1895
The President Has No Veto When Bills Pass Both Houses.
The process of legislation in the French chamber is very simple, as described by The Chautauquan. Each chamber may initiate legislation upon any subject except the finances, and a bill upon any subject whatsoever must be passed in all its parts by a majority vote in both chambers in order to become a law. This is not only necessary, but it is also sufficient — i.e., the president of the republic has no veto power upon the legislation of the chambers. The constitution provides a period of 30 days between the passage of the law by the chambers and its necessary promulgation by the president of the republic and reduces this period to three days in case the chamber should vote that promulgation is urgent. Within those respective periods the president of the republic may demand of the chambers a reconsideration of the measure, and they are required by the constitution to accord the request. If they repass the measure by majority vote, the president must yield and promulgate the law.
The chambers can also initiate the call of the national assembly for the purpose of amending or revising the constitution. The chief question which has arisen in the exercise of this power is whether the chambers can limit the action of the national assembly by their agreement beforehand upon the subjects in regard to which the constitution may be amended or revised. The affirmative view of this question would be a security to the rights and powers of the smaller body, the senate, since the national assembly is composed of the members of the two chambers in joint assembly, but the more numerous deputies have espoused with great unanimity the negative view, and it must be recognized that they have the logic of the matter with them. The national assembly is the sovereign power in the constitution and cannot be limited, therefore, by a branch of the government, or even by the whole government, in its action. The national assembly may consider any subject it will when once it is organized. The chambers in joint assembly also elect the president of the republic.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Put a Muzzle on Him
New York, 1895
(Long Island City Herald, Republican.)
William J. Youngs, chairman of the county Republican committee, ought to repudiate his personal organ, the Jamaica Standard, without delay and secure another organ, for the whimpering, inexperienced and indiscreet editor of that paper will get him into no end of trouble unless he is either muzzled or repudiated.
—Reprinted in The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
(Long Island City Herald, Republican.)
William J. Youngs, chairman of the county Republican committee, ought to repudiate his personal organ, the Jamaica Standard, without delay and secure another organ, for the whimpering, inexperienced and indiscreet editor of that paper will get him into no end of trouble unless he is either muzzled or repudiated.
—Reprinted in The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
Mr. Vacheron's Queer Work
New York, 1895
The State proposed to spend a sum of money for surveys and the like with a view to building a canal from Newtown creek to Flushing bay, to connect these tide waters. The bill provided for a commission to do the work and defined their duties and powers. Assemblyman Vacheron used his influence and his vote to defeat this bill, thereby depriving this county of an improvement of incalculable benefit, and the Jamaica Standard proceeds to shower glory upon him in this lavish fashion:
"On Wednesday, the gigantic scheme of F. F. Shultz, to appropriate a large sum of money for the building of a canal in Queens county, to connect Flushing and Newtown Crook, came up in the Assembly. The bill called for the appointment of six commissioners. This provided fat offices at state expense for political henchmen. Mr. Vacheron vigorously attacked the measure. Mr. Vacheron's speech was the effort of his life. This completely knocked it out. Those who witnessed this fight said that Mr. Vacheron did the work of a hero."
We cannot fathom the Standard's opposition to the bill, and its praise of Mr. Vacheron for helping to kill it, on any other theory than that there was nothing in it for Mr. Vacheron or Boss Youngs, and the Standard sympathised with them and followed the orders of the boss.
If the state should decide to spend a million dollars or more in an improvement that would be of immeasurable benefit to Jamaica, Newtown and Flushing, and incidentally to the whole island, the people of the county should welcome it, first, because we would be getting a return for the state taxes that we pay, and, secondly, for the general benefits that would accrue to business and property.
Queens county has to contribute annually a large sum of money to maintain the canals, but receives no direct benefit whatever. We have paid as much as $40,000 a year for the canal system, and this year the share levied upon us was $24,150, and when the state proposes to give us the direct benefits of a canal here at home, at the expense of the state at large, Mr. Vacheron and his cronies refuse to let us have it! A greater outrage was never committed upon the people of this county.
The only objection the Standard is able to present to the bill is that it provided "for the appointment of a commission of six. This provided fat offices at state expense for political henchmen." This is rich and rare, when we recall that the Standard was perfectly willing to have the Commissioner of Jurors bill passed to provide an office for Mr. Vacheron at an expense to the people of Queens County of $10,000 a year; and the editor of the Standard even went to Albany to help Mr. Vacheron and Boss Youngs lobby the rascally job through.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
The State proposed to spend a sum of money for surveys and the like with a view to building a canal from Newtown creek to Flushing bay, to connect these tide waters. The bill provided for a commission to do the work and defined their duties and powers. Assemblyman Vacheron used his influence and his vote to defeat this bill, thereby depriving this county of an improvement of incalculable benefit, and the Jamaica Standard proceeds to shower glory upon him in this lavish fashion:
"On Wednesday, the gigantic scheme of F. F. Shultz, to appropriate a large sum of money for the building of a canal in Queens county, to connect Flushing and Newtown Crook, came up in the Assembly. The bill called for the appointment of six commissioners. This provided fat offices at state expense for political henchmen. Mr. Vacheron vigorously attacked the measure. Mr. Vacheron's speech was the effort of his life. This completely knocked it out. Those who witnessed this fight said that Mr. Vacheron did the work of a hero."
