardner and Charlick was ! i 7 = | s “that in this | a piece of tinpudence on account of which almost ly stat they wer t citi | Bttention, passed @ resolution, in which they em- | ton, and good republicans are as earuest in their | Whereas a vacancy in. th 8 of Pott PE Be Sc pedley: Me) raat th Anse i serena ye | bodied the substance of the ‘charges to whieh I | determination to have him punished as are demo- rioners of the city of New York lawinily ocereea ; Chamber ne heard of the preambie and resolutions every decent New Yorker felt ® warm desire to gens who had calied upon the Governor to lay cer- | nave reterred, and they called attention to the rats. This appomtment of Gardner to the Excise | the resignation of Oliver Charlick and Hugh Gardner, | 10F the first time. While ne fully agreed witu the | tweak the nose of the man who did tt. The men tain papers before him jor his consideration. Mr. | Jact thyt tt was most important that a change | Commission, as { sald belore, only makes matters | 4d to which were apoointed George W. Matec. and | remarks of his friend Alderman ‘Ottendorier, still | Clinton then rose, and the formaiities of the | Should be made in the Board of Police, and John RB. Voorhis by he, for one, advised not to act rashly or hastily | Were scandaiously wit for their places, and had worse for him; for if he was iveligible to the Poiice Be ee te arate aevomevets of New York—a gentleman who, during a long it the Commissioners of Police now pro- | | be : * ts 2 ved in court, and much more amply out | that the city should be relieved from the |} : 4 A Mayor of the city of New York, Georze W. M. in tis highly important matter. He suggested |- bech prove : 4 onlcial call began, j (Hamrace of thelt oficial existence. Iley requested | any otner once.” on seat nes NeUBIDIG LO | tem, notes, Opmmiener place of fiNah | Gus course ou Secoant of his personal ‘relations | &! court, to De anit @ piece Bt iow. anit hontioes ‘THR COMPLAINT. the Mayor to remove these men and recoustruct | “Wr Gunton snd General Jackson concurred in | famitek, and poke, Be. Georgo W. Matsell and John | With the Mayor, extending as they did Over aperivd | Chicane, of the sort which a Mind of the order of Mr. Clinton opened by saying that he and those | tie Police Board by nominating men whose char- ' these views. aud stated that the Mayor, th his | . Voorhls took | of twenty years. No personal rolations would de- | HAvene ene woud regard te a eke ot pohicy ‘ acters would be a guarantee ol the- lathiul per- | eagerness to show his spite, had made als’ case ail | THE OATH OF OPFICR | ter him, lowever, from doing bis duty to the pub: | orate know pretiy weli what our opinion of accompanying him had come to periorm avery | formance of theit duties, ‘The resolution was | Ctl tutte sree | in pursuance of the statute in such case made and pro- | lic. He therefore moved to lay the snlject over | ae ne We nth pth, i es transmitted tu the Mayors but, uatens k fs vided; and Whereas there being no President of the | until the next mneeting, which will take place on , Havemeyer is. We regard him as a disgrace ead duty. They had come, he said, to prefer charges any ction it tos pet ie Reuba Teny, | eee Board of Police Mor Treasurer tor the purpose of or- | Friday, aud to Make it the special business of the | 4nd A nuisance to the city over the government of against William F. Havemoyer, Mayor of the city | Maya. in wmicn ne objected to taking apy action, THE P.LICE BOARD MEETING. steaolted: That the ‘Go |, Witch he presides, Any fair and feasible way of life, bad, until lately, enjoyed tne confidence and | respect of the community, He thet continued :— “The duty we have to periorm is the more painful, | because, during that great reform movement which struck from power a cabal the most iniamous, Perhaps, of modern times, he was the foremost in tt, and the friends of reform looked to him witl™ the greatest coniidence and depended upon him to } guide us through the reform movement. We deem | it an imperative duty, under the circumstances, to prefer charges against him as we would against any one occupying his position whose record had been less pure than We believe his to have been. hie bas done an act which we think calis for the imme- | diate interierence of Your Excetiency. The charges | which { prefer on benalt of Mr. Watrous, formerly | member of the Committee of Seventy, and many | other prominent citizens, are quite brief, anit | ‘will, With your permission, now read them.” | Mr. Clinton here read the charges he had pre- pared, and which were published in the feranp | yesterday, and then continued as follows:— “A precisely similar petition 18 signed by John P. Crosby, Joseph ©, Jackson, William Pritcnara, | ©, A. Haud, Benjamin B. Sherman, William ©, Bar. | Tett and A. A, Redfield, These are the signatures | of prominext gentienien of the Committee of Sey- | euty, of the two political parties, and it is on their behalf I present this petition. I will merely state to Your Excellency that it is of the higtiest impor- tance, in our judgment, that action be taken upon thus matter. I need not, I tiink, remind Your WU: cellency that the Police Board is, perbaps, the | most important Of any department of the city gov- ernment, and at this season of the year it is of the very highest Importance that it sliould be properly constituted, It is ‘hardly worth while to speak of the evil example set by auch a violation of taw, and, 48 we look upon it, of public decency. AS u lawyer I have examined into the matter, and | have DO donbt whatever that under the provisions | | | cetpt of this communication the Board of Alder- | the Mayor. | his dnty to maintain j ithe heads of the ¢ | to see that the tuterests of the people of | trea on the ground thas he knew nothing oF ab oficial character upon which to proveed and thac 0 “pecitic charges were preferred against them. He stated that these proceedings before the legislative comuittee were of such @ partisan character that they di¢@ uot com- mand his contldence, and that they were too | much of a pelitical character to receive the confidence o: the community. He then added that if charges were made on the subject and if tuey were prepared to substantiate them be would at once enter into an investigation as to the management of the Department. On the re- Inen appointed a special committee, consisting of | Messrs, Uttendorier, Cooper ana Giion, to con- Sider the matter, and they prepared a most elab- orate report, in Which they ceusured the action of | hey tovk issue with him upon the | position he had assumed; that he could not take | any official action ou the iormer proceedings, and | they cvatmed, as We insist, correctly, that it was pervision over the heads when any matters were notive, affecting their | of the departinents, ani Drought m any Way to his integrity, to investigate them; and that it was entirely idie for tie people of New York to complain that their rights | Were infrimged upon by the Legislature in Albany, | Y goverment itseif would re- Tuse to investigate charges of this uescription, or | tne city | Were preserved, but, in order to satisfy nim in regard to specific charges, they drew up a long series of specific charges based on the iacts devel oped in the examination of Ouarlick, they set out by alleging that by a © tween Sinith, Gardner and Charlick against Duryee | Kassel, und in violation o1 law Chariick and | ‘dner were appointed a special committee lor purpose of appointing inspectors at the last on; that these two Commissioners appointed the inspectors aud excluded Russell and irom any Knowledge as to who were Charick appointed all the | G ta rot 1 vuryee to be appointed. democrats and Gardner ail the republicans, and alinough the law required that the inspectors Should be appoipted by the Board of Police during the months of August and September, this com mittee never even reported the names of the par- they appointed wail the ist of Octover, two weeks after the men bad commenced their duties 48 inspectors Of reyistration. This was also a aise inet yiolavion of the provision of the Kiection liw, Which says U6 the inspectors shall be equally divided bonween the ponticwd parties, avd that tue | | fight it out. _—— + Plodding along the public highway the patrolman ponders on the situation, Alter much musing and | endless speculation he adjudges it mixed. So do | cved Lo choose one of their number to be President of the Board of Police, and that immediately thereatter they proceed to choove one of their number to be ‘Treasure Eithe Bourd of Police. nepal ‘reasurer The document was passed and handed to the Chief Clerk, Mr. Hawtty. : the public and all the other patrolmen that go to make