The age-herald., 1902-05-11
Seth Low, Account of Roosevelt Gives Lucrative Offices to Men in Order to Turn Sheehan Down.

cators, alike as peas in a pod, and they are both pliable in the hands of Seth Low. The city owns two grand blocks on the hill and I will state positively that dur ing the administration of Mayor Low they will not be built upon. Columbia has blocked the construction of buildings up to date, and will certainly do so during Lows time. There is a little group of men in New York who believe their loy- alty to Columbia permits them to do any thing they like to choke off a rival. They are a smooth lot of psalm-singers, and the people do not realize how the cause of public education is being forced back ward by Columbia's jealously.
 
 observe that Judge Silas A. Robinson of the Supreme Court of Connecticut has granted a temper lry injunction against the distribution of the great Plant estate. which has recently Teen a cause of &C., tion in the co nts of New York and Con- necticut. The plaintiffs in the present &C., tion are the sons of the half-brother of Henry Bradley Plant the testator. They seek to restrain tho executors and trus- tees from making a distribution of the property, which s estimated at S16,000,- 000 They allege that 1t is the intent of the defendants-the executors to re- move the estate to New York, to divide 1t between themselves, In accordance with a decision given by Judge Leven- tritt in New York, last December, to the effect that MT. Plant was resident of New York state, and that under the laws of New York his will is by its terms. in validated, as 1t entails the tying up of the estate beyond the lifetime of persons now living. Judge Lynde Harrison, one of the executors, one of the most able law yers in Connecticut, gained great com mendation for the able fight he made in the courts. The Judge has just return ed from Florida where he has been resting.
 District Attorney Jerome has made himself familiar to the public as an arch CT who shoots vitriol tipped arrows into the air with amazing recklessness, and the Rev. Dr. Rainsford has not escaped the suspicion of being somewhat fond of making sensational utterances. These two energetic citizens, one representing the law and the other theology now hold the center of the stage, having made the astonishing statement that member of a fashionable club had acted as middle man between the gambling fraternity on one side. and the authorities on the other. Precisely stated, this club man acted for, and in behalf of the gamblers, was au- thorized to offer an official a bribe of $275, 000 The official was to grant the gamblers a free field without police inter- ferance.t For this he was to receive $75,- GOO down and $200,00O at the end of his term. I know something of the noble art of "protecton," as practiced in all large cities; and this Is one so absurd on its face that I am afraid someone has been stringing the jealous MT. Jerome and the parson. Let us assume a single individ- ual in authority accepted the offer and buttoned the retainer In his inside vest pocket, how long would 1t be before those who surround him would want their bit?' Protection can only be assured by system. No one man can issue certif- cates of immunity. Furthermore gamb- lers have been accustomed to paying by the month. It Is said the toll paid by gamblers has been about s250,000 month. They want immunity, but not at the fig ures offered in their behalf by the "al- legged" club man.
 Not a week passes in this great city but a new record Is made of deaths of children under ten years of age. Trolley cars, automobiles and vehicles of one kind or another add to the long list of casualties. Although the greatest care is taken by children in crossing streets, all parents alarmed by the frequency of accidents, continuously preaching cau- tion. the list is growing day by day The crossing of a street today has become a difficult and dangerous undertaking Yes terday a boy was killed by an automobile; today, a little girl aged g, had both legs cut off by a trolley. What can be done to make city streets safe?
 JOHN MARTHOL.