We cannot fathom the Standard's opposition to the bill, and its praise of Mr. Vacheron for helping to kill it, on any other theory than that there was nothing in it for Mr. Vacheron or Boss Youngs, and the Standard sympathised with them and followed the orders of the boss.
If the state should decide to spend a million dollars or more in an improvement that would be of immeasurable benefit to Jamaica, Newtown and Flushing, and incidentally to the whole island, the people of the county should welcome it, first, because we would be getting a return for the state taxes that we pay, and, secondly, for the general benefits that would accrue to business and property.
Queens county has to contribute annually a large sum of money to maintain the canals, but receives no direct benefit whatever. We have paid as much as $40,000 a year for the canal system, and this year the share levied upon us was $24,150, and when the state proposes to give us the direct benefits of a canal here at home, at the expense of the state at large, Mr. Vacheron and his cronies refuse to let us have it! A greater outrage was never committed upon the people of this county.
The only objection the Standard is able to present to the bill is that it provided "for the appointment of a commission of six. This provided fat offices at state expense for political henchmen." This is rich and rare, when we recall that the Standard was perfectly willing to have the Commissioner of Jurors bill passed to provide an office for Mr. Vacheron at an expense to the people of Queens County of $10,000 a year; and the editor of the Standard even went to Albany to help Mr. Vacheron and Boss Youngs lobby the rascally job through.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
Short Editorials, No Headlines (May 24, 1895)
New York, 1895
Sunday's Brooklyn Eagle had a news paragraph saying that Republican leaders would protest to the board of Supervisors against the appointment of the Glen Cove Gazette as an official paper representing their party on the ground that the Gazette is not a party at all. There must be some mistake about this. The Gazette was appointed by the Supervisors at the request of William J. Youngs, the Republican leader, and he ought to know the paper's politics. The Gazette is an excellent paper, with a good circulation and lots of independence, and the people will get more value for their money than if some impecunious, dying organ had been appointed. The selection is creditable to Mr. Youngs and the Supervisors.
Note: The "impecunious, dying organ" is a slam against The Jamaica Standard newspaper, which The Farmer considered dishonest, even criminal.
The Republican County Committee did right not to accept the resignation of Chairman William J. Youngs. The committee undoubtedly took the view that he should not be allowed to escape responsibility for the bad record he made at Albany last winter and this, and have the public censure fall upon the head of the innocent person who might succeed him. It was a sly move of the Boss, but the committee seems to have anticipated him.
We presume it will require a murder or two to arouse District Attorney Noble to a sense of the brutal prize fights that occur periodically at Ridgewood. Even murder might fail to do it.
The welcome given to Assemblyman Madden by the people of Long Island City was deserved. He made an intelligent and conscientious representative. He returns to his constituents with a praiseworthy record, locally and generally, and not under the cloud of an indictment for bribe seeking and bribe taking. Democrats should rejoice in this, and undoubtedly all honest Republicans appreciate it.
Boss Youngs would be better pleased to have Edward N. Townsend in the Senate than John Lewis Childs.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
Sunday's Brooklyn Eagle had a news paragraph saying that Republican leaders would protest to the board of Supervisors against the appointment of the Glen Cove Gazette as an official paper representing their party on the ground that the Gazette is not a party at all. There must be some mistake about this. The Gazette was appointed by the Supervisors at the request of William J. Youngs, the Republican leader, and he ought to know the paper's politics. The Gazette is an excellent paper, with a good circulation and lots of independence, and the people will get more value for their money than if some impecunious, dying organ had been appointed. The selection is creditable to Mr. Youngs and the Supervisors.
Note: The "impecunious, dying organ" is a slam against The Jamaica Standard newspaper, which The Farmer considered dishonest, even criminal.
The Republican County Committee did right not to accept the resignation of Chairman William J. Youngs. The committee undoubtedly took the view that he should not be allowed to escape responsibility for the bad record he made at Albany last winter and this, and have the public censure fall upon the head of the innocent person who might succeed him. It was a sly move of the Boss, but the committee seems to have anticipated him.
We presume it will require a murder or two to arouse District Attorney Noble to a sense of the brutal prize fights that occur periodically at Ridgewood. Even murder might fail to do it.
The welcome given to Assemblyman Madden by the people of Long Island City was deserved. He made an intelligent and conscientious representative. He returns to his constituents with a praiseworthy record, locally and generally, and not under the cloud of an indictment for bribe seeking and bribe taking. Democrats should rejoice in this, and undoubtedly all honest Republicans appreciate it.
