New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-03
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
THE NEW REGIME AND THE OI.D-WHAl
MAYOR SCHIEREN MAY DO
OTHER TOPICS.

appoint all the heads OF departments but the Ia"
requires him to do within month after he
takes possession of his office 1t is scarcely posi-
BE to conceive Of a charter which would provide
for greater concentration Of power. except III
singular particular While the Mayor has the
absolute power Of appointment, he has not equal
power in the matter Of removals. To get ria Oh
an official who has failed to give satisfaction IN inc
performance OF his duties, unless he consents 10
resign it is necessary TO prefer charges against
him 10 the Governor and to put him formally on
trial. Mayor Low got around this difficulty by
pledging each one OF his appointees to hand In ms
resignation whenever Ii should be asked TOT, put
1t Is not believed that any OF his Successors mas
pursued a like course There does not appear 10
the complete power or appointment should not nave
equal power OF removal. The charter OF brooklyn
ment-perhaps as perfect IA charter as II Is pos
sible for city To possess; but the experience OF
charters Is not a guarantee OF good administra,
ton. Now the people have decreed "A change; and
with the result that they will not by unwise or
short-sighed methods allow the ring to gain the
upper hand again at the close Of Mr.. Scheren
term
There is a great contrast between the present
method of making appointments and that which
prevailed under the old charter. In 1910 Mr..
Schroeder was elected as a Republican and reform
Mayor. At that time all appointments had to be
confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, and a Mayor
was virtually compelled to enter into "dickers
with the Common Council Not for several months
after he took office was Mayor Schroeder able to
make any arrangement with the board, In which
the Democrats had a ma jOrity OF one. Finally the
Alderman from the Fifth Ward. Shannon by name.
induced TO act with the Republicans IN con-
chang chang; in the city government resulted shannon
being allowed to name one Of his personal friends
rOundly denounced by the members of his own
a deserved Judgment upon him that he did not
we al tprWaTl.
matter which made Mr.. Schroeder later when "A
Senator so Jealous in securing the new charter
for the city.
Mayor-elect schieren is known to be busily
g-IEed in considering the question Of his appoint
mentS. a yet there is scarcely intimation
as to the men he Is likely TO select. excepting
the Commissioner OF Public Works. although. OF
course there Is more less gossip In reference
10 the matter In or two cases the logic OF
the situation seems to point to the right men, as.
for instance In the case OF the Health Commits
sioner IL may be ruthfully said that there Will be
great disappointment in the medical profession II
DR.. j. IL. Raymond Is not selected. or MS superior
quafca t!ons there Is room for question: lie
has made sanitary science the study OF MS me-
and besides serving for years as Sanitary Super
intendent, he Mayor Lows Health commas
sioner. Another equally good appointment would
be that of Colonel John Y. Cuyer as Park Com
missioner. Everybody in Brooklyn IL aware or ms
admirable fitness for that Office. Although ne Is
not a candidate for the place it is not likely that
he would refuse II should II be offered to him. lie
was connected with the parks mainly as engineer
and superintendent. from the time Prospect PARK
was started until forced out few years ago by the
Democratic politicians There is nothing ABOUT tne
park that he doesn't know thoroughly-even 10 IN
dividual trees and shrubs His appointment as
Park Commissioner would he recognized as nav
HAMMOND ana Colonel Culyer are members Of the
board OF EDUCATION. and II they should be made madd
doubtless be necessary for their places IN mat
board to be filed at once. since MAYOR boouy
rule that no man holding ohce under the city
eovernment should hold any other office Is good
one for his successor to adopt. In making his APP
P Keen IN Mind nd the TACT hat he ran the
Mayoray. not a. Kcrubiica", nut a. ' nnd ins,
in his Administration he VIII keep in mind the I'm,
portance OF holding these clements together seeing
that i'm no other way Is II possible 10 prevent the
Ring from getting control Of the city again
According to the poet. art Is long The word
car, " however IS short and consequently the df-
,orenca IN the eve between Association Hall ana
Art Association Hall Is not very great As some
Of the Brooklyn Institute lectures are heiu III one
NJ these places and some In the other IL Is heces-
sary to look closely at the ticket IN ORDER 10 pre-
vent mistakes OF course. the institute people
are in the habit Of going often TO Association nan
IN. most frequent mistake made IL In going there
60 attend a lecture which Is TO be given IN Inc
Ar, Pulding I'm Montaguc-st Last Monday even
ing a considerable number betook themselves lo
The Y NJ G. ~ Building. thinking II was th '.i1
,ha, Mr. Kennedy 10 deliver his interesting az,
richlv illustrated lecture on London. u hhppeneh
that another entertainment was IN prosi.ess" s 80
"a to those who presented Institute tlckels we
ANN r"n,b f., charge OF the door remarked: Down
stairs to the left" This would seem 10 IN me
s Iecturc-room on the first floor OF the builH-
ing In point Of fact. however wn .l nv i irs 10
literally correct. The lecture was Gown s.'rS ~
Tho Ief"-about half mile 10 the left M mn
ncdy could not but have been eratinen 10y nat
tentlon which his lecture received seeing ti,at
consderable number Of people lncludlng seScr t
ladies' stood during the noun anu " '
was occupied in speaking
,ovor Roody insists that he has no intention
whatever Of moving to New-iork did not sup
nose that any one thought he had IL was 'heie'S
sugqested that the idea might occur to him 10
fo,Iou tho example OF Mr.. Low and Mr.. Chaplin
especially In view OF the fact that brooklyn "''
expressed its opinion regarding him In 30 en-
nba,ic n way The maJorties given for other
Republican Mayors. like schroeder ant Low t 'hIch
Mr. Scheren was elected Truly MI Boody b h'g gas
,reatea him So badly Rarely indeed is candidate
more emphatically turned DOWN.
The roll Of victims OF the trolley is increasing In
length with alarming rapidty In two of the re-
cent fatalities 1t clearly the fault oil 'he
victims that their lives were sacrificed In other
cases the fault lies with the motormen In running
TOO RAPIDLY and with the companies In not proVu-
ing uropcr tenders which would at least diminish
the likelihood Of serious injury to those who may
happe, to struck by the cars. The highest speed
AT which these cars allowed TO run IL ten
miles an hour but recent experiments maze by
Chairman Plympton Of the Subway Commission
show that at times the speed IN Fut9n-sti, las IS
thirteen miles an hour. And everybody VINO rides
on the cars knows that out OF Fulton-st tne
speed Is frequently considerably higher. PROBABLY
II is sometimes less than fifteen miles. or even
greater. OF course. II any one Is hit by car going
fast that he H. almost certain to DE Killed
No fender could him. II Is all-important;
therefore. that reasonable rate OF speed should
NOT be exceeded. In Mr.. Plympton's opinion. seven
miles an hour Is fast enough on II street IKE
Fulton. But II is not on Futon-st That the latai
accidents occur
Jobn McCarty has been declared elected Senator
Of the With District by plurality OF only o. To
obtain this result all the fraudulent votes cast In
Grayesend have been taken into account. II such
n result should be allowed TO stand 1t would be
trayesty upon right and justice and government by
,hn r,ennle Fortunately Il Is not at all likely to