New-York tribune., 1890-05-01
THE CALDRON STILL BOILING.
MAYOR GRANT MAKES no FORMAL ANS"hh'
CONSTITUTIONS OVER THE MCANN TROUBLE
SOME INTERFERING ANCIENT HISTORY.

CONSTITUTIONS OVER THE McANN TROUBLE
SOME INTERFERING ANCIENT HISTORY
Tbore was Yesterday the usual amount OF hustle ana
activity which has characterized the Mayor '.'
since NcCann gave his astonishing testimony p'''''
the Fassett Committee. There were plenty oi '"ii''7
,hore and whispered conferences were frequent b''
Navor Grant became more Tctlecnt tiah ever ""'
rnt,sod 10 give any indication Of his anticipated Tet'"
Ilor His friends continued to speak OF poI'eh''"s
80 conn d'ctatn which would knock the McOahh lN'"'
Grace combination into smithcrctns' Dut 'hc N'd'o'
refused TO confirm any such funor9. Hc '''" "''
.hcro Was no answer Of any kind being prepared on
nj, side and when it became known t'dt MS ie''c' "
Lieutenant Governor Jones had been TcAd III ''o '"'
he declined 10 discuss il answer any questions TO
latns to H. -. o
Tho inquiry whether there was any truth ID
rcCann's declaration that Mayor Grant thch All
Alderman, was candidate for the oihcc oi 'Om
missioner Of Public Works to succeed Huber' ~
Tioup,on in December let was the central f"c'
iI ' , o,,,,yir, ,lc puhllc mind. The
Mayor has said many time, that the statement "a'
utterly unfoundci. and that he was h''eF d '"'I'
date for the place. NChinbcFIhh ''vh''' VIA"
NcCann sWOrc. Lad come to his store III SiA'" ave.
with a satche containing sl-0,0oo and the ihi'finA
,ion that the money had been raised u buy enough
,idorren outside Of rammany Hall TO confirm Grant
a. soon as Mayor Edson nominated him, Rad win
ou.l nositiyenc,s tclcgraphcd that the entire story
was false EXMayor Ed,on, IN letter Z" MaN"f
Grant publ he'd TUESDAY. certlhed '"A' ~
Grants name had never been presented 10 MN "i
considered by him FOR the odce Of Commissioner o'
Pulc Works
nevertheless in spite Of the dcnials Of the mon
,r,o NJ all others ought 10 know. 10 turns out that
Alderman Hugh J. Grant regarded a. candidate
for the place Of Commissioner OF Pubic Npfh' ~
december l-.4. whether he knew II or not ia
. The Ncw.York Tines Of December - Of that year
! this statement appears
When the Board Of assembled In the chamber
Yesterday for the purpose Of meeting, there was g'oc
dc q, buttonholng and whispering Observable between
hc1o The cause Of this mysterious conef'ns "Ss -iri
ward revealed by one Of The Aldermen who remarked some
bo drisiyelv: AidSIman Grant expects to b" nominated
to-day Commissioner 81 IuDIc "o4~' ~" - '''''
| for the fitness of thngsF
! In the same article 1t Is declared That Two other
Aldermen spoke Of Sir. Grant candidate ana that
one Of them thought that he was disappointed that hi,
name had not been sent In at this meeting OF tho
Board.
The Tribune Of the same date published the follow
! ing
When the Aldermen met 1t generally expected that
tho Navor might send In the Of Alderman Hugh j.
Grant for Commissioner Public Works. Withdrawing
that OF General Fitz Jon Porter lie dd nothnS q" The
kud however and sign that the deadlock Is
nearer solution at any time since the hVe Kepn''
can Aldermen put Themselves record In ia'or o Com
| missioner Thompson The Mayo saiu ula' he h"e" Oi
| no change In the situation.
| ON December 81 The Tribune told Of the consna
tjons being held in relation - the a0neismp
| hy promnent members OF all the political Wsahizd
tious and OF the nervousness said 70 bc prevailing
among the County Democracy leaders fcr fear that a
Tau,mauv man would be sprung upon the Board by
| Mayor Edison and confirmed adding: Who The nom
| noes will be WAS undecided hst night. IL was q
| oueston whether the nominee for Commissioner oi
| t,hIc Works would be Alderman Grant or Colonel
Rogers the Deputy Commissioner Of the strcet-Clean
ing Department.
When Mayor Grant these scraps OF authenticated
and unoucstionablc history, establishing the fact that
his name had certainly been mentioned for the place
| he said
| Il don't soc that these extracts have any rea
hearing upon the question. Whatever may have beer
pubshed at the time never wa, a candidate for III,
| Office Of Commissioner Of Public Works, ana ! have
no recollection now of my name having been spoken
NJ How many different men are mentioned In Tho
n,ners for Offices ! am required to ill whose names
itorc meyer presented to and whom ! have never
considered Everybody knows tIl7 j. thc case WIN
every appointment Nhc. the once oi sheriff became
vacant how many men were spoken OF III the paper
yho vould not have taken IL udcr any clrcunstinc
| When this appointment was pending a well Informed
man came to my house one evening and told me that
Hans ; Bcatc had been appointed and he gave in'
In minute detail the various reasons which Lad I'M
PEELED the Governor to make the appointment. Bu
papers I'm the morning found that General Sicklcs hac
been appointed, and ! learned soon that Mr. Bcatuel
name had been mentioned to or considered
by the Governor. six years hence similar Doodle
story might be reared upon these facts with the same
facility that McCann's lying story has been. IT VIII
yet be established that Isolated facts III his knowledge
or his promptcrs have been uscd 10 puild MS whoic
fabric OF falschood upon
NO ACTION TAKEN REGARDING TIE HOTEL
A tho mating ~ the Park Board Yesterday no actor