New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
REVOLT AT RIDGWAY.
ALL BROOKLYN ALARMED.
Deceut Democrats Refuse to Sap
port McCmren Nominee.

The nomination Of James ". Ridgway. former
rts+rsct Attorney OF Kings County. is causing
-svo,t among decent Democrats in Brooklyn.
- With good reason It marks an advance
-, m the part Of the NcCarren machine sup
.--ss OF the Manhattan end by the Murphy
.,hsre If the great game Of scientific graft
new exemplihed by the AZurphy-McCarTen-
-z,-nsttt school The trouble with P1unkitt was
.ss+ he boosted of it. and his views indorsed by
rbaryes F. Murphy. got into print and made
,-,,bIe In the organization so Plunldtt was
showed.
The game % scientific graft" still goes on
nd the nomination Of James ". Ridgway is e
S-.sb reminder that Mr.. AIcCarren- counting on
:. easy victory, is getting things in shape for a
-7,hersl- administration OF borough affairs in
t-ooklvn At first IL aid not seem that the
charge OF the graft brigade. under the leader
sb;p q: the Brooklyn Senator. could be checked
hut II IS pretty certain now that an aroused pub
-. continent VIII result IN the undoing Of the
c,srrrio1 OF the Consolidated Gas Company.
One OF the tried and true" methods Of graft
eng" In Tsn1unany Hall has been 10 get q con
,rzo- 81 6 high price from your friends IN Office
- then pile on g lot Of extras That plan is
siu worked but IL is not 50 easily worked as it
,,oa was Tbs mora scientific way Is to have
q ~--usty~ in the Finance Department OF in the
borough Presidents Office, where large con-
tracts can be progressed or tagged by the
Signing Of q name or the Withholding Of sig
,o-,,-e. This connection soon becomes mat
,s- Of common knowledge among the con
tractors The contractor who VIII not do buoi-
g. WITH the boss fnds that his bills are held
=, ba+yyeeu his business Office and the City
rrsrnberlai1's Office His sureties are not salts
factory HIS building materials are not up 10
,ba rao7,3-ed standard He is detected IN Tari-
c-,s a4re-1pts 10 rcb the city. His methods are
denounced by the machine.
--,,,s sort OF contractor soon retires from the
es7- 4o- repairs and does not come back The
..,-her fellow" who does business with the
hoss dnds that as soon as he gets ms "oFh
started he can get his bill showed along through
=. 74=-s,oa DEPARTMENT. He discovers that Il
,sv-s 10 let the boss and his friends in on the
.,--o,,r,6 floor He soon learns how TO buy real
ae+a+a that the city is going to want. and he
ne 81 q large profit IF he gets too rapaclous
&C. as Ike as not he has TO sue for his pay
Irb.1 q great adoo IS made over the vigilance
- the administration IN holding Up his pay, and
-,s--a7s in action 70 recover is brought against
~, But Il he is friend Of the boss he can get
s,coassive adjourn1nents, or get compromise
on his case and then 60 on grating:
WHAT BROOKLYN FEARS.
= ~--tl<as the voters Of Brooklyn that the nom
...+.o, ~ James W Ridgway means the be-
s-,-tng Of q reign Of extravaganza such as
-,-oo71yn hiss never seen. II begins 10
dawn on them that Il certain candidates are
aiao4sd Il viii be easy TO get almost any KIND OF
q steal through the successive stages OF red tape
and finally get the city's cold cash without rem
dering an equivalent
The fa-eIopnaent Of the subways in this city
meas the expenditure OF S15oo0oOOo The
building Of 3 new water system means another
S1EO000O0 Sewers. piers, new buildings, swell
the prospective total TO the half billion mark
The nomination OF James ". Ridgway indicates
thar Senator McCarren and Charles F Murphy
ere getting ready for business
II is several miles back OF the road OF local
political history before the intelligent voter hnds
the footprints and thurnbLnarks OF James w
Ridgwav but when he finds them he finds them
with a vengeance. They are Of solid dark
color. Nj Ridgway Is one OF the most cheerful
men in the city Of New-York He IS q great
story teller There never is q time when he is
without q client In the last nine years since
his retirement from the Office Of District Attor-
rev OF Kings County there never has been q time
when some man who has broken the law did
not turn TO him as a protector. Al Adams
the policy king. who was sent away to Sing Sing
by Goddard and jerome. early turned TO him
Gamblers pool sellers. raceurack crooks, bucket
shop men. all types Of the guild which. as they
say or the East Side. ride close finishes with
the Penal Code" have in the hour OF distress
turned 10 the eloquent and quick witted Ridg-
way, and they have not turned IN vain II has
cost them something 10 turn. but that was what
M. Ridgway was there for
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