New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
PCEIIC MEN AND AFFAIRS.
REPUBLICANS GOING TO MINNEAPOLIS - IN
CREASED SALARIES sOUGHT.

4 number q Brooklyn Republicans will accompany
the delegates from Kings County and their atenates
10 the National Convention at MINNEAPOLIS. starting
| next week 4 special will BE- chartered. wmch
will be attached Of the fast express trains for
Chicago and after STAY OF some hours IN that CIV
! will 60 on to Minneapolis. At Minneapolis space
near The union station and close TO the centre OF the
city, has been set aparS for the cars conveying dee
gates and IT will be practicable for the passengers
10 occupy the same bcrths while remaining III Mil
rrap0lis that they have had the way tither mus
avoiding hotel charges. The cost Tor me ronu ''ip
from BROOKLYN Is figured at about $75. ana ut least
five days will be spent in Minneapolis the whole TIP
| con assuming ten days. The start VIII be Waue VI
| Thursday June o. Among those who Will be III inc
| party are Naval Officer Theodore Il. Willis. 'har'eS
| A. Moore president Of the M01tauk Club: Dr. CharieS
| T IIepp. George y. Forester eX-Moders,tor OF ue
Long Island Baptist Association: eH-sherH 'i'rR ~
| Rhlnclar immigration superintendent George n
Gilluy. II. Ross Appleton. Charles T. Newins. OF inc
| state Committee: Joseph Benjamin. John T. sm'h'
| John :. Ogilvc. Benjamin W. Raphael. koper, ~
sharlev OK Alderman j. j. Schnsser Reuben Leland
Harry r. Williams and Granville ". Harmon. Inc
committee I'm charge OF making up the party i COM
pCsed Of Robert A. sharkev. OF NO. III h'i"'''e''
H. Ross Appleton. OF No. 154 Congr~S-si: Ihe"oo'e
| T. willis, OF NO. % Court St. and Joseph benjamin.
! Of No 10 Ewen-st. Applications To 20 On 'he UP
| must be made bv Thursday Of this week.
Executive Committee is an important one ana inc
effort. TO secure the place BY the rival iac'"h'
| which have been struggling for supremacy III P"'F
control for the last two months show 'lal 'h's NV
| al swords points over II. The committee - ~
nearly equally divided that single vote is ils'N ~
| be the determining factor An cnor' on 'n' paw "
be mcl afillaing with the Nathan BALDWIN interest
a. cot t,o rcouIsitc eighteen votes 70 elect successor
| ,o Israel F. Fischer was made directly after HI
| RESIGNATION wac offered b,u failed TO su'ce''' H'
other effort was made 70 gcf enough delegates
| to constitute a quorum last evening '" J. ~
circulated fr signature by thc Wits BchIa"'" "
bcrcnts for n meeting Tuesday evening. ~ o'','
lock I'm the matter may contnne u'ni NV, w.
National Convention. The result OF thai WIN "'"
los ss,e all local disputes ard bring the enure parry
houder 70 shoulder I'm the effort To roll UP ~ '-
u vote rs possible for tho candidates. no.
II is certainly n shameful SHOWING TOT '''o'N'
, fatal .utscrptions made I'm the city TO the GRANT
Monument Fund DO no; exceed s'-'"''' "" 49,
49,. or,o facts which soften the mattcf soin'"hN'
, ,orc. .,rm,e: Of Erooklyn business men chheV'c"
with New York exchanges and o'n'a o't"' -,.',i'g
- ,h ,stc- city had already made their Subscriptions
before any effort lad ben put FORM 'or
showing on behalf OF Brooklyn hciseH. linen nv
! a scheme on foot 10 erect mcm"i'"i VI -
". t pr,oLlvn IN the shape of an elieS'r''"
st,tue 10 cost s27.OO0. AMI suh>cnp""n' "'
souaht for that The lesson Of otlTr popular emu
,, money t,r public memorials in BrVohfh s"o"'u
haze, ,co, rlaiu 10 the men who form Inc bi0'"''"
AUXILIARY Of The Grant Monument fuld A''O ''"o''
The effort TO raj, money Tor u s'h'"' " LINZ" 49,,
oner his tragic death resulted In l3'OD s"o'''IPu'
If II each aud the statue stands III INC pi'A' VI
mac, PARK When Mr. Bcecher died n public meh'''''
was ,rov,,rA aud some enthusiastic PERSONS VAN
t,,,,,d. ~ Thousands Of dollars raised Tor s''''
,l. library la, the effort rsnlied only III n'l'"s
80 600 for the statue reared ia-t year III front Z" ''
CIV Hall and the latter portion OF 'h' sill" was '
.curd lv the subscriptions II the i'NhN ""'' '''
. .cd in seeing the scheme made u suc'es' Last wear
IN ,lal4rat. plan prpp"Hnded lof P''"''' sun
cript ION, toward the erection II magnificent mus
-, a,, and -rlcncc. but ~" APPEALS made i"i I"
l,osc. th. pur 4 -Iings Of any OF hn""Sh' MANY
piulouaircs and the promoter, Of the projc'' Wet" 1t
finally ID appeal - The i gl~ltnic anu s'''''
nuuropr.ntio Of 100000 for tie fnfthri"h'' Vt ''
sr,,.mc. rnl, wa, made contingent, upon an endow-
,ncnt Of 100000 for the Institution. ana "nS s'o"'"
~ needed in addition 10 the property Of the iirooM'n
rps,i,ute to be turned for the Ifos" ana u WIS
with considerable dihculiy that uis sum "a' ~'"'e".
