The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-17
TO BREAK WITH TAMMANY?
IN DEMOCRATS WILL FIaHT
FOE THEIR RIGHTS.

| Indignation In wiIlourhby Street Over the
Assignment or Peter sfiine. . Republican.
TO an Important Omce-Deputy water Com
missioner B1o1ctt In open Rebeliiou.
The inevitable break between Tammany Hall
and the Brooklyn Democratic managers, which
has been foroshadowed in THE Sun. has now
practically CONS about. The crisis has como
over the Assignment" by Commissions of
Water Supply Dalton of Peter Milne to the
charge Of the Bureau Of Construction and Re-
pair in the Water Supply Department in Brook
Ign, the announcement Of which was made on
Tuesday.
Milne had been Water Purveyor in the City
Works Department under Mayor Schieren and
in the succeeding administration was pro.
NOTED to the chief engineership OF tho depart
ment by City Works Commissioners Willis.
This Office was abolished q few weeks ago and
Milne was dismissed by Deputy Commissioner
Of Water Supply Moftett with the approval Of
Commissioner Dalton. Milne Is a Republican
and had made himself especially obnoxious to
the Democratic managers, and bis removal was
hailed with much satisfaction at the Willough-
lbY street headquarters, where an old and faith
ifhportant place aat to " WSicRs Mine Nine S was as nGe Sos
BY Commissioner Dalton.
dune ne InnSd Gomm miss En- Gfiett was fairly
action and Immediately conferred with James
Shevlin. the responsible head Of the Brooklyn
H RegR' Mehau SffSni IN Florida. tsH eRssnie r o.
garded the proceeding Us a direct blow ct the
s~ociates It was resolved to make a stubborn
fight against the retur! Of Milne to the de-
P sfonen ao as any Who oa g Shsirm DsPg of the So 1sIns:
q the matter and when Mr.. Milne called at his
Mr. r. M %asgaif F s5ga! l. 70 oI TssSEnIss 81. him H. ,.,..
IS Q member OF the department upon the Gre
0ont1alD he has shown. He handed mo n letter
on Tuesday from Commissioner Dalton. stating
that he he'd been assigned to take charge Of the
the old Water Purveyor's office. This was not
an appointment, but an assignment. As Mr.,
department with the approval or the Commits.
sioner, he could not, l hold. have been assigned
formally reappointed. Commission ne : Daiten
must 7, have forgotten the discharge Of Mr.; Milne:
Tx 4 is d %a@s clear eom IN ssst5os a'S EFT Of sh fh charter ndsvs that
approval Of tho chief :! have already a man as
s ssg = sU 70 ta PIses which MI Milne has been in
Mr.. Maoffett ALSO; raised the point that Mr..
1T NAY BE-" NJ; Mofiiets continued, that
Mr., Milne will be appointed and not merely
upon me. mi resign frst before Milne viii fHfi Be.
come an attsehs of my department"
New York early in the afternoon for the pur-
pose. 1t was said, Of seeing Commissioners Dalton
VI pOSsiUIy MT. SrCker, VIVID n view 10 reach
ing some settlement Of the difficulty. A Tam.
many leader, on hearing of the rumpus, is said
TO have, made this statement:
missioner Motfctt at an early date. I doubt IL
Tammany will brook any attempt Mt independ-
encc on the part Of n subordinate deputy in
Brooklyn. Tammany must have obedient SER
The entire rank and file of tho Democracy in
Brooklyn. as well as. the leaders. arc deeply in
terested in the situation, and the feeling against
Tammany Hall is becoming more bitter each
day. If Mr.. Milne is forced back into office
open warfare will be proclaimed at once.
1t was reported to Commissioner Dalton yes.
terday afternoon that Milne was an obnoxious
Republican partisan and utterly unqualified to
discharge. the engineering duties attached to
the place to, which he had been assigned. Mr..
Dalton. 1t Is understood, gave no positive dec
l%aration rs to the course he intended to pursue.
but the Moffett-Milne imbroglio will probably
bs settled IN one way or the other to-day. Mr..
by telegraph. and the return of Senator McCar.
rem, who went down. to Florida last Friday to
confer with him on the disturbed situation Ia
now anxiOuSly awaited.