The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13
THE HITTING LIST


tw0nty. one Assent " districts OF Kings county
there is a waiting list made az OF those mem
beers Of the Tammany District Committee who
are candidates for appointment in the munich
pal service or for promotion or for an Increase
OF salary il already in It, or who are seeking
some office IN the filling Of which influence or
pull counts. In every Assembly district or
Euniza ion Of Tammany there are from 80 to
100 such applicants on the recognized waiting
list. and there is a total In the county generally
OF from $500 to 900. Tho obstacles to the
attainment OF the homes OF these statesmen
have increased greatly Of late. The Federal
Admin iStration and all the offices at the dis
posal OF its representatives are In control
OF Republicans. The homes OF CAPTURE of the
State administration ardent and encou raging
n year ago among Democrats. were dashed By
the election of Col Roosevelt and the complete
Republican State ticket The Black law. for
the regulating of the civil service throughout
the State. left few unclassied exemptions and
the White law, which has SUI crseded it. has
,eit practically none nt Az As The nressLre
creases and the supply remains small. the
waiting list in each district swclls.
In these districts which have been disrrmi-
mated against:the waiting list is II menace to
the continued leadership OF the pres ent Chair
men, In those districts, which have been
amply or adequately supplied with patronage
there are practically no contests. The wait.
ing list. therefore. is very important factor
contests OF Tnmmany Hail The four Assem-.
ply districts in which the political waiting list
;, In the FIFTH district. Of which ,ex-Justico
leader, there has been y"ry little patronage
given out since Jan. 1888. The district or
EaniSa'i@n is smn @nG The loyalty Of The
70 ent"rSe con: ilerSti"9 Of the dsmaads Of Hil
COMMISSIONS rship Is allotted to the district.
nc no, Deputy t9mmissi"nershG,, +. a4l fey mpor
tric' are in the office of the COMMISSIONER Of
Accounts; a DEPUTY Snert'r, pemntr Assist,
OF the Fifth Assembly District Committee re-
sides in another district, one Of the secre'
ment Of the District Committee for the ap-
nointment o{ Thomas +. Byrne as CITY MaGis.
former resident who had movsd into another
district. The wai' ng list in the Fifth Assem-
1t is long also in the Ninth Assembly but
for other reasons. In this district the strained
political relations between Ktchard Croker and
his former representative in Iammany HAL
affairs John c. Shechan. have led to diecrim
nation against the district. the present Tam
many Hall leader OF which is without an Office.
while his two chief ieutenants hold elective
POSTS ard the others most active in his surport
though one was Formerly a civ Court Justice,
appetizer a l;apid Transit commissioner and
projected west SIDE nark. in the district. which
the present city administration api ears to
have abandoned, In hi. Assembly district
the con estants for 'rammany Hall leadership
on AID after Sent. ~, former Commissioner
Sh"rhhn and COunci.m man Goodwin. having
such list IL T. Il case where there are GER
tain 10 he some serious deaprointments, how
In the Twcmty.tUiri Assem- ''Iy' district The
waiting list Is unusually long. and hcre. too. as
test. the Determination Of which is in some
doubt The rweuty.third Assembly district Is
large eX,fndT T from rn re"t 10 SpH ny
district is such that there are many scattered
ard isolated settlements; Their. i a very large
number of newcomers IN the district. and the
Obstacles toh compact AMI hrrm"niGus organic
cation are many. Coruuration Counsel Whnlen,
Coroner yucca, CITY Marshal )slmour., CITY
Wende are members Of the Tnmmany orggni-
SR R in ms dsrst the c%pte n for SndS
Commissioned William T.. Htiugs and former
Police lnSne"t"r MrAvoyi The waiting lis, in
fact that MANY Of the applicants have come into
|, from other districts and rartly because very
the present city admini"trnuon, the Chairman
Of the committee; Mr.. Nti!IinGss, Mt heinG 70
man to nIacate By III" hestHwal OF patronage in
large amount amcng those recommended by
him as entitled 10 his tangible urpof Ct party
loyalty and service
seventh Assembly district, which Is strongly
Rcrublican in poiucs the Tammnny for
tunes, Of which are directed at presen, nv the
two Martins James J. and samuel W. The
statement is mnd, at Tho Fourteenth street
h"a0GunrtArs Of Iammluv that this il one Of
IT,. lis ri"ta IN ;"Nm the c"m 1an IN whirn
imiy vs. would IT, s i"und in ' "pro. hon VINE 10 Wr
Cr"kcr Whorher or me-, this i true the fact
is thar in the matter 81 ia 'ronn:a j. is accert"i
rs true. ANA the IwcntT- seventh Assembly
district ia on" ~ tn" few in town the hair
man - which holds no office npp9intivo or
been, il not dscrrninat"i against, certainly
dsrecqrdel The Tammanv Ila, 9rGaui@H-
lion IL By no means sCniiTCnt1l nirair. main
tanning itself automatically an NJ small ex-
pen" Tho dues ana fees /" the central o.
