New-York tribune., 1890-05-05
MAYOR GRANTS SAD PLIGHT
HIS POLITICAL DEATH WARRANT SEALED.
LIEVEs THAT HIS PUBLIC CAREER WILL
END WITH HIS PRESENT TERM IN
oFFICE-THE OPINIONS OF DEMO

"Wil YOU be MY godfather" was the sanitation
with which hundreds of men greeted yesterday
when they were met by friend, and acquainianccs' ana
the remark was generally received with an outbuTst '
laughter for It's significance understood and ap
pycciacd by all to whom il was addressed In All
parts Of the city there lively discussion apoul
the testimony which was given saturday by bo'l
i. H. McCaun and the Mayor. and the comments upon
it wcrc by no favorable 70 Mr.. Grant ana MS
friends
1t was impossible 20 get leading Tammany Han
man t. talk about the testimony, and every ehorl l"
get expression Of opinion from them was met
with point blank refusal 10 have anything to say
The smallfry politician. with Tammany lcanneS made
all sorts Of for the Mayor and Mr. Croker.
They could sec nothing 0utof-thc way III hr ''"''
giving Mr. Crokcrs two year old child $1,000 in bis o"
separate occasions after he had b"n cict'" o'c
although he gave her only gold dollar on her hF9'
birthday. which occurred before he had been cir'i'u
to that Office. II wa, hi, money. and he had
a right 10 do he pleased with it, they sald'
ON the other hand, however those VINO Il" h"'
feel compelled to make excuse, and apologies i'r
Mayor Giant looked upon this admission ~ hiNlhE "'
extremely important bearing on the evidence give"
by Mr.. McCann. and il generally believed to he
strong cnourh f. ,ul,tani!atc Nr. McCann'S state
ucnts At any rate. th, admission alone ha- j."
thousand, believe that Nr. McCann j. irMhS '''
truth. The remarkable compo>urc which he cNhbl'u
when he under thc sLiilul eros cN"'ii'"oh ~
tho MAYORS lawyer. W. tuuih' '''"i'''' '''''
pr'mpiitude with which the question, which were put
to him were answered added grea, weight to his te'
no,y Of The week before, and men
not prciudccd in the Mayors l''o'
accepted VIZ. McCaun, tory a, being tr"st"oF'N III
nearly all lt- details. T'i- va, freely conin''' "'"
Yesterday especially by lawyer. who appreciate "'
C,ckrtn's ability q, cross examiner aua t'N "'''
inclined to give Mr. NcCauu'> stories great "''-H' o.
ca,,.c he d.d not fau into tho many traps when WEI"
set for him by the cunning lawyer and MS ''S'"'"''
The newspaper, were n great demand ''''''.N
| and the stock, Of many "l uc uptown he"'n'"
| were exhausted carly I'm the forenoon. -" ''c
vatnI trains. In the street cars. in the hotel cogild ''s
and the clubs few without papers, ana "' N,''
| 70 ID, reading the same tu--tlc senate 'o'h''.
| WORK, II Wa, a god Gay lor reading, th' "'''"'.
WAS not ~ all promising for anything bat '''in' anu
ouuortIiuitv wa. thus given Tor careful o'"'y - ''
| t,.tln,uv The result VIII undoubtedly 'r Snow"
| when men q the Tammany l!'ll lc''u''''' '''"
| up eor election to ofac" u- fall. Nm'"- '' ''''
sand. who had time 10 -tuGy the testimony N''' "'"
vno.. votes VIII probably Doe cast against TanMHnS
| I'm ,ne future. aI;housh They may have been Tor
tia, I,.,,Irc,cl faction boo tie past Moro tAh one
Democrat who.c affiliations have heretofore been WIN
| nl, di,,r,G.td organization have expressed l"c"
| scvc, a. utterly a,tou.~hci aud disguised WIZ" '"
cNpo. ur~. which tie senate Committee mas l"''' ~
the corruption Of the Tsmrany o.hDh-
| II wa. a great blow 10 tie ardent Tnnmay r'h
| to learn t.at lu spite 81 NJ CochrAn' shrc"dh'~-
NcCaun Gia not motlfr ans ~ the -ta'c"ch'' ""''"
he lad made the week before. and h!- threat t"a'
ho had much moro 90 t'll Il Doe wanted =" HA' cnu''
| c.n. .teru,.ion aud confusion m tcr ran"> Nr.
