New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-09
KINGS COUNTY POLITICS.
A SURVEY OF THE LOCAL SITUATION.



HENCE-PossIBLE CANDIDATES.
An extraordinary number of public officers are to
be chosen in Brooklyn at the election two months
from tomorrow in addition TO those whose terms
expire by limitation at the end of the year. several
vacancies caused by death are to be filed The list
of candidates TO be voted for includes Judge of the
supreme Court 10 succeed Jackson o. Dykman,
County Judge to succeed Henry 4. Moore three State
Senators to succeed Eugene f. o'Connor Jacob Worth
and James +. Pierce, Mayor TO succeed Alfred c.
Chapn, City Controller to succeed Aaron Brncker-
hof, Surrogate to succeed George B. Abbott Dlstct-
Attorney succeed James W. Ridgway, supervisorat-
Largo TO succeed John A. Quintard County Auditor to
succeed Daniel Lake. two Coroners TO succeed Dr. A. j.
Rooney and George H. Lindsay, twelve members OF
Assembly, Aldermen at Large. twelve District
| Alderman and thirteen Supervisors.
The salaries of these officers and their subordinates
exceed S15O,000. The great majority of the places
are now filed by Democrats as the nominal Dem
ocrac majority in the county is 10000 and it is only
under especially favorable circumstances that the Re
publcans able 10 wrest important office from
! their control But plucky fight has been main
taned for years in the face of adverse odds and the
spirit of the past stu animates the members Of the
party who believe that slowly but surely Brooklyn IS
becoming Republican city, In the past two years
two Of the most important county offices have been
! obtained by Republicans.
The Offices for which tho most strenuous efforts
will be made this year are those Of Mayor, District
! Attorney and Supervisor Large. If the Republl-
cans could secure control of these they would speedily
be able to revolutionize the conduct of affairs In the
CITY and county The Democrats handicapped at
the beginning of the contest by the necessity Of pre-
septng the present incumbents candidates for
renom nation, despite the fact that each has certain
elements of weakness. Mayor Chaplin barely squeezed
through in 1887, with than 900 majority, and
he has succeeded in antagonzlng not only strong ee
ments in his party but also such Republicans
as supported him before by his appointments of sub
ordnates and his attitude in certain matters.
MIR. CHAPLIN NOT LIKELY TO DECLINE.
His denomination is regarded assured, unless no
should become convinced that his reelection would be
uncertain But no second choice in that has
been considered. The dcft hand of Boss' Nc
Laughlin will arrange the convention as to give
Mr. Chapin's denomination appearance of spon-
taneity. The Republicans casting about for the
best man TO put in the field against the young Mayor
Many believe that Andrew d. Baird, who nearly
defeated him before, IS the man to beat him now, and
although Mr.. Baird declines to have his name con
sidered there those who say that he would not
| decline a unanimous nomination. Another man
of the people put forward Is William
H. Hazard president Of the Fulton Bank
! others urge the of George B. Forester VICE
president of the Republican General Committee The
! favoIte candidates among those who want young
|
! Green and Tunis G. Bergen John II. SHUTS, the
| well known baker, IS also named No lack of ma
teial exists for making the choice and with any one
| of these men in the field Mayor Chaplin Will have
| hard fight.
DishictAttorney Kidgway will doubtless be re-
nominated for the third term, because he is unwilling
10 retire. and can be found to fill his place
| among his Democratic brethren, despite the oppoSi-
ton to giving one man the Office for than two
terms. This weight he VIII carry in the race race WI WI
ha fha odx pfaVa nf
right in the field, II is believed that Mr. Ridgway
ambition WIN suffer defeat Republicans Ta mentioned GnnrSd
G. Reynolds, George f. Elliott Robert Payne and
since the salary of Supervisor at Large oulntari
was raised last spring from $4,000 to
SSfSas Of rsfsnnr he the has office been for n6Gr
term. But he escaped defeat by only a few hundred
votes in 1887, and It Is believed that popular can
! didate would win against him. He also will be a
| thrd-term candidate
NO CONTESTS EXPECTED HERE.
For the judicial positions it IS not likely that
! serious struggle will he made The second Judicial
District Includes besides Kings County Queens, Suffolk.
Richmond, Westchester, Rockand, Orange and Put
nam counties and is strongly Democratic. Judge
| Dykman was elected fourteen years ago as an indie
pendent Democrat and IL is thought likely that both
parties will renominatc him. County Judge Moore
was reelected unanimously in 1883 and the same
result is now expected. Another term will round out
the seventy years which marks the limit OF age for
| judicial Office in his
The Democratic policy of denomination IS expected
TO prevail in the cases of Surrogate Abbott appointed
last winter TO fill an uneXpired term; Controller
Brnkerhof, who gained his place in the same way am
CorOners Rooney and Lindsay. But County Auditor
Lake showed too much independence last fall III ms
support of the John y. McKane movement ana VIII
be ehelved by the Democrats. ...-
The most interesting contests at the nomindding
| conventions will be the choice of candidates
for state Senators. The lid District now repre-
sented by Senator Pierce, is strongly Democratic:
The present incumbent for various reasons VIII not
again be named. There is talk of returning eX-
Senator John c. Jacobs in order to give Governor
Hin an able lieutenant in the state Senate, but his
nomination would meet with much opposition. EN-
Assemb1vmen Graham and Mccain would like 10 get
into the Senate from this district The lid Dis
trct represented by Senator O'C0nnor, IS strongly
Republican and the nomination, equivalent 10 elcc-
ton will be struggled over. Mr.. OConnor would
like TO 60 back, Assembyman Asplnal would IKE 10
succeed him. and several other aspirans are III the
hac krround The Nth District is dobatabc ground
and the result will only be decided at the polls
Senator Worth has removed from the district, and
hence is not available for renomination. Henry
Rattermapn is mentioned by many Republicans 10
succeed him. Assembyman McCaTen, ex.Assem-
blyman Earl and other Democrats would Ike the
place.