New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
TAMMANY AND MANHATTAN.
THEY ARE STILL PULLING TOGETHER IN
THE SAME HARNESS

WITH THE TIGER IN POWER THE PROSPECTS
FOR REAL RAPID TRANSIT ARE GLOOMY
IyDrED-THE SUCCESS OF TAMMANY
MEANS CONTINUANCE OF THE
ELEVATED ROAD MONOPOLY.
The nublIc smiled sarcastically when Police Cap
tain Dohertv ascrbed his suddenly acquired wealth
TO investments in Wall Street, while he was on trai
before the Police Commissioners not long ago II ne
only has astuteness enough to revive this story and
add that the transactions were in Manhattan Rail
road stock he may make better showing when
ne comes M for trial on the Indictment Of bribery.
The connection between this grasplng rapd-transit
monopoly and Tammany Hall is so close ana con-
fidential that nothing would be too remarkable 10
believe about the result 10 Tammany ofciais OF 'he
deal 1t is not supremey difficult to make money in
stocks All that is necessary TO do Is 10 Duy When
they are low and sell when they high.' Tam
many officials about trying to ma out no"
they could be sure that the stocks were low wheh
they bought. or how TO make them go up AFTER Du|-
ing They evidently discovered a secret process TO
accomplish this also.
The railroad company was not aVerse 10 having
Tammany for an ally 1t wanted 10 stop or put a
damper on the many damage suits brought against
1, by property owners. a deal was quickly accom-
plshed because Tammany had influence, which the
company wanted. and the company could show the
politicians a trick which. with the aforesald H.
fiuence, would produce big results
THE MKNIGHT BILL
The first part of the deal the passage of the
Infamous Mcknight bill, which made 1t possible Tor
the railroad company to insist on having a jury
trial in each of the damage suits against H. ana the
subsequent appointment of Barney Martin as 'o'h-
missioner of Jurors Manhattan stock huctualeo
when this news came out and Tammany oin'ihS'
remembering the rule and having inside inior'ha-
ton as 70 what was going to happen proceedeo 10
their ed
dered how it was they made such great mistake
about the way Manhattan stock would GO
Then a rapid-transit commission was appoih'eu'
"to fight the elevated railroad, as was supPoSe"'
But the berths of the Commissioners. VINO were
really opposed TO turning the whole city over 10
the Manhattan Company. made so uhcom-
Portable that they resigned The puplc iohui!
hoped that the commission would reneVe IL from
the clutches OF the Manhattan Company feopie
really began to believe that better days were dawn
ing for successful opposition and Manhattan STOCK
was affected again. Suddenly 1t became evident
that the commissions plans could not be accepted.
Manhattan fuctuated again The Tiger wihheu
and said: IL knew 1t. but did not tell any one
The lambs bewailed their poor judgment again
IL would be impracticable 10 let all the IaHrihE
roticians into this deal. There are too many OF
them So the smaller fry were appeased IN an
other way. They were quietly told that II 'he!
had any friends who wanted positions on the eie-
waited railroad to send them to the proper ofncas.
with the necessary credentHlS IdSscS ~,
were also distributed to the faithful Inc s'he"e
worked beautifully for all concerned S,,
SPENCER John H. Inman and Eugene L; Bushe,
who have had close business relations WITHIN .re
last four years with the principal owners aa It
directors OF the Manhattan. were Rapid transit
sdm IN the Suburban Rapid transit
COMPANY and his name appeared for some time time
a. a. Russnn Sage jay Gould and others in fact
with almost all OF the men VINO were ure0'o's III
me ian snrng of 1890 the newspapers related that
John H. Inman and Jay Gould were making 'oi.
about The same time Eugene L. Bushe was nomi-
mated bv the attorneys for the Manhattan Com
pany commissioner IN cohdemia'lo" p'0'e'
"sS APPOINTED BY GRANT.
The three commissioners just named were APP
nonted by Mayor in the fail of 1890 after
three independent commissioners had been forced to
resign. ~
That deal worked so well for all concerned That
IL appears Tammany and the Manhattan company
have again gone into partnership Chairman Peters
of the Tammany General Committee. recently APP
,oin,ed Law Committee. the members OF which
are expected to be on hand 10 ad the ilsef IN e.
ting fresh grip the city. FROM me Itct tnaI
Tammany universally nous tnt i"T aut Cnmrittee
must be considered one of the Tigers JOKES i'Ht
TO a person with half an eye TINS step Is seen 10 n
merely a su0terfuge 10 cover another deal Among
the members OF this committee Is iouhu i'onelt T.
Deyo one Of the chief counsel Tor the Manha'ti "a
Company. Henry II. Hotchklss IL an0ther' ~
has tried many cases for the elevated railroad com
psny There are other straws blowing me same
way which indicate that Tammany ana the Mai-
haitian Company nope 70 Worh III tile same ""i''''
for their mutual benefit ,, - , t.,
What other stronger reason coud De urged IN
The Tiger has control Of the city II VIII not forget
IFS old ally And so long as this partnership lasts
with Tammany In power the, prospects lor Ieai
rapid transit are gloomy indeed.