New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-21
EEARDSI.EY AND JENKINS NAMED.
HILLS MAN FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER AND
COOKERS BROTHERIN-LAW FOR
uFITU OFFICER

HEALTH OFFICER.
Albany Jan 90 (>peciaD.- Each day almost presents
indispntable evidence Of the complete and absolute
mastery witch David H. Till has over Roswell p.
Flower and Of the undeniabe fact tI:u Mr. Flower IL
Governor in name only. To-day Mr. Flower exhibited
again most plainly his utter 3ubs"ryience 10 Hill and
Croker. by appointing samuel A. eardsley Of Ctlca.
TO be Railroad Commissioner IN the place Of William
T.. Rogers. and Dr.. william T. jenkins. OF New York,
10 be Health Officer OF the Port OF New York. In the
place OF DR.. smith. The appointment OF Mr. Beards-
ley Is Iil appointment pure and simple, while the
appointment of DR.. Jenkins was ordered BY Rc4Grf
Croker. whose brotlerinlaw he is
BeardNley Is II member Of the Democratic State Com
mittcc and he has been especially valuable to Hill IN
killing of the few Cleveland men In Oneida County
lie represents the lowest element of Democratic poiuc'
in that part Of the state By profession he Is hJih
| politician ana lawyer. lie Is CITY Judge OF Uu"a
and lie the Hin machine In That part Of the state
Last fall he endcard himself to both Hi and Flower
by putting a knife into the Democratic club that
changed IT. name from the David b. lin Club to the
Edward +. Jones Club
Dr. IenkinTs only claim to the place OF Health
Officer Of the Port Of New York Is founded on the fact
that he married Richard Crokers sister. lie has been
Deputy Coroner for some timc aud he made only an
indifferent record such.
As there is patronage In both OF these appointments
senator Cantor moved that they be referred 10 the
proper committees Just soon rs the clerk of the
senate read the message from the Governor announc
Ing { ON. The nomination Of Mr. Deardsley went u
the Railroad Committee. Of which the Rev. DR.. ia
wards is the chairman, and the appointment OF pr
Jenkins went 10 the Committee on Cities, OF WHICH
senator Brown Is Chairman.
Dr. jenkins was born at Holly Springs Miss, on
| October - 1850. and Is in his thirty seventh
year year af.crward his parents moved to OXFORD,
in the state, and when he had reached suitable
age Young jenkins became student OF the University
| Of Mississippi at that place. In 1877 he was gIadl-
ated from the Institution with the degree OF H. A.. ana
afterward took postgraduate course In practical een
-ty. In the spring of the following year he came ID
New York and entered Bellevue Medical College
Hi, ambition was to be- a surgeon in the United
| states Army. and being informed that graduates OF
| The Medlca! Cocg, Of the University OF Virginia stood
superior chances for securing the coveted place. he
entered that institution graduating thefefrom In 1s1o
| After a brief practice in Mississippi, Dr. jenkins re
turned 10 New ork and took postgraduate course IN
the New York University Medical College and course
| under Professor LOOMS.
In 1851 he married Miss Elizabeth Roberts Croker,
| The youngest sister Of the Tammany leader OF The
XVllth Assembly District. Richard Croker. four ylrs
| afterward the acknow odgcd leader OF Tammany Jal
The change in Ms domestic relations introduced DR..
| Jenkins 10 political Office. In the following January
Coroner Bernard f. Martin appointed him his deputy a
place which he held viii credit under Coroner Martin
for three years under his Coroner Fed
pand Levy for the year, OF his administration Of
| that Office The doctor wanted the Tammany nOmiua-
lion for Coroner himself last year. but his bOtherln
| law had better things in store for him.
As deputy coroner he Is said to have conducted more
! autopses than any physician In New York. Ills cN-
~ rieuce caused hn 10 be sought for cXpt Wit
! ne, ia court cases Mot Of the many deaths rom
electric shock investigated by him. lie held IN"
autopsy ON the body of Kemmler, tho first muI'ercr
| executed by electricity. AID made report which i
highly prled by sceutlsts
4 - T.. nfic 1,r
OF li, hcalih Board the CITY. The salary !, @luuO)'
and the free Of q commOdlOu~ and pleasant ho.e
Al tho Quarantine Station gO,s with IL" Oihcc. Dr.
Jenkins /, a member u the southern society 81 thr
seneca Club and 81 the Tammauy Hall organization OF
| the XIth District 49,.
| Or. seneca ID. Powell and Dr. John Il. Cosby both
| Of this city, canddItce for the place