Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-25

President Charles George Wilson Of the board
of health, tall, blonde-bearded and handsome.
whom Mayor Grant appointed four years ago to
please Edward s. Stokes, and who contrary to
general expectation, has made a most excellent
official. He was q business man and president
Of the produce exchange when appointed, and
consequently tho mayor met with much oppo-
sition from his own organization, which looks
upon business men as but diletante publicans
at the best.
Richard Croker himself. the resolute black
bearded and saturnine car Of Tammany, will
march at the head of the fourteenth district
delegation. With him will be John S. Fallon.
warden Of the Tombs; Police Justice Thomas
F. Grady. whom Mr.. Cleveland asked John
Kelly to not send back to the state senate for
Public Works Michael +. DAILY and DIR. William
i. jenkins. DIR. jenkins Is health officer of the
port of New York, and since the cholera scare
Of last fall has become a national character.
He ia a brother-in-law OF Mr.. Croker and a
good-natured, kindly dispositioned man of
forty, with blonde side whiskers and general
air OF not knowing how it happened.
From the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven
teenth districts comes no one of special promi-
hence, though the three districts furn sh any
number OF sleek and wel-fed minor city en-
ployes. In the eighteenth Senator George W.
Piunkett, the district leader, is worth the
full price OF admission Just to look at, all in
himself. Among his friends Mr.. Punkett is
kuOWu dB Ouo OI tHe men IN lam
many Hall He is a contractor, who is credited
with having made $500 900 in four years under
Mayor Grant and with being behind more bills
In the legislature that tho great good-natured
public OF New York city gets up and puts its
foot on than any other one man. He is dap
per. well-dressed little man with gray side
whiskers, whose long service in the state
senate would have made him lawyer had Tim
Sullivan's little joker gone through.
Police Justice Daniel T. Mcmahon. leader
pany ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant and big Tom
Brennan, the six-foot-four commissioner Of
street cleaning. and one OF the most roundly
abused men in New York in bad weather.
Thomas ]. Dunn, the district leader, and
Thomas L. Crimmins, the millionaire con-
tractor and one of the Whitney street railroad
syndicate, will be the most conspicuous men in
the twentieth district ranks.
The twenty -hrst district will show some Of
the men who make big politics in New York.
Police Commissioner James j. Martin, chair
man Of the Tammany executive committee and
one OF the shrewdest and most resourceful men
of the organization. is leader, and Judge
Francis A. Dugro, Henry A. Gildersleeve. Gen.
Emmons Clark, Adolph l.. Sanger. president Of
the board OF education; Nelson Smith, presi-
dent OF the Tammany general committee; Ed
ward V. Loew and James Edward Simmons and
a score OF others equally we'll known in the
financial and professional walks of life will
keep step with Commissioner Martin.
Mayor Gilroy will march with his district,
the twenty seventh, and with him will be Police
Justices Charles Welde, Andrew J. White,
Senator Jacob A. Cantor, Col George Pedeb-
ster, Chauncey StrauI and Judge Randolph