Evening star., 1898-12-09
Governor-Elect Roosevelt Will Ap-
point Doty and Kilburn.
OTHER SELECTIONS In ABEYAECE
Chauncey Depew Seems Certain
of the Senatorship.
TAMMANY SHOWS WEAKNESS
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, December S. IS

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, December S, 1895.
1t is expected that by the end of the week
| Governor-elect Roosevelt will announce the
| two appointments upon which the republi-
| can organization appear to place the most
| store-to wit, the adjutant general and
| state superintendent Of public works The
| leading candidates for superintendent of
public works are Francis Hendricks of
| Syracuse and Edward Z. North of this
| city. Mr.. Hendricks is the organization
| candidate. Mr.. North was water purveyor
| and consulting engineer of the department
| of public works of this city under Mayor
| Strongs administration, and was employ
| ed as an expert engineer by the canal in
Vestigating commission. Major Avery D.
| Andrews and Colonel William Cary Sanger
| seem to be prominent candidates for the
! office of adjutant general. The former is
a democrat and Colonel Sanger is a repub-
| lican. 1t is conceded on all sides that both
| are competent military men, but the re-
| publican leaders do not like the idea of
| filling an important office with n demo-
| crat.
Although a great deal has been printed
about GoyernOr-elect ROosevelt's selections
for important Office, II may be authorita-
| lively announced that the governor--Iect
| has come to but two decisions, and they are
| that he will reappoint DR.. Alvah II. Doty
health officer of the port of New York,
and Frederick D. Kilburn of Malone to
| be superintendent of the banking depart
| ment Of the state of New York. Mr.. Kill
| burn was appointed to this place by Gov
ernor Black on March %. 1895. Every
thing else is in the air except the an
nouncement that Colonel Roosevelt favors
Judge Daily for Judge OBrien's place if
| the latter resigns after January 1 and he
has the appointing power. If he resigns
before that date Governor Black will fill
the position. Colonel Roosevelt is said
| to be of opinion that much is due to
| Judge DAILY as to any other issue in the
| campaign for the election of the republican
! ticket.
| Plntt Organization FavOrs Cohen.
| That Colonel Roosevelt will be opposed in
his choice of Judge DAILY is almost a fore
gone conclusion. 1t is announced that
| the Platt organization favors the appoint
ment of Justice Cohen, Justice Days run
ming mate in the recent campaign, on the
| ground that he is republican. In this
connection Chairman B. B. Odell says:
Colonel Roosevelt is a good republican,
| and the republican organization is dis
| posed to stand by him in almost anything
| he does. OF course we cannot expect him
| to do everything we wish him TO do. He
| viii diSappoint us some times, but we count
| on that, and are ready to support him as
| far as possible. | will say, however. that
| If | held the appointive power l would not
| appoint democrat to an office when I
could hnd competent republican to fill
| it. Judge Daily is a good man for the
bench, but Judge Cohen is a good man,
| too, and a republican"
! 1t is said that the Bar Association is not
| unanimously for Judge Daily. 1t was the
| Bar Association that started the fight for
| Daily. asking for his denomination by both
| parties and when it got the refusal Of Tam
! many and the consent of the republican
! party it the Bar Association that threw
all the influence it could WELD into the con-
| test and while 1t failed TO elect Judge DAILY,
| the republican party ticket generally was
| nightly helped by the associations efforts.
| That ii now should say, as II Is reported to
| say, that 1t will be equally well satisfied
whether Judge DAILY or Judge Cohen is ap-
| pointed to the expected vacancy on the su-
| preme bench is a disappointment to Col.
| Roosevelts friends, who looked for firm
| support from the quarter which stood for
| the principle that a just and competent
| judge should not be turned down by any So
called boss.
| Much has been said about a breach be-
| tween the organization and Col. Roosevelt
| over DAILY, but it may be said on good au-
| thority that the leaders will make known to
| Col. Roosevelt that If he thinks best to
| have Judge DAILY the party will agree.
| Question of Adintant General.
The question of party comes up again in
| the selection Of an adiutant general, and
| the members of the National Guard are
| awaiting with much interest the announce
| ment as to whom Col. Roosevelt has select
| eQ lOr the position OF aQ1utant general,
| in the present crisis in the affairs of the
guard the work before that officer is of a
! most important character, and his ad-
ministration of the office will be of
| the organization. On January / next the
| new military code will go into full effect
! and. while 1t takes from the adjutant gen
| era1 the function of command it practically
combines in this office with the duties of
chief of staff to the governor, as his mouth
piece on military matters, all other staff
departments, such chief of ordnance
| commssary general, chief of artillery, etc,
| which were formerly nominally filed by the
members Of the staff of the governor, IT
will be seen, therefore, that instead of the
position of the adjutant general being that
| of a mere chief clerk. as has been erroneous
| ~ stated In some quarters. 1t Is now In real
| tty one of greater Importance than ever
before. One of the greatest benefits hoped
| for from the new administration and under
| the reorganization is the total elimination
| of politics from the guard
An officer whose name is prominently
mentioned In this connection is Col. Avery
D. Andrews. 1t is reported that some OBJ
| Jections have been raised by the republi-
| can machine TO his appointment on the
ground that he is a democrat, but II the
question of politics is henceforth to have
| no place in the affairs of the guard, 1t is
| urged that such an objection should have
no weight, and capabiIity should be the
sole test. In the opinion of many guard
officers Colonel Roosevelt has here pre-
sented to him good opportunity TO show
Ills ilteHlloH lHdl pOiltlCS SAall nave
part in his administration of military af-
fairs.
DePew's Selection Assured.
1t may DE considered as good as settled
that Chauncey NJ. Depew will be selected to
fill the seat in the Senate at the expiration
of Senator Murphy's term. The repubi-
| can senator's and assemblymen from Kings
county have declared for Dr. Depew for
United States senator. All the legislators
| were gathered at Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff's home few evenings ago, and
MIR. Woodruff spoke heartily in favor of
Dr. Depew, and this would indicate that no
votes Will be cast from Brooklyn in favor
of Stewart L. Woodford. He is not now
likely to be a candidate.
The question of the selection Of an am
bassador to the court of st. James is not
SO clear. 1t is known that Elihu Root is
the choice of the organization: but that if
the administration preferred Joseph H.
Choate. he would not be opposed. There is
another Richmond in the feld-Whitelaw
Reid-and it is said he is the choice of
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