New-York tribune., 1909-11-18
JEROME'S LAST GUN
IGNORES WHITMAN IN
PROMOTIONS.
Action Supposed Reply to
Statement By District
Attorney-Elect.

District Attorney Jerome gave Charles
s. Whitman. District Attorney ELECT. a
surprise yesterday by making thres pro-
motions without consulting Judge Whit
man. who will succeed him in six weeks.
Karl r. Miner was appointed a full
f1edged assistant at $500 a year. his ap-
pointment to take effect on December 1.
He is now a deputy assistant. with SAL
ary of $4,000.
Robert +. Manly. deputy assistant.
was advanced 10 Mr. Miners desk. with
a salary Of $4,000. His present salary is
tS50 He received an advance Of 300
last year
Mason TroV bridge. deputy assistant.
at $4,000. was advanced 10 $4,000 All
the appointments are to take effect on
December I.
To say that these advances we're an
unpleasant surprise to Judge Whitman is
putting II mildly. This Is particularly
true I'm tho case Of MIR. Miner. who lives
at No. IS Oliver street. In Sheriff big
Tom" Foleys district. 1t is said at the
Criminal Courts Building that Mr.. Miner
and Mr.. Foley are close personal friends
The District Attorney and Mr. Foley are
warm friends.
The Sheriff was at the dinner al Del
mOnico's last winter when District At
torney Jeromes boom for a denomination
was started. Sheriff Foley did his ut
most to get Charles r. Murphy 10 nomi-
nate Mr.. Jerome on the Tammany ticket,
but the Tammany boss. after talking il
over with his advisers, turned down the
suggestion Foley now has the grim sat
isfaction of saying that if Jerome had
run he would have drawn enough indie
pendent Republican votes 10 have beaten
the fusion candidate.
The Tribune on Sunday carried an in
terview with Judge Whitman. i'm which
the District Attorney-elect said that he
would not retain i'm the service Of the
county any member of Jerome's staff
who could in any manner be Influenced
by Tammany Tall. II was assumed by
people around the Criminal Courts
Building that Miner would he dropped
by Judge Whitman, and the promotion
Of Mr.. Miner yesterday by Mr. Jerome
is looked upon by many as Jerome's
answer To Judge Whitman.
Whether Mr.. Miner will be in the SER
vice of the county beyond the end OF this
year remains TO be seen. The assistants
in the District Attorneys C.-ice are sup
posed 10 be exempt from the Civil Ser
vice. Judge Whitman is planning to
drop nearly all of Mr.. Jerome's staff of
assistants The Court of Appeals deci-
sion in the Walker case. however. gives
some of tho Tammany men on Jerome's
staff the hope that thew need not be
dropped if they put up fight. and some
of them are disposed TO fight.
Borough President Ahearn. after an
investigation by the Commissioners of
Accounts had shown that William III.
Walker. Superintendent of Offices and
Buildings in his office. had allowed
things to run at rather loose ends. dis
missed him from the service without a
trial Walker sued for reinstatement and
unpaid salary dating from the time of
his dismissal He won his fight in the
Court Of Appeals, and reinstatement is
looked for any day.
Francis p Garvan. Mr.. Jerome's chief
assistant. has resigned and intends 10
retire from office on January l. The
promotion Of Miner. Manly and Trow-
bridge yesterday lends color 10 the story
circulated by their friends that they
would make fight 10 stay in office after
January l. When Mr.. Manly was seen
last night he said:
mo particular significance should be
attached to the promotion Of Mr.. Miner
and myself So far as I know my ap-
pointment holds good only until the end
Of the year I take II that the promotion
was recognition on the part of the Dis
trict Attorney Of good work done by the
men ne favored. I did not know that
Mr. Trowbrdge had been promoted"