Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-02
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Especial CORRESPONDENTS. |

Administration OF New York, but he is
sure about Waring. He spoke at
| Cooper Union the other evening in
prefao. to al elaborate lecture by DR..
| w. H. Tolmaa of the association for
improving the condition of the poor,
to An audience largely composed of
the men OF the street cleaning
department and their wives and
children. He told the story of
his appointment Of Waring-it is of
unusual interest. A good woman"
suggested the choice, when he was ut
his wits end to know where to look
for the right man for that important
place. Said Mayor Strong: "The next
day could find very few men who
knew Colonel Waring, but finally
found q man who could give me an in
PRODUCTION. and so we met at my house.
Over the pipe we talked into the
small hours, ana When wo parted I
knew that I had the right man for
the place, and + told him would
appoint him. But I forgot to
ask his politics, and although we have
been together for nearly three years
I don't know what his politics are yet.
I told him at the time appointed him
that lie was not indebted to any one
for his appointment but the good
woman who had suggested his name"
1--WE ought to know that womsn's
name |" shouted man in the rear Of
the hall. ''That woman was Mrs.
Kernochsn," replied the mayor. II
am proud of the street cleaning de-
partment now, he continued, "and OF
the men who compose it, and T have
many times had cause to say, THANK
God, we have Colonel Waring at the
head Of it,"
McCullagh, the new chief of pv-
lice here, appointed on the retire.
ment Of Peter Conlin, does not have
to take o civil-service examination in
competition, after ALL The state
civil-service commission has approved
the civil-service regulations of the
New York department, together with
the amendment adopted by the police
commissioners September l to cover
the appointment of MoCullagh. 1t
was the ever obstructive Parker who
held that the examination was neces-
sary, although the appointment was in
strict accordance with specific law
designed to meet the case. Thus Nc
Cullagh is actually chief. Blythe way,
McCullagh has made transfers OF IL
police captains for ''the good of ths
service" Captain Chapman, whose
arrests of women on the streets have
made so much talk, has been removed
from the so-called "Tenderloin" dis
trict to the Mercer street station,
where it is apparent that he can
hardly have an easier time. The
"Tenderloin'' is given the services OF
Capt. Michael Sheehau, who had
been sent to Kingsbridge by Chief
Conlin. The transfer is scarcely OF
national Importance, but it recalls the
time when Tammany hall used to shift
its captains and patrolmen when ever
complaint Of favoritism or blackmail-
ing was made. And indeed it has
been lately confessed by police COM
missioner that blackmailing has been
resumed in the force.
Surely, few men have deserved bet
ter at the hands of their fellow citizens
than has Ohauncey NJ. Depew. The
politicians seem to be welcome to the
use of his name for every known Office,
elective or appointive, whenever such
use will tend to allay acrimony, ease
the way to compromise, or conceal the
real game until the proper time for
its development arrives. He is used
freely for everything, from the presi-
dency down-and when some other
fellow is nominated or appointed, his
name is handed back to him undam-
aged and ready for the next
emergency. It is not surprising,
therefore, to learn that DIR. Depew has
been discovered by some human
searchlight to be the only genuine and
authentic compromise and "unlfying
force" in whose favor Seth Low can
withdraw and on whose candidacy the
Citizens union and Republican or
ganization can consistently unite. 1t
is surprising that the discovery was
not made earlier. When the Doctors
name has served its purpose, what
ever that may be, it is hoped it will be
returned to him in the customary good
condition. Some day New York will
erect statue entitled "The Good
Natured Man," and will ask DR.. De-
pew to pose for the sculptor.
If the Citizens union desires the sup
port at the polls of all the friends of
good government, it will have to steer
clear of endorsing for elective
Office single candidate who seeks or
accepts nomination from Tammany
Hall. That organization names no
advocate of honest government for
public place, and the Citizens union
should not further imperil the success
Of an anti-Tammany victory in No
yember by making such monumental
blunder.
Before winter sets in the work OF
tunneling the East river for the ex'
tension Of Atlantic avenue in Brook
lyn to New York will be fairly under
way, say the officers of the Long ISL
and railroad and the Atlantic avenue
improvement commission. President
Baldwin of the railroad has sailed for
Europe to study the matter of under
ground railroads, especially that Of
the London central railway.
Seth Low will resign the presidency
of Columbia college October 4, al
though the trustees will probably wait
until after the first week in November
before choosing his successor. They
may as we'll be looking around at once
for good man; it is the popular
fancy that Mr.. Low will not return to
Columbia. He may yet be president
Of the United Sta es.
One Dead, One Perhaps Dying.
POMFRET LANDING, Conn. Sept. SO-F