The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-03
SOME WOULD-BE ALDERMEN
SUMNER CANDIDA TIES FOR NoMINA-
TIONS IN THE FALL.

the once Has Lost Power and the Salary
Has Been Cut-Members of tho Board to
Run Again-TRmmany to Nominate Dixie.
The recurrence bennially Of an Aldermanio
election In New York is satisfactory TO great
many persons on whose hands otherwise the
leisure time might hang heavily. for one OF the
duties OF an Aldermanic candidate is to give
his constituents and their sisters, cousins.
aunts and other relatives the benefit OF pic
mic, outing. chowder party. excursion, parade
or tournament as the case may be. Aldermen
In New York have not Jared we'll under the pro-
visions ofthe city charter. which was designed
to restore TO New York the benefits OF home
rule. While the tenure OF Office has been left the
same as heretofore. the salary has been cut
down from $1,000 to $1,000 each and the
Legislative functions. formerly exercised by
the Aldermen exclusively. arc now shared
with the members OF the Municipal Council.
higher body. elected practically from Alder
manic districts. but for the term OF four years
There are few duties remaining to the Alder
men, but their responsibilities endure-the
necessity Of making themselves popular with
constituents. OF attending social functions. OF
giving bail for hapless disordery individuals.
OF subscribing to funds and petitions. OF Sc
curing bootblack and soda water privileges
and OF taking part in outings and excursions.
The office OF Alderman In New York. though.
Invested OF its chief revenues is still one Of
some influence. for the reason that the duties
Of the Aldermen. unlike those OF q Congress
| man. State Senator. or Assemblyman, are per-
formed in New York. and do not entail re-
peated absences from the city. A man may
continue to be an Alderman. meeting in fruit
less session once month and drawing his pay
| with becoming regularity on the first Of the
| month. without neglect Of his business. trade
| profession, and without feeling himself
under, obligations to do otherwise than remain
aloyal member OF the political organization
IT This year AIdermenn are to Be chosen in all
there viii be- no other general eeeon for
| dermen until after the Presidential election of
| 1900: Already some candidates are in the field.
| and the announcements made OF outings and
| excursions show that some Of the Aldermen at
| least are aware OF the necessity imposed upon
which will aid in securing the party nomina-
ton. In three Of the downtown districts Of the
dates. Ierry Cronn in the second; Joe yelling
themselves assured Of denomination and have.
UP to date. at least, no antagonists Alderman
politics OF this district for nearly thirty years.
oRa yE yH s f0 10 H The hf
thought by many that Kennefck will be re,
in usually q i@s has S ss Fir Tf
Ravns the ns hs u'RHf o
In the Fifth Assembly district. it is proposed
Emer Bown qT Rdems on the Ta%
many ticket, dependence being had on police
Seventh district, Edward Hoton. Familiarity
known, among his supporters, as Mayor Of
manic nomination on the Tammany ticket,
while in the Eleventh district. now represented
by one Of The h9?d-up Aldermen. the favored
| candidate of the Iammany Committee ia j A
McCluskey who hods mun T,S post and and is IS
ing Assembly district I Councilman Frank J.
Goodwin succeeds in his contest to oyerturn
s sV In the Eighth Assembly distriet the
present Tammany Alderman OF which; Louis
Lang yf for taermnn NJ I%ns who has he
Eighth some years ago. defeating Freder rick
district, the Tenth Assem- b w. there is an es:
sqrp whe has he
s With fS the Urn rm Which Sartn J. BroWn s sssab
sha for 4sHR IN ss
succeed John p. Koch. It being the policy Of the
Tammany leaders in their nominations this
year to select, in some districts at least. candi-
purpose that by raising the standard OF the
ishing the Board Of Aldermen by legislative
action may either be abandoned or deferred.
IN l%sH IN the Board none Of
and had the late Legislature taken up the mat
Aldermen der ike the heather Chinee on a mem
orabe occasion, would have had to go.
In aae ws9 to Rs 1nsrs
and none in the Sixteenth to Emil Neufeld In
Alderman!c districts and IA the chIndida ties
places in which vacancies arose by the death OF
the incumGents In ne EiEhteenth ddstrie t
succeed tho present Alderman. Gafrney. who
win be retired and another asprant for The The
neighboring district. the Twentieth. THOMAS
Wood will be TsnGmna ted 9Fd in the E I%n
In the Twenty: second district Michael Lederer
ty-third. which was lost to Tammany two
years ago, special effort is to be made to re-
M the
date In the Twenty sixth district Ed ward F.
viii be t Ind in hs
Tammany Hall leader on the floor of the Board
of Aldermen: vii be renomin a., orst +.
G Coo Republican, but there is some talk
OF tG PoHce Justcs Wide as Ader% anc
in this GssTct the lex ssJnIstes hay
tilIty to mem bers OF his family is limited to a
few s9reheads whose e. he +
presents itself this year In the Thirty second
district William F. Schneider. Jr.. will prob
ably he renomnated. but in the Thirty-third
! district there will he a change in the slate. ac-
cording to present political rumor. and David
Barry. who has had experience as Alderman.
will lie nominated by Tammany Hall. The
Twenty first Assembly district. which has now
a Tammany Hal representative, will 1t is
generally admitted. elect IA Republican candi-
date this year. and there is in consequence.
no fight over the Tammany Hall nomination;
In the three Aldermanic, districts included
within what is known as the annexed district
there are no present i9diestions of an agree;
controversy in each being threatened at the
primaries in September. All three Aldermen
| from this district Mt present are Tammany
men. There are only ten Republican mem bers
IL the Board OF Aldermen at present: the Re-
puhlicans expect to elect ut least twenty mem
| bers in November and perhaps more
Thinks the Bicycle Trust Will Prove Good
Thing.