New-York tribune., 1875-02-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
rHE MAYoR,s REMoYALs.


rur PROBABILITY or THE GOVERNORS CONCUR
pxNcE-THE APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF
CORPORATION COUNSEL AND FIRE ooMMIs-
sIoNERs.
A new impetus has been given to discussions
m uotcal circles by the action Of Mayor wckham In
.epd,ue 70 Gov. rlden the papers in the case
ef the CORPORATION Counsel and Fire Commits
sioperS The belief that the Governor VIII
roneur in their removal has fixed the attention
Of the politicians again. upon the probability that the
vacancies viii be created and filed, and upon Inc
prominent candidates for the respective positions
The Corporation Counsel is engaged upon his letter to
tne Governor In reply to the letter Of Mr. oConor, and
will make Il public the latter part OF this week.
As his successor. the most prominent OF those men
toned is william c. Whitney, one OF the bestknown
members OF the New-York Bar He was member OF
the Apollo Hall organization and active In the cause OF
Reform with the present Mayor: Abraham R. Law
renee, William c. Barrett Thomas Boese, Henry L.
Clinton and others Among other candidates mentioned
are John r. Lawrence, a brother of Judge Lawrence
exJudge Spencer d. G. Calvin John Randolph hopin-
For Ere Commissioners there are a host OF candi-
dates The appointment of James Hayes the defeated
s o Se T%any leaders, pro@Sen among whom
John Morrissey There Is great deal OF feeing on
both Se' ss Das9 see resSpS S1gSnepS his ANIMATION with the
eld Tammany Ring and above ALL his rejection py the
people last Fan when ne nno m @ 1ne ID ss
the Tammany ticket were elected by large MAORI
should be sufficient TO insure his rejection hy tne
Mayor. The friends OF M Hayes answer tlese ancg
tops by the assertion that ne was the ony one
whom strong and united effort was mace by the oppo
tton which resulted in the election OF ms opponent
Gen Patrick H. Jones' They say that hs deieat Should
the position by his Democratic friends. he
ls an old fireman. having served IN the old
Volunteer Department. and is also proml-
pent member OF Tammany Hail. ln addition 10 these,
many names we're presented to the Mayor among them
George A. jeremiah, Seth Douglas, Henry T. McGor-
u, James l. Miller. ex-Alderman Peter Masterson,
John Gormley, William Lamb. and ex-Fire Comms-
~ yet, definitely settled upon no one, although,
minority representation is accorded 10 the Repubcan
Sen. ehaer stands the best chance OF obtaining the
position. In fact he is the only prominent Republican
Damed for the place.
THE ANSWER OF COMMISSIONER HATCH
Fire Commissioner oswell ID. Hatch has written q
letter in answer 90 intmstion in Mayor wekhams g
reply TO GOV nlden, in which he makes the following
statements
There lie an intimatio IN Mayor wckhams reply TO
Gov. Tilden that my separate answer TO the commun
with the signed by the Commissioners OF the Fire
Department collectively My individual answer Is but
roiteraton OF the reply made by the Fire Commission
ers as a Board. In that reply, as Board, seek 10
associates, Messrs Perey and Van Cott, combined 10
vote down resolutions by me offered. know that
Mayor Wickham the Chief Magistrate Of the city, gave
and associates, at the same moment assurances
that We should notified and heard before he took
4nal action 10 the matter know that We were not
$heard," as he promised.
1t is not proper, therefore that the subject OF our
removal, before the public should be befogged by
any slde issue, such as want OF harmony" in the
Board OF Fire Commissioners, matter above alluded
" would indicate II permitted to pass uncorrected