New-York tribune., 1896-11-01

To-, bis interest Even then Timothy l.. Woodrui
was factor In spite of his youth He pungea o v,so,
ousy the factiona nights OF tne oq rcIe Frank
G, neral Committee and the phrase Cmcie W w
and Nephew Tim" re-echoed all over town. w: w.
Goodrich Judge who bore the popu1t 10 me Re-
ouot wee Willy Goodrich. was another OF tne re- r.
pubicans OF those days and the independeh1, e,e
ment who would not afate with the Re rted
s abeir crusade with their leaders General John B
woodward and Frederick W HinrichS; r;,s really at
the Republican helm all these years kegarntsnts grdsts
Dasge who was then wGaiihy IrS sales s"b bill With
Us big fees having gone into enec, IN ms, ms "pd
there is interesting bit OF aneTdose as called
his Intellectual valet" ,,.,.. .,,. J., ha
Tho Democrats who ders nda of the party in the
early eighties were John J. Kisrnan I1hn Shaney
long Ciy rabs oleH These men were ali rm friends
and all convivla Their favorite place Of meeting
vs. Vs. %ewYork Still another power OF that day
MAS wss' Francis Nolan OF williamsburg. an under
taker. who was spoken OF as the ruler oi 'i'o
THE BIG FOUR"
rb. sbureboard OF politics shows further
changes until late In the eighties. when the Big
Four" came In power. Coffey Kane. James Nc
Garry OF the Tenth" and John NcCarty mace
ND this famous combination. McGarry and Nc
Cartv were new men to lead. yet the four dictated
,ha proceedings OF the Board OF Aldermen with
an iron hand Other districts might change their
representatives each year. but the bailiwicks OF
the Big Four" never broke from their allegiance
The time OF power Of this regime was 6oring ,ne
admnistranon Of Afred c. Snapn, & VINO e ssar,ea rsi
opportunity Joined the regulars Inc extreme
carIy Tl ts wss Bitterly hostile to Mclaughlin for
many years and dd t SPEAK TO nar n ior bafar b
died. d qu"siPs when u the feud was broken down
little later. in ss2 came up hhe Sod IhI r,b,lr
canay rasG when the question Of granting
road franchises was brought up before me nam
in fghting against giving these franchises to the the
Nassau Road for nothing. when inc bio9Kiyn Tity ,i
lars. cash down. and would probably pay more.
Il know you will carry the resolution. shouted
viii pass il over the Mayors veto. I see the Cold
Thirteen before me-"
,hs nasrg The resotion was passed precisely IS
Heaney had predicted .
big George" Sterling, who was close TO the Big
Four" Moses Wafer, Kanes man from the Sixth
whose daughter was married 10 one OF McGarry 5
sons All this while others had been rising Amet
+ jerks had been taken from the District-Attor-
neys office and made Corporation Counsel under
Chaplin and Boody and James w Ridgway had
as District-Attorney. Shevn firmly es-
tabllshed than ever in McLaushlins affections. He
still continues the closest in the city to tho
Boss" and 1t is said that he is able to exert much
the breaking OF the Democratic majorities in
Kings IN recent years. and the me and AFFAIRS
Water supply Company purchase. and by the aid
of William }. Gaynor stopped II. are all easily re-
called. The strongest of all the forces that
have sprung up is Edward NJ Shepard. considered
individually. The strength of Shepard can be best
understood from this remark made to the writer y
Say years ago. Ed Shepard wanted 10 come in
the organization and have some say. We turned
him down then; didn't think he was any good.
But II we'd only been able to look ahead why, he
could have done any old thing he wanted"
NEWER MEN OF TO-DAY.
or the newer men on tho Republican side there
IS william ]. Buttling. Francis II. Wilson and
BENJAMIN f. Blair Michael J. Dady. not previously
mentioned is ION velvet now the expression is.
and prominent In the party's councils. The 'old
lire Democracy has lost one of Its chief standbys
in Cornell" Furgueson. OF NewUtrecht. who died
recently. James G. TIghe. John Delmar. Barney.
York pat Hayes and James y. Bell stand well
up in Wioughby-st. ranks. The old chair at
kerrgan's is still occupied, and the Boss con-
tnues TO sit there each day. saddened but not
understood that Edward NJ Grout is looked upon
as the savior for the coming campaign.
Ar interesting side light on the political situation
Is that since the death OF Henry J. Cullen. who.
though secondary and therefore not mentioned
hitherto. was nevertheless shrewd tactican.
the Brooklyn Club coterie has somewhat lost its
weight. George r. Abbott Surrogate. and William
b. Davenport. Public Administrator. are It's leaders.