The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-16
NEW CITY'S LAW ADVISER.
NICoLL's CANDIDACY FOR OORP0-
RATION COUNSEL OPPOSED.
Henry y. H~etchLiss Said 20 Have CreNer's
BaokinE-nra n Fat Place. and New That
Great Scott Has Raised Salaries All Around
Tana,nauy vii Draw Theua with cleo.

Backing-tpa n Pat Place, and Wow Ehat
Great Scott Has Raised Salaries All Arouna
Taua'nany VIII Draw Thsua with cleo.
Mayor-olect Van wyck will have no moro
appointment to make than that Of
a Corporation Counsel 10 succeed Francis NJ.
Scott, just elected a Supreme Court Justice on
the Tammany ticket. The appointment Is for
four years, and the salary $4,000 a year. But
the salary the Corporation Counsel's
place mas great powers extending to many
departments. The two prominent candidates
yesterday for the place werc Henry
u. Hotchkiss and De Lancoy Nicoll. Mr.. Hotch'
kiss is very close to the Tammany leaders, some
of whom wanted him to be a candidate for
Court Justice in place Of Mr.. Scott.
In Clevcland's last administration Mr.. Croker
desired the appointment Of Mr.. Hotchkiss to DO
United States District Attorney. the place
given to Wallace Macfarlane.. Mr.. Hotchkiss
Is now very strongly supported for the place of
Counsel, and among his warmest
friends is no less q person than Richard
Croker. Delos McCurdy and David Mcclure
have also been mentioned as candidates. 1t
was ascertained yesterday that neither Mr..
McCurdy not Mr.. Mcclure would leave his
practice to take the place.
Mr.. Nicoll was in 1887 an anti-Tammany
for District Attorney and was defeat
". Lhte Nc WAS Uaktn up Dy 1hHlnhny uilu
elected to the place. There is Democratic OPP
position TO MIR. Nicoll as a candidate for Cor.
poration Counsel Several years ago when the
Goo Coos preferred charges Of i%ncompetency
and neglect of duty against District Attorney
John r. Fellows. Mr.. Nicoll, according to
Democrats of renown. did not hesitate to
throw his influence against Col. Fellows, and
according to the deliberate statement yester-
day of those conversant with the facts went
SO far as privately to urge Gov. Flower to re-
move Col. Fellows. All this is said to have
been in the interest Of former Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Francis l.. Wellman. Gov.
Flower appointed ex-senator John J. Linson
Of Kingston as the Special Commissioners to
hear and report on the charges against Col.
Fellows. After an exhaustive trial Mr.. Lin.
son reported that the charges of the Goo Coos
were not sustained. 1t was in those days.
declared yesterday, that Mr.. Nicoll on several
occasions asked Gov. Flower to remove Col.
Democrats are opposing the candidacy of Mr..
Nicoll to be Corporation Counsel under Mayor
Corporation Counsel and Supreme Court JUS
tice-elect Scott has made nearly everybody in
the Corporation Counscfs office happy by
raising salaries. Here is a list of the promo
lions and the increased salaries made by Mr..
Scott:
Charles d. ollendort. Assistant Corporation
Justice Insraham. promoted from junior as:
s sls5an 20 e 'oo ss to e f ~ o assistant and salary raised
CHARLES \. ofSsiii. promoted from junior
rsissa flon to sa ss s to dg u. o sso5iS'ant' and salary
raised from $1,000 to $1,000.
raised from 81. 800 to $1,000. oi'''' anu al"
Chase Mellon of SSgtdIeyy, n. J., full assistant.
lOn ia n cOuSfD Of RRDuhliCnn National Commit
teeman Joseph II. Manley of Maine. and was a
Low orator in the recent campaign.
the office tthey are both residents of Montclair,
N. j., promoted from junior assistant to be a
full assistant and salary raised from $1,000 to
Te re &c Farley T p promote from hS% junior . assist
Edwin j. freedman, son of Supreme Court
Justice Freedman, full assistant, salary raised
James T. Malone, promoted from Junior as.
sistant to be a full assistant and salary raised
from 9nsS 81 oo9 te ~; 600 ,,or law o,.,. n,,u,,s
to be a full assistant. and salary raised from
$1 Hssol % ss'P Rankine. promoted from Junior
assistant to be a fun assistant and salary
raised from 81, 200 to 81, 0
N. j., full assistant, salary raised from $1,000
Tiiiam H.. Lake, private detective with a
police ice pensio On, of $75oa year. raised from
John J. Walsh, formerly tutor to Mr.. scott's
s q fafl sssis prGmO aed s raGm } rnised f from 81 'o &c 9 5e
George H. Cowie, a resident of Railway, N.
TO- 81, 200. Austen q. Fox. the citizeHs' Union
candidate for District Attorney in the recent
'0 george 4 o! He E Gow a pesi SeGke Of Orange N. j..
assistant and salary raised from $1,000 to
John 4. Greener. q resident of Montclair.
n. y clerk. salary raised from $1,000 to
Mime. Care salary raised from 81, 900 to 81, 800.
Mime. Carrie was formerly private secretary to
Street Cleaning Commissioners Warning. Comp
on the ground that she was an alien. She de-
parted for Paris, and returned, at which time
GSl; c %saieff s soa se oli tssn ISeFe sh ito 6 GS5p pince
supervised the women photographers and type
writers.
Of whom are residents OF Elizabeth and Morris,
town. N. j., salaries raised an average Of
John p. Dunn Of Mr.: Purroy's camp. and H.;
assistants, remain at $4,000 a year. Both
of q dozen employees ;under Dunn and Bald.
win in the Bureau of Street Openings have
Tammany men say they don't know what to
make of these promotions ordered by .Mr.
Scott In the last month of his administration.
had been raised. for the reason that a prece,
dent has been established for the payment Of
tho Tammany men who would succeed to most
of the present places under the new Tammany
Corporation Counsel. whoever he may be.
These City AIarshaIs HANG On 20 Their Jobs.
Mayor Strong has commissioned twenty
nine of the thirty -seven City Marshals of this
county for terms which will expire on May 1,
1908. Following is an additional list of those
appointed and sworn In:
Emil o. C. Weber. 90 Roosevelt street; Au-
gust Hothan, 523 East Thirteenth street; Al.
bert Levine, 1877 Chambers street; George Ru-
dolph. ! ,759 SedRwick avenues; Michael Goode,
4O7 East Fifty.seventh street; David w. Er.
skine, 6s8 East 135th street.; Samuel Mem.
Martin, 33O'East l23d street; James T.. Pang-
burn, 70 Jane street,, w; 9. Borchers, 719
Eighth avenue. and Frank C. Langley, 3l3
West 117th street.
Levine is the only new man of the lot. He
succeeds Michael Madigan. Tho others were
reappointed.
Senator Hanna Coming to New York.
CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. Ex-senator Hanna ex-
poets to go to New York the latter part of this
week on business. He will return here. leaving
for Washington in the carly part OF December,