The evening world., 1888-12-07
WILL-FELLOWSC GO?
Is Tammany Holding Back a Big
Bombshell
Something that the County De-
mocracy Did Not Foresee.
VIII It Lose the District Attorneys
once?

Any District attorney toho shan ran JdithJuHp
10 prosecute n person charged NTH the pfoidtfon
IN MS county OF any Dropfsfon or hts article,
tnhich may come 10 his knowledge, SHAH be re-
moped rom oDlCe bp the Governor, dher due
notice ana an opportunity 81 being heard IN his
DEFENSE. Art. XIV, Sec. 4, Of the Constitution
Of the State of New York.
The above is a section Of the article Of the
Constitution relating to the punishment for
bribery. which was adopted by q vote Of the
people, Nov. 8, 1873.
Under this constitutional provision the
Doodle members of the 1884 Board of Alder
mon were indicted and. during the term of
District Attorney Randolph B. MARITIME, were
- faithfully prosecuted" in accordance with
the provision Of the section quoted.
The suggestion that the present District
Attorney has rendered himself amenable to
removal because of his failure to continue the
faithful prosecution Of the boodlers who were
indicted three years ago comes from a promi-
nent Tammanyite. He said this morning.
while discussing the absorbing topic of the
County Democracy scheme to retain control
of the Department Of Public Works and the
Corporation Counsel's office
The Counties, in their anxiety to main
tain their grasp on the patronage of those
two depa rlments, fail to consider the pos
sibillty of retaliation.
There's q Department of the county gov
eminent now in their control. the head of
which Is in q position TO exert the strongest
political influence. The patronage of his
Office is considerable. but his power lies in
his ability to control the trial of criminal in
dictments.
".Of course I refer to the District-Attor-
ney's Office and to Col. Fellows.
IL the Counties persist in their scheme
they may find II will result disastrously to
Col. Fellows.
Should he be removed his successor
would undoubtedly be n Tnmmany Hall man
for he would be appointed by Gov. Hill. and
the State Executive has not too high an
opinion Of the friends Of Grace. WINS and
the rest to appoint one Of their number.
AS to the possibility of bis removal you
have to but consult Che provision.of the con-
s%titution and his record in. the matter OF
Doodle trials. I9l,
HI has been in Office nearly q year now,
and during all that time. of the dozen in
dictments still peuding against the 1884
boodlers he has moved but one for trial, that
against Thomas b. Kerr, and that trial re.
suited in a disagreement Of the jury:
tinually pressing him to move the trial of
some of these bribe-givers and bribe-takers.
but he always has some specious excuse to
offer;
lnere are four Judges OF the Courts OF
Sessions now--one more than there was in
District Attorney Marines time, and yet he
found opportunity for seven of these trials.
There 10 also the Court of Oyer and Ter.
miner, which has been frequently idle be.
cause District Attorney Fellows failed ia
furnish ita calendar of cases.
col. Fellows himself has acknowledged
that the calendar Of that Cour will be almost
clear during next month, but he intimates
that he will not move one of these most I'M.
portnnt cases then.
The whole history of Col. Fellows's ad-
ministratlon seems plainly TO indicate his
un~willingness to try these boodlers, most OF
whom belonged to the organization TO which
he owesa allegiance, and ! think that his trial
before the Governor on charges of failure to
faithfully. prosecute could only result in
his removal from Office.
=" Should the Counties persist in their
scheme to defeat the will of the people by at.
tempting TO keep the yictors at the recent
election from administering the affairs of two
Of the most important departments of the
city government II is not improbable that
Col. Fellows might hear something to his dis.
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