Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
NEW YORK'S ELECTORS.
IA BILL WHICH MAY DECIDE
THE FATE OF THE STATE.


THE FATE OF THE STATE.
Making the Metropolitan Mayor Czar,
and what Disastrous Political In
trigues 1t May Lead TO-GraRt's Ex-
ParsOn and His Controversy with His
FlOck-The Secret Of Riggs Escape.
Correspondence Of the Morning Neacs.
NEW YORK. Feb. Give are to have
Gar, as John Kelly's organ calls
Mayor who can make appointments to
office without consulting the saloon keep
ers composing the Board Of Aldermen.
Mr.. Roosevelts bill giving the Mayor
that power was passed by the Assembly
yesterday, which is good ground for be-
lieving that it Will be passed in the State
Senate, and it will undoubtedly receive
the Governors approval.
When it becomes a law, however, l am
afraid that it VIII most disappOint by its
results its most ardent well wishers. In
my opinion, the Gar that is to be will be
a Tammany Car. John Kelly has OPP
posed the bill because he does not wish his
personal interests to conflict with his po-
litical; that is, he does not wish to be
placed In position which will Oblige him,
in order to keep control of New York city,
to work against the Democratic party,
but ''selt-preseTvatiOn is the first law OF
! nature" is his motto, and when be has to
| choose between the success of John Kelly
and the success Of Democracy, he chooses
| for j. X. first and last and all the time.
The result of the Roosevelt bill becOm-
| ing law will almost certainly be the cleo
| tion of a Tammany Mayor next autumn,
! and the casting of the 36 electoral votes
90 Arau oil toto IL
| Presidential candidate This looks like
| contradiction, but experience has proved
| it to be decidedly the reverse. Neither
! Tammany Hall nor it's opponents will be
| able to unite on candidate for the Mayor
/ atty when the Mayor is to have all the
/ patronage Of the citv at his disposal, and,
consequently, each faetiOn will, il is most
! probable, nominate separate candidate.
! The Republicans and Independents
! could beat either Democratic candidate,
were they to poll all their votes, but there's
! the rub. l have but little doubt that Kelly
/ will make a bargain Gas he has more than
once done befOre) with johnnie o. Brien
| tO exchange Presidential votes for NUM-
/ cipal. The first named will agree that,
/ say 1900 Democrats (?), shall vote for
! Republican Presidential electors provided
1 that the second shall persuade as many
! alleged Republicans to vote for the Tam
| many candidates for Mayor. The result,
| of course, will be that New York State
will go Republican, while the city goes
Tamma many. won't say Democratic.
How is this to be prevented? 1t can't
| be; that is, the election of a Tammany
| Mayor is inevitable, unless the anti-Tam-
many Democrats unite with the Repub-
| licans, which would principally result in
/ the Kelly-O'Brien bargain being on a
! larger scale. I'm that event Kelly might
| fail to elect his Mayor, but the State would
all the more surely cast its electoral vote
! for the Republican candi late for Presi-
| dent. The passage Of the Roosevelt bill
/ Will render it necessary for the Democrats
TO no longer rely on New York as factor
| in the election of a Democratic President.
| And New York is not necessary to Demo-
cratic success. if the Democrats act
wisely.
AS for the lOaal effect of the bill, any
thing would be an Improvements on the
present mode OF municipal administra-
ton. Il Tammahy Mayor will be far
/ preferable to a Board of Aldermen cen
tanning Republicans who vote with their
Tammany colleagues whenever LOB" is
| to be put up" BY the way. what bet
ter proof could be had Of the league be-
tween Kelly and O'Brien?) Even Tam
! many Mayor must have some regard for
public opinion, and his single shoulders
could not support Odium, which, di-
NlutQ aIuOuR uOLSu OE more SaiOOn-
keepers, is little felt. John Kelly himself
would give US better government than
1 John keily's Tammany and Republican
. Aldermen. Besides, the future Tammany
| Mayor will be responsible to the present
anti-Tammany Governor.
NOW THAT RUGG, THE NEGRO ASSASSIN
of Long Island, has been recaptured. It is
to be hoped that eX- Mayor DeBOise, OF
Long Island city, who is his fellOw-pris-
| r,rant IN hn s,sn
have another birthday soon. 1t Is alleged
on good authority that Rugg could not
have escaped had not the jailer been in
Ylted to discuss the contents of three bot
ties of whisky which the eX-Mayor had
opened in honor of his birthday Much
smoking accompanied the drinking, ana
Rugg, whose cell was near the place of
carousal, complained that the strong odor
! of tobacco made him sick. When the
keeper and the ex-Mayor. with drunken
amiability, were conducting him to a less
smoky spot, Rugg made his temporarily
successful break for liberty. The ex-
| Mayor, IL should perhaps be explained. is
IN jail because OF peculatiOn in office.
They do things better in Long Island than
they do in Manhattan. The Gar which
we are to have will probably peculate a
long time before he is cast in a dungeon
/ cell.
HAD TALK WITH DIR. NEWMAN,
Grants ex-parson, few days ago, re-
/ specting the controversy between him and
those members of his flock who wish him
! to step down and out from the pulDit Of
the Madison Avenue Congregational
| church. He seemed confident in the
| goodness OF his cause and claimed to be
| supported by the largest, best and wealth.
lest portion Of his congregation. AlthOu0h
his utterances may have savOred of
c,,.s;,s .. @S;sis,sIn, lie exhibited far more
| Christian spirit than did DIR. Ranney and
other of his opponents with whom | came
IN contact. His position, however, is an
! ammalous one. What the deuce is he
| doing in that gallery, is the reflection
which naturally occurs to a person on
seeing Methodist minister wag his paw
! in the pulpit of Congregational church.
! His endeavOr to straGdle the theological
! fence separating the creed of Calvin from
/ that of Wesley has resulted in his preach
/ ing sermons from which, his enemies say.
4 religion, and even common morality, have
/ been cOnspicu0usly absent. He has re-
/ galed his congregation, it is adled, with
| "reminiscences of his tour with Grant
! around the world, and, in addition to tell
! ing travellers tales, mas delivered histOri-
/ cal and biographical disc0uTses and lee
! tured generally on profane subjects
rather than preach sermons inculcating
religion and morality.
MUCH OF Lhls may be true,
| but, on the other hand. it
| is equally true that DIR. Ranney, the
/ organizer Of the opposition to DR.. New
man, is, so to speak. a professional
/ kicker" He made trouble for DIR.
| HepW0rth, and also for Mr.. Davis. DR..
| Newman's immediate predecessors. Sue
! cess, however, viii justify his present
efforts. If the council which he and his
! friends, although a minority of the con
| gregatiOn, have called, in, to be sure, "A
| somewhat irregular, if not illegal, man
ner, shall assemble and decide against
DIR. Newman, Ranney can claim that he
! is "blgger man than old Grant's' ex-
chaplain, if not than the General him
self. Even if he successfully weathers
/ the storm, DIR. Newman, too. may find it
the part OF dignity and prOpriety to leave
the church in which his ministry has
| stirred up so much strife. This he could
| gracefully do after vindication, and if
/ DR.. Ranney would also go the Madison
| Avenue Congregational Church would
most undoubtedly be the gamer.
l. 1t is unlikely, however, that a parsOn who
/ is also professional politician, will sur
/ render salary of $4,000 a year, which
! would probably involve the sacrifice of
his handsome fiat on West Fifty-nintb
street, opposite Central Park, unless
| forced to do so. The directory, bv the