The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-13
BRADLEY WAGONS.
REDISTRIC7ING HAS DONE IT.
Why Soms OF the Presen Aldermen Canast

Once an Alderman always an Alderman Is q
trite and familiar saying in those districts Of
town in which the Alderman is the most inn
portant public functionary. in the regard OF
his friends. neighhors. and constituents re
is truo that Aldermen are not always rs.
elected. butthcy are always willing to be. and
instances are extremely rare OF tho failure or
unwillingncss OF II New York Alderman to
again present himself for the SURFACES OF tho
constituents whom he is serving There has
been no change in tho A!dormanic districts
since lSS2, decade ago. and this years ap-
portionment will bring grief to the souls
OF many Of these dignitaries. for in
number Of instances it leaves at least two
or more members o! the present Board in
the same district, ard as each district IS en-
titled to one Alderman only. 1t is clear that not
few Of the City Fathers must bow to the In.
cvitahie. and with whatever grace they can
summon to the task. yield tho field to more
favored aspirants Tho new Assembly dis
tricts are so divided that the members of As
sembly are pretty well provided for. nd there
is no reason why. should tho voters be so dis
posed. every one OF tho Democratic Assembly.
men in tho New York delegation Of last year.
should not be returned in November. dos pte
the alterations in district boundaries But
with the Aldermen the case is different. and
no special c!ro:t has been made to prevent
conflicts and riNaIrirs anon. them.
Tho new appo"tionmcnt Of Assembly dis.
trictS leaves Cornelius Flynn tho distinguished
rerres entative of the First district where he
was before and has been for some thirty
years. Tho new boundaries do not a fleet Al-
dcrman Brown Of tho Second They do not
affect tho tenhre # Alderman O'Beirne, al
though they cut of from his district q III "a ority
OF ms Old constituents whom he has been
representing. and throw him into a new con-
stitucncy across the Bowery. where he is prao-
tical!y unknown. Tho change Of boundaries do
trict.cXceptto tho extent of Somcw hat decrens.
Ing til: size OF tho district. The now FlithAssem.
!!ative if so inclined. without going outside OF
r. boundary lines fora member. But the new
likely t"j Alderman TAFT un nn Charles j.
smith = morG popular Democratic citizen.
district it is clear that The e mhitio moi Of Ader.
n, will seriously clash. Within il. bounda-
T Vsn n the aSr c tnr # t
Ninth. All :nreo cnnnot Ie returned. nor
could tw. OF them, even. divide the duty Of
one or other Of he Democrats must give way,
II comrianc" with the truism declared BY
liberation OF the Committee of Lamps and Gas.
" I, ThG5. tX0 men ride h"rsH one must
and Mead are Democrats. The nsw Seventh
dslrirt has Toe MARTYR %s its present repre-:
has among its residents james 4. Cowic. who
row represents the old thirteenth The now
Ninth is Democratic, district. and it Is hardly
3s such by sending n Republican to the City
liail; BeslIes. 1t is IN unwritten Inv Of this
man must be u Ninth wnrder. and. as Mr..
Gowie is not II Ninth warder. and it is dis
tinction which. Ii ko the art of IL poet. a man
must he born to. and cannot acquire by
n Is G az Isl "a and hriper NJ
iSfnctory substitute fora Democratic Alderman
mere. Jhe new Tenth district. as constit uted.
n, no present representative in the Board.
anil T t" new BY by
Mutnny The nov new Thirteenth has repre-
vided for by Aldermen Wnnd. Rogers. iiochs.
and nL"oling The new Eighteenth Forty
tho new Nneteenth Tifty' fourth t" Sc Seventy e
is sth Gn tho west side ,hH new Twen.
to Eighty second on tho t east
Sa are fr The MMWent
Tie row Fwentythrd district. a on the of vest
side and the new Twcnty.hfth district. on the
Present Board. Tho Twenty, fourth has Alder
nm, nm Hart, the Twenty.sixth has Alderman
NAM eE anh ths n new has Alder,
IS south OF the Harlem bridge and the new
Twenty nnth, which is north Of it., are without
as reconstructed, but the new
Of the annexed district. and is the smallest
A Ashl district in town. has two membscs.
1t is perfectly evident that by the exercise q
no zeal or ingenuity. can, all the Aldermen be
them will. from he nature OF tho case DO com.
Geled to step, down and out. while In moro
to aspirants who wish TO test their popularity.
lnd would have done it before this II they only
had the chance. Aldermen henceforth are to
by many, who did not highly esteem it before.
as well worth fighting for.