The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
ERBEN TO SUCCEED TRASK.
HIS oHlNoES FOR TIE TAoANT
BERTH Ar sNUa HARBoR.

- oNOU
me n,t,r,a rear Adu,rnl eu,a % Possesses Missy
or the ~ounneent,,-s Necessary 70 prahe
niun q sucosssrui eovernsr % the Hisrae.
Nov that csp,. a n a Trast has heen soroed
"a restor tror, On. cororroreh,n ~ sauors,
SNUG uorbor ana his r..ionation has heen 40.
con.os r.. d. natn.aiIv nnoh .nno,,,.t,on a.
IN Who q. n oct his Mace With its "a 600 a year
sa,.rv ora ,ro,h,o.nn,o auto. rror, tha t,ven.
tv.ev. ~ th,r,y ann,,ostion. yhioh Nh Orr
.aid v.ra hoine oonsidnre5 ! cho,ca yil nroh.
,h,v ~ r.do ~ Fr,5.y ro1t Nora ~ On.
r,mo. ~ tho onnlicants have bcon aiaolo.ed hv
tho trpatoo. bnt a nupohcr ~ rorsons bore bean
,oIlsd m for On. nl.co and tbe nature of thia
tall nrohablv indic.t.. so,r, NJ The ,,orsidsr..
ti,ns WHICH will oovorn tbo action of the TINS.
tee.
On. ~ ,bo Ara. who was. montionod for the
p,sco "a Ed,vard MUMMY reform warden of
.sn"nso npaa.. 90 nu n,,na,s smt
support OF ttecoruer Son ana III. Duheiu' Jul
tho representatives % Of tho Marine Society were
M. -, o.ns,dato ~ 80. rnan,,onoS nas
Inc next candidate VINO was mentioned was
q member OF .ne Losai Legion. ". raIke,s
ward" speaking motaphoricaiiy. in his endoavor
IN bo nnr,pbt In life. He IA a reformer nv ma.
turo, and he took an active part, it is said. in
helping to prepare a case against Gov. Trask.
His chances for the appointment are believed
to be slim.
Rear Admiral Erben, who was recently retired
didato. ana it is said that his chances for the
place .as - are 'sa good so1;o,1 In sem, men n VINO nave ave been been 'r rus
ath.rs who hora noid much attartion 70 its
o osrsirs, declare GnI ast that ta mo- o ms'a except eepsn am old !" sea-
Canta,n can ever manapo the plaoe with rnccess.
That anv man living eould manage IL 40 "a to
elared to be impossible.
ANY man who knows the nature Of a sailor"
said ono Of these men recently, Twill understand
the difficulty of managing an institution in
problem entirely from the management of men
Win b,ve enent THAR live. ashore and under
the control of civil authorities only. Men
reaIiu of Il YOU gu s Watch anG the sSi saiior as hoe. '. N ySu o SSg
ssss; but Is si AZ 0 70 sli 's sorts w 81 slct sas ' snS = Gs.
nance Of the civil apthorities There is g good
5 5sss ! To f "n, es1s; On ru HeaFf TS Se'p eh sRs s9 master Is s Is a
more absolute monarch thar. the Gar Of Rus:
sia. He holds not only the direction Of every
dfty years under such rule, as is the case With
%aI e S Sa as0s und as 1 tSo easy s autho aarpS 81 a o %an
used only to exercise civil rule. They would
take his easiness for weakness,and soon turn the
place into a very hell.
Another class Of men among the 'snugs'
were seamen are those who spent many Of their
last years at sea as masters of ships. These
men. eoured by the adyersities which have
forced them In their old ago to seek the shelter
of the Snug Harbor and used for years to OK
erciso arbitrary authority instead OF submis-
sion, resent every exercise Of the authority Of
no better on than the men who at sea would
never have dared to set foot upon the quarter
deck with them. and these old Captains are
CONSTANTLY stirring up trouble. There never
was a shin afoat. nor a Captain in command,
against whom some of the sailors did not grum.
BE. and the sea LAWYER who spent his spare
time in making trouble aboard ship and getting
nm charges aeainst the CAPTAIN. to be tried
when the ship got to port. Is known in every
sea-"
I'm to the present day the necessity for having
a man as Governor who WAS conyersant with
the nature Of old sailors and had been a ship
Captain himself has ALWAYS been recognized by
the trustees Of Sailors Snue Harbor. The
t~rustees. as provided in the win Of Capt, Ran
dali. who founded The home and left IL tne lands
in this city which have made It rich, are the
Mayor of the city Of New York, the Recorder,
the President OF The Chamber OF Commerce, the
President and Vice.Prcsident of the Marine So
ciety. the Rector OF Trinity Church, and the