The evening world., 1894-07-17
The DEAL IN FORCE.
Kervin's Appointment Checks
United Opposition to Tammany.
Every Chance for a Split in the Re-
publican Party.
Good Democratic Turned Down by
Platt- Gilroy Methods.

The deal Is on. Boss Plat, instead Of
making war on Tammany, is creating
strife and discomfort n his own party.
His action Is calculated to secure the
result desired by Tammany-thc nom
iration of a straight Republican ticket
by the Platt-Reid- Milholland faction and
a split In the Republican party.
Pats reward for preventing opposi-
ton to Tammany was the appointment
yesterday by Mayor Gilroy of Platts
nan, Gen. Michael Kerwin. as Police
Commissioner.
A few days ago there was talk of
compromise with the Bliss-Patterson
faction. To-day the cry of the Piattites
Is for a straight tickat-no compromise.
Gen. Kerwin has always carried out
Boss Piatt's orders 10 the letter. lie
may be relied upon to do SO in the future.
While the Police Bolrd Is bipartisan
in name, 1t is believed that 1t will be
Tammany In fact and ruled by Tam
many as much as 1t ever was.
No one can be found to believe that
Mcyr Gilroy, the new boss Of Tam
NAVY Hall. appointed Messrs. Murray
a.. Kerwin out Of pure sense or JUS
Of history that no Republican was ever
ny Tammany
without a deal.
plican now holding Of
/. .... city government who
does not owe his election to Tammahy
ana is not taiLteu mI.n .d..i,,"A"! ....-
nections is Judge Sedgwick' OF the
The appointment OF Police Justices
Taintor, Meade and Smith was the re-
suit OF deal.
The election of Rufus q. Cowing as
Ioa Ia
The Endorsement of Judge Andrews,
of the, Court of Appeals was the re-
Tammany is in absolute control of
the city government. No one. not even
an ash-barrel inspector. can be APP
There are, from ten to twenty Tam
many applicants for every office with
in the. gift of the. wigwam; some OF
these have worked day and night ana
spent their money to promote the inter,
ests OF Tammany, and the public is toli
that these deserving men must STAND
aside TO give $.0OO-a,,year JOB to two
emles OF Tammany Hall.
In connection with Kerwn's appoint
ment the Wine and Spirit Gazette organ
of the wholesale liquor dealers, makes
this interesting statement in its last is
sue:
so. so-Mayor Groy is reported to have said
that he will appoint eN-Collcc'0r OF Internal
place Of solon u. Smith, II The Republicans vii
agree 20 ran straight Republican ticket In the
munlcipal campaign this Fall
My action of yesterday is sufficient
to refute that assertion" said Mayor
Gilroy in reference TO the matter.
II was pointed out to the Mayor that
the paragraph was printed at the time
Kerwin was spoken of for the Police
Bench. He then said
mo matter. II is false In sentiment,
false Ia spirit and false in conception,
as everything else in that paper says
Gen. kerwIn Is a thoroush-going ma
chine politician. He has been I'm politics
for what there Is in II. He started his
career as an oftirc-hOldCr twenty years
ago. He was clerk in the fost-Dtficc
and was removed for characterization.
He has pcen standing candidate FOR
CttiCe for "a decade.
lie started The TABLE, q 'ttholicc
rel .gious paper, for the puIp3s" Of draw
ing the Catholic vote - IN" Republicans.
Al the same time he championod the
cause of the cronin murdcrcrs IN his
paper.
Joan =. NcCrath, an employee Of Tho
Tablet, charged mat kvg%m received
$500 week from the Republican cam
paiSn Fund for the support ~ The Tab
let. After the election OF 1855 he Was
appointed Internal Revenue Collector by
President Harrison,