Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-23
FROM MANY PENS.
A Wearer Of the Blue for Mayor Of
Newyork--0ther Seekers Of Mu-
niclpal and Federal Pap
"reminiscences Of tx Chief Justice
Chase Recalled by the Death
Of Horatio Seymour.
Tho Reading Railways Troubles r. The
right with the Srurderous Molly
Maguires Recalled 10 Mind.
special Correspondence Of lhcIsarotto.

special Correspondence OF thclGazotte.
GEN. sIcKLEs FOR MAYOR or NEW YORK
NEW YoRK, Feb lS-Local politics
present an Interesting phase. Here Is
Cen Daniel II Slckles running into the
ranks OF the Tammany Democracy, and
there are Comptroller Loew, Senator
Michael G. Murphy aud Congressman
TimothyJ Campbell making a break for
the fold OF the County Democracy. All
are shrewd politicians and none Of them
make q move without careful calculation.
Let us see what IL means. The County
Democracy Is credited with controlling
the federal patronage In the city, and the
T6mmany Democracy Is said 10 dispense
the state patronage, and the Offices under
the control OF the sheriff and county
clerk. The municipal patronage Is worth
far more than both state and federal
combined. The most OF II will fall With
IN the gift OF the mayor-elect next fall.
FINDER law passed by the legislature two
years ago, he WIN be perfect autocrat,
When terms expire and vacancies occur
he will appoint whoever he pleases COM
missioners of police, docks, excise, parks
and other departments, expending an ag-
gregate OF over thlrty-Hye million dollars
a year, and there Is no one TO say him
nay. The power Of confirmation has
been taken from the board Of aldermen
by the Legislature, and the mayors power
isnow absolute. The admission of Gen.
Sicklcs to Tammany indicates that he is
TO be the Tammany candidate for mayor
next fall. With the crutches OF this hero
Of Gettysburg In the front IL Is opned
that the eagle OF victory will again perch
upon the banner OF the old organization.
And with both state and municipal patron
age In ita grasp II could crush the breath
81 life from all rival Democratic halls
With Slckies once IN power, however
rammany may find master, and the
master may climb to much higher
spheres.
As 10 the change OF front made by
Loew, Murphy and Campbell, they are
governed more or less by personal con,
siderations. The comptroller Is prob
ably chagrlnned because his brother
Charles r., was not allowed TO succeed
John Kelly as leader of Tammany Hall
II was under Charles 4, Loew's patriotic
leadership that Tammany won her victory
last fall Murphy and Campbell were
chiefs in irving Hall. That organization
seems TO have been ground into huur be.
tween the upper milestone of Tammany
and the lower milestone OF tho County
Democracy. Both Murphy and Campbell
preferred to be district leaders In the
County Democracy TO training as prlyates
In Tammany Hall, There are big stakes
TO lght for next fall, and the fighting
promises TO be terrific. Its effect will
certainly be felt In both state and natIona
politics.
Interest in local politics this week
however, has been subordinated TO tn,
interest felt in the Broadway railroad IN
vcstigaton. The testimony thus far
shows that SS,l62,000 were raised to
secure the franchise and build the
road. The cost OF the road itseli
was about 100000, the lawyers gor
100000 and the promoters gooblod ST..
100000 in stocks and bonds This Il
shown by the testimony OF Jacob Sharp,
Richmond and others. The question
now 10 what has become OF the remain.
ing 81, s62, 900. The inference deductiye
from the past action OF the Legislature
and board OF aldermen is plain. Most OF
Inc money was spent In bribery. Current
nlmor says that 5000, 900 was spent In
driving the original bill through the leg
stature, and that IL cost $500, 600 NOR,
w ANANhb wv hNbAN iAulOuu NIutInt III
the assembly, for the passage of that bill
would have taken the life out of tn,
Broadway scheme. II this is true 4
leaves over $780, 900 for the board of al
dormen Of 1884, whose consent 70 tn,
building OF the road was necessary Tha
that board was bribed Is undoubted
Hugh j Grant, now sheriff, and John c
O'Connor were the aldermen who voted
against It. tits said that the dissatis
faction over the distribution OF the boo
die was so great that few members In
the height OF their indignation made ad
missions which have finally led TO the
present investigation Why Roscoe
Conkling consented TO act as counsel 1t Il
alleged that these men agreed TO come
TO the front and tell what they knew
Possibly their copidlty might have beer
gFatfied since Jacob Sharp went on til,
stand. At all events there seems TO ht
hitch somewhere, for the men are mo-
forthcoming. Conkling, following tn,
example set by Tllden In the Tweed inves
tigation, is said TO have secured the bank
accounts of some OF the aldermen and tC
have ascertained that a few Of the poorer
aldermen bought expensive houses soor
after the bin passed the board. Poll
tieians say that while the Doodle was
being divided In the city hall an alder
man, who was once mayor OF the city fol
twelve hours, collared 500, 900 In lumf
and walked of with II, defying arrest
lie Is now reported to be worth $3.50, 900
The members of the board OF 1885 are
deeply Interested IN the investigation
No mamma fell In thor term. The cabl,
road was disposed 10 put up Doodle
hut those who were members Of the boart
uf Ss4 had their Broadway bonds TO pro
teet, and they remorselessly shut The
door IN the face of their hungry brothers
AMOS J CUMMINGS.
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Mr.. 0oWRN AND TIM READING RAILROAD
The man whom the cool, crusty ane
Astute j Pierpont Morgan finds reso
lutely opposed TO him In his efforts tC
practically amalgamate the Reading rail
road with the Pennsylvania leviathan |:
as different Ia manner and temperament
as can well be conceived, Franklin d
Gowen is suaYe as French diplomatisi
aud as enthusiastic and confident in his
own powers as a Cornell sophomore with
poem In meteor OF his own invention
The halfcrazed Hamlet sneeringly re-
buffed those who would play upon him al
they would upon q Lutte, but how many
cool. practical business men have been
ablo 70 resist the eloquent advances Of
the magnetic franklin b. Gowenl
Moses Taylor could not.
The time was, Il few years ago, when
the silver-tonguod lawyer-hnancier could
come 20 New York, see the millionaire
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