The evening world., 1888-12-05
APRETYY PLOT.
Mayor Hewitt inadvertently Lets
the 0at Out Of the Bag.
The County Demooracy's Neat
Little Scheme Exposed.
Smith and Beekman to Resign Be-
fore Hewitt Leaves ONCE.

The details Of the plot Of the County
Democracy to obtain control Of the Depart
ment Of Public Works mt the Law Depart
mont for the ensuing four years has boon dis
covered.
D.Lowbsr Smith and Henry Beekman are
to resign md to be reappointed Commissioner
Of Public Works and Corporation Counsel re-
spectiysly some time between Dec. 10 and
Jan, 1, and will Aght to maintain themselves
in Office for four years.
Mayor Hewitt limited this yesterday, and
the Tammany Hall leaders, who had hoped
that The EVENING WoRLD's assertion that
such O scheme was brewing was not true,
are to-day obliged to admit that there now
seems to exist no doubt that the County
R Rs%iSs.S viii attempt item an to deprive dsS,siSe'S Ta% mi nSy Of
the choicest fruits Of her recent victory.
Tammany Hall men had based their hopes
on Mayor Hewitt. They did not believe that
he would place himself on record rs q law
breaker by appointing successors to Commits
sioner d. Lowber Smith and Corporation
Counsel Beekman for full terms from
Dec. 10.
They lid not believe that Mayor Hewitt
would dare set himself up az q court Of last
resort and declare the unconstitutionality of
the Consolidation act, which makes the term
of Office Of those two officials expire May l,
1889.
A prominent Tammauy Hall man said to-
"Yes. sir; the Counties are going to try to
steal the Public Works and the Corporation
Counsel's office. There 10 nc use Of further
coddling ourselveB with the belief that they
Mayor Hewitt has let the cat out of the
bag. He says that there exists no conspiracy.
"Of course not. Mayor Hewitt Is too hon
orable . gentleman to become a political con-
Neither would he violate the law which
/ plainly says that the terms of Office Of the
Commissioner and the Corporation Counsel
expire May !:
he has found o way to avoid being both q
conspirator and o law breaker, and he has
been getting. the evidence ready in advance
to prove his innocence.
he asserted yesterday that he would all
every vacancy which exists or may exist prior
to Jan. 1, and takes the trouble to tell the re-
| pofters that II CORPORATION Counsel Beekman
were to resign he would appoint his sue
cessor.
scheme.
THE position Of the Counties il that the
Consolidation act IL unconstitutional, and
that the terms Of office Of the officials to be
Mark my,words. Some time between
Dec 10 and Jan. l ID. Lowber Smith and
| Henry II. Beekman will resign.
According to his previously expressed in
tention Mayor Hewitt will fill the vacancies
most probably by the reappointment of the
"They will not be appointed for any
specified time, but for uneIpired terms.'
II the position of the County Democracy
that the Consolidation act is unconstitutional
Is correct, the : u%nexpired terms for which
they will be appointed will end four years
from Dec. 10, 1888. II not they will 60 out of
office May / next.
By this clever arrangement Mayor Hewitt
will clear himself both Of the charge Of con-
spiracy and law breaking.
He will SIMPLY appoint for 'unexpired
terms, and will let the inoumbents Of the
offices fight It out in the courts with the men
whom Mayor Grant will appoint next May,
as he suggested In his interview Of yesterday,
when he said
II anybody objected to my action In the
matter 1t would be his duty to 60 to the
courts mt test the question:
This is the scheme, o may depend Oh
IL. II IL q pretty scheme, too. J
mayor Grants appointees will find Q
lively time before them next Summer when
they try to take possession of those two de.
p~artments."
Asked why he thought that d. LowbeI
Smith and Corporation Counsel Beekmar
would be r~esppointed, the gentleman sale
that they probably would not agree to tn,
scheme II they were not to benefit personally
by IL.