New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
KEYES'S DUAL CAPACITY.
DEMOCRATIC OFFICEHOLDER AND JER-
SEY CITY BARROOM-KEEPER.

HIS PLACE HAS BAD REPUTATION. AND Pro
roNGED NOCTURNAL REvEIs. IN WHICH
THE VICIOUS OF BOTH SEXES TAKE PART
ARE OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE
The Cleveland administrat tion has seldom been
accused of looking deeply into the aDiits'
character or standing of its appointees' ana IN
consequence the Democratic ofilcehoideTs nave
not always been the best that couId pe Se-
cured or the most suitable FOR the posi''o"S
they occupy These facts are too weii KNOW"
and understood to cause particular continent
but occasionally. even now, wnen Deliocia'io
methods have become a byword, such gross
dsregard Of the opinions Of respectable and law
abiding people cannot be overlooked Suci
caso and sufficiently obpoXiOus one, Is that OF
nan named Francis Keyes no Is employed py
the Government to collect dumping permits aionS
the river front and at the same uh ""' ~
runs a low groggery IN Jersey CITY. -,
In the pursuit Of his duties as q Dellocia a'iS VI "
fcehoder Keyes collects permits tnat nave DeeL
issued to firms. contractors ana indiVluuais ~ lJ'
the removal Of mud dredging. city refuse uilu 81 csi
lar dirt For this purpose he uses the sHlail steam
ms, or launch Active. The man draws sI-1 a
month as a Government employe III d res
nosition The permits which he collects nTsS'
turns over To Lieutenant Commander Dahiei Dei
obuntv the Federal Supervisor Of the HarDor Oh
New-York and then, in turn, they are p,aceu ~ i
the hands of Thomas Keyes. :. brotAer Oh i rIahel7
KeVp
Lamont, and whose duties are TO see that s tne
refuse dirt and mud. which amounts 20 hois
than TO- 900 900 cubic yards annually are ou'HpeN
sufficiently far out at sea
A DIsREPUTABLE PLACE.
Francis Keyes's barroom Is at the northeast
corner Of Hudson and Essex SITS, IN Jersey Oi's'
and in the daytime bears as harmless an appear
ance as any OF the other barrooms IN the he's"-
borhood But when night comes the appeal
ance of the place changes. and 1T then becomes .e
,eeort of abandoned women ana dissolute Hiei,
,,ho tho raiohbors say, engage in reVels ana
braWls that last far into the night ana HIM 'N
vicinity ANYTHING but IN" ABODE Oh Pea0e an ~
quiet The Cleveland oihcenoldeI WIN "o NJ 20 ." aa,.
duties as Government employe during me uas
but when these are finished te goes 10 n.S pa
room I'm Jersey City where. as nis own paI % 30
he does out his stuff and reigns supie'mr "I idaaI
rl,lne spirit Of the choice company an iuea' u
Dnrnocratic ofiicehOlder at home IL 10 d W.
liable case of DR. Jekyll and Mr.. iyae: ;,oa o,.or
During the day keyess place u prs pi'S' ,ie.o,,ens :
nv a Young man whose countenance ~petoAcn' ~
an Intimate acquaintance with the peNtrdseo
which he dlspenses. The young man VINO io'
merly held that position now lies OF uiu ie' ~, .
badlv battered condition in the Jerse! Ni.y
Hospital "a the result OF beating WIFI ,ar II.
received at the hands Of his brawny enPioi g
the democratic oficeholder 1t is said that
Keyes accused the young man OF nah'"s 'oo
free with the contents OF the Till
Rut 10 return to Keyes's Government Jop ana
how we'll it fits in with his ginmill the l9p ,: OF OF
course makes him a man whose SOou VIII IL -
we'll 10 secure and hold. Certain scowineh, cap
tains and engineers OF tugboats and others en-
gagged I'm the dumping work are well aware OF
this and consequently they 20 consderaoly ou'
Of their way to patrOnize ,he Democratic oinue- %
holder ba rroom- keepers disreputable resort ne
handling Of permits does not end win t"o
members of the family for a relative OF the me.
ls ex-State Senator Plunkltt, OF the hrm M oi
PunlIitt & Smith. 1t will be remembered py
readers of The Tribune that II was developed a'
a recent meeting OF the Commissioners Oh &C.
counts that Plunkitt & Smith were In the naoi'
of purchasing permits from the Tammany DOCK
DEPARTMENT for 10 cents ard then reselilng thein
for from 30 TO 40 cents. The permits or tirkrts
permitted the dumping Of sand and otner
material behind the bulliheads along the water
front Contractors who are doing eXcavatlhs
are anxious to get these permits. and Plunki't )
firm made business OF buying up the tickets
for certain parts of the river front. and thriveo
accordingly.
Lieutenant -Comman nder Delahunty, when seen
by a Tribune reporter at his office In the Army
Building in Whitehall-st., said.
I'VE have nothing whatever TO do with whdt
a mans employment is during the hours IN
which he IL not employed in the work demanded
by the Government. There are no regulations
that forbid man keeping saloon or doing any
other kind Of work. All | know Is that heye9
was well recommended and does his work satls-
factorily"