The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-27
HIsBROrCK.s SuCCEsSOR.
John D. O'Brien Made CHIEF OF the Burenu OF
Elections W hnt L. said a bout IL.

Tho rumor that had been in circulation
Tor tho past week that John J. o Brien. the eX-
wegher was 10 succeed d Is. Hasbrouck rs
Chief Of the Bureau Of Elections. was confirmed
yesterday by the action Of the Police Commits
sioners.
Politicians with ex-Collector Arthur Mt their
head, met in the Metropolitan Hotel early In the
day. OBrien and his followers were there in
force. and so exuberant were their feelings that
the forthcoming action OF the Commissioners
was whispered on all sides. As soon as tho
Board OF Police Commissioners met In the Po-
lice Central Offlc- they went into secret ses-
sion. and Mr.. Wheeler from the Committee on
Elections. made the following report:
The term OF lla.hrouck chef the Bureau Of Flee.
mend that Ms be appointed The committee
MsTslSrS 9tr T ihS l ioloHiR. : re,oI,iSn sd %
cd to the onee Chiei Of the BUREAU OF Elections in
pred with compensation the rate oi oVJ er annuin
20 take erect Immediately
As Messrs. Wheeler. Nichols. Erhardt and
well as the Board Of Police Commissioners, the
Commissioners. singularly enough. voted TO
O'Brien was elected by a unanimous vote. The
board Immediately adjourned. and tho several
members made themselves Invisible In Il Won
derfully short spnce OF time.
Messrs. Erhardt and Wheeler. tho Republican
Comniiss .oners. were reticent as 10 the meaning
of the appointment. They said Mr. Has6rouck
was n, reason why he should not give way to
NJ O'Briop. who was well 9itSd for the glace.
many memher said MS he was leaving tho
building: We'll. the Republicans had right
70 an Office. and they've got ii that's all there
The politicians view matters differently. par
urularly me AdmlnistratI9n Republicans. who
roundly pronounce the action OF the Commits
sioners a part Of the bargain with Tammany
Hail. O'Bren, they assert. has been a Tam
many hepublcan and IN connection with little
I Ilss (ull
tions are manipulated in favor of Tammany
and the Adminisirat ion Republicans,
A conspicuous anti-Adminstration man said
that the Hayes men We're not fnr out Of tho
way in their conjecture. 1t was known. he as
serted. that tho Hayes Evaris party led by Col
.ctor Merritt were. trying T. induce Mayor
Ely to nominate Ellwood L. Thorne. or some
other Hayes man. TOR CommSsloner. in place
9f Lrhardt or Wheelrri This might be
si4ners had seized time 10y the forelock ANA put
O'Brien, man whom they could count on in
II would take three votes 10 get him out and
n" Hayes men could not get so many even IL
tney were successful IN getting Comm!s-
Mr., Hasbrouck said last evening that the nc
non 81 the Commissioners was u surprise to
hin. although he Ind heard the rumors. He
ull hlt know ON what grounds ms services
were dispensed with. lie did no, care 10 say
moro on "a" subject.
~ ~ mi,nin nan hplhlhg 70 say except TO invite tho
polltlclahs VINO gnthered around him 10 uike
Hln'tlilns. ne stan Is On the platform on which
u" lnpk ms bnSNlon hltrr his resignation from
tho Custom House last Monday When there
II good fat ollieo tendorcd me am going to
Mr.. OBrien will take Office on tho LIST Of Au.
gust. All the wolk preliminary 10 the elections
IL 10 De uono hl once, comprising tho appoint
nent o! 4oOo poll clerks. location Oi polling
Collector Merritt. George Bliss. cx.Judgo Dit.
tenhOeier. Commissioner Wheeler, Jacob Hess
Jacob Patterson, ,Ir. and a score Of other poli.
tlolhns walked the Concy Island sands last