New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-30
1rprlLryG TO THE GOVERNOR.

Iost week Mayor Schieren won the unanimous
and hearty approval Of all the people OF BROOK
,vn exccpt those allied with the King ana 'ans
NV anpoInting four reputable and high-mihueu
cit,yeps IN All the offices Of Election COnnssioh-
org To the selection Of these men he gave much
,houcht and the result has been viewed Win
oomn,ete satisfaction by everybody Interested III
having MIRO and honest elections. One or the
,,tios ~ tho Commissioners Of Elections IL TO
onno,nt the election officials for all the VOTING
nrecncts in the city. Within the last day or
two however It has come to light that Dill
u,os nossed nv the Legislature and Is now before
Governor Morton virtually depriving the Com
uissiopers OF all power in selecting inspectors
,,u clorts ballot clerks, etc, and concerning IL
unon tho Republican and Democratic organiZa-
t,ons in the city That is to say, the election ON
ciols ore TO be named by the chairmen OF the
po,itical committees and the Board OF Elections
is required to make it's appointments from TIE
names on the lists thus furnished them.
rho hill was posscd without any clear under
standing Of its purport. 1t was not brought 1or-
ward until late In the session, when IL WAS III
troduced by Assemblyman Abel by unanimous
consent 1t was read once and then hurried I'd
third reading. was referred to the Committee on
In the Senate Mr.. Raines seems to have stood
sponsor for it, and on his statement that IL was
all right no objection was made to It's passage.
Now that It's true character has been discovereu'
oncrcc;ic efforts are being made in Brooklyn to
induce Governor Morton not to approve the CD
noxious measure. In this movement the Electloh
Commissioners themselves are taking the lead
ing part, and Mayor Schieren is naturally deeply
interested in the manocuvre TO annul the erect
Of his recent appointments as respects the selec-
ton Of capable and trustworthy election officers.
most emphatic remonstrance against the Dill
will soon be sent to Albany. and II is understood
that the Governor will take no action on II until
Brooklyn has been heard from.
The attempt to make the COMMISSIONERS oi
Elections in Brooklyn merely registers OF the
will Of the charmcn Of two political committees
is especially interesting because 1t comedies so
nearly In time with the determination OF inc
Police Commissioners in this city to subJect all
candidates for appointment as election onicerS
10 a Civil Service examination. with the lhtch'
ton Of securing the selection OF better class OF
mon 70 discharge these important duties. Gov
crnor Morton is so earnestly in favor OF honest
elections that II is impossible 10 believe that ne
will lend his powerful aid 10 n scheme intended
% make the way easy for The appointment of
men whose sole qualification will be devotion 10
their partys interests. No one can doubt that
Jacob Worth has had large hand in concocting
this scheme He failed In the attempt to gran
the Charities Department for his own dement,
and likewise In his attempt 10 manipulate the
new bridge project for political purposes. We
do not think he will succeed in controlling abso-
luiely the appointment Of onehalf OF the cleo
ton officials OF Brooklyn. while the other half
Is made up Of men acceptable 10 Willoughby