The sun., 1898-01-02
BROOKLYN AS A BOROUGH.
ooEsoEIDATxoN MARKED nj A BIG
POLITICAL REVoLUTI0N.


Receptions u1eid by the New Onoiais.
Brooklyn became part Of New York city
without the slightest friction, and yesterday
the inhabitants Of that borough, now estimated
at 100000. wore oongratulating each other
that the New Ybar opened under such inspir-
ing auspices. The anti.consolidation feeling,
which had boon always mainly sentimental, had
long since almost entirely disappeared, and
thoro was great popular delight over tho actual
union of the two great communities on each
side OF the East River. That the old City Hall
is in certain sense still to continue as tho scat
Of local government was illustrated when
Mayor Wurstor appeared thero and welcomed
Edward NJ. Grout, the President Of the borough.
Mr.. Grout held o reception, and his ofhoe for
the next four years win bo the same which has
hitherto sheltered Brooklyns Mayors. Mr..
Grout has already declared his purpose to fully
claim all the scope and dignity which the new
charter throws GROUND the Presidency Of tho
being tho last Mayor of Brooklyn. having been
defeated only through the bolt Of the Shepard
tics.
Had IL not been holiday, tho work In tho
various Official departments would have been
continued yesterday as usual, and as far as tho
police and fremen were concerned matters
went along without the slightest hitch.
Brooklyn's ago as an independent municipal.
ity has extended over q period Of toarly sixty.
four years. the city having received its charter
on April g. 1884. 1t was then only o small part
of Its present Dimensions, and its population
was less than $4,000. From time to timo its
boundaries were extended, until finally its do
main included the entire county of Kings, with
the old towns Of Flatbush. Gravesend, New
lyn In the past ten years has been tho greatest
In its history, but It is confidently expected BY
7. stranahan one Of the fathers Of consolidation
among them, that the rapid strides forward will
now 30 still more noticeable.
assured, Brooklyn real estate interests took q
forward bound and some big building enter
been planned for II this ti ' yeSr T Brooklyn Is the
largest division Of the great metropolis. her area
Of 33 miles. In the general municipal Assem-
bly,, Brooklyn will be represented BY nine Coun-
cilmen and ,twenty-one Aldermen. Her own
the same number as hitherto and of these six
VIII DO chosen to represent the borough In the
Witt himself q Brooklynite, and ono Of the
chief Trainers Of the charter. In reviewing that
=, "5rooklyn win bo greater as borough than
she was as CITY, grGO6n BY tho charter
sioner with exclusive administrative jurildic-
tion on this side of the river. sho has her own
sloner. with Ike exclusive jurisdiction.
Brooklyn will no longer bear a dispropor-
Of th 81 f e
Of property or Of any Of the other objects or pur
poses Of municipal governmenf., which common
with absolute equality throuehout tho 40 whole
domain Of the notwithstanding, dwelling
oSer the Of o
"By tho enforced surrender Of her system Of
oollec, Ting annual taxes in advance. and tho sub
makes tho collection at the end OF the year
Brooklyn escapes all taxes in 1898. and thereby
receives an ante-nuptial present OF SIS 900 900"
A POLITICAL REVOLUTION.
Simultaneous with Brooklyn's entrance into
the great metropolis under the government of
triumphant Tammany Hall. Kings county,
covering exactly the same territory. passes
nothing short Of political revolution in itself,
the entire county government for the past
betits. Not q. vestiee Of the tremendous change
wrought by the rebellion and downfall Of John
9Reps P G
district, comprising the thirteenth. Fourteenth.
Eittssnth s1Ites1tn ssysnteenth ,EIHishteen,h
has a normal Republican majority Of several
one Of the threa candidates. In the Seventh
tieth, Twenty second, Twenty third. Twenty-
ty-second wards. also normally Republican,
there are two Democratic and one Republican
cludes the remaining twelve wards the three
one Aldermen fourteen are Democrats and
SN NOW that ali the big, offices which Brooklyn
was entitled tV have been distributed, there
minor Republican place holders in tho various
Without conflicting with the civil service rules
,trnr fha lie hnc
A Patronage Committee is already hard at
work in arranging the list of the Democrats
t has 81 been &c T decided that each Assembly dis. dis.
plums. Although Bernard J; York, who has
lice Board for his skilful work in reorganizing
the Democratic forces in Kings county on the
cent campaign personally conducted all the re-
cent negotiations with the Tammany mag
mates. 1t was Hugh Mclaughlin who pulled the
lyn appointments. The Commissioners, deputy
Commissioners, and all the other important
haSs In hsr
ship to Mr.. Mclaughlin. No man who has ever
exhibited any Mugwump tendencies is to be al
mors that MI. Mclaughlin intends at an early
day to retire from the Democratic leadership
York and some OF his other alert licutenants
will SO far as possible relieve him from the de-
mocracy will continue Its present Independent
organization, while of course the leaders will
gradn1Mlls become more closely allied with Tam
Although consolidation finds the Republican
forces far outside tho breastworks. they have
still compact enrolled organization Of over 40.-
600 members and there are growing indications
ship that all factional feeling Will be sup
pressed. and the party put In good shape to do
battle with the triumphant Democracy next
fall.
JOHN MAoKELLAR. ACTING DEPUTY roLIcH
CHIEF.
An official message was sent from the Null
berry street headquarters to Police Headquar-
ters in Brooklyn. at 5:1 o'clock yesterday after.
noon. that the Board Of Police had designated
John McCullagh as Acting Chief OF Police and
John Mackellar as Acting Deputy Chief for tho
borough OF Brooklyn. An order notifying the
force Of these appointments was at once trans.
I'VE are now in reality part OF the Police
Department of tho greater city" said Acting
Deputy Chief Mackollar to q SUN reporter, Z" and
will be governed accordingly. The police Cap
police OF the borough Of Manhattan"
Shortly after Acting Deputy Chief Mackellar
had received word of he action of the Police
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