Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

men on the tax commission. houever ,s
rot cfedlted. From other Tammany source.
u Is positively asserted that BROOKLYN will
only get one commissioner. and thai rba
wiswam will have a majority In that de,
partment
To Defeat Mr.. Qufgw.
Among other things drifting in with the
return Tammany tide from Lakewood came
a story TO the effect that a movement has
already been set on foot by the democrats
OF Congressman Quigg's district to defeat
MIN for reelection next fall II is as
serted that Tammany and national demo-
Gratis are preparing for a combination
against Quigg. The story is confirmed by
modem Graham, one of the George man.
ayers in the late campaign. He saws that
the George people are ready to join all
other democrats in the district to defeat
Quigg, and that a combination will prob
ably be formed. If this program is carried
out Quiggs defeat is possible. A number
OF politicians expect that the usual reac-
non VIII take place next year. and that a
democratic Congressman Will be elected.
Quigg's strength, it is said. has been on
the wane since his last election. and Il is
believed that no great reaction will be nee
essary TO prevent his reelection. especially
as his party is now divided into two war;
ring organizations in the municipality.
HfIi's Latest Utternncc.
Several things Rave made the tigers
growl ard show their claws during the
past few days. First and foremost is the
construction placed upon the utterances
OF David B. Hin at Albany a few days
ago. Mr.. Hill is quoted as saying:
so Croker thinks i am not the demo-
cratic leader OF the state, hey? If he is
right, then all the shafts and arrows that
nave been aimed at me by the opposition
press for many years have been directed
at the wrong man. j have a mind to go
INTO court and ask that the case be re-
opened on the ground OF newly discovered
evidence and subpoena Mr. Croker the
chief witress TO prove my case"
By the leaders this is accepted TO mean
that Hill Is willing to meet Croker In a
convention and have II out there; but the
CUBS nave given 1t a deeper meaning
man IMAM possibly Hill ever intended it should
have. If Hill is correctly quoted 1t is a
PAIN intimaton that the gauntlet thrown
down by the boss" has been picked up
and that decided evidence of this will he
gwen before the first rural primary is
held in the new year. 1t will be a beau
tful Tight between these two heavy
weights-one seconded by Senator Murphy
and the other by Hugh Mclaughlin. and
II Is needless TO add that it will be TO
hnish, and that there will be no police
interference. Murphy has several barrels.
but particularly a barrel of money, while
the old man across the river" as Nc
La Oeiii4ii - CdllSu, Is n 1lEhter who doesn't
Know now to quit and the Tammany mind
Is 1rmly made up that the Brooklyn boss
Is IN alignment with the Sage of Wolfert's
Roost.
Tammany's Gift Rejected
AT the first meeting of the Tammany ex.
ecutive committee after the city election II
was decided, on motion of Richard Croker.
TO appropriate $4,000 from the society's
funds for the relief of suffering Cubans.
and $4,000 for the aid of the poor i'm New
York city. Most of the latter sum was an
portioned among the Tammany district
leaders 10 be distributed by them but va
rious churches and charitable societies also
received money. Fifty dollars was allotted
to Trinity Baptist Church. of which Rev.
Dr. James W. Putnam is pastor. In spurn-
ing the money Dr. Putnam wrote a sharp
letter 10 the Iammany secretary, which
letter was read to the congregation last
sunday and furnished to the press. Dr.
Putnam said: We are in straits for funds
10 prosecute our many-sided work among
The poor OF this district. Our own pockets
have been emptied again and again, and
sun men, women and children appeal
Aims, clothing, bread, shelter and help of
all KINDS are sought each day. There is
nothing along the human side of our under
taking We SO much need as money And
yet L cannot accept the proffered check L
dare not touch il with so much as the tins
OF my myers. Coming, as it does. from a
most to be deplored by all well-disposed
persons, II would seem to be little less
than crime to take your ill-gotten gains
even for such deserving object And, in
closing, L am prompted to commend the
following Scriptures for the thoughtful con-
siderauon of the organization you repre-
sent: oh, full of all subtility and all mis-
chief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy
OF all righteousness, wilt thou not cease TO
pervert the right of ways of the Lord?-
Acts, Xiii:10. Thy money perish with thee
Acts, WHO. Please find inclosed your
check"
Mayor William l.. Strong, who will re-
tire from office January l. will be the
guest of honor at a banquet in the Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel on the night of Decem-
Der 80, at which some sixty city officials
will be present. loving cup will be pre-
scented to Mayor Strong. This banquet will
in some degree, take the place of the pro-
posed celebration of the merging of the
city of New York into the boroughs of Man.
haitian and the Bronx, commonly called
fStrongs Wake" upon which celebration
the mayor had set his heart, but I'm which
the public refused to take any interest