The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
CLEMENT EXCISE DEPUTY.
CoMMTsStoNER LYMAN GIVEs OUT
THE FIRST Plum.

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Appoints Maynard ". Clement or Canaan.
dnlGua General Deputy-Ciement Was
Hnines'S Candidate rpr Commissioners
uliiinrd Likely to Get the New y DIRK Job.
ALBANY. April 3.-Excise Commissioners Ly'
man began handing out the jobs to-day. The
first one, that OF the General Deputy for the
department, at s. $4,000 u year, went to Maynard
y. Clement Of Canandaigua. Mr.. Clement Is
~ years old, and was formerly District Attor-
ney of Ontario county. lie was Senator l,alnes's
candidate for Commissioner. This is the first
important piece OF patronage that Raines has
to show for his ccnseless activity this winter
in the direction Of hlling up tho state service
with Wayne and Ontario county statesmen.
It is likely to he the only plum that Ralnes will
get this year.
II doubts existed that Mr.. Lyman would
build up his gigantic machine on strictly organ
izatlon lines, except in so far as he Is prevented
by the Civil Service law, they are In II fair way
to be dispelled. This may be due partly to the
fact that his constant companion and astuto
advisor Ia George w. Aldridge Of Rochester. SUI
perintcndent OF Public Works, the expert dis
tributor of patronage. who Is going 10 pass out
that 81. OOU. 900 worth of canal jobs II some
body will only COME after II. Other pretty able
politicians. ouch us State Committcemen John
f. Parkhurst of liath and John T. Mott Of
DSNtpD, VI ntlblhk w ~ INV ""
siOncr..
MIR. Lyman does not cxpect TO name his three
TO select George :. Hilliard. the choice OF the
local Republican MACHINE; for the 5 900 N %M
as the leading candidate for the $4,000, place IN
brooklyn. For the Buffalo place, which pays
best Glance. Nv. Caldwell's friends have been
urging.his claims to-day on the ground that he
was Instrumental in stemming; to some extent.
thp MCKINLEY flood which threatened 10 en-
tirely swamp the Morton boom in Erie county.
Caldwell, they say. hustled around IN Ana
in getting enough Morton delegates elected to
give him a majority of six over Mckinley IN
endorsement of the local Republican organiza-
ton.
probation to-day for his office force, As the
places are clerical, the names were taken from
the civil service u lists; Those 9pp Shnriio we os
Peekskill. Henry A.. Erossens of BROOKLYN.
and +. A. kempton Of Duchess county. clerks;
Dorm of Eimira and Anna L: O'Connell of Sen
eca Falls stenogranhers, The salaries will be
fxod by Commissioner Lyman under the, au-
thority con ferred upon him by the Raines law.
The question whether the sixty special agents
at $1,000 n year are to he appointed Tor the
good of the organization or are to be placed
under the civil service rules is still undecided.
Gov. Morton. Lieut.. Gov; Saxton. and Com
day. The upshot was that Statutory Revision
Commissioner Lincoln was requested to pre-
pare n brief nS TO whetner or not tue COnSlltu-
tional provision requiring competitive exam
ination whenever practicable executes itself
and ~nullifcs the provision OF the ,Rnines law.
which the General has decided CON
templates the exemption of the places from
the classified service.
Hundreds of hungry Republicans all over
the State are eagerly awaiting the result II
these deliberations: 1T is known that Coy.
Morton very strongly favors making the places
competitive. and It is believed that Commits
sioncr LYMAN Is inclined to agree with him.
lie is kept on the fcncc, however, by the whis-
pcred opinions of Mr.. Aldridge and by Mr..
Raincs, who is.an excise reformer, but does not
believe in the Chinese system.
As yet Mr.. Lyman IL without funds to carry
out the organization of his department. To
day he had to borrow postage stamps from MIR.
Aldridge. Provision will be made as soon as
possible for tho expenses Of the new depart
ncnt. The approximation bill when 1t was re-
ported to the Senate TO-DAY by the Finance
Committee contained a new item Of .S150.000
to carry on the Excise Department from Oct.
]. 1896. to June 80, 1897. The period from
the present time to Oct. l will be provided
sor oy an item of $50. 600 In the supplemental
supDly bill.