Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-11


The inaan and arrest ~ Ma
rEsa b. Flynn ana Reilsn y. s
c1mninsion6s Il E1tlis Wszts e lAeH
elss q Ns9 Fofk. vii rsatably isad -
~ pubiicafioa II ail he assasla q -
askag ~ sh1ss nnn aral 4panasiH
whfeh b1ss been % frsgsa1t II ~ ~
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sonparstlgs 4fEtas Inie shisA t1e AsN
xoak hosses md poiitisai nanAsss
wsss friehfsnsd ~ fhs fszrsbis doun.
laH d Tweed and b. aNosiases ia
srims Is apparanfiy dEasing % siese.
1hoes has nrlaan Reuerafien q petit
aiaus who know noihsna q ths shores
q ths reign q Tweed. VIA know noth-
~ Il fhs a1eatneas e rs fail, and
uho have nol drawn fFom ths life and
miserable dsalh 81 fksi psinss q rs
nisipal bossas she lcason that waa -
faFelhly Impressed upsn BE- immediste
eoaaemporasiea The exposars ef ~
Jaehns frsads aud fhs esnsistien q
tie money -fsaking Alderman, from
whom thsy faks tbeiE name, hsve
asaEssiy bosn removed fren ne imms
dlnts vieu d shs public when ne De-
tells Of nsu frnad baRla % Leak oat,
aad lwo n0fs 81 ths pFomiaant poiiti- /
eIans 81 Hs4 YORK are qaisllg gathered
into ranning falls.
Aa taa term Il Mayer + lsou Of hew
York drew 70 Gloss. rathsg nora thAn
oiahsssn mouths aea. thsss existed . |
asesdsd cooinsss heiveen he Mayor
and ihs Board 81 Aldsrmen. The for
mar ropIsssntea the Tsmmang Hall
wing 81 the DsmocEasy and IN the lat-
Ger Ne Couafy Dssn0esasy heid she pre-
pouderanoe q psNsF. Mayor kdaon
We axlEsmsly anxious 70 81 the impof-
Aant and lucrative position Of Commis-
aIoneF Of Public Works With 0Rs e his
pol teal fFiands before his rstlrenenf
fsom oGIcs. Mayor Grace. Who vas %
ausasea him, VS. q Connty Demosraog
man. and Edson oould not bear the
thourhi that Ne great amount Of pat
Fonaas q he disposal q tbs Commis
aionsr q Publie Works wouid b -
diatsibulsd a. 10 inuro 20 he beneh1 Of
the Conniy Democracy e. ths expense
Of Tammany. The Mayss nominated
one After another Of bis fEiends 10 the
position, bat nena Of them usfs cen
hrned b. the Board Of Aidsrmen, who
usre Ell the uaora anxious . pgeyent ~
appoinimont beeanse tie ineumbeut oi
tie ofIloa 81 that tine vas Hsbert o.
Thompson, fha acknowledged leader Of
tie Coanty DemocFasy. Il no hppeins-
neal YES coahEmod antil Mayor Grace
entsEad apon The duties Of his oflee,
Thompsen would hold over and would
doubtless Be Feappoinsea BY the nov
Mayer.
While matters voro thus at dad
loek. tha oountFy 10 general, and New
York csiy 10 particular. vas surprised |
a Ne nomination Of Rollin NJ. squire
fof the position. and no lees rarpriss
was oooasionsd b. his prompt oonarma-
tlon. Squire vas almost eHiiFsly an un-
known man. rha politicians knew 30
Iiiiie about him thai nobody knew 20 |
whiah faciion of The New York Demo
oFasy be vas allied. and within q few
days after his confirmation be vas In
vited 10 become q menibcr Of Tammany
Han. Irving Hall. snd the County De.
mosraey. Everybody vas uncertain
about him. and nobody knew where 70
placa him. Il finally became known
thai be waa . lawyer Of little ability.
that be had recently removed 70 New
York FROM Boston, and that bis pre-
dillatlons were Father more IL favor Of
Tammary than Of either Of the other
Democratic organizations. since his
ineambenoy Of the position Of Conn
missioner Of pabiio Works be has done
lislla 20 demonstrate any peculiar fitness
for the oiaoe. AZ the tiwe 81 the death
Of General Grant be saandalizsd the
critics aud shocked New YsFk culture
b causing 10 Be inscribed Ia trent Of
The City Hail q nambar Of original
verses 80 WEetehed that even the nets
boss and boolhiaoka tnrned pale IS
thas read than. The New York papers.
witheua AZ exeepli0u. demanded that
the ohnsaious verses be removed 81
onee, but he inpsrlnfbablo Commis.
sionsr Of Public Works insisted thai
they were very good aud positively 70
fused 10 remove thsm until Mayor Grace
eompelled him 10 DO 20 By issuing an
order 70 that eject With che sxcsp
tea Of this episode Mr. Squire has not
done anything 10 distinguish himself.
Al he time of Commissioner Sqaite'a
eonhFmatlon IL vas generally believed
that Il bad been proeured By 3 eorrupt
bargain u some kind. Il was even said
that be had given 10 Maurice n Flynn,
q bright youns leader Of she County
Democracy. q letter con aininR bis n stg-
nation With he dAie left blank, which
vas 10 b. handed 10 tha MAyer Il be
violated the terms Of Ms aRFessaent
With Flynn. Squire denied this. hov-
ever. o.. 20 spsak more eoTrecaiy, be 10
sued = card IN vhich be sid ambieu-
oualy shat 4 blank Eesianatioa hsd
been handed b him "a anybody. il was
now cancelled. ThiA hssevsF. strange
- Il may seen. did net Alsoeethes
sllsaoo the runners thAi had been dyiae
Ahoat.
Hubert .. Thompson, Sqaire's preds.
eeaoS in once, soasht svery emporium
isy 10 81 essa with him and DID noa
fail - make tbe most Of saalrcs mis-
takes. rhOmpson. shortly before he
dsAah, procured Ia saus manner an
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