New-York tribune., 1884-11-24
WHAT WILL MAYOR GRACE Dor
THE QUESTION OF THOMPSONS PLACE.
sPEcuLATIoNs OF P0LIrICIANs-TAMMANY HALLS
POSITION.

THE QUESTION OF THOMPSON'S PLACE.
srrcuLATIoNs OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HALLS
POSITION.
Tammany Hall is more than ever convinced
of the absolute necessity OF obtaining control Of the De
partment Public Works II II is to keep s organization
I'm fighting trim for the years With Mayor Grace
possessng the absolute power Of filling NIL vacancies In
the heads departments of the city Government he cam
n he chooses place most Of these departments under the
control County Democracy before he leaves office.
John Kelly has been well for week past but he has
been working quietly and probably effectively. Wt
Mayor Edison has since election had opportunity to
accept n now rendering Of The line
"Welcomc the coming srerd the parting guest
The eyes of the politicians nre turned more
especially toward Mayor-elcct Grcc than the
present occupant ~ the Mayornlty chair.
Apparently the only positions nj the disposal of
the Mayor aud Aldermen before the end of The year nre
ihos, of The Connissnncr of Public works and Corpora
inn uornsr Delegations felt to hc of no good. ana
the Mayor Is not hutrd with ihcn whatever IL done
will bp accomplished by The icairs ~ nm,nny Hall or
the county Democracy IN conjunction with the Mayor
unlrss the lat,rf sh0ui drrr io gb u alone or lo
rcthus, Mhirh wtrd thigw me nprgin,'hehis nto if
ha ra0iulnaie MhtBt pisJn " 70 nihbst eiaih That
H. wenhi have btpn iul0tsph ht he tVM,y ijrMmihrt
NJ M in},s, e,rsiga,m wke Wished " NsNaatp Mstm
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hp objectionable W. lAInniaf iiall ~ ths 70 NpIn "
viii depead gopi deal na lhb nnminees whether thpi
are eonhIned or no -Four years agp ioWF al mo raw
Thompson Tor Commissioner of Public Works, Allan
Campbell for Controller aud the romaining olees iled
il is asserted that money viii be used 10 prevent the con
hrmation of any one except MIR Thompson politician
who is usually wel-inforIned sala recently:
mayor Edison would probably have been nominat
ed ny the County Democracy had 1t not
One of these Was Dan Manning, the chairman of the
Democratic State Committee; the second was Hubert o:
the recently defeated candidates for Judge Of the Court
OF Common Ploas. The Mayor heartily in favor of
passed by the Legislature last winter, and had he
possessed the power which Mayorclect Grace will nave
those he was mpelled to nominate lie had to choose
between glt win the Aldermen all THROUGH his term m
order to secure the confirmation OF Others. This
Is the y Se9 9ou all have our pronT noecd
that the Mayor did not reappont Edward Patterson
Se whose terms had cHpred It looks
very much though the persons named Thought that
shall be very much surprised if hcIMayor rcnominates
Mr.. Thompson. Indeed feel reasonably sure that ne
thing that can speak Of with any certainty.
Colonel f. T. Wood, the Mayors brother law, is very
to have tappear that the Mayor is desirous that
he shall have the place. l think that Colonel in,i
Wood is more anxious to be Corporation
Counsel than the Mayor is to nominate him. Colonel
Wood has done very we'll He has been of the special
counsel employed by the Corporation Counsel for the
past years and his son given the position or
Clerk OF the Court OF Special Sessions. at salary OF
$4,000 year The Wood family has no reason to com
plain OF the Mayor and the latter is likely exercise
his own Judgment when he makes his nomination for
Corporation Counsel"
Several OF the Tanmany leaders are considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of asking John Kelly to allow them 10 pre-
sent his Mayor Edison for Commissioner of Pub
lie Works Is well known that Mr.. Kelly has desire
for office. lie has positively refused To allow his
name to he brought forward at any Of the Tammany
conventions. II Is possible that matters may assume
such shape that he Will he the strongest candidate that
Tammany Hall for the place and the only
that sufficient number Of votes he obtained 10
firm that event If Mayor Edison will agree 10 nomi
him, he might be induced To allow the use OF his
This is something, however, for future cOnsidcra-
tiOn.