The sun., 1890-11-02
SCOTT AS AN OFFICEHoLDER.
HEREs THE RECORD OF THE MAN PUT
UP IGAINST THE POLIxICxANAn
Began DRAWING . SALARY iron the Pusiis
Treasury when Ne Was Hardly More
Than = Boy-Been at II Ever Since.

DeeaN DRAWING . SALARY iron the Pubiis
Treasury when He Was Hardly 1ors
Than = Roy-Been at II Ever Since.
tits only ono Of the amusing contradiction.
In the campaign Of the Plat Grace parsons
combination that while professedly opposing
the politicians they have put up IS their figure.
head man who has been q politician praoti.
eally ever since he was 10 years old. Francis
N. Scott had beon clerk and law student In
Judge Sutherland's office prior to the lattsr'a
elevation to the bench OF the City Court Then
he became the Judges Clerk ut salary OF
$1,000 year. While nominally performing the
duties OF the clerkship he continued to read
law In the Judges private office and was ad-
mitted to the bar. In consideration OF the
clsrkshlp and its limited duties, he agreed 10
attend to the Judges private business. In
time he became partner OF judge Sutherland.
He continued to draw his salary as Clerk OF the
CITY Court until 1876. whom his partner retired
from the bench on account OF old ago He kept
on drawing his salary short time AFTER that.
when something better came along.
Judge Sutherland had good deal Of inf1u-
snce with his old associates. and whom he re-
tired he obtained a number Of reference cases.
He was too old to attend to these himself, 80
he got Scott to look after them. and for his scr
vices Scott received share Of the fees But
this was minor way Of drawing money from
tho public treasury. and 1t didn't please Scott
as well as the old arrangement So whom
Mayor Grace offered Scott better JOB he ac-
cspted 1t. After he had appointed Lacombe to
be Corporation Counsel. Grace concluded it
would he good thing to give Scott something
under Lacomta SO Scott was made Assistant
CORPORATION Counsel. This was on Jan. 81.
1887 Scott felt now that he had struck real
Ub> a1l, al =
Of $4,000 q year. Scott wore vsyy we'll with
Grace. and the following year he received
through ,draoe's influence an addition Of $1,000
For three years and seven months Scott ys-
mained Assistant Corporation, Counsel, He
finally retired in August. 1883, through the In
combe. The latter had grown very tired Of
Scott. Being man accustomed to work for
hi sv ss so snos he "asd fCSs S.sv %
dsy whom Mr: Laoombe came down to hls
most most comfortable chair. with an expression Of
1H his bind hns M sfsDsd s xona snf h.
main until lunch time. whom he would disap
pear for seye,a hours returning only to
saw Scott do ANYTHING. and before lie had
been in the denartment very long everybody
got over expecting Il. Mr.. Lacombe came 10
tcmpts that he made to- get SCOTT to attend to
some work only resulted In his having to do t
himself nt the last moment. while Scot hardly
made any pretence Of accounting for his own
OF worry to get Scott out OF his office, but he
finally accomplished 1t. 1t has always been q
mystery TO Scott's ac0uaintances why he
should have dropped his plum in the Corpora
tion Counsels office to accept the smaller ono
OF Aqueduct Commissioning. LacNmbe's con.
stant complaints CONVINCED Grace that It would
be wiser to lind some other berth for Scott. So
Scott resigned. and the very day he stepped
out of tho Corporation Counsels office he took
the oath Of Office as Aqueduct Commissioner.
That was Aug. l. 1883. He was now not even
under the necessity Of dropping down to his
office every day. so ne has rmained an AeQue-
duct Commissioner ever since.