The evening world., 1894-04-02
WAR ON THE TOWN BOSSES
Honest Citizens Propose Hereafter TO
Have Something TO Say
About Local Affairs.
THE LOOTlNG GANGS HARD PUSHED,
" Bob Sutherland Leading Forlorn
Hope-Furgueson. of the Town Of
New Utrecht, Desperate.

The four county towns Of Kings ,
County Gravesend. New Utrecht. Flat
bush and Flatlands-will hold local cleo
ions tomorrow. A wave of reform,
which began last fan. and which has
been augmented by the imprisonng of |
the scOundrels who 50 long looted the !
treasury Of Gravcsend, has swept over
these towns. and In each of them Is the |
spectacle of the honest, fair-minded |
citizens formed in battle array against |
the organized political plunderers who |
have 80 long run rUugh-sh1d over law |
abiding citizens.
This time the odds are in favor of the |
taxpayers against their despoilers. No
national or State campaign has dis
tractri their thoughts from their own |
immediate affairs, and the whole moral |
force of Brooklyn and New York State
is back of them.
The election in Gravesend will be "A
fierce contest between the remnants
Of the old Mckane crowd and the Citi- |
2ens' League, which is making a de-
termined fght to put into office upright |
business men. There is but little danger |
OF II repetition Of the election outrages |
perpetrtcd last November. because not
only is MCkane, The arch conspirator, !
where he can do no directing but his !
most INSCRIPTIONS tools are also Gagged. |
The rough crowd of West Brighton, to
whom Mckane in stripes is no less a
hero than Mckane in diamonds. Is now
lighting like "A mob without leadership |
Bob sutherland. brother of the fleeing
Kenneth. Is posing as leader, but he has
not the elements of leadership He is |
chief of the Coney Island Fire Denart.
ment and proprietor of a beer hail in
the Coney Island "Bowery."
+, 10 oss.r,.1 lac. III, ,,,a,,,,,o., 90 ,h,
,,i,,.."', 80 ~ "a. "'v,i''e,S Vi ''e
'lti|ehs League that the brooklyn con
tractors who so long received faVors
from N.Eane as Is shown hv bis n,a.
',,Gi '', 10 % 9''o"' ~ MS ,i'uu
hand to the Mckaneites. Besides con-
trimming funds If is oIlagad ma, ,ha,.
',,,,,7,,,,. i,,,,,, '''''' ny
are sending down large patches of labor
crs to work on contract Jobs which have
been living idle since tho ,,st e,,c,inr
Hundreds of mon from Naw yC,k ana
nrnnklvn WIS na,nos nv, , NJ
Knnr's pigantic r,yistra,jon rolls where
they hnSr hnen sine iasi f,iI haaye mn
in an nnpearancr and nurniv avnw
tn, ir intantian Of vS,iup he McEans
ticket on Tuesday. ~ '
Thes, men have all been warned that
If they ATTEMPT to Vote thev vii he ar ar.
rested, some have become fripht.ntd
ana returned TO their homes ,rhe others
are being harborcd in the rough sections
OF thu island, along the cut" and near
tn, Brighton Beach racecourse.
TIL recruits to the reform forces are
Sneepshead BAY, 3ensonhurst' IFnion-
vile, Kings Highway and Gravesend. in
Enw ynrk ana RrnDl,,vn SuSi 49, 80,
and orh nif h,t soTfagl puSnrSS men,
on, anu Ieputapie sttIlers anu farmers.
re Suspicion WHlCn lS growing under
an lhNeStsation OF Mckane's accounts
scrupulous politician but a dishonest man
has taken the last prop from those who
w"rr wont /" rZtol lain = ns heinr th,
ion of honesty ana pooinSss
The Ola IgnE which t9TTmT hdyo as,d IN
weapon Of attack. Us heeierS go
to those VINO supply the beer halls of the
business on the island will be ruined.
Fred Buschman beer-hottler, asserts
Ihhi rroWI heauea ny Boh Sqth,r,
lani VISITED MN on such an errand, ana
,lHi III auIlll"n 70 warning hlm Suther-
la,li assauiteh MN ,,.,
II - not peheEGh that Mlchaci r. Muir
my tht new thiet or Ponce VIII permit
the police force TO be used IN turtherinE
me purposes 81 one SIDE AGAINST the
otn"r ms hanls are cream, ana NJ docs
purposes; starting as a patroimam, H.
mas worked ny TO ms present pace by
amt or clos" attention 10 business
Following is the tltizens League
ticket:
FOR Supervisor. William V n. Bennett; for
Justtrc ~ the Peace. Albert Chambers; for JAS
| tie Of the Peace iull term Na,an'y' owen r
tlnnrrty, for Justice Of the Pea,e uuil term
s"',n w. Mo.fRt l.aE"N. I"r NSs'II1r J"n'
w,ST ,it r Ii Cnmm,is"inSSr
FranH ErInrcT p'''f for trustee Of Common Lands
NJ Iirngh,-t for Town Auditor. Harmon "
Crnpsey: for Constable Peter Washington, ir.:
for Constable Naranryl, William +. Mcbride;
for SEXTON, william ll1nlN' Tor Poundmas,tr
John Mullen For Inspectors OF Election: flFSt
District. }. w. Pierce. Ernest kniGEc: Second
District, Charles lnsrr Ambrose i. Nl'kmnn
| Third District, George {. l'IEHmah' hotatl9 >
Ahhot' Fourth District LOUIS 'ierhardt, Johh
Rove; flnh District, Albert j. lnscimnn, Charles
W Reilly. sixth District, Arno Muller Harry
I, Jones, seventh District J"rr! \; Ah"arn
william kHnny ligh'n nls'rirS charles r.
kprharlt, Jacob Van peusen, Nin'h District
| William iiartnett Robert FiHgihhons' Tenth