New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-20
HE WANTS BUSINESS MEN NOW
COOKERS VIEWS HAVE CHANGED WONDER
FULLY.
HE CHANGES TIE MEMBERSHIP or THE TAM
MANY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM
THIRTY To SIXTY.

A proposition as startling as it was unexpected
,, all hut two Of his leutenants sprung upon
tho Assembly District leaders OF Tammany nan
lac, evening hy their chief and master, Rlcharu
Croker IL was at the meeting OF the Iaihiha''y
Executive Committee Of Thirty. called for the pur
pose of fixing the time for the hoiding OF ,le VIE
VAN primaries to elect new officers and committees
in the various districts and for putting the ma
chinery in operation for 1894 Saturday. December
% vas decided upon for the primary elections
and January following for organizing the he"
Tammanv Hall General Committee.
Routine matters being settled, Mr. croker au
draseed the chairman Police Commissioner James
J. Martin and said that he had an important reso-
luton to propose. the object OF when was 10 huse
business blood into the organization and to bring
business men into It's councils. The same hicharu
Croker who only eleven months ago declared thd'
victorious Tammany had no use for business men,
and that he didn't to consider their apphca-
tons for appointments to office. explained 10 MS
followers that he believed II would result In bene-
III to the organization for the professional poh'i-
clans in the leadership to divide responsibility Win
business men. He therefore moved that the EA'
ecutive Committee should consist hereafter OF Sixty
instead of thirty members-two instead OF one
IN be elected from each Assembly District. and one
of these to be a business man. Thus the governing
bodv Of Tammany would longer be made up OF
nlaceholders solely. but from each Assembly DIS
trict would be chosen man Of business qualihca'
tions and standing equal In power. authority ana
influence with the regular leader
TOOK THEIR MEDICINE WITHOUT wINKING
None except Mayor Gilroy and County Clerk
Purroy. OF all the thirty leaders 10 whom ths
drastic change was submitted. had been consulted
bv Mr. Croker ia regard TO II. yet although the
effect would seem to be to shear every one OF them
NJ half his power and possibly TO prepare Tor
the crlpplng and turning down OF many or them.
the resolution after brief discussion. IN which
nothing was said in opposition to 1t, was adopted
unanimously.
ONLY words Of approval Of the new departure
could be- heard last night from the men so Sc
rlous,v affected by IT, There were looks OF appre-
hension and uncertainty which were more I'M
nressve than the hollow words OF praise but there
was A well-denned. though not acknowledged, De-
lles that It was a deep-lah scheme OF MT Crokers
own 10 limit the power of his lieutenants by divid-
ing IT, while at the same time he appeared to PAN
der 70 the business element which he haughtly
spurncl less than a year ago, when he thought
that his political power was impregnaoe'
To many discerning minds both in the Wigwam
and ont of 1t Mr. Croker's flank movement provid-
ing each leader with a business coadJutor was re-
garIed as one of the results OF election, and was
accented as evidence of Mr.. Crokers decision TO
try TO retire the more Objectionable ana offensive
elements OF Tammany at least until after the next
election In the course OF the last year especially this
element has been coming to the surface with
ties Mr. Croker would dsarm public sentiment
before II is crystallized into opposition OF kind
which Tammany cannot withstand. How the dual
management OF districts and the Executive Commit
tee will succeed is matter which will give
Mr. Croker and the men closest to him many
anxious days and slecpless nights before the once
perfect machine works in thorough harmony again.
BUSINESS MEN WHO ARE SUGGESTED
Suggestions are already being made that the
boss might simplify matters by the character OF
his selections OF business men. For instance some
thought that II would proper cooperation
in the XIth Assembly District If ED" Stokes
should be chosen as John j. Scannes coadjutor-
leader In the Hid District Barney Rourke was
proposed as the to the business end
OF Timothy DRY Dollar" Sullivan's bailwick.
Alderman Joseph Martin with Dave" Lion. a
cousin OF the Steckers, business man. Is
slated II is understood TO succeed Civil Justice
elect Roesch In the leadership of the With Dis
trict Stephen s. Blake in the XXVth District. Is
said to have been picked out in advance TO divide
honors with John j. Ryan. II was reported last
night in the Id District that Police Justice Paddy
Diver was divided in opinion TO whether. his
side partner shall be John II. Spelman. the halter
mlssloners Martin and Scannell in the NXlst and
XIIIth; John w. Boyle himself a business" oyster
man in the IXth ex-Register Reilly, retired busl-
XIVth: Under Sheriff Sexton, IN the XXIIId; Po-
lice Justice Welde, in the XXVIIth. and ABOUT
twenty other leaders who have imagined that tney
gree have new subject for research and specula-
ton and each Is wondering who the Duaihess
man" will be with whom he will divide tne iacs
RESPONSIBILITIES. powers and perquisites OF ms Piacth
That the new arrangement Will bring ressn
troubles connected with the distribution OF & me
patronage In every district OF the city was iuliy
oil lot an ratiO IN m