The evening world., 1894-10-12
RING AGAIN IN POWER
Boss" Mclaughlin Once More
Controls in Kings County.
Every Candidate on the Ticket an
Old Machine Man.
One Of Them, at Least, Mixed Up
In the Columbian Frauds.

this morning among the reorgani2ed
Democrats Ohe regulars) in Brooklyn
over the county ticket placed in the
field last night. 1t was a thoroughly
machines ticket, "fixed" by the same
methods as have always characterized
the Willoughby street nominations in
old campaigns. The fixing" however,
was done under cover.
Here Is the ticket:
County Register-Col. Michael ]. Cum
mings.
County Clerk-George E. Glendenning.
County Treasurer-John H. Bonning-
ton.
Associate Judge of the Court of Ses
sions-James +. Kelly.
The nominees are all old machine men
and one of them, Michael J. Cummings,
has for years been closely identified with
Boss Mclaughlin.
That the ticket was arranged yester-
day afternoon. nobody has now the
slightest doubt
1t was made by the old machine lead
srs at the Constitution Club on VIII
loughby street. where the BOSS" and
his counsellors have always met in secret
session. 1t was there that ex-Mayor
Boody was really nominated last year,
and the delegates instructed to vote for
him.
The reorganizers are more dissatisfied
with the nomination of Cummings than
any one else on the ticket.
Cummings, until last year was city
Clerk. He was mixed up in the Colum-
bian celebration scandal, and one of his
subordinates was among those indicted;
The total amount of the bills for the
Columbian celebration was Sol ,226.Si. OF
this amount $3.50 appears on the Comp
troller's books as ito Michael j. Cum
mings, for music
Cummings furnished all the music to
the G. A. r. divisions, and posed as a
CONTRACTOR as also did the famous T.
Ross and Plan Clerk Pigot.
While the Columbian celebration scan
tial is the most important reason for the
objection of the reorganizers OF the regu-
lar Democracy to Cummings'5 nomina-
,ssf. var there are others equally as Su0s'""-
re manner in which the Convention
as they said this morng that reor-
ganization was all a fake"
The Independents, who fought the
under. Robert Stewart. who last year
worked with Edward NJ. Shepard was
placed In nomination against Cummings.
He got 2O2 votes and Cummings was
given 431. Then the Independents knew
that slate had been prepared
There were two other candidates for
Register, John p Moran. of the Tenth
Ward. who got four votes, and John r.
; Kuhn, fifteen votes.
The crowd In the gallery showed their
contempt for the proceedings by making
the Convention was orderly.
Luke d. Stapleton, who nominated
Mr.. Stewart, warned the Convention
that Cummings had been slated and said
that new blood and new methods were
wanted. He said If Stewart was nom
faI ha nnnIln would
a man up against him. After the reor-
ganizcrs had been whioped by the ma
chine element on Cummngs's nomina-
tion they tried to get in other nominees
Tor the rest of the ticket, but the slate
prevailed in each instance. 1t was 1l4j
when the Convention adjourned.
Michael j. Cummings rs u Past Com
mander of G. A. II. Post No. l4s. He
was born in Kings County, ireland, IN
1916, and came to Brooklyn when three
years old. For, nearly twenty years he
had held a political office. In 1877 he
entered the city Clerks office, and in
1882 he retired for two years. In 1884 he
City Clerk Stanley died. in 1890, Cum
mngs was elected his successor. He
remained In office until last year, when
the Republicans came into power and
elected Joseph Benjamin in his place.
Cummings made a hard fight against
Benjamin, refusing to administer the
oath of office to him or Or turn Urn oyer E the the
legally the the city Clerk for life, 1t. was
not until Lawyer George i. Elliott
threatened him with court proceedings
that he resigned the office; He has a
good war record. He fought with the
orty-eighth Regiment of the New York
Volunteers.
George E. Glendenning, the nominee
for County Clerk, is leader OF the
Twenty-th third Ward, and has dictated
the Democratic politics of that section
of the city for years under the old
regime. He is a sealer of weights and
measures
John H. bennington, who is running
for County Treasurer, lives at ll3 No
BILE street, In the Seventeenth Ward. the
Eastern District. He is also a protege
OF the Mclaughlin combine and an eX-
Assemblyman. He is in the brokerage
business.
James F. Kelly, the last name on the
ticket, is from the Twenty-ninth Ward,
Flatbush, where he has been leader for
years.