New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-03
TEOTELE ~ THE EOYfL FfNTLY.

Mt. hl'IEllu I l'h'l' hu'l'NA'h 'N''-' ''''
10 come back There's trouble in the Royal
household We do not refer 10 the troubl"
growing ont Of certain legal proceedings which
have resulted in transferring several rotaincrN.
hcclcrs and bccfcalcrS Of the household 10 the
stripes and sccusion Of Sins Sing. Little dis
turbanccs Of that kind never rullc the calm
surface Of affairs in The Royal family. If over
Jealous rciaincrs and hcclcrs carry their loyalty
and devotion 10 the point Of getting caught
slufing ballot boxes and classifying returns II
is their own lookout. Tammany has no us" for
ballotbox suffers who do their work 50 bun
gney as 10 get caught The uncrown"i King
wastes no sympathy on the men who have been
sent to Sing Sing for doing his work. but bet
tcring their instructions and coming 10 grief
by it. The present trouble Is in The very heart
Of the Royal family II broke ont on Thursday
night. when the brother Of that eminent states
man. Fire Commissioner John J. Scanncll.
tackled the nephew Of the uncrowncd King
with an empty beer bottle on street corner
and having knocked him scn-rlos>. fed into
an diaccnt saloon. where he was subsequent;
captured and hailed ienomlniou~ly 10 a police
station ON Friday he was arraign'd in the
jefferson Market Police Court. but in consr-
qucnce Of the high standing of the parties The
hearing was adjourned until this morning
when II j. hoped some arrangement can be-
made. bv which the affair may hc lu~hcd mp
and scandal avoided
1t seems that Mr. Scanncl. the gentleman
who WAS 50 handy with the empty bottle, had
Il grievance against Nephew Croker. WHO Is a
chief Of the Fire Department He had no doubt
cmpicd the bottle thinking it over. For Mr.
Scanned was ~ one time foreman In the Fire
Department having chosen that rs the position
In which he preferred 10 have the taxpayers of
the city discharge their duty Of providing his
means OF subsistence This WAS very modest
in him. for he must have known that conSd
crng the obligations under which the taxpayers
are TO the Scanncll family, he might easily have
commanded more lucrative place. lie was
content TO be a foreman. But he did not pro
pose 10 forcgo the privilege which belongs Of
right 10 all Tammany ofiicc-holdcrs. and has
always been Slrcnuously insisted on by the
Scannc family Of getting drunk whenever he
chose. For some unaccountable reason Chief
Croker took notion that 1t impaired his use
funcss, and had him bounced. In consequence
of this remarkable conduct the part Of
Croker the singular spectacle has been present
ed now for several months Of member Of the
Scannc family being not merely ont Of en-
ploymcnt but actually cut off from the city pay
rolls Naturally ScanncI broodcd over II;
brOodcd over the ingratitude Of republics AMI
mans inhumanity 10 man. 1t so happens that
when Il member of the Scannell family begins
to brood over wrongs Of that sort somebody Is
liable to get hurt. Sometimes with an empty
bottle; sometimes with a gun They have mo
mcntary alterations And when they have
them It Is considered discreet on the part OF
persons Of whom they are not fond 10 move
away.
This member Of the SCannrll family having
broOded till he had cmpted the bottle. sent Il
request 10 Chief Croker 10 meet him on Il street
corner and consider the whole situation. Upon
the appearance Of the Chief he at once pro.
cccdcd To rcmonstratc with him with the
bottle, with the result already stated. Unre
nccting persons who are not familiar with the
habits Of statesmen. and have 10 appreciation
Of the terrible strain that is put on the whole
intellectual and moral nature of member OF
the Scanncll family by being left off the pay
rolls for merely getting drunk and keeping
drunk, will perhaps raise the objection that the
was. as one might say. too sud
den. But the Scanncll family are nothing If
not impulSivc. and the bottle was doubtless the
first thing that occurred 10 him when the de-
bate opened. And the remarkable thing after
all in the transaction is not much the sud |
dcnneSs with which Scanncll called the prcvi |
Gus question on Croker as the circumstance |
that he had been for several months off the
city payrJlls This Is what calls for cXpana-
ton Meantime il Is comfort 10 know that |
Mr. Croker does not propose To pursue the |
gentleman who WAS suffering from momcntary |
alteration on account of having been omitted |
from the payrols. but will cndcavOr To have |
it arranged out Of court with Mr. Scannclrs |
more fortunate and more distinguished brother.
who, as Fire Commissioner. is his official SUI
pcrior In the interest Of public peace we may
be permitted TO express the hope that, what
ever Croker may do, Scanncll will consent TO
no compromise that does not put him on the
oayrolls In some place where he can get drunk