E En Gm 1TS Esng m WHSf re Fr ornn
zations ~ costly. nnt IN an Assembly. distT,rt
The most rGSnons't'" y"tcrS In which 3rc 70,
patronage md uppn tho contributions Of those
holding office '"' IA" non"y, ,rrcnuired for cam
nnGn and other pHlu"se'. There IL very itttis
NINTH Assembly with whroh they a.c alleged
10 ~ymrathiae In hostility 10 MIR. rr1ker.
neiiher NJ the Martins is a contract@r ale. ms
nTo sf fEn wdnr P in oH bc t.
originally loN-;. has gtuwO steadily so that it
is now greater in nr9norion to the total Dem
in any 9th 'r Assembly district IN town,
The wa''nE ii-,1 Ar" sn4'I i" mo': Of it the
Fourth, Siyth nn' Fourteenth. in whi'h the
'rnrnmauY Chai.wou Go nor lac; !Ii'uenr" at
n".'nM.rterI IN me E, ,G GnI nara tHrre
chiefly In tho Eighteenth district MANY Of
tho TGmmnNy men are tu'dtuE over under tho
radpra! service. AMI in IL" Twentieth m" CONF
missioner 81 Highway. who i The local Tam.
mapv lenlPr. can urOV;d" Tor H'' ur nearly all
a. rliran's IN his own dcuH"'W"Dt l. Is a
curious feature II thu rhiuGr- incident ~ mu-
ni,ipal politics that In every aintuts'ra'inE tho
districts nearest t. = residence Of the Mav0r
IN office enjoy "A Gngr"e Of fh-|l VI which other
ard distant districts n" d"urlNcl Thus dur.
ING the administrators, If MaTpr, ram III" river
hi" section AND Uyrnr west side II town were
greatly fay, red la alt matters II nuiunrmcnt.
| During the administration II Mayor Gilrur
| tho Harlem r.trrir." a. 1t was called. mads
| M NJ residents 1t the Mount Morris neiGhbor,
hood was most couSpi"unIs'v favored and Mt
| present under N" administration Of Mayor
| Var NYck ana of III" active leadership Ot his
| associate and Erighbor, former Court Clerk
| Carroll. tho lower end ~ th"'Nipotr"uth ward
| north Of East Fortirth and south ~ Fast Fif'v.
ninth strrpt j. III" section most generously ia.
! yorAd uollticalIv. From this section Of towr
| Il considerable Il not undu" numther ot an
rpin;ee~ to lu"rntiy" posts cone. and the list &c
| inc cn-ed br appoint mCut : ir ,m tim" tn time.
| Two elements are " imrOr'an"n In Tam
| many Hall primary elections NJ present the
1tllcehoi"rS aud thos" upon the waiting list.
Where the former prcupntrrat" rvorvthtng
| Is harm puiouS aui Substantial MA liinty pre-
| walls whore tho two forces arc evenly matched
| n primary contest Is probable, and where
| those on the Whiting list preIOmiuHts IL Is
| almost inevitable, "Ncept In the rare cases