up the Police Department. Tbe rank and file are evidently tirea of the present state of things, and there is no question of the opiniou of the people on the subject. Mayor Havemeyer has been called the man of many surprises, and he has certainiy done a good deal toward earning the distinction recently. His last coup de main, as a Surprise, was perhaps the most successiul of tis reign. People imagined that they had got to the | bottom of the police intrigue, and it only remained to allow the combatants in the official arena to ‘They would not war as the Mayor wished and he swept trom the scene one entire LINE OF BATTLE to replace it with fresh combatants. Such a turn in events was not only unexpected but remarka- ble, and the expression it, has created is, to say | the least of it, profound. One of the most cua- Ningly diverting features of the affair is that no one was more astonished than the gentlemen be- ; longing to the forces opposed to the Mayor. To , produce such effects as this the very genius of the cap and bells is necessary, and if the artist only | possesses the requisite quality of enjoyment for the | sport he makes the Mayor's secret merriment must be imtense, as must always be the case while the World Wags, some must weep while others laugh, Just now the chuckle is all in the Police Board; the patroimen and the taxpayers do the suffering. THR POLICEMAN unlike many other servants of the city govern- ment, has earned his money, and with that betel firmly rooted in his mind the conviction that he ought to get it begins to dawn faintly upon him. Citizens seem to have a@ suspicion gentlemen are hot put iato high places entirely for their own | then moved that Abranat sioner of Police, be appointed President of the | Board pro tem., to discharge the duties of Presi- deut of the Board of Police until tne appointment of a regular Presiden: Tne vote on the motion bemg taken it was found 10 be lost, Matsel! and Voorhis voting no, Duryee yes, Disvecker did not vote. Commis: soner Voorhis moved that the Commissioners proceed to elect a President. Agreed to, Com- missioner Duryee moved that Commissioner Dis- becker be made President. Mocion fost—Matseil and Voortis voting no, Disbecker and Duryee yes, Commissioner Daryee then moved that THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT be laid over until Friday next, All assented to the proposttiou. Commissiouer Disbecker moved that Commis- sioner Avraham Duryee ke made Treasurer. Lost, by the same vote as beiore, Commissioner Disbecker then moved that when the Board adjourn it adjourn to meet on Friday | next, at eleven o’viock, All voted in the atlirmative, Disbecker agatn moved that Commissioner Dur- yee be made ‘lreasurer, Motion lost by the usual vote—Matseil and Voor- his yes; Disbecker and Duryee no. Commissioner Voorhis inoved that the vote taken to adjourn to Priday next be reconsidered. All assented, Commissioner Matsell moved joarn. Voorhis, Marsell and Duryee yoted yes; Dis- becker no, . THE BOARD THEN ADJOURNE! that the Board ad- ond the news fled on gossamer wings. No arrange- | ment lad been arrived at. Discontent both bitter and deep prevails in the department. The men are Complaining ioudly. M. Jamiiies and ca! tuelt money. ‘Chey are trusied to a ‘certain extent by the grocer and baker, but these latter being =mosty struggling men they require their money when whe time arrives to expect tt as miueh as the patroimen. The pub. lic is treated to the singular spectacie Of an or- ganized body with a disordered bead; bat how jong the body will continue to remain unaffected by the head i$ a guestson the Commissioners af Po- Comimissioner Duryee | m Disbecker, Commis. | day. ‘Xiaorman CooPER seconded the motion, and, 11 tion, said “that he had been out of aa koow nothing of tus whole arrangemeni, ‘This was & Laine which affected the Chie! Moais: trate of this city, and should be well weighed bée- | fore acted upon. Besides thut, several prominent members of this Board are absent, and he would | like to see their votes recorded oa this matter. | | He hoped that the signers of the resolutions would | NOt press a Vote for these considerations, Better | | have them printed,” he said, ‘so tuat they can be | better understood.” | |. Alderman OTTENDORPER replied that ‘the sub- | ) Ject ander consideration Was not only agitated by members of this