The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-02
The New Park Com missioner-What
tho appointment Means.

The New Park OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tho Appointment Means.
The venerable and vivacious MIR. Havemeyer
is a man of surprises. He astonishes the
community by his appointments to Office,
and sets all the politicians at their wits ends
to discover motive for his apparently eccen-
trio acts. We have already furnished q clew
to the policy of his administration, which,
singularly enough, no person seems to have
found before we put people on the track. 1t is
that Mr. Havemeyer is running the municipal
government in the interests Of Mr.. Have
meyer. and not in the interests of the Tam
many Hall ring, Of the Custom House ring,
Viewed in the light Of this explanation, much
that was mysterious before in the conduct Of
the Mayor becomes Ineligible. We can see
why Charlick was made Commissioner and
the lettering Matsell Superintendent Of Po-
lice why Stern and his family connections
were imposed upon the Department of Chart
ties and Correction why Hatch was APP
pointed a Fire Commissioner; why White
more was made Acting Chamberlain why
the sunfower Disbecker was transpanted
from bleak. cheerless cellar of the
City Hall to the we'll dressed and fertile
meadow Of Mulberry street headquarters; and,
lastly, why the liberal republican Thomas E.
Stewart is made the successor Of Mr.. Wales
in the Department Of Public Parks. All these
remarkable selections have a common object
q third term for the veteran Havemeyer, with
all its gratifying consequences, including the
reappointment of Comptroller Green, the con-
tinued prescription Of the indefatigable but
unappreciated reformer, John Foley, and the
burial of poor old MI. Matsell with full police
honors.
Mr.. Stewart has been appointed to the
vacant Park Commissionership on the pledge
that Mr. Havemeyer shall receive from that
industrious little family party known by tho
name of liberal republicans q denomination
for Mayor in the next election. With this
entry for the race it is hoped that the Finance
Department, the Police, the Fire Department,
the Charities and Correction and other official
aids acting as clutches for the nominee may
carry him safely over the track. The artful
OlO bpOIU dt VIC Achu VI VIC gov
eminent has observed that horses entered as
''aged," although compelled to carry extra
weight are frequently victorious over
three and four year Odds, and he
flatters himself that he can pass the
winning post ahead. We have no doubt
that, with the assistance of Mr.. Stewards
organization, he would secure seven hundred
votes, but this is point which can only be
decided at the close of the polls next Novem-
Der. So far as the interests Of the Park
Department are concerned, we wish that Mr..
Havemeyer had made different selection;
that he had appointed as Mr.. Wales successor
such q citizen as Leonard w. Jerome, whose
name would have been a guarantee that the
future management of the parks would have
been such as the people desire. But this was
scarcely to be expected, and perhaps we ought,
under the circumstances, to be grateful that
the Mayors selection has not been any worse.
If Colonel Stebbins should consent to remain
q member of the Park Commission we may
yet hope tor reform in the department At
all events, the people Of New York may con-
graduate themselves that the end of our
present municipal government is near at
hand, and that, despite the nomination OF Mr..
Stewart we are not likely to have repetition
of Nh. Havemeyer in the executive chamber
Of the City Hall.