The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-09
TAMMANY LEADERS HOPEFUL.
They VIII Try to Keep the OrgHni-
zatiOu Together.

NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-The Tammany
leaders were able 10 pun themselves to-
gether today for the first time since
election and make an inventory of what
they were going % be able 90 save from
the wreck. They arrive at the conclusion
that. although they had Jared pretty
badly, they might have fared worse. and
some Of them expressed the opinion that
Tammany would be able TO get enough
out Of the city government to keep the
organization from utter disintegrati0n
and carry il over for the next two years
when il will make an attempt 20 get con-
troll Of the city treasury once more.
Nearly all the Tammany district leaders
themselves will lose theLr jobs and their
contracts. but some Of their men who are
in office viii be able 20. hold On by de-
vices to be planned between now and New
Year Day. and others will be saved by
reason of the civil service
To begin with. Tammauy is stiu IN con-
troll Of the judiciary OF the county. Most
OF the Supreme Court judges have Tam
many affiliations by reason Of the fact
that they were nominated by Tammany
men and they viii al hold their places
Most Of the employees Of the Surrogate
Office are persons who suiIl belong to the
Fourteenth Street organization A ma
j0rity OF the general sessions judges are
Tammany men and the patronage of those
courts remains with Taumauy. The C0u-L
Of Special Session and Board OF City Mag
istrates are not controlled 5y Tammauy.
although the WiEvam has its representa-
tives in them The eleven justices Of the
municipal courts In this county are Tam
many men. and. of course. SD are an their
clerks. steuosraphers, interpreters and
attendants.
In the finance department where the
salary list is larger than in any other de-
parJment outside Of the police depart
menJ. fire department and board cf edu-
cation. there Will be- very Few changes.
Many employees OF the finance department
have beer I'm office for more than twenty
years and mo- comptroller has yet ven
turned 20 make any sweeping changes
One Of the Two deputy comp-roIlers. FOR
instance, Edgar J. Levey. whose salary
is 5000. was appointed by Comptroller
Myers and he is likely 90 remain I'm ths
CompJroUers office for an indefinite
period. The heads Of the various bureaus
in this deparrmen, win De retained iu all
probability and the civil service protec-
tiOn extends TO nearly all lhr other en-
pIoyes
But notwithstanding the number q
Tammauv men who viii be protected in
office the great rank and file Of the Tam
many workers viii De supplaHred 10y 9th
ers. The patronage of the highways de-
partment. the park department the
street-cIeauiuE department. and other de-
partmeEts, which Tammauy has used
heretofore 20 carry primaries and defeat
undesirable aspirauts for leadership. viii
. BE- lost To IL after January l. and most q
lt viii go To John O.. Shtehan's Organiza-
/ tioE the Greater New York Democracy.
I which threatens 20 use it t0 keep Tam
many out ut future State conventions.
. The district leaders themselves have. rsan
hit pretty hard Most OF them hoIl $3.50
places as the heads II city departments.
and had many OPPORTUNITIES for making
I money outside their salaries. Nearly an
of them wi5l have Co walk the plank
. Civil service does not protect them.