The evening world., 1904-02-23
TIGER CLAMORS
FOR MORE JOBS
District Leaders Who Have Been
Unable to Secure Places for
Their Followers are Showing
a Growing Discomfort.

Tammany continues sadly in need Of
places. Although the Civil-Service
Board, with its now strong partisan
head. President McCooey. has thrown
out 5000 old applications for Jobs which
accumulated during the Low admins
tration. these apply only to the labor
class and are Mt most SO a day places,
but quite acceptable. nevertheless. be-
cause of scarcity of exempt places.
When the Board met to consider the
disposition OF the accumulated applica-
lions, representatives of the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association protested
against the throwing out OF the appli-
cations. but when the Board went into
executive session it disregarded the pro-
test m taking the bull by the horns
ordered that the 5000 applications be
dumped into tho waste basket.
The order a not two hours old when
It had been carried into effect ana the
decks thus cleared for action favorable
10 Tammany.
Coincident with this action. new
forms of applications were printed and
distributed among the Tammany lead
ers. 1t isSsald that before the general
distribution of these new forms or
blanks took place, Tammany leaders
received their quota in advance, the
understanding being that FIRST come
arst served" would be the order of
giving out the jobs in the labor class.
OF course this condition could not apply
to the regular Civil Service order of
examination.
Murphy Hunting for Places.
Tammany Leader Charles h. Murphy
= hoped TO secure an extension of the
exempt list of places-meaning appoint
ment Jobs the incumbents or when are
not required to go through the civil
service examination process and which
draw salaries of from $500 to . ZOO a
year or. more. There are now none OF
doh OF a possible forty-four, which
were discovered last week. These are
exempt. but require certain technical
knowledge. Even these places canno be
filled until needed appropriations are
Mayor Mcclellan is opposed to in
means may fnaiiy be Effected by trans
ferring the of certain depart
ments to those in which the vacancies
Pocur. II was for this purpose that
| .terday with the heads OF city depart
ments. He sought to ascertain just
how much money each department
Soulu dIlOru TO transfer IN the hope OF
securing sufficient funds to enable the
appointment OF forty-four Tammany
men to the forty-four available places.
Some Leaders Get Nothing.
There Ar Tammany leaders who
have. not been able to secure a single
appointment for any OF their followers,
and n among many of the dis
tho leaders with the manner In which
the distribution of available places was
effected II declare that favorltism was
SHOWN: For instance. Senator Victor J!
s of the Park Department of Man
lmtfan. Bronx. and Richmond. He not
only named the Park Commissioners,
but. the subordinates, superintendents'
assistant superintendent, secretaries
ind hborers.
He had easily more than a undred
places at his command, while other dis
trict leaders were left entirely out in
the cold, but got promises galore. Sem
ator Dowling's control was exerted 10
such an extent that he named from his
for the Bronx after the Bronx had
primed Itself for the naming OF the
man. as had been the custom hereto
Leader Harry C. Hart. of the Th,r-
tieth Assembly District, mad a capdi-
date for the Building Department
Snrer' fSe put aIl he has got SO
ooll . ulS-
tricf was awarded the rich Dock De-
partnent patronage, while Daniel Finn
IND other leaders got nothing but what
they could beg from the leaders APP
pointed to heads OF departments. And
80 the story goes all along the line.
Are Told to Wait.
Leader Murphy has told the dissatis-
fed leaders to walt and pointed out that
preparations are making to effect
sweeps In various departments which
win enable Tammany TO Eet good
. places, but these sweeps have not oc-
eurred II there is little likelihood of
any now taking place. Comptroller
Srout was expected to furnish a num-
Der Of berths by getting rid of n lot OF
shevlia, York and Shea men who are
irawing good salaries from the city, but
The Comptroller has seen 1T not to dis
pose Of the Brooklyn ofiice-holders.
Because of the opposition to him OF
Shevlin. Shea and York during the cam
paign TammanY confidently expected
the Comptroller to make the initial
sweep, but he has held aloof and has
made no explanation.