Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Report That D. B. Hill Will Bolt
Nomination of Bryan.
BE WILL Be A DELEGATE, TOO
Evidence That New York is a Very
Wicked City.
SALE OF FINE HORSES
SALE OF FINE HORSES
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, March II, 1900.
Apropos of the reports now going the
rounds concerning the trip of David Ben
nett Hill to Kansas City July 4. and the
speculation regarding what he will do in
case the expected happens and Bryan is re-
nominated and 16 to 1 reaffirmed, it is
worth telling that Hill makes secret Of
the fact that he will not support the demo-
cratic nominee and the ''undemocratic plat
FORM During the past week Bryan's fol-
lowers, men like Willis Abbot, the press
agent of the democratic party; Mayor Nc
CURE of Syracuse, ex-Assemblyman Stanch-
field of Elmira and State Committeeman
Campbell have visited Mr.. Hill at his home
at Wolfert's Roost. They have all come
away with the impression that Hill intends
to lead a forlorn hope al Kansas City; that
he will then return to his home in Albany,
ard that he will do nothing further during
the campaign of 1900.
To go to national convention as a dele
gate, and to announce in advance an I'M
Willingness to support the candidate and
the policies certain to be there adopted is
something decidedly unique in American
politics. But Hill Is nothing if not unique
in his methods. James Shevlin of Brooklyn,
the man who furnishes the Sinews of war
to Hugh Mclaughlin for the carrying en-
the campaigns at the other end of the
Brooklyn bridge, is the man who is said to
be responsible for Hills project of going
to Kansas City. 1t was Shevlin who pulled
the strings that resulted in Brooklyn mem
bers of Congress voting with the republic
cans for the gold standard bill 1t is Shev-
lin who is running things in Brooklyn
during the absence Of Boss Mclaughlin.
And 1t is Shevlin who has engineered
matters that it has been practically settled
that Hill is the only man of prominence in
the organization of the democratic party
who dares to stand up and defy him.
What Brought Bryan to Brooklyn.
1t was this opposition of Shevlin's that
caused Mr.. Bryan to make that flying trip
to Brooklyn during his recent visit to the
east. Everywhere except in Brooklyn he
had been invited to speak or meet the lead
ers Of the regular organization. But the
Brooklyn democrats remained openly hos
tile. Finally a democratic 'insurgent"
Michael ]. Coffey, invited Mr.. Bryan to
come to Brooklyn, and the result has been
that all of the Bryan men are rallyinG
around Cohey. with the probability that
Hugh Mclaughlin will wake up some fine
day to find himself deposed from the lead
ership which he has held for a third of a
century. Tammany Hall, which has been
Jealous of McLaughlins leadership ever
since the consolidation of New York city
and Brooklyn. looks on this fight approving
ly, and is even doing what it can in
pnderhanded sort of way to help Coffey.
Between the upper and the neither mill
stone of Bryan and Tammany Hall it be-
gins to look as though Mclaughlin and
Shevlin will be ground to exceeding fine
hess.
Wickedest City In the World.
Evidence is rapidly accommodating to show
that New York is the wickedest and the
worst abused city in the world. 1t is
charged that organized bands of looters
centering their efforts on three lines of
illegitimate profit, viz: The vice-open town.
fattening the pockets Of political powers
with blackmail derived from divekeepers.
gamblers. pool-room proprietors and the
like; the wholesale plundering of the city
treasury under the guise of confessed judg-
ments. the juggling of contracts for sup
plies in city departments and questionable
methods in almost every branch of the
city government, and gigantic and sys-
tematized robbery by political contractors,
whose operations are eXemDlihed IN the
wreck of the Third Avenue Railroad Com
pany, one of the richest hauls ever made
by any municipal ring.
Figures have already been given to show
the ''legalized robbing'' of the city, and now
they are being furnished to show what II
costs for protection to gambling lnstitu-
tons. 1t is asserted that more than
81 G95 900 is paid every year by the gam
bling house keepers of this city for the pro-
lection afforded them by the police and the
other powers OF the CITY government. LIES
enormous amount of money is said to be
handled by what is known among gamblers
as the gambling commission, which is
composed of commissioner, who Is d the
head of one of the city departments two
state senators and the dictator of the pool
room syndicate of this city. who was be-
fore the Mazet committee, and who is allied
to- Tammany Hall This so-catled commits
sion. ii is asserted. meets weekly in the
apartments Of one of its members, aherc,
ii is claimed. the money is not only appor-
toned, but licenses to run gambling houses
are virtually issued there. Not gambling
house is running in this city today that is
not known to this board, and not place is
running that does not pay its TAX to the
board. Its system is complete any
branch of the city government. There are
no leaks. and no unauthorized place can
run for twenty-four hours without either
putting up or shutting M. Tho amount
of money handled by this commission il
said to be divided as follows: Pool rooms
900 at $500 per month. $l20000 per year.
81 10000. crap games 800 slO per
month. $4,000 per year. SHO.OOO: gambling
houses: 300. at $50 per month, $3o,op per
year, Si6n.UO; gambling houses. large 20. at
$1,000 per month. 10000 per year, s24O.0W:
envelope games. 30, at $50 per month s. $50
per year $4,000; policy. s12o,0 600; total,
S,U95,OO.'
Proposed Sailors Home.
There is a movement on foot among the
seamen of the United States navy who have
| quit the and retired to quiet life ashore
| to build home for their mates still afioat
with the government fleets. and for other
discharged men. like themselves, where
Jack" can find refuge and snug harbor
when off his ship. or a home when working
| at landsmans employment after he gets his
| honorable discharge. AS proposed. it will
be unlike any other institution in the world,
for all those who are pushing the scheme
intend that sailors shall control its man.
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