Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-26
Leadership Of New York Democracy
Now in Question.
CHOICE OF 0. S. SENATOR INVOLVED
Great chancefor qammany in Dis
tribution Of Charity Funds.
PRIZE FIGHTS TO REVIVE
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
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special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. November % 1897.
The question of democratic leadership in
the state OF New York is regarded as i'm
portanf, and will be great aid in the
election Of the next senator. Hugh Nc
Laughlir, boss of the Kings county de-
mocracy. is steadfast in his recognition of
Hill as the leader; Croker is firmly for
Senator Murphy. There is no reason"
says Mr.. Croker. for this question OF lead
ership to come up at all. and cannot I'M
derstand why any fuss is made about 1t.
have always recognized Senator Murphy
as the leader. and Hill Is today Just where
he has always been. He is not and never
Las been the leader. AS for the campaign
this fall, he had nothing whatever to do
with it."
DO you mean that Hill has been turned
down. and no longer has power in the
party?"
No; he has not been turned down. be-
cause he never was up. l repeat that Hill
never was the party leader of the state"
hugh McLaughlin's support of Hill is
founded on a long-Standing friendship He
gives to him the credit of bringing forward
ana ,1 recommending the nomination of Judge
Alton B. Parker, and regards him without
a peer in intellect of politics.
Considering Patronage.
A'Aoy oi -C4CCl vail VyCk, ftlcldrO Croker
Sherin-elect Dunn and District Attorney
eject Gardiner have gone to Lakewood
N. j. They will spend the next few DAYS
IN quietly considering the claims of various
candidates for Office. John C. Sheehan did
not go. The reason given by the ostensible
leader or Tammany Hall Is that he is too
busy, and anyway. he says, there was no
occasion why he should do So Mr. Croker
oeclares mat ne goes away for rest and
fn
lar as politics is concerned he adds If is
not necessary for him to go out of the city
10 discuss such matters. The news of the
intended trip of the mayor-elect and Mr.
croker caused a good deal of excitement
among the Tammany braves, who believe
that before the party returns next week a
great many of the more important pIums
will have been decided upon Few Of the
wood unless they are invited, as the tin has
gone out that unexpected visitors who nut
In an appearance will simply irjure their
chances of receiving any plums
Rumors of Sheehan's Retirement.
The old rumors with regard to John c.
Sheehans retirement are again persistent
ly circulated One thing which gives color
| to the belief that they are true is the uuiei
attitude which Sheehan has maintained
since election. Rumor has it that he will
retire after the primaries next month. on
tel ests require him to withdraw from pol
itlcs. John F. Carroll. clerk.sof the GRIM
mai court and vice chairman Of the finance
committee, is regarded as his probable sue
cessor, but within the last day or SO the
name of Senator Maurice Featherson has
been mentioned In connection with the
place. Senator Featherson is leader of the
,Wenty-eighth district, popular with the
Dig men IN Iammany and on close personal
terms with Mr.. Croker. He says, however
he Is not candidate for the place
The cities comprising Greater New York
spend several millions Of dollars each year
| IN aid OF charities which are under private
control. The New York Founding Hos
pital last year received $324.992 the New
YORK Catholic Protectory $275OO0 and about
2Oo other institutions smaller sums. The
private charitable society most frequently
mentioned in the newspapers-the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
generally called the Gerry Society-re-
ceives only $4,000 a year from the city,
and publishes a report, but great many
of the other societies do not make public
financial statements. The state board of
charities has hitherto controlled the dis
tributlon of funds to private institutions,
put the new state constitution contains Il
proviso which allows all cities in the state
having over 5000 inhabitants to have COM
plete control over their charitable institu-
tons and of all persons who are benefit
Charles Of charity.
Tammany DOles Out Charity.
There are great possibilities for Tam
| many in the charities department, now
freed from state domination. 1t is not
| likely that hospitals and asylums whose
| managers are unfriendly to Tammany will
receive any patronage whatever. Under
the previous Tammany governments the
administration of the city charitable insti-
buttons, notably the almshouse, was shock
ingly bad, and it is reasonable to suppose
that the city hospitals and asylums will
again fall into the hands of the politicians
During the late campaign the Citizens
Union made Tammanys cruelty to pauperS
and cripples feature of the campaign, the
| unions lecturers showing magic lantern
pictures of the poorhouse while Tammany
governed it and afterward. Politics die
tated appointments, from the heads of pub
lie charitable institutions down to menials.
Even the hospital nurses were friends or
| relatives of politicians.
Mr.. Croker has a brother-in-law who is
physician, and doubtless each of the Tam
| many leaders can do something toward
filling the places in the charities depart
| ment. The Medical Society and the drug
gists are bringing strong pressure to bear
on the board of estimate to close the free
public dispensaries, of which there are 300.
They say that many of the applicants for
| medical attendance and medicine are able
| to pay for it.
Prize Fighting VIII Revive.
AS predicted in this correspondence, prize
lighting Is CoNlilS BACK TO us uHueT lam
| many rule The Mccoy -Creedon fight will
take place in January on Long Island, at
one of the athletic clubs in the annexed
territory. 1t is announced to be a contest
for the middleweight championship of the
world. and the state law will permit the
| fight II the police are complaisant. Dan
Stuart, who managed the Fitzsimmons-
Maher and Fftzsimmons- corbett fights. left
Dallas, Texas, last week, and will make his
home in New York. 1t is hot likely that
ne could bring off HEAVYWEIGHT cham
pionship mill in New York. because the
agitation against such contest would
| compel the police to Stop IT. but smaller
men may be unmolested If the police are
willing. The Lexow committee learned that
| managers of fights were forced to pay
| money to the police for preserving order"
but after allowing the police a percentage
| there is big money ine boxing shows. 1t is
| said the box-off1ce receipts at the Maher-
Sharkey bout, the last fight, between star
pueilists that the police allowed to pro-
gress beyond the first round, were 10000.
Status of Next Legislature.
The permanent clerks in the Office of the
| clerk Of the assembly have prepared a list
of memberS-eleCt of accoypbI,,