The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

have more gifts at his command more
spoils, more arbitrary power IN re-
gard to high places, than many foreign
rulers whose names are naturally as
ISOLATED with the pomp of thrones ana
kingships says the New York Herald.
In many. respects he outranks the Khe-
dive of Egypt, the ruler of Servia, the
sovereign of Montenegro, the Prince of
Nepal and many more.
His power in a word dwarfs that of
many kings. 1t is astonishing in eX-
tent and vast when one considers the
possible uses to which it may be ap-
piled and how it may be expanded and
perpetuated for party purposes, should
Mayor Van Wyck's desire take that
direction.
In fact, the Tammany king is king
indeed, and comparison with foreign
rulers makes him bulk large. Little
kings are lace high" beside him.
For. when you come to think of it,
many of the little thrones across the
water have strings" to them in these
DAYS. while the king whom the Tiger
has set up to rule over 100000 of US
Cor the next four years has an aston
fishing amount of power which he may
exercise without saying ''by your
leave" to any one.
Come now, would you prefer to be
mayor of Greater New York and hold
In your hand the vast patronage which
he controls arbitrarily, or be king,
prince or shah, whose title is longer
than his purse and bigger than his
rpuII?" Don't choose too quickly. for
perhaps you don't know what a king
dom the new mayor is to rule.
Why, when you come to think of 1t,
the rulers of foreign states are often
figureheads hedged about by advisers
and legislative bodies-paid a fixed in
come. in fact, to give as little trouble
as possible-but here its quite differ
ent story, for the mayor is absolute
an many great matters. and his patron
age is kingly.
Truly, that was a great bargain the
ghrewd Dutch made in the seventeenth
century when they bought this island
from a band of Indians-temporarily
''broke"-for $24 The mayor is OF
good Dutch stock. He reaps the seed
those early burghers sowed, and 1t fell
neither among tares nor by the way
side. but brought forth more than 100
times the hundredfold spoken of in
Scripture. SO today in the person Of
the mayor the Dutch come to their own
again, though for that matter, the
strain is Dutch no longer, but pure
American.
A FEW COMPARISONS.
How does the Prince of Monaco
that potentate whose income is derived
chiefly from the green tables of Monte
CarIo-"size up" alongside the ruler
of Greater New York?
Here there will be about 5000 police
men-after Mayor Van Wyck has APP
Dointed the police commissioners and
Virtually the higher police officials
Exclusive of the guard of honor, the
Prince of Monacos army consists OF
five officers and seventy men. It's
prettv safe to assume that, were this
army turned loose in any precinct IN
Greater New York, they could be con-
trolled by the policemen there without
even the necessity of sending out a
general alarm" or calling out the re-
serves. True, the princes revenue is
nearly 100000 now, but even count
ing 'the man that broke the bank at
Monte Carlo" the population is only
1884.
And, speaking of money, out Of this
great CITY SlIOllS pOA Will 81 pooJVVV'-
600 yearly to pay it's employees. There
are rulers in far lands who would grasp
at the mere mention of such a sum.
This annual salary output would equip
armies for kings whose Golfers are
empty. 1t would buy principalities for
some of the smaller fry royalties who
are out of employment because of the
astonishing longevity of unfeeling re-
latives.
The mayor will appoint some 245
heads of departments, who will in turn
appoint ION lines he marks out for
them) lieutenants and deputies, and
hewers of wood and drawers Of water,
exceeding 10000 in number.
There are standing armies guarding
the outer marches of foreign states
whose masses would appear insignid-
cant if opposed to the army Of public
servants whom the Tammany king
will actually or virtually create.
For that matter these public serV-
ants alone will outnumber the regular
army of the United States. England,
with a force no greater in number,
would attempt to punish dusky rulers
in the dark places where she seeks
trade and dominion.
In fact, you see there was good rea-
son for the mighty lashing of the til
gers tail. The firemen of Greater New
York would more than people Monte
pointments are but a 1.-THE Of the
mayors patronage. If all the subjects
of the Prince of Monaco were here, you
could place every man, woman and
child in front of the city's saloons
one to each saloon-and have scarcely
enough to go around.
HERE'S A GOSPODAR.
The reigning Prince of Montenegro
and he's a great man and an enlight-
ened one in his way-has fewer people
In his kingdom than will cross the
Brooklyn bridge today, and the public
revenue yearly is not as great as one
years salaries of the department
heads whom Mayor Van Wyck will
name, being less than $25O,O00.
Yet Nicholas I. of Montenegro is a
gospodar-that's a prince-and Mr..
Van Wyck is only mayor.
Going further af1eld. there's the sui
tan of Morocco, an out and out despot,
unrestricted by laws civil or re-
ligious. He does just what he
pleases in his kingdom, but there
are limitations even then. The sultan
of Morocco's army, man for man,