New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-15
THRESHING THE THICKEI.
1rsrlcE MCNEIL OUT OF TAMMANY.
THOSE mon 1YTHE COUNCILS OF THE AssoclA'
T1oN SAY THAT rLACK MUST RE-
SIGN HIS OFFICE

SIGN HIS OFFICE.
Sheriff Flacl1 went 10 his Office rs usual yeS'eN
day Int made no innovation upon his pohcy oil
silence which he sullenly maintained throusno"O
the dav refusing to see reporters uhder any P''-
text There was unusual ACTIVITY ho"o''''
among the Tammany statesmen Oh an So
- ,o,o freouent visits to tn, City Han
n,d ,orv conferences with Mayor Grant. I'm
C-,n,.~ossr,op w Bonrke Cochran, the mayor
49,, aored. initial friend and adviser, spent good
nart 81 the dav in the Mayors private oi'ce'
rbitber went City Chamberlain Orohc'' Oo"'
missioner Gilroy, Corporation CoulSci Oi","' "1'
otber liqhts of the Wigwam, ana inc
u,ore many and extended. All hahus u''i''"
that there was politics in theSe NOV 'ii'n'''
but il was " in the air. that the RACK cast ',''
Mcneil case and the Mecks case were the sun
iocts which were receiving the soiicioouS "'''N-
tion of the great men Of Tammany'
T. became known that the resignation ol 0i''i
Jretico Mcneil had been demanded py MI NioNei
and that il had been rendered. Iri'u"' ,r
porter succeeded in getting copy Vi i" ID =
docrment WIS written and dated yesterday anu -
addressed to General John Cocnrahc' ',io,
tho Tommanv Hall Committee on Orgahi%'uo"'
and is as follows ia ..o ,ocn pcrmittcd
r s,,,eo,ont I'm court under oath III r.ioi."
y, connection with the unfortunate controNo . weeks
occupicd the attention Of the puollo ioi % u such lime
This opportunity has been dehiei NJ as t, %, the inter-
n n. permi,ted to explain Geem IL oc'. - snouId
rs eau ~ irouizat,on TO which belong thdO 'O"'
sever nv connection with 1t. .ohor Of the
accordingly tender my Resignation" a. 'o cc,e,aI
Cor,oittc, OH ORGANIZATION ana as Il h'''o -
Committee to take effect from date ,,,acing nv
INV, ,a, NV friends will refrain from pNIu'E'"s "s
90, ,,,I have had opportunity 70 eA""i'' "'"'"
Will be done quite spceu''y' . ., -, la nforucd
f. v-asalso known that Mr.. CroKer hau l"io''''''
polico-C commissioner james j. Mar'lD' l"liui""S
Ioodor If the NXlst District that eA-ncic,''
Iaaarl, ueel,s one of Mr. Martins adhcrenis' VINO
bod beon driven from the County Olerf oloc Va
,ruosdav. must follow his associate III uhe i"cN
soordaI ont of the General Committee wi'hout
dolov IT, was said last evening that Conin'Ssi"HeI
Martin had delivered his message ana had secureu
Mr. Mecks's resignation. It's tenor does not ","er
materially from the farewell of his brother-ln-i'"'
Mr. Mcneil e,...;g., oe,oo
As 70 Mr. Flaclls exit from the Sheri" ONCE
il is not believed that it can long ne PoS'po"'"
4 well-known Tammany politician sliu i'SO e'eii-
ing: ,r-.z,a,,
The policy of Mr.. Croker and OF inc la'lii'""S
orcanization as defined in the virtual eNPulS'o"
Of Pack. Mcneil and Mceks from the uenei"l Co"-
roit,oo and the enforced resignation of Meeks
fpot liG -
mo carried out to the bitter end as to all con
oorrod NIecks's removal means that Flack ana
Mcneil must abdicate their fat and snug places.
Il is no easy matter 10 induce dull phegmauc'
,hicl.-sxinncd man like FlacI to give up place
worth 81 O 600 a year, good part OF which though
not all goes into his bank account, but 1T VIII De
done and Croker is the nan capable OF making
a ncat Job of it, After removing Meeks from Tue
Iesser ulace as unworthy to hold office under the
Tammauy organization. how could MI. OcoNer
defend himself If he permits Flack, The prlhcipil
in the iniouity so abhOUcnt IN TIE eyes OF the
braves Of the Wigwam, to remain at his hlgh ana
lucrative post Il is absurd upon its face Ni'rk
nv words Flack will 90. and so soon ana
Mcneil will also tender ms ie1gation 20 O'''
Justice of the Seventh judicial DlStllcE H..
ono of the reasons limited at as comHlcal-
ing somewhat the situation regarding Nr. ai TX
Is the alleged division OF the Iecelp,S oi my
Sberiff's Office Nobody believes that MI. RACK
yets all of il, but he knows the arrangement
under which It is said to be apporuoneu, anu
where the proceeds which he does not Ietaln, 90.
Some astute politicians assume thar NJ .ack
will be able to take advantage OF tins cohulioh
of affairs as to remain IN ONCE ana scfNc ~;
term out Others predict that s0hle eA'ein t ~,
tercsting Developments and disclosures OF mdden
sources of revenue will result If Me. Track Is
crowded too much. An old observer OF poItlcS
in New.Yorll said last evening: The puOhc hasn't
begun TO get at the bottom OF this RACK case yeI
There are many surprises in store Tor the people
and they Will make mighty interesting reading
Assistant DistTict-Attorney Lindsay SAID yeSter-
day that if the allegations publicly maze III the
Fhck divorce case were true, the offence CON-
mitted by those who united TO secure the divorce
would probably come within the definition OF
conspiracy contained in the code. DlStrlct-At-
torncy Fellows left instructions when he went
away that no steps should be taken In reference
to the Flacz case without his knowledge. lie
had not communicated with the assistants IN
charge up to late hour yesterday afternoon