Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
SNARLS OVER SPOIL
Brooklyn's Demands for Patronage
Affront the Tammany Tiger.
ANTE-ELECqI0N PLEDGES IGNORED
Grady Announces Legislative Pro-
gram Of Croker's Organization.
HILL IN EVIDENCE AGAIN

HILL IN EVIDENCE AGAIN
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, December 8, 1897
Slate making has taken lull here pend
Ing the return from Brooklyn of Bernard
]. York Mr. York has gone home fully
posted as to what the new admjnistra-
ton was ready to concede Brooklyn, and
1t may be said low that Brooklyn will
not be satisfied with the apportionment, If
surface indications go for anything. From
a Brooklyn standpoint the situation is
this: An agreement was reached after
considerable haggling that the borough
of Brooklyn should receive at the hands
of Tammany one-third of the more desira-
BILE places. AS is customary under SINH.
lar circumstances, enc side demanded real
ly more than it hoped to receive while
the other side conceded only that which
would insure the preservation of peace
There were rumors of friction, but they
were blandly discountenanced by Tam
many and cheerfully repudated by Bar
Eey" York. Finally, however came the
announcement that negotiation had result
| ed in something definite. and that there
was no longer any obstacle to distribution
| In detail. 1t is one thing to come to an
agreement and another thing to respect
| 1t, and now comes York with the news
| that an exception Is to be made, of course
IN Iammany's favor, SO far as the dock
department appointments are concerned.
York reports that Tammany proposes to
grant the borough of Brooklyn no repre-
sentation In that board. Incidentally, it
may be remarked that there are few de-
| rartments more important than that
which will have charge of the docks. The
interests it will control are colossal. The
borough of Brooklyn will have about TWEEN
t1y i1,,r
the Brooklyn organization clans that not
only should it have a representative in
the dock beard, but that representative
should be more than figurehead. Under
to be expended and millions received. The
proposition to grab all three of the COM
| missionerships is characteristic. 1t has
been alluded to as an insult to Brooklyn.
and the term Is not too strong.
McLnushlinites Arc Helpless.
The McI4aughlinites must realize their
comparative helplessness. The organiza-
ton could afford to be as rigid as a ram
rcd before election, and 1t was reasonably
aggressive, but things are altered now
and Tammany holds most of the trump
| cards. 1t looks as If strong protest would
be made, and this York will carry back
with him to Croker. The action thereon
| may affect the position Of the Brooklyn
organiZa ton in state politics and the course
of Controller Coler after Janury l. AS a
Brooklyn authority puts 1t: Brooklyn is
big enough to have a voice in the manage
| ment of all Of the departments. It's con-
tribution to the result was almost proper
Tomato to that Of New York. Looking at
the matter from purely political stand
point, it would be blunder to overlook
claims which were substantiated al the
polls. The dock com1nissionership is a test
case. Upon it's disposition will depend that
of many others. If Tammany can in one
instance violate it's agreement. what Is
! <,1, T. {pt1 OTTO
the whole understandings" The question
now is will the organization capitulate?
| 1t is pointed out that few of the assem-
| bly, district leaders of the borough of
| Brooklyn are in their political infancy and
| fewer still are easily frightened. Barney"
| York is inclined to be more diplomatic than
| daring and he can afford to be calm, seeing
| that there is police commissonershlp at
| his disposal. The fact is that Tammany
| has not an exalted opinion of Brooklyn
| representatives Of the democratic party
| 1t is disposed to regard them as lot OF
political novices. who have much to learn
| and to whom it is not worth while to listen
with Difference. 1t may be that the dock
commissionership will be permitted to go
by default In which event Tammany's
| judgment will be confirmed. If, on the
other hand, a second lesson is administered,
! the tiger may revise its opinion and Brook
| lyn will fare no worse for that. the iEdi-
| cations are that the situation will become
| a trife strained, though York Is quoted to
! the contrary.
| Grady's LeEislntive Program.
Senator Thomas F. Grady has issued a
statement, mapping out the program
which he declares is to be followed by the
democrats at Albany this winter. He
states that the minority will endeavor to
| carry out the promises in the platform
adopted by the democratic city conven-
| ton, by introducing legislation for the
suppression Of trusts, the protection OF the
people against government by in1uncuon.
revision of the tax law. a careful consider
| alton of the question of municipal owner
ship and cheaper gas. Some little time ago
| Senator Cantor, democratic leader in the
would attempt to do. There is much specu-
| lation here as to which of the statements is
given out by authority" Mr.. Croker
| could tell, Of course, but he won't
| cause it comes from Lakewood, and at
| Lakewood is Croker. He may be the
mouthpiece of the boss or it may be
that Grady's glib tongue may account for
| the precipitance with which he rushes into
| print as the self-constituted spokesman Of
his democratic colleagues. Not only does
1 he talk n great deal, but he promises much,
| which any democrat is In position to do
| in view of the republican majority in both
| branches of the legislature.
| AS to trusts, the wordy senator says:
| Both producer and consumer are victims
of the unlawful exactions Of these criminal
| combinations, and the people, without re-
gard to political division, stand as unit
in favor of the suppression Of this most
cruel form of injustice" Many persons
have tried their hands at precisely the
| sort of legislation described. The effort
has not been effective because it was not
| intended to be. and no one is more familiar
with the fact than the senator from the
fourteenth district. Just the railroads
| themselves, through their agents, wrote
| every line Of the state railroad commission
law which was intended to hold them to
accountability, and which was designed to
! meet the public demand that they should
| be held to accountability. so will the trusts.
through their agents, exhibit any number
| of bills in the legislature to suppress them
selves or to wreck themselves. And then
Mr. Grady, with the guilelessness and in
| nervousness for which he is distinguished,
would have opportunity to urge them to
passage
| To Repeal Raines Law.
Mr.. Grady further announces that the
minority will attempt not the modifca-
ticn. but the repeal of the Raines law.
Upon this point" says he, more than
| one-half Of tie voters of the state have
declared themselves with an emphasis
| which would make any attempt to amend
the law a defiance of the popular will.