The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
oAxDIDArrs rIsIr LAKEWOOD.
Henry y. Irotchriss FOR Corporation Counsel
Gossip About appointment

LAKEWOOD. y. j.. Doc. s.-Conpressman
George b.. Mcclellan was Mt the Lakewood this
afternoon. lie stopped over on his way to
Washington. lie had quite a chat with Mayor.
elect Van wyck and Mr.. Croker.
The race for the place Of Corporation Counsel
has again taken on an interesting phase. Henry
L. Hotchhiss, Mr.. Cookers friend and a strong
candidate for the office, arrived here tonight,
and after dinner chatted for half an hour with
Mr.. Croker. Theodore Connolly, an assistant
Corporation Counsel now, who is also a candi-
date for tho place, sat a few feet away from
Mr.. Croker, talking earnestly to Mayor.elect
Van wyck. Afterward the two candidates ex-
changed greetings. There are two other candi-
dates in the race for the Corporation Counsel
ship, John whalen, former Tax Commissioner
and Vernon Nj. Davis, former first assistant Dis
John +. Carroll arrived on the same train with
Messrs. Hotchkiss and Connolly. Bernard }.
f fEno 9 fs G 81 Sullivan a. Is stti II" at T the Lakewood Ss%SeS.
and has frequent chats with Mr.. Croker.
Councilman.olect Joseph Cassidy of the borough
of Queens left here this evening. 1t is under
stood that tho men from Queens are trying to
get former District Attorney Daniel w. Noble
Justices, and it is possible that they may sue.
coed.
There is . place under the new charter which
has no salary attached to 1t and which the new
Mayor will not have the. power to I'LL, as the
selection. is relegated to the Fine Arts Fedora
| t1On anu inc NhtlOHh [ACtACuly VI DCblRn.
1t. is understood. however, that tho new ad.
ministration favors the candidacy of ElbridRo
7. Gerry for President of the Municipal Art
one, and that Is the only kind of n place that
Commodore Gerry would accept under the adj.
| ministration. AS his appointment would make
the head of the commission. II man in accord
with the views of the administration. II is be.
lievod that the societies having the selection
will be partial to the nomination of Commodore
| CORY.
James ID. McClelland, a Tammany lawyer,
called on Mr.. Croker tonight. He Is looking
for n place on tho staff of District Attorney
Gardiner. James Lindsay Gordon is likely to
be on the staff OF the District Attorney II 1t is
not understood that he can do better work in
the Corporation Counsels office.
The arrival OF MIR. Carroll tonight and the ex-
pectntion that Bernard j. York will arrive to-
day or tomorrow with the word that Mr.. Nc
Laughlin and the Brooklyn Democratic leaders
arc satisfied with the allotment of patronage
which has been offered them, has put the politi-
clans on the qui vive once more.
1t Is accepted here as q certainty that. as told
in yesterdays SUN, John G. Sheehan has been
active management of Tammany after the
reorganization. He will probably continue
his contracting business and will receive any
sop that Tammany can put in his way In that
line for his services in the past.
Senator Coggeshall Is still here and waiting
for his son to join him on Friday. The Oneida
county Senator is on a trip for his health and In
tends to journey to Hot Springs, Va, via Wash.
ington. While he is friendly with the Tam
many leaders, his visit, 1t Is said, has nothing
to do with politics.