New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
PUBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS.
OUTGOING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MEM
EERS OF THE LEGI LATURE TO

aIe about 10 expire will make their Preparations i"'
leaving the desks AZ which they have sit lof "nH'i
or shorter periods There Will Il" 10 changes ol e''
in Niiancc In the li-t OF city and county oo"l'' az"
/ a." mlrhlncy will continue 10 run ~ usuhi u'0l'''
the new hands At the helm. The most important
change will De- IN the Controllers Office, h'l'd Ior
the last three years 10y Theodore +. JACKSON "T'
| Jacson Was first elected foi one year to III TIC
vacancy caused Ly the death Of Controller Livingston
and reelected for fail term. He was Register VI
! Arrears III the time wien Mayor Low was chiei mag
a;.atc 81 the tiy. lie .cl'crd rs an ihGrl'1"'
cnt Democrat by Mir L.w for Official place the am
being to make the administration OF the city "h'H"
! non plltsap. Mr.. Jackson Is wealthy lawyer anu
desires retire from pubic Office. as iiS VII" h'i,"
makes IT nccc sary for her 10 live IN New1or" 10 ~
near her ply clan. lie viii De succeeded by liaS'y
| Corwn In the Controllers ONCE. Mr.. Cwwin Las
been tty Treasurer for years. having been twice
! appointed by MAYOR Chaplin, and r'Ipponted hst
winter by Mayor Body. lie Was formerly an Nuer'
man-at large. In Mr.. Corwn'S place rs city Treas
ucr Robert LACK will surccrd Mr. BlHcK sue
Ged Ia d!stancing other aspiInnts for thr once
through the powerful hvor Of Hugh Mclaughlin IN
! Mayor Whitney and \. d. sullivan, cashier oil the
! Posofcc were prominent asplran5 for the place
the salary Of which Is $1,000 u year. IN the ONCE
| If Controller Mr.. Corwln Will get 5000. the salary
havns Teen Increased by tie Board OF Estimate 'o per
cent last summer. city Auditor Anton, or AhthoN'
Weber viii begin term Of two years with the hrst
OF the year. The Mayor and Aldermen nave 'h
year more to serve before thcir terms expire
In the county Offices the chief changes VII D "i
! CorOners Dr. \. j. Rooney and George W. Lindsay
tie present lnNmbcnts. who nave 'rld once ana
received fees FOR four years each. VIII re'ire anu
they viii be succeeded by Drs. JOSEPH A. henc ana
| Joseph VI. Crcamer both Democrats. a. their Prra-
ecc,sor, are IlstIIct Attorney Ridgway will begin
= fourth term In his Office. and County Auditor Keller
! a second term in TIE one he holds In IL" court o'
Sessions Associate Justice John C.. Matthews p'rpJ
| will b. succeeded by J6cqucs stryker ti'epl' VINO
! has held a ccrkshp In tie Board OF HuperVl'or''
| Associate Justice Kelly (DcnI1 viii begin ah"J'F
| term In lis Office There will he several new mem
bcrs Of 'hc Board Of supervisors WITH the new year.
Supervisor, RALPH II the Fourteenth Ward. brennan
Of the Twentieth Ward Deitsch Of the Twenty-s"eond
| Ward and Wolicrt OF 'he Twenty sixth Want "lii
| ret.r. There Is vacancy In me IHgh'h ""i"'
caused by ;he death Of l'obcr H. A'ilesrV' but Ms
successor. H. r. >tictcvcrs elected In No'ein-
| Der and take, his sca; next month. But Mr. Att'Ncy
WAS elected at the same time to represent te
Twenty second Ward and special election VIII HiNc
4, be- held early N January to mi his pace Inc
| ot'.r new members 81 the Board lnclnde fh"arn ~
| Nlurtarh. GEORGE !. Gr"tsingcr. william Do'h 'au'
| Torncy ana James Boyd. The two last hhh'n wiz
emf fla. new Tv,niy-scv'nth and Twont' eighth
wards Air Gntsngcr new Supervisor WIS
| fo-,,arlv a member u Assembly and """rse H.
peit.e leaves the Board Of supervisors to enter the
Assembly.
| IN Important caucus Of thr Democratic mrmD'S
| Of tic legislature from Kings County viii he ""id
fiji, week ro co, lder what action is dNir"he III Tue
tatter u DE cl1ic" Of Tnf'd states senator al
tie FONT session 81 the -ia'c senate ara ASs'muN'
Tho Democrats have majority OF Il on JOINT h"'''
| and there. are 10 votes IN Kings Comfy, - u-'t II
f. apparent That by voting together me p"l."'e W
| rowor Will be- held. The Increase oil Assembly D'7'
tries adds .ix representatives In III" LEGISLATURE !"