,,au,, stout denial Of any hn'wi"dec
of I'll. zl-OoCo corruption fiud and M- candidacy q"
Commissioner u Pablo Works was straw a. ""'"
,he,, .i.- ned and now cl.e 70 teuaclou-y. and L '
| their Only answer 20 thc .uiU.rr PIT to Them.
II p,aln words TIE tnyo,, story 81 DIS ~ s"ni' Z"
| Tlo-,.c Croker. wa, generally declared '' '' -
lncnt Democrat. who h.s occupied several in'.
portlnt political Offices which were aimed it
democratic vote "t.mt wn. the s!",t cNcI-c . ~
! the Mayor co.ld have made WHO believes HIM
80 oac. Then why didn't ie De- manly cnpush -
| come and tcil the uuth sb'nt it Ic un''uo'7iN
gave that rnNncy 20 cooker lv psraiinr god agree
mont. That b, no crime lic la. eoi lni advisers.
who thought That thc MAYOR, story. coming irm i..
a, The high oLoal % tr., Dv. roud hc believed.
and McCanu's story wouM lc looked up'n g, trash
and rubbish Wia'ercr HoCaun may lr. / TIA"
he is tclin. ilo truth 10 uI, instance. u
he 8, not hc is The sreadc-t man That there is ln tbs
town. AID u place OF being c.triAn' Keeper. shohM
be al the head q a ,torL l'tt.uS concern
Thl, wa- spoken at u.c Holman Iou-" where the
Tammanv leader generally assemble 0n rainy sn.-
days. There were irw lamrany meu there Ne'tr
dav. hovcycr and IA >tolc,. DO b, aciuo"l lodged
- D.. orc Of lic Mayor c.cf nd'i,"r dh n"i 'A'"
hin.li in the csic. Tie wr, before Pee made strong
| statement 200 which NcDanAa tc.tmouy wH, handled
| "wl'Aout .ioyc,-
Another Democrat who listened to what had Just
| been said added: Mem who make -u'h presents I" ih
| FAINT, DO not give them 5000 lu ca.h. They ger.
| orally form q trust Of some Kind f'r them
or deposit u to thc account ~ The chll
drcn lu % .afc bank. where 20 viii dro" interest
Ilat was AN extremely poor c,cu5e for Mr. Grant 10
make. ! have known lAm ior some yoar' but
| never have seen bcfoir or even heard t!a' hr was
subject t. such strci,, of bcralty. lie has alway,
been looked upon extremely close In money matter
ard as one Who v4tche, hI, financial Interests care
| fully cannot soc how acquaintance of a year
| or 30 only could open Dis purse widely a, lie dd
| to Croker and hls family
At the INN Aycuuc Hotel comment upon The
Mayor and hI, testimony before the Senate Committee
was hardly Of a Kind that would have pleased hiil.
There were two opinion, expressed which seemed to
meet the approval of All who III .cu-.od the subject
| and they were that hs political career would end
| with bis term Mayor. and that he and lls Tam.
many Hall friends were in the worst prcdcamcnt
| that they had been in since the days Of Tweed.
Charles T.. Coon cNA istant Secretary 81 the Trcas
| ury said that be had read the testimony which the
Mayor had given with much Il consider that
| IL is perfectly Ridiculous he added. The idea
Of ,fying child two years Old 10000 IS simply non
| sense and ! DO not put the slightest miih III II. !
| think that the Mayor Just escaped committing per
Jury when he testified 10 giving this amount. Ny
| opinion is that he went on the wtnes, stand fully
prepared deny ever, thing, but when the sOcnnitv
| Of an oath appeared 10 him, he could hot
| deny every thing. one r,ult OF This Investigation
VIII be the downfall Of Mayor Grants political am.
billions. / hardly tlhnl. that the Democrat viii now
dare nominate hla for Governor Of this state next
| year. But do think that II VIII result IN the nom
inaon AID election oi senator !. ooat Fao,ct GOV
ernor. lie has conducted this examination IN a most
admif,bl' manner
state senator Gilbert \. Dcanc who Is u member Of
the Cities Committee which J., conducting the m,esti-
CATION was highly pleased with the result OF Satnr-
DAYS work must say he remarked 10 Irb
unc reporter, "that my opinion a. u the testimony
| which SIR. McCann gave a week ago has entirely
| changed In the ll,t twenty four hours. ] confess
| that when / first read McCann's testimony, did not