New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23

=. ,,o ,sre 70 sell out their parry oy
fcannot saw what the consideration Consideration
ton do not want to say Wa tbsta large amonnt
is. Int IL is currently reported .paS" ,,nIneesp
" ou ,vas raised 10 confirm these IN homber
There was good deal OF confusion Ooro,sly applauded
M this time The Republicans vigor"u6 shouted
a. sneaker Several Democratic ndci,red that
anrSeT order" Alderman McCisye u'eefioned no
he was within the rules ioI ITO N"
,omss Then he resumed: ., whether
he is Republican or mol I,e eIected as Repub-
tnans Nv Republicans come here ana N'oT trru
Wedges and sacrifice their prlnclples anu Ueii
tP,tors I have no respect for them; IL Is a w.
lawn fact that certain Aldermen have not pee q,
affiliated with the majority OF the r feet
This Board One OF them, standing apOu .o Ola han
two inches high aud weighing Ihore onu
900 nonnds. saws that he is twenty-3ne, years
Old and able 10 take care Of himself wen, va;
always heard that the most precious I'D 70 re-
smaIf nackages: but this man NAV ne sliu w -; ~.
semble bundle of rags The SPEAKERS deseit ~
of one of the AderEen as he looked SquaIeiy az
long contnued1 AS for the Mayor, he writes Dt.s
pretty speech for the pubic; pne d0g not When
What he pdo am tonchinp message on the occa-
sIon of the death of President Garfield ne st ma
the tragedy was only ,anotneTh eIong the spos is
wRrong in theory and practice. Now he comes mere
and from merely partisan VIEWS t,I ne Rnomb-
Eeens ! cav TO the two Republican members that
Mavor Grace told me himself that so Iohg as no va" e
Mayor he would nominate Ony sa1eT might
onee i Int INT tbs thing is fixed, and fixed
that M words of mine can prevent It," lChecrs ana
There was stiffness in the chamber when Alder
nan Seaman arose to reply. He said
$50 far as myself and Alderman ave ny n.y. cV GU
cerned we are willing 10 take the reSposlpily loi
our actions We are both from the same district ana
If the people are not pleased they need not TeeeGt US
IA Voice-You may be certain IheN mof any money
for my vote. L do not propose 70 oe "nipPoN IL
by" obor of This
DJ %Mermap Seamaf,SNo. Well / am not going to
give any names. | propose to act 1ndependehtIy'
fhese denominations have been sent III to this Board
Nayor Grace has said that he would nominate no
one hut Democrats. That is the best reason why
we should vote for these men. don't want 10 stop
The wheels of the Mayors administration
WHAT ALDERMAN WAITE SAID.
Alderman Waite rose slowly, and said " can
nnlv repeat the remarks made by Alderman Sea-
man. When Alderman McClave made the assertion
that a money consideration had sheen gwen OF
promised to myself OF my colleague lie ueciirou
what he knew to be untrue"
Alderman Hawes-H this question involved the
,1oclipg of the wheels of the City Government, it
then might be my duty to vote Tor con-
firmation, but it is now an entirely dllgTent
matter. We have here two Ponce JUSTICES lHoy
of blocking Mayor Grace's administration. II IS
simply question of turning out two Republicans
to make places for two Democrats For one can
and WON'T vote to put out these two gentlemen
merely to crafty the whim OF Mayor Grace or tne
County Democracy or any OtheT meT
bers Who vote for these Democratic nomi-
nees Their motives and their actions are
their own But for the life OF me cannot see now
thew can come to any other conclusion than to vote
BSainst the continuation 80
Alderman Sheis-I want to know OF these kepnb-
licans if Governor Cornell has appointed any Dut
Republicans TO office g..
Alderman Wells-I will answer the gentleman if
he wishes, a..
promptnesS with which his challenge was accepted
Wait until am through. am under no obllga-
zion 10 the Mayor There was a time when under
the lash voted for Republicans Loud and de-
alderman Sleyin-If all accounts correct, You
are under a good many obligations to the Mayor
lie obtained for you the nomination for Alderman
IN the IVth District. -, II,
then proceeded with. 1t resulted precisely the same
as the preceding one, Aldermen Waite and Seaman
voting with the Democrats Inc Prssden Ian an
nounced that Mr.. Ford confirmed as Police
Justice. The announcement was received with
mingled cheers and misses
journ This after considerable wrangling, was lost
by the usual vote OF II TO 3.
Alderman Murphy then moved 70 take from the
table the nomination of Andrew ). White for Police
Justice. ,r :.
be referred to the Committee on salaries and
Offices This was the first time that Lac had ever
disagreed with his colleague Alderman SaueT Inc
latter had said that MI White was q 1T t. man mar
agreed with Mr. Sauer
The roll was called and the members explained
fheir vote iii several instances. Alderman McClave
tried to read an article from an AFTERNOON paper,
headed Mayor Grace as Fraud lie could not
do So owing to the confusion anu oeT nd 94uT T
were some sharp tits between Aldermen McCl9ve,
Shells Slevin aud Murphy. in which the three last
last named members tainted eaeh 0ther WIN nav
Jug been defeated at the recent election. 60,
Alderman Slevin remarked: 4" / do not agree with
Alderman Shells The Mayor has no party, as he
will find next November" .
Ford.
AFTER THE ADJ .URNMENT.
After the adjournment of the Board the matter
WAS excitodly discussed by the members and others
Aldermen Seaman and Waite did not attempt to de
feud their action. They were rather anxious to
avoid observation. Meeting reporter of THE
TRIBUNE in the Mayors Office, Alderman Waite
Say what n do YOU think of to-day's action'"
81 tlunk you viii regret it when you see the com
,oents that are made on il by the majority of the
newspapers of this city, replied the reporter; 5ooo
that 1t will be well for them not 10 follow the lead
Of Alderman MeCave with reference to money hay-
sing been the consideration which prompted US 10
vote as we did"
II do not know whether you mean that as
threat or not but You may rest assured that uost
of the papers will treat the matter as they think 1t
Soon after the adjournment Messrs. White and
Ford appeared in the Mayors Office and took the
oath of Office. They were congratulated by Com
InisSiOnes thompson, Fire Commissioner Purroy,
Justice Power and Supervisor CostIRan.
WHO POLICE JUSTICE PoRD Is.
J. Henry Ford is a native Of Massachusetts, and
is about ffty-three years old. He has beena resi-
dent of this city for over forty years. He married
daughter of Colonel Charles a. StetsOn, for many
years the lessee of the Aston House. the West End
and other hotels. For several years he kept liquor
store at Broadway and Twenty hfth-st. 1t was
famous resort for sporting men, gamblers aud es-
pecially the small clique that was intimate with
John Morrssey during the last few years of his life
Ford soon became one of Mouissey's most trusted
,,nlitical eutenans and here his chief WAS turned