The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
TAMMANY. PLUMS
GOOD THINGS TO eBE PARcELED
 our BY oRaA AVIATION.
Mcclellan to Name Men-After Jan- < uary Dozens of Offices Paying ' from, S4, ,0o0 to $15, 900 An
 Are toi Be Filled.

' from S4,0o0 to $15,00o An
 Are to Be Filled.
 ~ E.. New York Special to St. Louis Republic. George B. McClellan, Mayor-elect, by and with tho advice of Charles F. Mur- phy. leader of Tamany Hall. will have many plums to aistribute to the ram many politicians who have been out or ofice for two years. Already the scram- ble has started. The total amount Tn sai- aries is estimated at no.0oo.ooO
 Among the good things" to be given out from the Mayors office on January I, 1904. are the following:
 Mayors Ofice-
 Secretary .... ...... ..."...........$ hOOO Assistant Secretary ................ a.OOO Chief Clerk ........-......'...''''''.. S'IVo Three executive clerks ..........-.. 4.300 Messenger -...................'.sS 1,Nv Two stenographers ................ 5000 City Chamberlain n.................... IF, 900 Deputy Chamberlain .. .............. 7,500 Two Commissioners of Accounts
 each :. ......+. ................... 5000 Corporation Counsel .. ............. 15, 600, First Assistant Corporation Counsel 10000 Assistant in Brooklyn ................ 10,000 Assistant in Bronx .................. 4O00 Assistant in Queens .................a 5000 Assistant in Richmond .............. 1000 Other assistants ranging from s6,oO0
 to $1.so0. Police Commissioner ............... 7,5oo Three Deputy Police Commission
 CTS. each ...... .................... 4oOo Commissioner of Water Supply, etc. s,5O0 Deputy Commissioner ................ 5000 Deputy in Brooklyn .> ..............s 4,5Oo Deputy in Queens t.................... 4.000 Deputy in Richmond .. ............... 4,0O0 Deputy in Bronx ...~..s........- 1000 Bridge Commissioner ................. 7,50o Deputy Bridge Commissioner ...... 5000 President of the Park Board ...... 6000 Park Commissioner Brooklyn and
 queens ..~..........~.s.....a 1000 Park Commissioner. Bronx .......... 5000 Commissioner of Charities ...."...s z,500 First Deputy ..-s{ ................s 5,000 Second Deputy .. ............xss...... 5,0O0 Commissioner of Correction s.........1,5Oo Deputy Commissioner ...............> 1000 Fire Commissioner .. -.ss......-.....a 7,500 Chief ss ......................... 5000 Secretary of Fire Department ...... 4,SO0 Assistant Secretary .. s.............. 5000 Two Marshals, each ........s..... 5000 Deputy, Brooklyn and Queens ...... 5000 Dock Commissioner .. ..........s....a 5000 Deputy .........................s 4,500 President of Health Board ......... 7.500 Tenement-house Commissioner ..... 7,5O0
 
 The above list includes only the larger appointments at the disposal of the May or. There are a number of smaller posi- tions that he can give out, and indirectly he, or, rather, MT. Murphy, will have the handling of thousands of Appointments that come under the ostensihle jurisdic- fion of the heads of departments. As an example the Corporation Counsels office is a good illustration.
 .A--I only directly responsible for the head of that department and five deputies, the Corporation Counsel himself is supposed to appoint his assistants, and the real sit- uation will be that Tammany Hall will name over 100 assistants, clerks and sten- ographers, at salaries from 5000 down to 1,50O. The same will occur in all the oth- CT city departments.
 Murphy's Ascendency.
 Charles F. Murphy has jumped from a Tammany district leadership into a po- sition of national prominence in one year. He is more powerful than any leader of Tammany Hall ever has been. He holds the domination of the Democratic party of the greatest city in the United States, and when the time comes to choose De- mocratic candidate for President the voice of Charles F. Murphy will be heard in the councils.
 Some days over a twelve month ago Mir Murphy took into his hands the reins of government over a disorganized and dis gruntled Tammany. There were many against him on the inside-ancient ene- mics who resented his rise in politics. He had before him a short time in which to get rid of the contesting element and to get back into the wigwam many men of power who had been driven out by dis content with the leadership of Croker.
 The people of New York looked askance at Murphy. They knew little of him. They were told that in his youth he worked in shipyard, that in his young manhood he was the conductor of horse car and that for twenty years he had been the keeper of three saloons and they were all successful. They knew of him that he was the Tammany leader of one of the strongest Democratic districts in the city and that he was President of the Dock Board under Van Wyck. Many of the rank and file of Tammany knew him not at all.
 What he is today he has made himself. He took hold of the conditions in Tam many Hall and moulded them to suit his own deseires. He was at once ruthless and conciliatory and the work he has accom- of late years.
 Murphy the Leader. .- There is a general impression that Tam many Hall is an organization that fol- lows leadership after the manner of a herd of sheep. As a matter of fact, 1t is an organization that can be controlled only by a man who knows the feelings of the thousands who make up the rank and file. When Charles F. Murphy took the
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