rn.,s County's quota. In 'hc present Assembly, u'''
az. three Republican, 10 nine Democrats. hu' next
wear there win be RcpubIran TO seventeen
| democrats The single Republican Is Hubert t..
| Tavlor Of the Ffb District tn" h'p"b"i"S WIZ
retire from the Legislature no year ARE La"r''''
| = Malone George l.. Weed and Charles n '"iH""''
The pro.ent Democratic Assembly men arr all r.
| ,,d and Will them will serve eight men not
| r,,. f., tho legislature. som" Of whom nave D'h
t,rc before. Among the new men hre '""" ~
u,nc...v tnr, writer Michael +. fnncgnn. schr'h'r
I'm the Registers oncc. and Georf" H. D''''o" Nv"
a Supervisor. ,
WA, thc attitude Of the Kings County representa-
,,- ,,tu ,c ,oyrard the candidacy u Mr. Murphy fT
| ,h son, NJ senator Ill,cock viii probably u dS-
,od al, their c,nci, Mr.. McIauciln has not y''
made known his po.liion IN ID" matter O"' j" =
understood to favor the choice o' a hih-' 'o""S
man for the place. Whether he VIII press te h"no
-, g., Navor and ~ Congressman chaplin IS hy no
means certain and he will probably consult the WISHES
- senator Iliu IN regard his z, ncaguc. Inc
cleveland Democrats Of nr,ohlyn, that Is The men
who favored the nomination Of Mr. Cleveland III au
vance OF tlc convention, have pronounced themselves
in favor Of the selection q "A man known LOT ms
craftsmanship and who IS also In tyinpathy Win INV
incoming Admin. tratlon. The rcorganiz'd br'oNy"
Dem,cratlc Cllb which thus pronounced Itself al ia
meeting for the choice 81 officers. IS thc most repre-
sentative BODY OF the brains and intelligence d th'
Marty ever formed IN the county, ana promises "
play as important part In pubic hhalrS a. tne
jefferson Hall organization did In The days when II
was led by Thomas Kinsclla and succeeded I'm break
ing the power Of the ring which had ruled the
party and forcing Mclaughlin 10 agree 10 A reorgani-
za,icn Of the party. With such men George f0'-
ter Peabody, Alexander f. Orr Henry lienn. Thomas
g. Shearman, Edward NJ shepard, A. Augustus Heaiy'
sidney Y. Lowell and F. W. Hendricks ~ officers ana
lenders In the new organization, there Is promise Of
effective work. There will be an organization Ia
each ward. which produce an effect upon the
regular party organizations ana prevent the nOhlll-
ton Of such men those who AT present i'Sr'icc
official positions and bringing dscfcIit upon the
atty. Al. the AMT snappor' organizations al"
merged Ia thu new one. and with the I'd i'rooIyh
Democratic club as Il nucleus for The central DiShhl
zatiOn there Will be chance foe Independent Dem!
crat> to have their voices heard. me lOnng Nrh
Democratic Club. from which the Brooklyn Grub was
formed an oIsh)Ot, will probably consolidate with
The words Of General c. T. Christensen. who has
been independent Ia politics for several years AZ
the dinner OF the C,nsrrgailonal Club Ia which hc
said that IL shame that the city was ruled by
foreigner. are likely to arouse public sentiment In
matter which has been discussed privately many times
by those who lave tI" welfare OF The city ~ heart
General Chrl5t"nScN J. Itrlsl"f Im,'Ht born IN
Denmark but he is patriotic American ana he says
that the rule 0f foreigners IN cosmopolitan New York
T. bad enough but that brooklyn Is wholly Amcr
can city, and should have home rule. The fact is
that less than one third OF the population Of Brook
Ign j. foreign born. but the nd lpcd hold nearly
al the Office, and profit by the lucrative contracts
and other ways in which public moneys be d
vcrtcd "a private pockets
lhc disclosures In regard to the reckless squan
dcring Of public money In the Columbian celebration
and the Memorial Arch dedication likely cast
u binding Hight upon the management Of affairs by
both the Aldermen and the super visOrs. There NAV
ltt q % Il~r A
prosrntnrnt will De made which win scorcl tl"
who implicated In the outrageous squlndering
Of pablo funds. The whole invcsiigat du. 10
the action ~ >upcrvlsora Large Knlel In vcOing
the resolution - pay dnub" ptcc - the contractor
IL. H. La ID