New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-08
WAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
c,sTAL COMMENT on CURRENT AFFAIRS
IN THE CITY OF CHURCHES.

~, aeature of the election was the complete demon
ST., that the talk Saratoga about the sullenness
1s sur,ness of the Brooklyn Democrats sound
80 nIrr signifytng nothing They came up TO the
.o-. NJ the famboyant millionaire, with unbroken
~ and apparently unwavering loyalty, and rolled
~ a. him larger plurality than even Governor Hill
~.osyed in 1883. As was expected by those most
par With the drift of things in the city, Mr.. Meyer
..r ahead Of his ticket in the contest for The
.saly 1t is useless to conjecture now what would
-. seen the result If the Republicans had nominated
IS. us,or man of different type. The dissrection
A. democrats. which so loudly proclaimed did
o. ~,sut either the local the state ticket Mr..
n~.sy is admittedly of the highest character,
=, except for his connection with the ring which
- "a bitterly denounced few years ago, there Is no
-, .Aat ne would make capable and efficent
S,ro- With the terrible example Of Mayor Chaplin
,,,re him IL is TO be hoped that he will be more
..s.nt than his predecessor was in yielding 10 the
ss.usnds which the leaders of the Democratic party
- mon their representative in the City Hall.
On. thing is Absolutely clear from Tuesdays work
49,. 4, mat if Mayor Chaplin had been enomlnated he
- have been crushingly defeated. BossS
,Iaugn wise TO resist his pleadings for another
,r.tion and a vindication-wise TO let him seek
- vsndcation in constituency strongly Demo
s-.,,s that a Republican victory there would be a
lin. miracle Mr.. Body elected to Congress
- ,hs I'D District year ago by plurality Of G, $50.
a., chaplin manages 10 creep into the vacancy made
q. him BY the beggarly plurality Of 250s The water
.ss scandal has been most effectively rebuked. The
s,hites now are that all this carefully planned
,bst is that as sop 10 Chaplin, Body was induced
A. . nm his seat in Con ress and take the nomination
q, usvor the vacancy in Congress being promised to
Cranlu when his pleadings for a denomination
yayor were denied. An interesting question now
.ses Who Is 10 have the salary some So 900. which
NJ Boodv has already drawn from the National
as-r for his services Congressman 1t is credit
~ % Mr. Chaplin that he has determined to resign
y, pr.sept Office in time to take his seat in Congress
At the beginning Of the session, on December Z, in
800 NJ emulating the example OF Governor Hill and
,rde-,a kipc 70 hold two Offices at the same time.
ca ar az the LEGISLATURE is concerned, the Repub
res,s have done much better than last year. and
nearly As we'll as hoped. Instead Of one AS
erbymap elected by such slender plurality as 1873
bev have elected three fedeemng the Nth District,
IN which they are normally entitled and also carrying
The XIIth. which has the habit of swinging back and
foh between the various parties. With the exception
~ the election Of three members Of the Assembly in
paoe OF one the election leaves the Republicans OF
Broklvn Substantially where they were before. with
the sole exception that they have lost the once OF
County Clerk after holding it for term They have
reason 10 congratulate themselves the vigorous
tsnpagn which they made. Mr.. Meyer In particular
made most creditabe record. And by his message to
Msyor-eiect Body he showed that he knows how to
accept defeat gracously, as well as how to make
stirring canvass.
To the average observer it not easy to see that
the order of the police regarding bones was enforced
with any severity or consistency Tuesday evening
II the number Of bonfres diminished, the diminu
ton was TOO small 10 be percepthle. They blased
in every street by the Dozen The police would have
been able to do nothing else had they devoted their
attention to extnguishing them; and If all the boys
engaged in Tire sport had been arrested the station
houses would all have been overcrowded. There were
no arrests. I believe. Probably the police have too
seen recollection Of their own enjoyment Of this
peces Of in their youthful days TO interfere
with the present rising generation. II is the simple
ruth that in the mind of Young Brooklyn the idea Of
election day is inseparaby associated with the blazing
piles of barrels which mark the coming of nightfsn
after the ballots have been cast. SO far as heard
from, Of the granite pavements to which Mayor
Chaplin points with much pride suffered from the
assaults Of the bonfre-creating youth.
An interesting sign of the development of Brooklyn
be found in the proposed establishment OF bank
n the vicinity Of Fultonst. and sumnerave There
s now no bank in the neighborhood: none between
3edford-ave. and East New York, distance of some
hree miles. The region in which it is purposed to
stabish the bank is a rapidly growing one-the
twenty fifth Ward-and OF necessity the amount Of
business done in the region is bound to increase. The
projectors of the bank are wisely going about the
natter with deli5eraton, and will not ahead until
hey are sure that the way is clear to success. With
proper management and in the hands of thoroughly
responsible men there seems TO be no reason why the
enterprise should not be successful.
The arrangement whereby people arriving at the
Bridge on their way TO New-York are made 10 reach
the platform at different points-eevated railway
passengers entering at the two ends OF the station.
while those coming up from the street find themselves
about the middle Of the plstforn-has decided ad-
vahtages in distributing passengers throughout the
ears aud 50 preventing crowding, though there is
natural tendency to make for the first second car.
AID il lot infrequently happens that these viii be
oyesld ere are pl MY Of seats In the rear car'
a vey stupid arrangement exists, however, 10 Wfhch
he attention Of superintendent Martin should be
directed at once Passengers by the Union Elevated
road arrive the Bridge platform at the end nearest
sandsst. special entrance has been cut for them
and by entering the rear car they save themselves
considerable walk and also may succeed in catching
a train which they would miss If they mad to walk
along the gallery two thirds Of the distance toward
the opposite end Of the station. Early in the evening
however while fOur-car trains still being run, II is
The custom to bar up the entrance referred TO- thus
Compelling everybody to take the trains at the other
point. OF course those who are in a hurry are com
PEELED TO run at their highest speed train Is stand
ING on the track, for fear that they will miss IL.
Inc arrangement IS senseless one, since all that Is
needed is to keep the bars down until treecar trains
begin running. To leave this entrance open would
require the services Of more men than are employed
anyway. Once In a while bold passenger Will benz
MS hhees and neck sufficiently 10 pass under the bars
but the chances that II he does so he will subject
himself 10 insult from the guard on the rear platform OF
TIC train and Will not be allowed 10 get aboard at that
POINT. II Mr. Martin can give any reason why the
pan now adopted should be adhered TO- share OF the
public would Ike 70 hear what il is.
ms fact says a frequent traveller on the ele-
'ae loads that the Is not fully appreciated
nave not infrequenty found or two vacant seats
MAJ Tie rear end of that when people by scores
"ee standing In all the other and dozen or
Afr were doing no N that The other