New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Timelg Political and Other Notes OF
Brooklyn People.

The McCarren meeting which was held in Crosby
Eau rlasson and Lexington avenues a few ever
g.. go with the object of asailng Thomas f.
Bvrnes the revolted Democratic leader or 'he n'ii
Assembly District. was a good oeal oi " "' -
according 10 the facts now known about it- AIe
yaetine was the opening of the campaign OF Robert
= f;rIin the NcCarrente chosen TO bring the as
.vsrs hack into the fold. and the Senator was the
leading speaker. The reception he received ne coi-
staerod triumph. which he took quite as a flat.el
of course though in his enemy's territory Inc
room was crowded TO hear him. tact "nioii
caused much comment afterwaro
The spplause enthusiasm and the crowded room
were the natural results OF foresight as Wen aS
of lovaity sust $ the applause which ereeteu hIe
Senator and the misses which greeted Timothy A.
woodruff when they met to debate just before lhe
election last fall svere natural results of foresight
In both cases the foresight was Long Pat anu
the enthusiasm and applause came from his deFoteo
followers and not from his erstwhile enemies as
he hoped ana carefully planned TO make the rest Oh
the city believe.
lust as Prospect Hall packed last fall
though OF course. on far smaller scale-Crosoy
Han was packed the other night There were no
police reserves to beat back the supporters OF ms
opponent. as there at Prospect Hall, but the
game was the same
There were con'ingents from Greenpoint ana
Coney island. Manner down with twenty-five
,neu. The largest company came from the fth
Assembly District, and score or more men came
from the Republican headquarters, next door to the
ran Ii happened that McCarrens coachman drove
him 10 the headquR-t -ters of Senator Z. NJ Travis,
the Republican leader Of the district, by mistake,
and after the Republicans hand had been intro
duoed the Senator they accepted his invitation 10
60 with him to the meeting
In this way the meeting packed. and Gillin
announced that the district really McCarren's
ard that he would swamp Byrnes at the fall pri-
rnaries AS Byrnes will have the election patronage
this fall the decision of Justice Kelly, of the
Supreme Court, McCaTren and his leader will have
some difficulty in getting away with primaries in
TIE llth District easily they got away with
The opening meeting of the pro-McCarren campaign
Following in the footsteps of Postmaster George
H. Roberts. who viii again attempt to down Sem
etor Eugene N Travis. Republican leader OF the
18th Assembly District, at the fall primaries Rep
representative George f. Waldo. who defeated
last spring when trying TO take the leadership OF
the 18th Assembly District away from r ]. H.
kracke, will perhaps renew the contest this fall
Waldo's term in Congress expires this fall and
he is anxious be reelected. Between the last
primaries Waldo first tried take the county
leadership away from Timothy l. Woodruff through
the instrumentality of the Hughes League. When
the league went TO pieces he satisfied himself with
trying capture the 18th District. He got about
one-sixth OF the votes cast, and it supposed
that b. the time the primaries were over he had
tired Of spending money q vain pursuit of Office.
This the reports confute. He promised
nomination by kracke before the trouble began,
but forfeited kracke's support Now he has in
timated that he VIII make another fight this fall
If Kracke does not permit him to have the noml-
nation He proposes raise again the Hughes
slogan. his slogan Of last fan and spring
Brooklyn has recently suffered from some of the
interesting plaques which Egypt INDUCED in
and q number Of others besides. Early last week
came the white moths, millions of them. but for
some other the women Of the family
were sidetracked their way Long Island and
sections OF Manhattan and The Bronx. The latest
is the plague Of mosquitoes No one seems to have
paused long enough to find out whether they come,
like the Society Of Friends, ladies one side and
gentlemen on the other, or in the ordinary family
groups II does not seem 10 make much difference.
They may be socialists, like the ants and the
bees. in organization. bat matter of fact,
they a bunch Of pronounced individualists.
Every is hustler and gets out and procures
his own living, regardless of age and sex. They
have no of the rules laid down by the econo-
nsts they iote luXurfes. s may be noticed
IN any restaurant other public place where they
gather in about the stout and healthy
members Of the community, permitting the small
and scraWny 20 escape unsoathed. 1t is safe to
predict that if this of thing continues will
result in driving the large and able bodied citizens
OF the borough and1n reducing the average size
OF the population by six seven inches
Julius Clan the Danish Consul General was
chosen 10 set the match to the mortgage that has
encunabered the Danish Home for the Aged. No.
5st street, last week. Borough President Coler
was to have fired the document, but he
CT at the time for the burning. and Consul
General Clan chosen to fill his place. The
home established in 1896 by the Danish socie-
ties Of New York. The building stands a plot
100 by 20 size. The inmates must be Of good
class and must pay a fee of $3.50. To get IN the
applicants must be Of Danish birth and sixty-flve
years old.