New-York tribune., 1909-05-23
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
NcCarren and His FOlIO1CerS Try to
Get Harmony rith q Club.

Though al the time Of the adoption Of the plans
NJ tbs se-cslled harmony" committee last Tues
sav night the whole attempt to bring peace into
The local Democratic organization was denounced
as a farce by Thomas r. Byrnes. leader OF the
nth Assembly District and the spokesman of the
sr7i-wct, ,a-renites the McCarrenites have since
zone ahead with their pet scheme under the guild
ance Of the county leade- and James SheVlin- The
result Of the so-called harmony movement mas
been tie change in the attitude OF MI SfeNln ana
The surrender OF the d Assembly District by It's
leader John J. Bridges. Whether the district viii
STAY surrendered is a question. II is also ques-
ton whether Mr.. Shevlin-s attitude will remain
changed Probably il does not make much dlfter-
ence what Mr. Shevlin thinks but II Is OF con-
siderable importance how the organization OF the
I'd Assembly District votes
II present McCarren has number OF districts
by scanty uargin-if at all The 10th. 18th. Zlst
and I'D are strongly opposed TO him he mas 4
slight hold on the %. 6th 9Th and Eth In the oth
there is a large faction Of anu-McCarrenltes' as Is
the case in the nth Probably every other district
in Brooklyn has anti-McCarren faction Inc
present attempt Of the McCarrenites TO convince
their opponents that they have been harmonized'
although :heir report was rejected by over
Rhelming vote, IS an example Of political hypno-
tism
The peculiar feature is that the McCarrenites are
the only ones who seem BE- Influenced by the
suggestions Of their leader The anti-McCarrenites
90 not appear b. Al all subject to his hypnotic
powers. While the NcCarren organizations are
holding meetings and enthusiastically ndOrsing the
action Of the county committee IN accepting the
harmony plan offered b. the McCarrenites. and in
rejecting the harmony proposals OF the antl-Mc-
Cs-renites, the opposition is preparing for a con-
flct with the county leader and his supporters at
the coming primaries. The ''antis" stiA maintain
that they VIII never accept any harmony plan that
permits McCarren 20 remain at the head Of the
local Organization-a permission evidently. though
Fr1Tr tod
last Tuesday.
The 'antis' all agres with the view expressed
by McCarren that the provisional committee, from
which so much has been expected, is only an ad-
visory body, and that the leader and his followers
SUI retain all their original rights and powers.
The last prop was knocked from under the har-
mony plan when McCarren, in open meeting. said
to those who opposed him that harmony means the
rule Of the majority, and that he would soon drive
cut CT authority those leaders who object to the
present conditions in the organization.
The Brooklyn League has taken up the fight for
ne extension of the Eastern Parkway TO Forest
Park The extension would distance Of four
a-o q half miles 70 the city line, and would cost
between Se5ooep5 and g 10000 According the Of
heeFs Of the League. 60 per of the cost would
pe paid for street openings any way, and the ad-
oitonal cost make the streets affected contnu-
Gus parkway would be comparatively light. not
~-- AlyI5 tIldn slJtspgt- Inc people OF brooklyn
ana Queens have been working for the extension
1or several years
Spectators in the Myrtle avenue police court were
Niuch amused the other day at a reconciliation
scene for which Magistrate Manner response
We The chief actors were Dominic Yannocia and
.|'uS Psrfetto. Italian lamplighters, who live at
NJ as ist street. Yannocia had been arrested,
charged with asssuting Parfetto. The magistrate
proposed that they make peace. They consented
Desinning by shaking hands and smiling, they were
Sooa embracing, and concluded by kissing each
0''eE' much to the delight Of the audience.
mere was kidnapping scare in Skillman street
.ne Other day Court Oficer Edward F. Lang and
.14ss Annie Connolly, probation officer, both at
1eaea 10 The Adams street police court. came near
eeeaag iato trouble with crowd of a hundred
- noie persons who saw them scufhng with May
ivan. sixteen years old OF No. 60 Skillman street,
n 1 'ohn Ashton. twenty years old. Of No. 46s
:. stK avenue. Both officers in ordinary dress.
Ass Connolly and Officer Lang went to the Cowan
~ me TO arrest the girl for misbehaving herself
'Nls on parole. The girl tried 10 get away from
A oy means OF the fire escape While the three
ie struggling the girls brother-in-law, Ashton,
90 rom the next fiat and tried TO rescue her. The
Seope about the disturbance, and would have
;O'iea the brother-In-Eas 4 a policeman had not
= - st'raeted by the disturbance and appeared on
~ scene in time TO explain matters.