The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-17
TRAVIS'S CLEAN SWEEP
HITS TAMMANY HARD
Has Plan for .AppOrtioning Jobs
to Republicans by
Districts.

Forty two Tammany mon aud their
allies, some Of them district leaders. vhn
have been tucked away in comfortable
Jobs under Comptroller Sohmer are to be
nudged out into the cold by his Republ-
can successor. Eugene NJ. Travis, and their
places filled 10y Republicans. Mr.. Travis,
State Chairman Tanner, county Chair
man koenig and others have agreed upon
a plan of patronage distribution calculated
TO please the partisans of every county
and to eNpcl nearly every Democrat not
protected by civil service
Mr. Travis has more than 100 berths
at his disposal Some of them he VIII
aboish. The rest will go 70 Republicans.
He regarded as personal the selection 0t
his four deputies --ReusswiG, Wendell, Lee
and Boa rdman--but for other appoint
meuts the o. X. Of county chairmen and
state committeeman will be decisive"
Comptroller Sohmer gave Tammany ;hf
biggest portion ~ patronage. MIR Travis
purposes TO scatter his favors widely.
Among the Tammany figures slated to
20 are Michael !. Cruise, chief clerk Of
the stock transfer bureau in this city, at
| $500 a year. whose post Will go to ..
Westminster Republican: Matthew ).
| ponohue, eN-leader IN the Seventeenth DIS
trct, trust fund examiner. at $40 day :
J Harry hamburger, son Of the latc en-
Sheriff examiner Of transfer stock, At
, praisrrs At $4,000 n year: Percy Magic.
John ]. Martin. Joseph T. Berry. cx-leader
| I'm The Bronx Michael j. GarNin, a Bronx
! leader; John V. Coggey, leader in tho
Eighteenth who Is to be an election con-
Missioner for New York city; solomon
Goldenkranz, leader in the Tenth dis
trict; Edward j. Cudihy and Thomas r.
Turley. County Chairman koenig WILL
recommend men for these eight apprais'"-
ships next week. In addition to these
Jobs New York county will get the man
aging clerk in the transfer tax bureau at
$1,000 a year post now held by Thomas
]. Bannon; two or three trust fund exam
I liners at from SO to So a day, and two
or three transfer stock examiners at
/ 50, 900 q year.
| or the twenty examiners OF transfer
stock now In office only one will be re-
tanned. He is J +. Elert OF Staten Is
land. a Republican and war veteran.
Col. Lafayette b, Gleason. who is TO
he transfer tax attorney for New York
county at $4,000 year, will have the
appointment Of a dozen assistant attOr-
neys nj salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$1,000. Some of them will be picked
from other counties, Mr. Travis will APP
point transfer tax attorney for each
county in the state, all getting paid in
fees except Col. Gleason, and will also
appoint a $4,000 appraiser in each county.
! Yesterday Mr., Travis announced that
Marcus h, Campbell, leader IN tiv Six
teenth district, will be transfer tax at
torney for Brooklyn. This Job has paid
as much as $4,000 a year in fees, but
Mr.. Campbell will apportion the work
among several other lawyers and viii re-
strict himself to $4,000 William Scnitz-
pan. leader of the Twentieth district. and
Charles :. Warbasse. leader in the Ninth
district, will be transfer tax apprase
for Brooklyn. Thomas l.. Clevcrly of
the Twelfth district Will be court trust
! fund examiner at about $500.