The sun., 1896-03-01
lis DEMOCRATS BOUNCED.
THEODORE n. WILLIS BROOKEYN's
CUAMPION AXEMAN

Tho Erect Of Commissioners wiiiis'a Action
-ue Has Record OF EiEhty-ave Dis
nissnIs In n Day-Other Omcini- Hclu
Along tho Work or Decapitation
City Works Commissioner Theodore B. VIII
lis of Brooklyn yesterday broke all previous
records rs nm official axeman. With one fell
blow he Topped off tho heads of eighty-five en-
ployccs of the dcpartcmnt. who. with very few
exceptions, had remained faithful tn the De-
mocracy in spite ofthe political revolution which
followed tho downfall of John Y. McKane in
1903. The half dozen Republicans who shared
the fate of the wicked Democrats were often.
sive to Mr.. Willis and the administration ele.
mcnt through their supposed aili,iation with
the Worth. .Buttling faction in the Republican
organization. Included In the list of doomed
were engineers, assistant engineers, inspectors
clerks, forcmcn. nrcmen, messengers. .watchmen,
keepers, and laborcrs. distributed through the
various bureaus OF the department. Thcre were
only seven rcappointments which included
Water Purvcyor Peter Min. Accountant F. Is.
Backus, and Superintendent of Sewers w. II.
Gofr. The two latter were the only Democrats
retained, but each had his salary reduced $500
year.
Only twelve now appointments were nm
nounced yesterday, the lucky men without cx-
ception being active workers In tho Willis
Wurster branch Of the q. o. p. They are:
William Chambers bookkeepcr, 81, 900.
William w. Norton pay roll ana ulsDursihS cierk
Charles Re,nbers. contract clerk, $1,000.
Smith Coyer, supervisor OF sewer eonstructioh'
G. A. Van Nostrand. supervisor of sewer eonstruc
oscar Knapp. assistant engineer. water supply.
~Miiam Fleming, deputy water purvcyor $1,000.
william u; colscn, assistant superintendent of
William ]. Ieatty. assistant superintendent of
Henry ". spolsht, collector for waabout Market.
John d. Post, superintendent of street repairs.
William Danforth. superintendent of street re-
pairs, 81 800.
Mr.. Willis came out with long manifesto
in explanation Of his action. In this he says
that the inspiring motive was his purpose to get
Brookyn "S lsr f He iss dispensed With the services
Of tn" large force Of men for the reason . that that
have effected saving to the taxpayers ~ $40
900 year in round numbers Mr.. Wills. !
however, admitted that In the summer months, |
when tho Presidential campaign will be innu-
R,irated. it will be necessary, to take on men
himself on roofing out the Democratic dead.
wood without any thought n Of or % attempt NJ at at
men dismissed had been connected with the |
department. from five to twenty years: and had |
%5S sns1 sEsy i S WSrAs Arf%
with such signal ability and economy during
M@df I Wits aa wsn s@a ho% M4Gss
in view of this fact. Mr.. Whites comment and
his successors sweeping partisan action Is Of
special interest. Mr. White said:
when ! left the department. the working
force was too snail rather than too large
Following the example OF the City Works
Commissioner. Health Commissioner Emery
yesterday dismissed six Democratic subordi
mates and appointed two sterling Administra
ton Republicans.
Register of Arrears Powell also decapitated
seven Democratic clerks. and announced that
he would choose their successors from the civil
service eligible list.
Even Timothy L. Woodruff, the handsome
Park Commissioners, found 1t convenient to dis |
pcnse with the services of seventeen Demo-
cratic laborers in his department.
There great rejoicing In the Republican
camp yesterday over the fine work accom-
plished. and it predicted that with the
amount of patronage now in his hands, Mr..
Willis and his lcutenants would be able to die
tate the entire delegation to the National Con-
rcntion. Some cool headed statesmen, how
over, We're Of the opinion that the result of the
next election would show that Mr.. Willis had
Really played into the hands of the Democracy.