The sun., 1900-12-15
MAY FORCE C00GAN OUT.
BOROUGH PRESIDENTS EITGTBILTTf
CALIED INTO Of ESTICN.
He Votes IA SOUTHAMPTON. l.. l.. Although
the city Charter Requires That the
President Of borough Must Be a Rest
dent Of That borough During Eis Term.

The Hon. James }. tooSan. PRESIDENT
OF the borough Of Manhattan, was Informed
yesterday that he had forfeited his ollicr hy
going TO reside out idc the borough IN violation
OF that section of the Charter which requires
that borough President shall be a resident
of the borough which he serves throughout
his term Of Office Mr. Coogan has had Il
voting residence In southampton, J." l..
since 1890. and his zeal in denying that h"
had neglected To register last fall was the
means Of calling attention to hi- non-resl-
dence in Manhattan,
President Coogan'a town house IL at 100
Fifth avenue, in the Twcnty-Nrst election
district of the Twcuty-s"vcuu Assembly
district After the last day oi registration
in October "A newspaper printed the state
ment that Mr. Coocan had not put ii' nam"
on the list Within cpnpl" "t days MT
Coogan wrote to the newspaper that his name
was on the poll list in SOUTHAMPTON, where
he had a summer place, and that ne would
vote there This letter attracted tn" al
,ention Of a lawyer on Broadway who Is an
ex-Assemblvman from Queens, and was at
one time Deputy Water ComnSs.on.r Tor
that borough. Under dat" OF Dec. la h"
sent a letter to the Finance Department
Yesterday in which Ne s1id,
81 call your attention to IN" fact that during
the recent campaign u" pros "l thl- ,'tF
contained statement lru'u balil - VOC. hIl'
President OF the borough % Mhhhh'l'h:
stating that he was registered in the l~l OF
voters in election district No. ) oi H." Town
of southampton. | further eau your atl"n-
Charter. which provides that IA" IrrNidcht
of each borough must be q re-lIr'' u'teo,
throughout his term of oN.ce, lit~ removal
from the borough causes Nac"utH' Nnit "A
+ AT once to he filed as prescribed III mat
section. | suppose that your rn{ncut ol any
salaty to al ofi Cchulder whose ont'" l. vacated
| in accordance With the term. Of TIA" charter
may render you lahl" for such ayHent
4 COPY Of this letter wa, sent at once to
Mr. Coogan. lie iii not ucny thut his voting
| residence was IN Southaniion qua not
register there this year" said MIR. 'oogan.
have country, place there. ,as has my
| moIher-in-lav and the Board of REGISTRATION
simply pu' my name en- on & ,he urti u was
Did you vote there this FAM was
A'@i @oh, yes said Mr.. Coogan. 4 voted
bid you ever vote there before'' was
aseSa sSas in 1902 said Mr.. Coosan. Up to
| that time voted IN this city from my home
Then you have been resident Of South
| ampton for more than year
| We'll have. voted there twice. said Mr
| Coogan, but | nave a HON" here on ftth
avenue. pay take here. too 80 p-os,
| You have drawn your s1ltrN as iTcsl-
| dent OF the borough. wl'h~randinc that
| you are not a resident. have you notF' was
| "'Thc salary IL n matter Of great concern
| to me-" said NJ toogau. -MllInE
| Are you going TO resign VAS the next
| question
NO" said Mr. Coogan
| President Coognn did not s"ern to he much
worried about the attack on r~ "hrihllltN e.
| Office II was suggested to him that he might
| have been drawing his salary Illegally for u
year
| ing nv salary, Of course The toUp'rollor
| has paid II. Why shouldn't u I've done the
work 49,, .
II the Department of Taxes II was said that
| Mr. Coogan had not paid any personal tn'c-
| for at least two years The Lynch "st1tc. Of
| which the Presidents wife 's an holr. pays
bc, ,wcen ssj.OIO and sin.WO year on real
estate on Manhattan Island. III toogau
| snid Yesterday that he had sworn m his per
snnal taxes because AZ that tim" there was "A
mort gacc on his rcal estate, which more than
onset the valuc OF hs personally.
| Mr. CooCan was elected ~ the Municipal
Assembly "a succeed tho late Aucustus W.
| Peters, who died before he had hNcn In oNlCe
| n yenr. Under the Charter the borough
Presidents have NO real power, - that should
| IL turn out TINT Mr.. CnoCan's change OF resi-
denco had vitiatod al his official acts. there
| would be little harm done - the city. The
snlnry Of the ofNlcc l. g. .Nun u wear. Mr.
Colcr is in Boston and II could not he learned
| veStarday whether he would lruld M the
| nacernhcr snlary o' slr. CpOgtr.