New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-13

TITLE Dol TT THAT HE MANS TO TI'RN
DOWN CONTROLLER MYERS
wELLDTFINED II NOR TINT NE WILL put
PETER I. MEYER. HIS BUSINESS PNRTNER.

\ WETIIDTFINED IL NOR TINT NE WILL put
PETER T. MEYER. HIS BUSINESS PNRTNER.
IN CONTROL OF THE CrTY'S FINANCES.
There WAS a great ds,l 90 speculation in political
circles yesterday as to the possibility OF Controller
Theodore W Myerss denomination by Tammany
Hall The renewal OF hostilities Wednesday at the
meeting Of the Board Of Estimate between the Con-
troller and Mayor Groy over Mr. Myerss preros-
alive conferred by the Consolidation act giving the
Controller the veto power in the Appropriation Oh
money revived the rumor that Mr. Croker does
not intend 10 place Mr.. Myers on 'le "ohe' "'N'
Tuesday night.
In the meeting OF the Sinking Fnnd Commits
soners two weeks ago the Mayor made similar
effort to pass resolution over the 'on''ohei
adverse vote and said ihat he would use MS innu-
ence To repeal the obnoxious clause in the act the
matter then I'm jeopardy was the Dock Depart
ment's plan for "xpendlng immense sums OF money
on the North River front between 'harl's anu
West Twenty third SITS. The 'tf OF "Wednesday
was on the request Of the Police Department Tor
500 900 TO introduce system or police sl9has'
The Controller opposed the scheme ana me nem
was reduced to s2,NNO Mr.. Myers still declined TO
approve it, on the ground that no adequate de-
scription OF the proposed plan had been infhShei
He offered 10 insert nominal sum to Keep inc
item alive and postpone the DECISION "h'' '"' "''"
estimate came up for settlement
Mayor Gilroy would not listen To this arrange
ment and ordered that the s3c0.0J item should b"
placed in the budget in spite OF the 'ohtroher
negative vote. These repeated wilderness OF an
inimicaI attitude toward the Controller had the
ena, II filling the air yesterday with reports that
Mr. Myers was to b. turned down" TO use a pet
Tammany phrase
F.w Tammany leaders you'll express their views
on the subject and none would talk for publication
The private opinion Of 'hosc who would speak
about il at all was That Mr. croker had selected
somebody else f,r the controllers place
The Controller had many visitors and held
graf many consultations WITH friends over the
te. hone To those who anxious TO learn
wha, he thought of the intentions Of Mr. croker
and the Tamnany organization ~ expressed the
opinion that IT WAS not the purpose 81 ~" great
chief 10 rrnominate him.
"If there was any intention Of renominating me-
he said Il am very sure that ! would have been
Informed Of II before this have received no mt
nation Of any desire on the part OF the Tammany
leaders that should accept a denomination. and
conclude that ii has been decided 10 place aho'h"'
man in this office
whom do you think" asked
Il have not the slightest idea" replied Mr.
Myers
The same question was put 10 prominent Tam
many Hall men.
THAT is a secret" answered one. (which VIII be
most carefully guarded until convention night"
In speaking OF Mayor Grroy's action In the Board
of Estimate on Wednesday, Controller Myers said
that he had 10 personal feeling in the matter what
ever. vet he conceived IT 10 be- his duty 10 adh'Ie
TO the position he had taken
no collision between the Mayor and myself has
vet taken place. he said In all previous sessions
OF the Board o. Estimate on the budget. II has been
the custom 10 adjust the items Is we go along 80
that when have finished our work there i per
feet understanding as the sums appropriated
Where objections made as 10 Items nv any
member II has been usual TO reject OF modify them
Then when the budget prepared ana ready Tor
signature there was no trouble. a. each allowance
WAS fully understood nder thu new departure
of the Mayor. IL * difficult 10 say what may D" me
result / shall certainly not approve a budget wh"h
contains items which oonscrntiousF heHr''
should b. there.
THE TAMMANY VIEW or THE sITI NioN.
CORPORATION Counsel clark said yesterday that
according 10 his Interpretation OF the consolidation
act The power Of the Controller TO defeat pro-
vrionsl estimates did not extend to particular Items
which the Board Of Estimate was considering as II
passed through the budget but referred to the eSi
mates as "A whole. lie held that II III" comforter
desired 90 refuse an Appropriation to which III"
other members had as~en'ed he must object 10 the
provisional estimates as whole at Nh" mai meet
ing when the tsbulatcd budget Is presented Tor
the members signature
Mayor GiIroy said that he agreed With Mt '!"rks
Interpretation Of the Law - conc"dr TIA" power 81
the Controller any member Of III" board 10 VETO
the Mayor but I do not think that his objection
or that Of any one member operate 10 throw ont
4 particular item. He defeat it only by refus-
ing TO approve m" provisional budget "s g "ho''
II il generally conceded that the enlarged ap-
propriatiom- mad this week added 10 the large
and according To- several nberr Of the Board
or Estinate-thr unexpected Increase In state
taxation will materially raise the municipal tax
rate for 1894 This Will be rendered NOR" certain
bv the general shrnkage Of values. the result "'
the paralysis which has fallen upon the business
world The assessed valuation Of personal 49,
tat. In Ncw.York will suffer an appalling de
crease in the opinion Of experts. Real property
may show similar drop.
The next iax-roll viii exhibit no Increase OF
xn, t.OUO as the last ala remarked an
official Of experience in matters Of taxation Yes
terdav "On the contrary. do not ~" no" a
falling of from the total Of last year can br
avoii"d
TIE TAX .Rt1I. WILL SURELY o. t:WArp.
where viii the tax-ratr go to next year"
at Will 20 up i good many points 1t will be
a long Tim. before W. sr" h as low a. l% again
This year, rate with the unprecedented az
diiions which President Barker. of tn" Tax De
partment Wa abb to secure for both the real
and personal Valuations -
Their" Wa Il persistent and well-d"nn"d riiinor
Yesterday that MIR croker had determined to
nominal. his real estate business partner. peter
f. Meyer for controller to succeed Theodore
". Myers Other names talked "' were 10y
ward simmons. president of the Fourth National
Bank. They are all members OF 1hmmany HAN
uETH0DIST WISMOVARY SOrTErr MEETING
The second session Of the twenty fourth annual
N,rL irap I,ft he.