New-York tribune., 1892-01-02
PRICE THREE CENTS.
BUSH AND CANTOR CHOSEN,
HILL AND TAMMANY TO CONTROL.

SELECTIONS OF THE BOSSES FOR PRESIDING
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY,
COMMITTEE CHAIRMANsHIPs
Albany, Jan. CSpccal).-Jacob A. Cantor will
be elected president pro TEN. OF the Senate by
the Democratic Senator's. That means nothing
more less than that the 1ammany Hill COM
bination will control the Legislature absolutely.
In the Assembly Dr. II. T. Bush, of Chemung
County, will look out for Hills interests. while
in the Senate Mr. Cantor will take care of Tam
many. Bush is Hills candidate for Speaker Of
the Assembly. and Cantor Tammany's candidate
for President pro tcm Of the Senate. Therefore
Hillism and Tammanyism, which have become
Synonymous terms, will permeate everything. and
hold full sway over everything. Under this new
order of things the popularity. ability and fitness
of "A man play no part in the selection OF candi-
dates for Office. That day has passed, and now
when q Democratic legislator aspires 10 an Office
he does not make "A canvass Of the membcrs Of
the house TO which he has been elected there
no headquarters opened, and the caucus for
the nomination of candidates has become a mere
form. All that aspirant for place under
the new order of things now does is 10 obtain
the sanction of either Hill or Tammany. Tho
moment this is obtained all other asplrants show
the white feather and Immediately proceed tO
lPg IOr cruDniT lHls IL tHt tAdcb HisNoig VI tso
campaign of Robert p. Bush for Speaker of the
Assembly, and Jacob A. Cantor for President pro
tenn of the Senate just as Hill declared
for Bush and Tammany for Cantor there was
wild rush of the other asprants from the field.
There have been, of and on, five or six candi-
dates for Speaker, but only ore real
candidate. and he early obtained Hils
benediction George II. Bush. of Ulster County,
is n lawyer and fairly able man, but Hill
would not have him. Galen X. Hit. Of Albany, is
also a lawyer, and is on par with George IL.
Bush in ability, but Hill did not want him.
William Sulzcr, of New-York, is also a lawyer.
and, while somewhat erratic, his Intentions ara
frequently good but Hill did not want him.
John Connolly, also Of Ncw-York, is honest as well
as erratic, and yet, in spite of several years VI
service Hill would not allow him 70 be Speaker.
Many Of the Democrats who have served with
DR. f. p Bush in the Assembly are angry over
the selection of him for Speaker, and While they
do not say so openly for fear of injuring thcif
chances for committee places. In private they arc
most bitter against him. Yet on next tuesday
they will vote for him without daring to raise
their voices in opposition. IL is fortunate for
the Senate that no ground for opposition to
senator Cantor can he raised. His selection Is
the natural result of his long and faithful service
to Hill and Tammany Hall, as the leader Of the
Democrats on the floor Of the Senate. Dld lie
not for four wears go into the Executive Chamber
each morning during the session OF the Legislature
and receive his days instruction from Hill? And
did lie not carry out those instructions TO tho
letter? His selection therefore will be part
paymcnt for his services Although there will bo
10 votes cast against him in the Democratic
caucus. az least two Democratic Senators will eX-
hihit a strange lack of enthusiasm for him. They
are George w. Plunkitt and Charles
p. McClelland Senator Plunkitt has had pro
vious experience in the Legislature, and he
is a ready talker besides being as able as Senator
Cantor But Senator McClelland will doubtless
feel the worst of all, and he probably will regret
deeply the remarks that he made in the Assembly
last SPRING when he told Speaker Sheehan that he
had left the chair TO get some one else TO do
his dirty work" Otherwise be might he tho
Democratic President of the Senate for tho
Lieutenant-Governor will have considerable TO
say in the next three years.
As President pro TEN. Senator Cantor will have
the chairmanships of thirty committees 10
dispose of. OF these, only nine or ten are at all
valuable in the eyes of the average Democratic
legislator. They are those of the Committees on
Finance Judiciary, Railroads. Cities Commerce
and Navigation, Canals, Insurance, Taxation and
Retrenchment, General Laws, and Banks. Tam.
many will have here in the Senate seven members
alone and each one Of these will demand good
| committee Brooklyn will send two Democratic
Senator'S and they will want something. too. The
question now arises. Will they get it? General
Mcmahon. who represents the With District, is
said TO he slated for the Judiciary Committee, and
senator Roesch wants the Committee General
| Laws. Then, To preserve peace and harmony
among the 1ammany men, Senator Brown ought
10 yet the Committee on Cities. Commerce and
Navigation is just about what Edward T. IIagan
will reach after while Punkit. probably will take
| Finance or Railroads. Canals goes - Buffalo as
| a rule and that will be turned over 20 Matthias
Endrcs. of that city. Then something good must
go TO the upstate members SO that Nichols. Of
Syracuse, stands pretty good chance Of getting
either Banks Insurance. Besides this, John
| +. Ahcarn must be paid well for his treachery 10
the County Democracy. and he probably will get
one of the good committees.
This leaves only Taxation and Retrcnchment
for the President pro ten. 10 give away. Senator
| Floyd-JoncS, Of Long Island City, has icen hero
| during the last two days and it is said that he
has been doing considerable amount Of hustng'
in this direction Under Senator Nedder this
was one Of the best committees of the Senate, ard
from il came measures which have turned many
hundreds of thousands of dollars into the State
Treasury This leaves the Brooklyn Senators
entirely out, with Cantor himself unprOvided for.
OF course that wouldn't do, and Senator Cantor
would not be an exemplary Tammany man il he
did not think well Of himself, Pe-haps Cantor
will take the chairmanship of the Committee on
Cities That is what it is rumorcd tonight he
will do.