The sun., 1890-01-25
poLruo11 GOSSIP

| IOmmsatoneTn
posed in Albany BY Senator Fsssstt has drawn atsn-
tIon the that he ID no longer member %
| the Tammany Hall organization. He was member ~
TO ago but resigned Just previous 10 the late
| election Mr. O'Dnohue was chosen one Of the Tan
many General Committee from the Twentynrut dsriot
for 1870. lie wa also elected member Of the Commit
Of Organization from that district and member q
the Finance Committee OF the party. his colleagues
| being Commissioner Croker sxJudRe NoQuadA Regis
ter Fitzgerald, Judge wede william II. DobbS AHa
Sheriff Flact, with whose resignation the public We
made familiar at the time that II Mr. oDono
huc has no, for time past been in accord with TIE
| leaders Of Tammhny in the line Of policy pursued ~
them several points but no has been anythins
other than a Tammany man 30 far.
Prior to the passing Of the law by the Lersaturs e
1897 adding to the number OF Judges Of the Ooufo
Of General sessIonS that tribunal presided "
the Recorder the CITY judge and the diRnAry known
the Judge Of the General Sessions OF Peaoe oe
New York" when second Judge Of Sessions was
added bringing the total number from three fous
no provision mado for the appointment OF addk
tona onicerS thus mAdo necessary by the increased
business OF the court and the Legislature IL about 10 -
asked 10 take the matter In hand
In the Congressional elections Of 1894 the tive Dsmo
cratic factions either combined against the Republicans
or ran separate candidates their each Of the
distrots two Of which AfterwArd became vacant Zone
by the death of Cox and the other By the repigna
ton OF Frank Fitzgerald AZ this years Congress
poual election with no President or Governor to elect
tho combination between tho County Democracy ana
the Republicans already forcshadowed by the proceed
ings In the Legislature Is pretty certain to extend -
conEressmen. In the district now represented by en-
Judge McCarty the of the Tammany county ticket
year Sie that Of the County Democracy ana
tho Republicans WAS 9J and Of the oBrien Indepen
dents tsnce restored to fellowship in Republican rank
23iQ In the district represented by Amos
j. Cummings the vote for tho County Demoo.
racy. Republican county ticket was Ioeoo and for
the Tammany county ticket 10 3ea In the distrios
represented by Congressman Dunphy, Tammanv re-
ceived a.s34. and the union opponents OF Tammany
saiO In the district repre'ented by oongressman
Quinn, who In County Democrat the County
Democracy Republican union received $50 and Tam
many 1850 In the district represented by Congress
Fitch tho Comfy Democracy Republican vote was
1881 and tho Tammany vote iSsl2 In the dIstriot
represented by Gen. spinola tho Tammany vote was
iOto2 and tho County Democracy. Republican vote
iol5i The only two districts in town in which the
battle was at all uneven on the lines OF last year and
in which the Tammany preponderance was over.
whelminG, those represented by Mr.. Flower,
and by his proteRe, Turner. the icemAn
Recorder smyth 10 a Galway man. and was born IN
that county Of Ireland in 1882 There natives
OF Galway in New York city. of the known Of
whom Ia the Rev John Larkin OF the Church Of
the Holy InnOcents in West Thirty.sevonth street.
Not nocs the Ore of there been time In the
politics Of New York city until the present whom Q
Casey was not prominently engaged.
much closer connection With the administration Of IuO
tce criminals than OF their predecessors TIVE
Of the district leaders the First Assembly arc Police
Justices in the Second s the keeper of the City
Prison the leader in the Third has on the Do
lice bench the leader the Eighth clerk the Court
OF General Sessions the leader OF the Ninth s deputy
clerk OF the Court Special sessonA the of the
Fifteenth is police court clerk the leader of the
Eighteenth warion of Ludlow jail the leader
tho Nineteenth b Police Judge tho leader of the
Twentieth CLERK OF the Court OF Special Sessions; Of
the leaderso Of the Twenty frat s Police JudRo
and the other Police Commissioner; tho leader Of
the Twenty.se:ond is Commissioner of Charities and
Correction and two of the leaders in Twentythrd
are Police JudGes II crime was to vice sur
render to virtue for however brief time tho oocupa-
tion of most OF these leaders would be gone.
Theirs is proposition foot to import from oreRon
and California, contract number Of Cinnamon to
clean the of New York by gangs and alrsadya
rumble Of dtscontsnt ia heard the subject
Tho city paid $1,000 Tor the SERVICES OF tnspectoxn
and poll clerks who presided and certified TO the cleo
ion of the Congressman In the Sixth district ohasaa
on Nov 80. He gets for his services $4,000 ...ss-
Somewhat less than ten years ago the memo1ahla
ranie for public Offices took place In this city ut the
Westminster Hotel The leaders OF Tanmany Han and
OF Irving Hall got together. and having appointed
telerr arranged that the numbers d the various A.
sembly districts should be written dips paper and
placed in q hat tho Tammany and irving Hall repre-
senatveS taking turns in drawing thu various distrct
There were then now. twenty our Assembly dis
trctR and each organization received twelve. There
were seven Congressional districts and each organiza
ton was apportoned three the remaining one being
settled by LOT Tho balance of tbs ticket made up
in substantially the ard 1t In surprising
that very narrowly escaped feAt from the voters
who did not think themselves pound by the result OF
the rafe In which they no consulted Its fact
which has very generally passed from remembrance.
that the teller for Tammsn' that occasion was
IA al aadt thA ali TO-
Hall Alexander " Davidson low fugitive both hRy-
ing closed hei- respective prms of Office with dencit
charged against them The 1lan whose hat was used
on this occasion is howevr. sIl among u.s. He is the
white haired, stalwart ex-senator James Day now
of the Bupau of Markets and Collector
Of city revenue at ANIMAL salary o one OF
The nosi remarkable circumstances in the long varied
and interesting political career OF the fluent ex-senator
that he his hat back seeing that and Davidson
were intent alike pEisRn and pecuniarY ADVANTAGE
and that from the necessities of the situation Mr. DAILY
vas the only man resent 70 stand uncovered during
he progress OF the rtiio
william II. BerriiAn for twenty years crisr In the
superior Court ard better known as Bill " IA dead
ie was a member OF the Grand Army of the Repubio
lVed IN broome nreet and ROt 5000 year. Much
depended upon his regularity and the Superior Court
las suffered IN oder respectsit fell short OF nothing
n decorum while Mr.. BerrigAn on hand to raise
is voice and to qtiet the voices of Others
Every few dayssome rumor is started about tia al
,Eed probability Of change in leadership In the County
democracy organization in this city. There is no prob
bity OF any sudlI change has been indicated and
fact there virtual certainty that there will bo ne
hanEe at all Judge Maurice j. Power has bean the
'Ader OF the County Democracy since the death OF
ubert o. Thompson in the summer OF 1895 lie haa
urihg that time led tho organization to TWO victories
nd suffered two years Of reverse OF the twenty
'ur Assembly districts of the County Democracy
Teen are absolutely and unequiyocGlly in favor of
10 retention OF leadership by Judge Power The
'her nine. while not opposed to his leadership are
't opposed TO change II majority should be found
favor IT, but that such result is probable or In
'ed possible shown by the that all OF the pres.
IT County Democracy officials arc avowed Power
en- and all of the most prominent and influential
'mocrats In the County Democracy organization
ON EuM ard Gnnnhr do III.