New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-17
The COntrOller-EleCt Will
Brush Tammany Men
from Office.
DEMOCRATS TO LOSE
100000 A YEAR
Many Sinecures in State Will Be
Abolished-Several APP
pOinteeS Named.


payroll Of the State Controllers Office
the first Of the year. All except q few
are members of the Tammany organiza-
ton, while the others belong 10 its al
filiated organizations in The Bronx and
Brooklyn. The places from which they
are TO retire represent patronage
Of about 100000 year. No fewer than
siz Tammany leaders and three former
leaders will have to look elsewhere Tor
employment
Ever since William Sohmer. faithful
member Of Tammany Hall. became Con
troller on January ], 1911, his once
has been sort Of sailors snug harbor
for Tammany men. About one-third OF
the employees in the department were
appointed from here.
Controller-elcct Travis went over the
patronage problem in great detail at a
five-hour conference with State Chair
man Tanner on Tuesday. IL was de-
cided that the Tammsny men must go.
New York County Republicans must
not expect to get all of the places now
held by Tammany men, however. II IS
recognized that proportionally the Re
publican organization Is stronger IN
other counties and each viii get ITS FAR
share of the patronage.
Some appointments which he consid-
ers as purely personal already have
been announced by Controller Travis.
Ali the others are to be made on the
recommendation of the county chair
man and state committeeman in the
district in which the man appointed
lives.
This will be the Controller-elect's
busy day, as he will have to talk
patronage with the members of the
State Committee and the county CHAIR
man, who are here for the meeting at
the Republican Club.
Each county has at least one trans
fer tax appraiser. at $4,000 a year.
New York County has eight, Kings
four and The Bronx three. OF the
other counties in this vicinity West
chester, Richmond, Queens, Nassau and
Suffolk have only one each. The other
employees of the Office may come from
any county. but under Sohmer they
have come largely from New York.
Samuel s. Koenig, president of the
New York County organization, re-
ceiyed word that, in addition to the
eight transfer tax appraisers, his or
ganization could expect only two or
three of the places as court trust
fund examiners and two OF three OF
the places as examiner Of stock trans
fer There arc twelve of the former
held by Tammany men At from $40 to
Sis day and nine Of the latter, which
nav $1,000 a year. The organization
here also will get the place of man
aging clerk Of the transfer tax bureau
IN the New York Office, and possibly
four of the attorneys in the office OF
the transfer tax attorney for New
York. These places pay from S2,OOO
TO $4,000 year.
The transfer tax attorneyshlp Tor
this county goes to Colonel Latayette
v Gleason. secretary of the state COM
mittee. who is not connected with the
crganization. Mr.. Travis held II to be
r. personal appointment
There has been ALREADY tho lveliest
scramble for the transfer tax APP
praiserships, but Mr.. Koenig will not
submit his recommendations from the
twenty-five or thirty applicants until
the first of next week.
These are the Tammany men who are
TO lose their fat berths: Edward j..
Cuddihy. Thomas +. Turley, John T..
Martin. Percy Nagle, former leader OF
the 3Oth District, south; Joseph J..
Berry, formerly Bronx district
leader; Michael J. Garvin, leader OF
the Esd District; John V. Coggey,
leader of the 18th, and solomon Cold
enkranz, leader of the 10th Coggey
will be reconciled 20 the loss Of this
lob, as he is slated to become Comms-
sioner of Elections at $4,000 year.
In addition TO the above Tammany
leaders Wallace Fraser, leader Of the
rorth end Of the 30th District, will lose
his lob as deputy in charge OF the New
York Office at $4,000 a year. James
Hagan, leader of the 18th, will have
10 find another lob. as he is TO be de-
prived Of the $4,000 salary that goes
with the Office OF Corporation Tax Com
missioner.
Michael J. Cruise. leader Of the l4th
District, will no longer be chief clerk
Of the Stock Transfer Tax Bureau in
the New York Office at $500 a year.
Edward Boyle. leader of the 18th
District, who only few months age
annexed the $4,000 place of transfer
tax attorney in this county, must give
ii r0 Matthew +. Donohue, former
lo,l of the 18th District, will miss
% day as court trust fund ex
S-rrr
Harry J. Hamburger, a son OF the
former Sheriff. will be cut off the rol
OF stock transfer examiners. And I
number Of other less well known mem
bers Of Tammany Hall will be obliged (,
hunt for a job when the going i
very poor.
Some Of the places that are purel.
sinecures are TO be abolished by Con
troller Travis At least. he said yes
.erday he thought he should appoin
nobody 10 succeed the Tammany me
going out the first Of the year fror
The following places: Conidentia
agent at 81 800. confidential examine
al Sl4 day. special Corporation Ia
Commissioners at $500. two examiner
of banks at 50. 500 and one at $500
and an auditor Of canal affairs at SIS
day.
There is just one Of the twenty stoc
transfer examiners IN the state VIII
viii keep his job He is J. T. Ebert, o
Richmond. and he happens TO be III
only Republican IN the group.
The Controller elect announced thre
Kings County appointments yesterday
Marcus B. Campbell. leoder'of the lott
Assembly District and former Chairman
Of the county committee. viii be trans
fer tax attorney. The Office IS wortl
IN fees anywhere from $4,000 10 $50,
900 a year. An arrangement has beer
made. however, whereby Mr Campbell
will turn some Of the business over e
lawyers in other districts. so that his
own net income will not be more thar
$4,000.
William Schnitzpan. leader Of the
10Th Assembly District. ard Charles s
Warbasse. leader Of the 9th District
r,ill be appointed transfer tax apprais-
ers for Kings County. Thomas =
Cleverly will be a court trust fund ex-
anlineT.
Far Rockaway Five Victors.