Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19
THE POLITICAL HORIZON.
The Leaders Resting on their Oars
What Squire is Doing.


What Squire is Doing.
New YORK, July 1.-THE politicians
are out OF the city. Croker is casting
flies on the Metapedia, Shook is on his
farm at Red Hook, Grace Is yachting on
the sound, the wicked Senator is cooling
Off at Long Branch, John j. O'Brien is
watching the fireworks at COney Island,
and others are dashIng about in the viz
cinity OF the metropolis like swallows
circling around an old barn. Squire is
the only man among them who is making
stir. To revenge himself on the Mayor,
be is Topping off the sinecures in the DE.
partment OF Public Works. Honest men
are getting their dues, for be has already
saved the taxpayers nearly $4,000 a year.
one incident IN the pruning is worth no.
ticlng. All the men discharged are county
Democrats. They are filling the air with
cries Of distress, aud cursIng Grace for
bringing on the fight with Squire. The
pressure for places fR the custom house
caused by the Wholesale removals is un-
precedented. The Collector is bending ia
it, and is pitching Republicans out OF offs
flee 80 fast that the Mugwump newspai
pers are nOwling, and the Civil SerVica
Commissioners threaten to interfere.
MEANTIME DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAR
TINE
is resting on his oars. He evinces no in,
tentiOn Of bringing the Indicted AldermenI
to trial. He has looked up Waite, the in9
former, TO keep him from the seductive in4
fuences Of his former companions, andl
he Is now talking about taking a vaca.
ton. Thus far the only Alderman tried
has been the one who virtually accused
the District Attorney himself of cons
pounding felony. He has gone to Sing
Sing, but his case mas been taken to the
highest appellate court, and his fellow
politicians are anXiOusly waiting the rel
suit. The appeal serves as an excuse for
the p0stponement OF the other trials un-
I'll time when they may have an effect
on the fall elections.
Jaehne waa arranged on two counts of
an Indictment. The penalty, II found
guilty under the first count, was fine
and two years and six months in State
PRISON. Ii convicted on the second
count. 1T was ten years confinement. The
defense forced the prosecuting attorney
to elect under which Of the courts he
should be tried. Mr.. MARITIME chose the
one with ten-year punishment. and the
Alderman was convicted. His counsel
haven gone TO the Court Of Appeals on
the plea that the statute, under which he
was punished, applied to State officials
alone and not TO members OF municipal
boards. All sorts OF rumors are afloat as
LD bue pTOSptcblNb luukueuJ Oh tue OOurt
OF Appeals. IL is said that prominent of.
ticials of both political parties have
sounded the judges, and that the outcome
will be favorable 10 the imprisoned Alder
mau. The chances seem TO be about even.
III the sentence OF the Supreme Court ls
confirmed, the District Attorney can take
his pick OF the indictments against the
otner Aldermen, and shovel them into
Sing Sing one by one at his leisure. II
the Court OF Appeals oVerrules Judge
BarretVs decision, the boys will throw up
their hats and the whole thing will go by
the board. Billy MalOney will come
back, Jake Sharp will refill his bottle of
milk, and John Keenan, will appear on
Great South Bay with blue fish quid.
MEANTIME HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
that the District Attorney is preparing
for flank movement on the boys. l hear
that he has dead wood on them based on
the FOrty-second street and other cross
town surface railroad steals. The men
who put up the money are said TO have
squealed, and the man who divided the
Doodle among his fellow members is said
TO have turned infOrmer. A police JUS
tice aud prominent county official are
10 be turned up in the expose, and the
whole city il TO be conyulsed. II this
is so, MARITIME will be the most influential
man In city politics this fall. ZIsKA.