New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-10
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Allison has been senior partner of the law firm Of
Allison & Shaw No 50 Iiberty-st. 1t is said that
Mayor Edison offered to appoint him TO the Office OK
Corporation Counsel twelve years ago. IN spite or
Mr. Allison's avowed Republicanism, but the oner
was declined. Mr.. Allison has wife ana three
daughters ard lives at No. 1905 Madison-ave.
His term is for the remainder of the year. The
salary is $1,000 year His successor will be elected
for a full term of fourteen years in November next
The appointment of Jacob NJ Patterson as one OF
the Quarantine Commissioners was not looked upon
surprising. 1T understood that I. C. Patt
glad to accept ii when he found that his mis-
sion to Albany last Thursday to secure the General
Sessions Judges for Police Commissioner Charles
II. Murray failure. Patterson has trained In
Platt's following ut various times in the last ten
years. but has been closer than ever to the TtoGa
man since Mayor Strong refused to appoint MIN
to any of the Comm!ssonerships he sought
Mr. Patterson has been in politics for thirty years.
and since 1879 has been leader of the Republican
organization i'm what is now the With Assembly
District In 1873 the union ticket. headed by Ed
ward Cooper against Tammany and John Kelly.
vas successful, and in 1880 Mayor Cooper appointed
Mr. Patterson a Police Justice At the end or his
term Plat demanded OF Mayor Grant Patterson =
reappointment saying that this had been included in
the Platt-CrOker deal OF that year. Grant reiuSei
Meade as Pattersons successor. The result was
the advent Of the Fassett investigating committee
ana tho overhauing Of the Sherns office and ;he
Tammanv departments OF the city government.
When John Il. Smith. then chairman OF the Re
independence of Platt Smith was turned down
and Patterson became chairman of the Executive
cq%mfss IN e Smi6e ha fihi 20 Plat until
for acquiring the site for the then proposed new
Custom House which afterward failed 10 receive
contest of three years ago came on and Platt was
backing Blaine against President Harrison, Senator
Plat ana Blaine and secured his support for Har-
rison by promising him the Custom House Com
however restore the former relations between Plat
and Patterson. and in the Republican state Con-
Plat by which John Sabine Smith was TO be nomi-
mated for Judge Of the Court of Appeals in pace Of
Edward r. Bartlett But Bartlett was nominated
before New-York County Wa reached ,-..-
During last years fight for recognition p, between
restored 10 favor by the Committee or thirty
credited learcrs' Patterson among the rest. With
the recognition of the Committee OF Thrtys organi-
zaton Patterson. forming part of the new OUTFIT.
aterson is machine politician. OF gnsd h~p
a party to all he Republican, Tammany deals
which have been frequent in the history OF this
The quarantine Commissioners are three in num-
Der. These Commissioners are also eN-of1clo Isn-
bers OF ne Special Quarantine, Commission. The
troll Of Hoffman ami Swinburne Islands ana ma a
secretary. superintendents. engineers. carpenters
boatmen and other employees, whose combined sal
aries amount 10 many ihonSand doLarI p a yra n
Il Quarantine Commissioner
Commissioner Patterson some time ago removed
from the Win District, ami became a resident OF
the North Slin. above the Harlem. He has re-
tanned his place - he head Of the Republican or
SANITATION of the Win District, and now represents
1T IN the County Committee. In the Brookiield-
I.luteriach contest Patterson supported L1uter-
bach although admitting that Brookfeld was the
choice OF tho great majority ~ the party
Thomas j. Cal,aghan is an NIth District Republi-
can and was a devoted Br0okfeld man lie was,
until January last. sergeant arms u the Rrpnol-
can County COmmitteo. Mr.. CallaShan expected 20
receive this appointment several weeks ago, and had
the inlorseme"t e al the Ne"-fork Repubhcah
Ass4nhlymep and many other prominent Republi-
cans OF th. city Tho place, however went 70
John II. Gunner Of ia" NNlId Assembly District
bach By the appointment OF Caiaghan the Coy
ernor has corrected his mistake as The Brook
field Republicans put L.