The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-11
REORGANlZE THE MACHINE.
zHA7's THE CRF wow IN THE 10
ChL REPUBLICAN, RhNKS.

Poetry won't save Simpson and 0ibbs-In
Feet IL Is Proposed TO Oct Rid OF All the
Republican Distrtct Leaders but Three.
The shadows OF night had fallen. The red
glare OF the Twenty-second street gas house
had Just lit up the eastern eky. A muflled
and plug hated figure wended its way up
Grand street to Attorney. 1t belonged to
Johnny Simpson.
PLAT says Providence was on our side,
does no ?" murmured Johnny. "Humph
AZ II Providence wasn't on oil Sides!
little Red Slayer think he Stays
Or II the slain think he be slain,
They know well tho subtle ways
keep and pass and turn again"
Johnny disappeared within his house. and
che gas house got in its work in the eastern
SKY again.
Have you heard OF the new Big Four p de-
nanded Gibbs tthe Wicked oneL ITS Platt.
Miller. Depew. and Heaven. Two OF them are
out Of town. but Plat and Depew are here. and
"Alrs right with the world"
All may be right with the world. but all ls not
right with the Republican district bosses. The
local party hasn't done'much turning down."
OF late. but there are lot OF Republicans now
who are beginning to feel their oats. and are
talking Of the construction OF a new machine
The old Machine on which Patterson and John
Sabine Smith have been the engineers and
Johnny Sim pson. Fred Gibbs Frank Raymond.
and others have been the stokers Is worn out
they say-not only worn out. but good
many Of the parts OF 1t we're never honest
material They admit that they have been
morally certain OF this fact for long while.
but down in their customary slough OF despond.
where the air is mud. thcy couldn't get up the
ambition necessary to kick out the wicked
ness. 1t needed Mr.. Platts new alliance to
arouse them. Now. to drop metaphors. they
have got evidence about seven OF the suspected
district leaders on which to accuse them OF in
fidelity to the party. But 1t is not against these
seven only that measures are contemplated.
must 20. that Patterson must 20, and that SO
must Heaey and Denis shea and Charles II:
van and B
Henkel. Greacen; Cantor: Gordon, ~, Manmaker.
MsissnwepeF Lt"d GEnnsI H d Dubois
stearns. All must get ont and take their
places IN the scrar heap while the men who
ls itn MeS @inm R ae@ w.
suspected. It was said but he cot wind o. tho
suspicion and they didn't find anything
Who or what will compose tho new machine
10 n question. but Mr.. Cornelius Van Colt Is
alrehdy prom inently mentioned for Patterson's
place as engineer. The objection Is made to
Mr.Van Colt that he ia an old-timer. and there
fore open to suspicion: but it HAPPENS that he
to get himself disliked by anybody. 4 lot OF
reasons are given why new machine is
that some OF the old machine had shown
almos: human intelligence in selecting Repub-
The most potent Of all reasons given is that
the bosses who make up the OLD machine have
the actual work and furnish the votes haven't
SsmelI Take. for INSTANCE. tho Second district.
Mr. Denis shea has a lob as deputy collector;
That's q $1,000 lob. and, of course. the Second
district coq1n't eaneGt any more pa Afr
chief census enumeration aud when he got
through with that he was made an assistant |
M MI f" to rhs frd d Rst edudn
John Collins. the boss Of tho Fourth. had a
Johnny simrson Of the Nth had 5000
sad. That was Nil the Fifth could expect.
George HilI,nrd OF the sixth took slice OF
constituents went hungry.
JACOB Patterson Of the seventh was satisfied
r. fs sS h his away s the Gnp but
Ais cunts foisted on Postmaster Van Colt IN
the Post Office, OF course. nobody outside OF
The Custom House carriage contract is in the
name Of George +. Dsape. boss OF the Ninth.
and nobody in that district can expect more. |
:. William Aenkei took all that was coming to |
In tho Apprsisers stores res and later n when he
was ;, custodian of the Post Once.
GIBBS q the Tht Ut made b persona
when Erhardt was Collector.
Barney Biglin got all that the Fourteenth
could expect in Custom House carriage.
George Wanmaker got the Eighteenth's
share in o slice OF tho same.
John II. Gunner took the Nineteenth's in a
"a. 600 deputy collectorship. Frank Raymond |
took all that was coming to tho Twenty
geventh In tho same shape. and Ten Eyck and
Btearns took tho Twenty-Five and Twenty
fourth ward shares in Custom House auction
business. or course there has been nothing
oft for the constituents. and the machine has
been getting into worse and worse condition.
What these leaders should have done gay the
Republicans. was TO have captured
D lot OF little jobs ana distributed them among
the constituents That would have strength
ened the machine.
This plan Of reconstruction that Is proposed
will OF course III Get with the united opposition
Of those parts OF tho machine that are to be
thrown into the scrap heap. The gentlemen
claim that they arc more than able to control
their organizations. and that they will return
Q majority OF the delegates TO the new County
Com mittee. Just what the rogenerated Re-
pu bIicans will do In that event is not clear.
They may be depending on Mr.. Platts new
Alliance
WOULDN'T BE SEREN.4DED.