The evening world., 1894-05-22
HuCKLEBERRY HURT.
Croker Also Suffers by the Signing
of the Five-Cent Fare Bill.
Tammany, too, DispIeased with Flow.
er's Action on the Police Bill.
Annexed District Folk and the Police
Have Reason to Rejoice.

Gov. Flower has brought Joy TO many
homes by signing the Police Increase of
Salary bill and the Five-Cent Fare bill.
Gov. Flower is a very popular man to-
day among the advocates Of these meas
ures, and hey say he Is good fellow
and good Governor.
I But the discerning politician who reads
between the lines will not give the Gov
ernor the credit of unselhsh statesman
ship. He will not admit that Gov.
Flowers action was taken with view
wholly to tie public welfare. The poll
ticians say that the Governors action
indicates as plain as daylight that he is
approval Of the bills Is a bid for the sup
tport Of the police and the advocates Of
iapid transit and cheap fares
Whether Gov. Flower Is candidate
flor reelection or not, one thing Is almost
certain. He did not consult Richard
Croker. Senator Murphy and the other
politicians who are said to be interested
ire signed the Five-Cent Fare bill. The
lsigning of the bill is hard blow to that
lroad.
Hitherto when two fares had to be paid
Ilived on the Inns of the "Huckleberry"
road found 1t convenient to use the troll
ley cars from the bridge. wnere they
The Fiye-Cent Fare bill provides that
tonly one fare shall be charged for con;
inu01bs rid the n.s Manhat,an ,ba and
lHarlemites will fnd It more convenient
land cheaper to take the Suburban road
lat the bridge instead of the trolley, cars.
1.-THE, fact that the Five-Cent Fare bill is
Iconfirmed the belief that Gov. Flower
has decided ito go It alone,
Flower would have signed the Five-Cent
Fare bill had Croker still been leader of
tTammany Hall. The inference Is that
mfh more saSe to hs fhe even tn
ivate the support OF Tammany Hall than
TO rely on the prestige he would gain by
The police are credited with power to
Scontroi absolutely at least 10000 votes In
Ian election, and 10000 votes are not to be
sssPssd from Sy Se pseans Sh3 seeps poa
view. 1t will take s66O,ooO more year
fof the taxpayers money to pay the in
Rcrease of salaries.
kJan. 1. 1896 the policemen in New York
City shall be divided into five grades
.~the first grade to consist OF all police
years and over: the second grade, be-
tween three and five years; the third
grade, between two and three years; the
fourth grade, between one and two
years, and the fifth grade. all those who
shall be appointed after this year.
The salaries Of the policemen in the
year; in the second grade. $500; the
8; $50. and the nth grade. $1,000.
The bill provides that the men shall
vice and that any patrolman who Is de-
tailed as roundsman shall receive not
less than 1850.
tics In the bill. They used two argu.
ments to obtain signatures to a petition
from tradesmen and property owners
To the former they said:
1T a,..,, will put put near'y 100000 more money
To the landed ,roprietors they said
"The security of our property has In
rate. Efiicient services. whether the.
should be rewarded"
A petition with thousands of the best
known names In favor OF the bill was
sent to the Governor. But Tammany
opposed the bill in the alleged interc7'
of economy.
measure by Tammanv, but in secret tht
representatives Of the organization tried
to knife it. The police say they, too
knew how o to hss 1 secret not thrgs thrgs
Tammany's perfidy in November
Everybody concerned rejoiced to-day
and everybody who had anything to dc
and Five-Cent Fare bills. was congratu
lated. Hundreds OF messages We're sen
to Gov. Flower thanking him.
The trans-Harlemites were particular,
he had to pay only five cents for 9
were pleased. to, They expect that on,
District and that they viii get more
tenants for their houses. The doubl,
fare was big item Of expense to =
drawback. landlords say. in letting