New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-04
TAMSEN'S LAME EXCUSE.
,1rc pIDrcI.IOUs REASON FOR KEEPING
TAMMANY MEN IN OFFICE.
,,,s .or, ATTACHMENT PLEA" WILL not STAND
REPORT THAT RE WILL THY To h"NN
THE FEE SYSTEM RESTORED


x REPORT THAT RE WILL TRY TO HAVE
THE FEE SYSTEM RESTORED
,rAo a,,,,ss made bv Sheriff Tamsen for retaining
in his office full complement OF la'""""' 80,
and henchmen, at the expense o. I'M '''!' 49,,
is compelled by law TO 90 so VI" 49, 80 -,
,a,,ochr,.r,s. is shallow and untrue Oid attach
.,. -, IN so far as they culminate IN
nah ., nromise suits, have no pace N the
char,0.s office and there Is no law competing
reform Sheriff 90 keep in once horue ~ i'
man whore others NAV be secured LOT me Se''''''
,rammany Hall does not monopoiize me o'a'"s VI
,hr,,v OF the community. and the city pays a
-, ,.-r N deputy- sherifYs. $2.bOo each Inc
a,.,u, mat old attachments require the retention
=, .oIa Identities is preposterous. and wouic never
-. ureed nv any one familiar with the "orkinSs Oh
the Sherifs office ,. ,..,or
When a Judgment is recovered Asa''e' o
II is unless recovered in one OF me D's'rc' No"'.'
turned over to the Sheriff for execution. re 'e''S
on the property OF the defendant-if 'he "eren"an'
So. any n,onertv Otherwise. he returns the Juds-
mont "unsa,isHed" and the plaint'n - eh','en ps
law TO such other remedies OF redress az inv S,''
prescribe particularly the examination "a 'n' ".
PENDANT In supplementary proceedisS' Inc ""
s entitled TO hold execution TOT 'hrty ua' o. M"
Ia ia eypeced 10 ascertain within That time "he'he'
bere IS anv property In the county bsionshb W 'e
debtor which can be lawfully levied upon. " nen
John Il. Sexton went on; OF office on peoe'noer Oh
,s1; ne left a number OF unsausheu J"'s"'"'9 '"
b;s successor. Hansen No liability attached 10 the
latter from these. and all that was necessary lot
bi,n n do was to issue new executions or 10 make
adai;ional efforts to recover the property OF 'he
d.htors In nine cases out of ten rnsatlsneh jung
r,orts which cannot he realized on WITHIN 'hltN
DAYS OF execution cannot be realized on AT an
through any action OF the Sho'lH : oihce u 'h'
debtor has no money or atiachabe properly NJ
Gamma, OF course meet TIC claim OF creditor II
no Y
penses of litigation ~ scttling or c'np7oHslhs we
iudcuen, through bis lawyer. The claim o! Hansen
,hs, because a Tammany Hall Sheriff, pror 10 DC
cember 81 1891 could not discover the property %
debtor Tammany Hall deputy -shtr'nS arc 10 D"
kent I'm Office Indefinitely until they can recover
the amount OF such judgments. Is RIDICULOUS TOT II
such were the case. the Office OF uepuV-sher'i
would he a life ore. and there would be no posi-
bility OF change az officials until All me OUT
standing judgments in the Sherihs office were salts
fed by payment or execution
A matter Of fact Tamsen's statement, that he
is compelled by law 10 keep Tammany men IN once
is wilful perversion OF what all lawyers. IN active
nractice know 10 be the There IL small
ring in the sherins Office made up OF Ihmmany
deputies BY ring is not meant corrupt comoiha
ton, but a combination OF men VINO KNOW or are
able 10 master the Of the once. Thesr are me
Tarnmany deputies. and they do practically all the
work The untruthfuness OF Tamsen's statement
that the law compels him 10 keep TamnMy men
In ONCE IL shown by the following: The largest
Judgment which came into the Sherins ono" on
Tuesday was one in favor Of IN. Fourth Nationa!
Bank OF Providence. against Hiram H. Hollis. IL
was for the sum OF ssls7, and was turned over 70
Henry r. Mulvaney for execution Muivaney the
chief OF the rammany Hail deputies. whom Tamsen
rays he (, merely holding over becaus. OF their
familiarity with the former executions In the once
The truth IL that the German Reform deputies so
called are. for the most part incompetent Some
OF them have imperfect knowledge Of the Eng
li-h language None OF them kno. mucn OF the
procedure OF the Sherins Office They we're chosen
10 their present posts by tho leaders OF the German
organization and have no ntnes. for the duties
which they called upon by law TO us harEc
70 ,bsi oce ."g must he pSrformci Is experienced
persons. and about the only experienced persons
, Ss Tam nmr Hal holao"sr. who have practcs
control of it's afminstTaucn ne'fly a. nnch 50. IN
fact as under German. Flack. Sexton or Grant
number Of charges which afe hcng mad" against
Hansen. involving accusations of inconp"tency on
every hand he is said to b. thinking Of send
ing bill TO the nrea.nt lessla'nfe tesi"rlne me
OF the worst features - rs dissraceiul adm
ton by Tammany. The Shern nsc; 10 i"h f., a. -, "
personal perquisiie all the fees which cam" mo ""
Office. and he had. under me ~ re rign, 20 q"
which ran up TO as much as Slp"D IN single year
The shameful disclosures made durlns Dayd.,n
the Legislature acted In the matter by adopting ~.
new Sheriff law OF 1890 u provided mar on pa,
OF the fees should 30 10 me civ ana inc itli
should 60 TO tho Sheriff f0r collecting th.m The
sheriff AZ that time received salary o' N-r". ana
the addition OF one-half the fees occurred him an
extrayaganfly large rcturn--ine foundation 81 hlg
fortunes In Tammany Hall. The present sheriff re
celves a salary OK 5000 and he has nothing 10 10
with the fees collected. except to turn them over
into tho city treasury.
The sum Of $4,000 a year for Hansen would seem
10 he liberal payment for man whose past Efforts
have never yielded him very much. 50 far as GU
ward Indications show. lie IL notary IN Avenue
A. and has been established there since mo tao ms
sign reads taking newspaper advertisements. selling
steamer tickets commission and serving route
OF papers for the 9tsatsZeitung some OF the
largest banks OF the city pay their presidents $1,000
q year and fhia IL considered ample compensa ton
Hansen does not appear TO be satisfied with salary
twice large and seeks IL IL reported. the resora
ton OF the Zee system. which would be s'tp fully
In accord with his appointment OF Tsmmany Hail
deputies. I, would be SIN another step toSart
doubt, put the German Reform Union. an Office.
seeking concern, n still more friendly footing
with Tammany Hall. and might help 20 pave the
way 10 the cherished purpose OF the German re
formers to secure from Tammany Hall the nom-
nation Of County clerk. What answer the Re-
publican Legislature will make to the proposed
ioratlon Of tho Tammany fee system may BE- i'm
asfned. II Is not At all impossible that II Will order
an investigation into the present administration Of
tho Office and II 1t does. stranger disclosures than
any which have yet appeared may be the result.
MARRIED AND LEFT HER SWITCHES