New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-15
Rich Rewards in Offices.

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organization.
Rich Rewards in Offices.
The officers TO loo elected AZ tho coming
election are a County Judge. Sheriff.
County clerk. Register. District Attorney
and Surrogate In addition To- these Of
fees there are Commissioner Of Jurors
and Public Administrator both appoin-
tive officers The salary ~ the first is
I 400 and ~ the latter $4,000 a year.
Tho salaries of tho six elective officials is
,1o.0oO year. In addition 10 these sal
aries ihc act creates subordinate places
I'm tho various Offices aggregating the fol-
loving salaries sheriff. si3. 800 Surro-
gate sii.O00. County clerk. $4,000 4:
Register. $4,000 and District Attorney.
SIS 500
II is tho opinion ~ those who have
studied tho question that many ~ tho
mandatory places are unnecessary ~. AZ
least. tho salaries fixed Tor them are IN
necessarily high. hut that II viii be found
there will be- many other employees re-
quired. which will bring the expense Of the
now county M 20 high figure
Tho only onccholder Of Bronx County
now is John \ Mason. who was appointed
Commissioners ~ Jurors ~ former Gov
crnor rN. whose private secretary n
had been
Justice John " Tiorney. - the Nunici-
pal Court. is a candidate for the place on
m, supreme Court bench left vacant by
tho resignation Of T.. T. Mccall. hut II
Ia. nj hg d 40
stand the hes, Of chances-hc will he q
candidate for tho nomination FOR tho
fudgeship 20 he filed In the new county.
stephen J. Stlwcll. the author of tho
bill wants some sor, Of nomination un-
der II. and II IS generally agreed that he
is entitled 10 Il. II he does not get that
for county Judge he may he satisfied with
the nomination FOR Sheriff. or oven for
county clerk. Joseph +. Ueunessy. chair
man OF the Board of Assessors under
Mavor Gavnor. is being talked Of as a
ca nddatc for Register He has been a
deputy register In this county. These are
all Democrats.
Arbiter SITS IN i4th Street.
For District Attorney tn" Democrats
are talking ~ Richard =. Mitchell. VINO
for some wears has been IN charge OF
Rroux matters In the Corporation 'oun-
sovs office Frank Gass may decide 10
take one Of the nominations FOR hinseN.
II Is not at all unlikely. II he does n"
may decide TO run FOR Sheriff. But after
all the boss In 18th street will make oil
the decisions. nh.
There are FIVE Republican leaders In The
Bronx-W. IL Ten Eyck, John ), hhe"l~i
Alfred r. SimOnds, r.. W. BRADBURY ahu,
credited with being willing 10 run on the
Bronx County ticket John laws nu
ward / Raldiris and Julius TOBIAS are
progressives who might b' eAp,C,eu 10
come forward for nominations ei'n'i ~" ~,
,heir own ticket or on some fusioh Win
the Republicans.
Albany March Il The question ~ the
constitutionally OF the Bronx county ac'
wos raised In n IN bcss cornuS pr"e'u''e
thought nv counsel for Joseph J. Nc
I<.rra convicted of murder III inc n's'
d.s,.o The law was signed nv Governor
rs, an Anrll 10. 1912. and the crime foi
t,.h Nckeuna was convicted was COM
- {, Tho Eronx on June ., 1872. II
M ,n,onded that the Indictment shouii
80. heon found IN Bronx county "
grand jurors OF mat t T"en,, , mnu bod"
Eew York county btl0ie nllAe" nou'
Of Jurors from New YORK ana bro'N cou"-
ties. . ,,a, terms NJ court in
~. t.n',ntv are not 10 he held until
a,er January isl4 jurisdiction ;na a,r, sn, Of
.lh. VI, county Judge Hiscock wrote
,,n e" naiority opinion of the court. Judges
,H VI r'uddeback and Hogan c"ncurrinc
Tidees cullen, Gray and Bartlett DIS
sen SILT. Cullen SAYS that In the deter
n,inat7on OF the Mcl<enna appeal II Is nor
,'.nnsearv TO pass upon the constitution
III, ~ The Rronx County act