Board, but by every citizen of | this city. If, however, it is the Wish of the ma- | | Jority to lay over he would not force action now." A motion was adopted to separate the preambie | aud resolutions and take a separate vote on each, | rhe motion to lay over was lost by a vote of 6 | | to 4, viz. :—Afirmative—Aldermen Billings, Cooper, Falconer and Van Schaick, Neyative—Aldermen , Flanagan, Gtion, Kehr, Koch, Ottendor(er aud | Reilly. | Alderman FLANAGAN Moved to take up and act } On the first resolution, Alderman Cooper Was called to the chair, and Alderman BILLINGS 1 his seat said that it) was no more than right to ask for a postponement un- tl Friday. There were two views to be taken of the subject—the moral and the legal, As a lawyer he naturally took the moral, fhe moral aspect is decidedly very bad every way, but the other aspect is not so Clearly bad. ile now believed in the pro- | priety Of taking a separate vote on the preamble and resolutions. He was alraid partiusansiip might | enter into the matter, He regarded (t with great | sorrow that an occasion should have occurred jor a vote of censure to become necessary. fe had been absent irom the city for the past ten days and knew very little of what was going on here, He hoped nis colleagues wonld not act hastily. Two short days’ delay could burt nobody. Peopie out- side of the city who did not understand our po- litical system would read that our Cniet Magis- | trate has been removed for reappointing two oMcials who had been convicted, but will not take | the trouble to tnquire any further, It ts bad tor the city—bad for our reputation, Furthermore to ask the Governor to remove is one thing, bat the accused must be properiy notified and given an opportunity to deiend hiniself, The present aspect gi the affair looks aa if it Was a political measure Alderman FPLanNaGan—As my friend has me | tioned politics 1 will here state that 1 am a pro- | ounced democrat, Mr. Vance, Who Will succeed removing him Will have owr tearty assistance, The Acrobat Havemeyer. (From the Brooklyn Union of yesterday.) In order to sollow the eccentric gyrations of the venerable and absurd Mayor of New York one must be at bis heels continually, The good people ot New York had not recovered from the surprise into which they were thrown py the reappoint- ment of the convicts Charlick and Gardner beiore they were astounded by the cowardly somerset thrown by that distinguished and ancient acropat, Havemeyer, wiicn resulted in his prayer ior the resignations 01 his two pets (which were given him) aud the appointment of George W. Mateell, tne bresent Superintendent of Police, and John RK. Voorhis to the vacancies, It i very evident. that the courage of the Mayor, which is Dutch, evaperated, as courage of toat quality is apt to do, upon the presentation of formidable Opposition, Wille appareatiy presenting & bold front to his enemies his little barrow soul quaked tb bts shoes in a manner which must have made his teeth rattie, if he has any to ratte, when be | heard of the charges wuica had been drawo up inst him, bast this frantic endeavor to save himself from the consequences 0: his obstinate act in the reappoint Ment of the two convicts it would naturally be supposed that the Mayor would have appointed two good men to fill the vacancies. But no; true to nimself he Was, as usual, absurd. Haveme; ig consistent only in being ridicalvas, sense only served him long enough to ap- point Mr. John R. Voorhis, who is reported to be @ very excellent ‘man, Dut tailied himere he reached the second vacancy, and tue result was the appointment of that 1o8sit George W. Matsell, author of the ‘Thieves’ Lexicon,” and for years the proprietor and conductor oi @ dis- reputable paper known as the Police Gazette, This is the man who stood at the side of Fernando Wood tn his endeavor to combat the Metropollian Police law, and was his tool and inatrument. Not satisfied in ee a0 incompetent a map, with so bad.a record, at the head of the police force, Mayor Havemeyer must pow further insult the citizens of New York by placing him im the Police Commis- sion. ‘This caps the cumax, After this action the citizen ts justified in entertaining grave doabts ag to the sanity of the vencravie Mayor, Or ia be im his dotage? This is a milaer and more charit view to take. We prefer tw believe that Bave- meyer is in ts dotage.