When the meeting called TO consider the raS's VI
fund o., the Grant Tomb Oner OF SioVo WIS n'an
by Oh. public spirited man. and on the strength VI
ihis General Slocur proposed That Brokyn'S oo"'n
Imtiop should be- $4,000. and THIS was dc'"" "P''
propo-al by If the diy's millionaire 10 Dc one
- ruv to give ~ 900 each dSipIrovcd, but The
on'.ia.iir General slocum thought that the t'o0oo
c,ud he 20 easily ccIrd In other why's That ne ""h"
tlc ,nrI fixed at :75OOC bu, fortunately he was nor
aided in ,lh. or tn cts would b" 80 much the nre'
behind lis quo;'
The carele,sncss II contractor; t. again excmphch
II f. not MANY month since ION. lives w"c lost ana
the citys water supply was suspended for day and
half y The efforts Of the contractors for the ne" con
dult e. make much money a. possible BY heap''E
the earth from the excavation for tie new pipe, upon
the already overloaded arch o. the Old conduit. NO"
city stree. IS made impossible by the sinking oi the
a. Let int tt
If .he principal street, from The new rc'crvoir I"
suppy the downtown part, Of the city with more
wafer When the neg main laid In front oil the
civ Hall serious dcprc sion occurred III snort
tine and nag tone. over the pl"s were
tilted out Of position aud street paving Was displaced
The greed Of oNcchoders for advances of saiar' l.
likely 10 be- made manifest In gross manner before
The Ioa of Estimate. which has power 70 advance
but not reduce the pay OF CTS ohiidiN Ia' mr.. "
,u IN HI claim was a member Of the Board Of E"'l
inntc CIV Auditor Weller. who wanted hiS pas al
vaHccd from $500 10 $1,000 year me "N''' ioi
hi, atrg-eb /, tina, he j., the head Of department
81 the cIty government and othcs heads get 5000
Hut there Is n vast difference between the demand,
upon The city Auditor and those upon the head IF me
City work, Department. for instance. who get, $500,
or he Controller who get, $1,000 The isct Is u.
ofrc Of city Auditor supcrnuOnS and the incumbent
ought 10 be ONLY a clcrk IN the Controllers Office:
The Dcpny Auditor who really does the chief work OF
The oincc gets more than his chief. who
IS mere Ggurchcad The As>essIls want
their salary rasci from $1,000 to 1900, on the
A. there fourteen Of them the rc would br SD
coo aud dutc, les onciou' than they wcrc
4, 4 wear. as two new Assessors have been recently
appointed. The Excise Commissioners. who now get
800 apiece their duties which are largely nomi
mai and who have les 10 do now than formerly be
cause they decided To grant new license. this
year. also hungry for more pay. As ne Aller-
men and the Park Comm scner, have secured salaries
hi, year it /, probable that the Ci, Service commi.-
oncr, Will next seek pay for their work, The Build
ug C0mml ssoncr failed 10 get the Legislature TO is'sr
Inf. salary from 5000 10 $1,000 but hopes for better
luck with the Board Of Estimate The cry Treasurer
j. likely to ask 10 be put on the 5000 basis, as he
gets only $4,000 now. 49, T.,
The comfy officers are not likely 10 ask mn in-
crease i'm the appropriations for their uses TINS year
pcndlng the settlement Of tn, question whether the
credit the county has been exhausted. This mattcr
will be hid before the general term 81 the supreme
G. mt on Tuesday, and ns speedily as possible II
wil be carried the Court Of Appeals for hnnl
adjudication.
Dcmoc Elwell has been elected president OF the
sc,cufl Wnrh Rcpnllllan Association 10 succeed the