New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-14
TIE ACTOCRAT OF LONG ISLAND CITY,
HOW MAYOR GLEASON HAS THE TOWN UNDER

| HOW MAYOR GLEASON HAS THE TOWN UNDER
/ HIS THUMB-FEATUR OF HIS MIsRUIE.
prominent Democratic resident Of Long Island
! civ talked Yesterday with Tribune reporter and
gave him number Of infer sting facts concerning tho
manner in whic! Mayor tIlrasOn conducts the aHarS
| o: that ai,"rrat ridden municipality. lilo sAd
Every oncl mean every reputable citizcn-i> please4
that Mayor Gleason has been indicted By the Grand
Jury for his brutal assault upon newspaper reporter
and there Is also hope that the rmor that III" Eoard
Of Aldermen VIII cndcayor to impcarh the Mayor 10
founded on fact. Ono Of the most diSreputalc feat
urrs Of the Gleason administration Is the existence
Of the pool r'oE> III Borc:iaNc. lhc'e rooms ara
,cd and frcGu"utcd by the worst sort Of broken.
! down Ncw-York sports. and books are made and
pools sold tho in open defiance of the law.
At all these places liquor i, soil. and at some it Is
said, the propr.ctpr> unable 70 show a license
II /, fthn rdmor,d that each proprietor IS c0npelSi
| 10 put up from SD 10 80 day Tor projection
will, Glca,on's direct connection with these pool
rooms cannot he established. the TACT Is we'll Known
that as owner Of the street railroad, whrh runs past
these in,sal resorts. he has given every facility u
their patrons the putting on OF extra cars ARD
a switch to curry them To the doors. In the matter
of LIQUOR license il /. the notorious belief that no
man ran who l. opposed Ia Gleason. lie
appoints the Excise Commissioners, himself. ann In
| the ease Of thrsc Commissioners. as With
all hi other apponcc-. IL il alleged. he puts no
man III olli'" ulrll u" NoF- I'M dpI'iH''
In HI hand. thu, benz able 10 remove AT moments
notice and vlnur prpr-> II law any beneficiary who
NAV inll 10 a. tn" aiito.rat'> bidding some four
teen applicants, t. whom license, wcr" recently no
fused getting them. IL i said by virtue Of
su-cr.iinC SlO To a mythical association and pairing
- in n"tar, and "'lG"r f"c>.
"of the school Commits toners. also appointed By the
Mayrr. thr-' Jol. walsh. James McWilliams and
Patrick Eanion. liquor dealers while the president
IF the oari. Thomas C;,y,nach, manufacturer %
mineral watcr> though not !puor dealer himself II
interested furnishing supplies 10 hl- liquor hcaiins
! colleagues Th.rr seems Ia be good field here ioe
the fi.,r't Committee 10 work in
Here arr fcw illustrations of the way the schools
arc c.,,Imctcl under tho ,lc,Son regime Abont six
month, acp thc Mayor cam" ont with proclamation'
ordering An examination If all the principals ana
ic;,clcrS tn pnhlr schools >on" SIX or seven Oh
tl>c VIII, pt,>'d the examination were not reap
! pointed. one II ,lr.>r was Mrs. Mary Mc"ee' WHO
| had been piuulal If the Third Ward schHi rT 'ea
! wears, AID WIZ passed u" hi-N u exaniihat'h {"
all on the list, tn" places Of those >lX or seven VINO
,,cd the examinations satisfactorily were f'-i ~
,hcr vho fell ,.i,,, the standard while Peter Tarrey'
J , we'll knnNn Tanimauv pp!N'an, WAS APP
pointed principal .. IN" FIRST wal" H"'
without any examination At ALI ''e vi "Hf"
, ,i,...,n.s .>tur.-, IT the time the new test VAS
mdc vas cx lrncq rl Ep'r'-, # IhbNi'a' ana Na'ps
,I.,.on., b,a.,! made him principal Of the school IN
! Ward /.
. ,u,ihc- Incident Of tho Gloason rrlcr i ~" man
,r..,,.,, Of the Fire Department. Last fall. a''"rn
m. I, the old custom the members "f ~" par e".
elected !. ,hrf Last winter III" Legislature PA>'"
m oct nuhorlsng the creation of a boar" III ''e'
| nrc commissioners for Long Island city lac 'har-
| man If the board is the Mayor. and The other TWO
members are his appNnt"c>. No sooner was "''
hazard constituted A. another tool for the Mayor ID
handle, than the chief elected by the frcin'n was SINH
MARTY removed and a t,ca>r, man Wa app Ehco
| n hi, place tn" h,'mcn have r'fn>tt At time, 10
obey the now chief AND M o;'"c became :" hhpeas
amt that a few DAY, ago H. -'nt in his resignation
Il might GU on aud cite thom>ahd Instances OF
| the manner III which 'na>on runs tHiiss III mo
+ school IN. Police, the ENciSc. the tlN'
fine Health and every other department whicn
he controls By virtue Of the appointing
nower A power which he Yields on the
very sin,nc rule ot nl,:>on and anti "lcaSon
. .rol;lcollv h" In, following outside OF L"'s
Island tv and th.- fo"wInI h. rules hy the on'iary
! RIM. n",h,.> He la heretofore been successful
IN the manipulation 81 mI>"i tickets p"'uhe me" oi
! N ~, .i., i,,,, a. .i a'd then -"llng ont all inc
candidates except hi> political friends ana '''c'.
,- ~, -, t,,- wear, n ia not been recognized
hy t, regular l,"l rate uNH nnIt''c :" 0a,c..s
( ,?,,,, V.,t'r.N h.. I.,lcd III for convention
! a.. -.,,i..l,lrv -. a." p'lu.Aie~ I" 'c non ~
i ..,..,,.l,f -. e. ''ul!nI'" '"un'f a." .N,',''l'
u.',i> II-,r u'ht- 4 pat NJ WIZ - 'a' ,. 81.
,,.,, ar rn. r,.it,ip ii',rt>. bay " "hN a. u no
,,,, h,d ,., .l,rd ~ THIS drvIr" once too o'"h.
a. ,,r 81 ,n'i,>t MAYOR 'ouln give IN"
. .i,, ., .... e.. ~ mont tu' WIN >u' q H'i ~
t,l.,>ur. with 80" APPEARING P,"'' !. '' a. nad A.
, r,>r.t'~ he ,",',"i-. thu r>nt J. "''t, ~ uHe
| n could possibly 80 uu.cr ANY Known system