The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12
BROOKLYN.
RING AGAIN IN power
Boss" Mclaughlin Once More
Controls in Kings County.
Every Candidate on the Ticket an
Old Machine Man.
One Of Them, at Least, Mixed Up
in tho Columbian Frauds.

General dissatisfaction was expressed
this morning among the reorganized
Democrats (the regulars) in Brooklyn
over the county ticket placed in the
field last night. 1t was thoroughly
machines ticket. fixed" by the same
methods as have always characterized
the willoughby street nominations in
old campaigns. The fixing" however,
was done under cover.
Here is the ticket:
County Register-Col. Michael ]. Cum
mings.
County Clerk-George e. Glendenning.
County Treasurer-John H. Booming
ton.
Associate Judge of the Court Of Ses-
sions-James F. Kelly
The nominees are all old machine men
and one Of them, Michael ]. Cummings,
has for years been closely identified with
Boss Mclaughlin.
That the ticket was arranged yester-
day afternoon, nobody has now the
slightest doubt.
1t was made by the old machine lead
ers at the Constitution Club on Will
loughby street. where the BOSS" and
his counsellors have always met in secret
session. 1t was there that ex-Mayor
Body was really nominated last year,
and the delegates instructed to vote for
him.
The reorganizers are more dissatisfied
with the nomination Of Cummings than
any one else on the ticket.
Cummings, until last year was City
Clerk. He was mixed up in the Column
blan celebration scandal. and one of his
subordinates was among those indicted:
The total amount of the bills for the
Columbian celebration was Sol. IS. or
hi. nNtttnt on N.
troller's books as Ito Michael j. Cum
mings. for music"
Cummings furnished all the music to
the G.. A. r. divisions, and posed as a
contractor, as also did the famous p.
Ross and Plan Clerk Pigot
While the Columbian celebration scan
objection of the reorganizers Of the regu-
lar Democracy to Cummings nomina-
ton, there are others equally as substan-
dal.
The manner in which the Convention
was conducted showed those present
that the old machine still ruled and
as they said this hi, m ..Fdts that reor-
The Independents. who fought the
ring last year; we're completely spowed
placed in nomination against Cummings.
He got 2O2 votes and Cummings, was
given 431. Then the Independents knew
that slate had been prepared.
There were two other candidates for
Register. John P. Moran. of the Tenth
Ward, who got four votes. and John r.
Kuhn, fifteen votes.
The crowd In the gallery showed their
contempt for the proceedings by making
occasional cynical remarks. Otherwise
the Gonventsn Vase MAS ORDERLY rSo nominated
Mr.. uS Stewart warned the Convention
atcut Cummingss weakness. He knew
that Cummings had been slated and said
wanted. He said If Stewart was nom
mated the Shepard people would not put
man mp against him bnr after the he reor
chine element on Cummings's nomina-
tipn they tried to get In other nominees
idr the rest of the Ticket but the SLATE
When the Convention adjourned.
hander of G. A. r. Post No. l4S. He
1876. and came to Brooklyn when three
years old. Fol. nearly twenty years he
had held a P9litical office; In 1877 he ,
1882 he retired for two years. In 1884 he
city Clerk Stanley died. in 1880, Cum
remained in Office until last year, when
the Republicans came into power and
elected Joseph Benjamin in his place.
Cummings made a hard fight against
Benjamin, refusing to administer the
oath OF office to him or turn, over the
books and papers. He said he was
legally the CITY clerk Tor ire. X was
threatened him with court proceedings
that he resigned the office: He has a
good war record. He fought with the
Forty-eighth Regiment of the New York
Volunteers.
George L. Glendenning, the nominee
for County Clerk. is leader OF the
Twenty-third Ward, and has dictated
the Democratic politics of that section
of the city for years under the old
regime. He is sealer of weights and
measures
John H. Bennington, who Is running
for County Treasurer, lives at 113 No
bile street, In the Seventeenth Ward. the
Eastern District. He is also protege
of the Mclaughlin combine and an ex-
Assemblyman. He is in the brokerage
business.
James F. Kelly, the last name on the
ticket, is from the Twenty-ninth ward.
Flatbush, where he has been leader for
years.