Boss Youngs would be better pleased to have Edward N. Townsend in the Senate than John Lewis Childs.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
The Senatorship
New York, 1895
The next Senator elected in this district will hold office for three years, and it should follow that both parties will put forward their best candidates with a view of winning the office for party advantage. Presumably the Republican nominee will be John Lewis Childs. We are bound to say that Mr. Childs' record this year gives him a strong claim to re-election, and the Democrats should not overlook this fact in casting about for a candidate. Undoubted there will be some opposition to Mr. Childs in his own party, but whether that will be offset by the votes of Democrats and Independents who are pleased with his record will remain a matter for speculation.
At present the name of Edward N. Townsend alone is mentioned for the Democratic nomination, but his candidacy is regarded from a humorous point of view merely, and his nomination is not anticipated. But blunders have been made, and will be made, and it is not impossible that Mr. Townsend may fall a victim of a blunder this year, especially if the Democratic leaders who have sense and influence are going to keep their hands off and enjoy the fun.
No Income Tax
The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the income tax illegal. This is joyful news, and a great victory for Democratic principle over the Populistic creed. Senator Hill made a great fight against the tax, and the decision of the court declaring the law unconstitutional puts him at the head of Democratic statesmen.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
The next Senator elected in this district will hold office for three years, and it should follow that both parties will put forward their best candidates with a view of winning the office for party advantage. Presumably the Republican nominee will be John Lewis Childs. We are bound to say that Mr. Childs' record this year gives him a strong claim to re-election, and the Democrats should not overlook this fact in casting about for a candidate. Undoubted there will be some opposition to Mr. Childs in his own party, but whether that will be offset by the votes of Democrats and Independents who are pleased with his record will remain a matter for speculation.
At present the name of Edward N. Townsend alone is mentioned for the Democratic nomination, but his candidacy is regarded from a humorous point of view merely, and his nomination is not anticipated. But blunders have been made, and will be made, and it is not impossible that Mr. Townsend may fall a victim of a blunder this year, especially if the Democratic leaders who have sense and influence are going to keep their hands off and enjoy the fun.
No Income Tax
The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the income tax illegal. This is joyful news, and a great victory for Democratic principle over the Populistic creed. Senator Hill made a great fight against the tax, and the decision of the court declaring the law unconstitutional puts him at the head of Democratic statesmen.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 4.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
New Long Island Corporations
New York, 1895
The Newtown light and power company has been incorporated with the secretary of state to manufacture at Newtown electricity for light, heat and power.
The amount of capital stock is $20,000 and the directors of the company are J. C. Smith of Babylon, George B. Gallagher of Brooklyn, Francis McKenna and George S. Jervis of Maspeth.
Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the New York Scientific Dairy company of North Hempstead. It proposes to carry on a general dairy business with a capital of $50,000.
New Railroad Station
The residents of Glen Cove who wanted the railroad station changed to Titus Crossing are not dismayed because the railroad commissioners refused to grant their application for the change. They are going right ahead and building a station, and the Long Island railroad officials have agreed to stop at both stations.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
The Newtown light and power company has been incorporated with the secretary of state to manufacture at Newtown electricity for light, heat and power.
The amount of capital stock is $20,000 and the directors of the company are J. C. Smith of Babylon, George B. Gallagher of Brooklyn, Francis McKenna and George S. Jervis of Maspeth.
Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the New York Scientific Dairy company of North Hempstead. It proposes to carry on a general dairy business with a capital of $50,000.
New Railroad Station
The residents of Glen Cove who wanted the railroad station changed to Titus Crossing are not dismayed because the railroad commissioners refused to grant their application for the change. They are going right ahead and building a station, and the Long Island railroad officials have agreed to stop at both stations.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Fort Pond Bay Railroad
New York, 1895
General Manager Reynolds of the Long Island railroad has given notice that all passenger and freight trains now passing Bridgehampton will, on June 1, run through to Amagansett. The first station beyond Bridgehampton is to be located at Easthampton, seven miles distant, and the next will be at Amagansett, three miles further on. From Amagansett there will not be another station until the terminus is reached at Fort Pond Bay.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
General Manager Reynolds of the Long Island railroad has given notice that all passenger and freight trains now passing Bridgehampton will, on June 1, run through to Amagansett. The first station beyond Bridgehampton is to be located at Easthampton, seven miles distant, and the next will be at Amagansett, three miles further on. From Amagansett there will not be another station until the terminus is reached at Fort Pond Bay.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Hotel Man Fined for Intoxication
New York, 1895
Robert P. Brennen, proprietor of the Murray Hill Hotel at Flushing, was fined $10 Tuesday morning by Justice Smith for intoxication and held in $500 bail to await the action of the Grand Jury for resisting arrest.
High Price for Gas
At a meeting of the board of trustees of Far Rockaway, a franchise was granted to the Hempstead Gas company, permitting the laying of mains and pipes to supply gas for heating and illuminating purposes at the rate of $2 per 1,000 feet.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Robert P. Brennen, proprietor of the Murray Hill Hotel at Flushing, was fined $10 Tuesday morning by Justice Smith for intoxication and held in $500 bail to await the action of the Grand Jury for resisting arrest.
High Price for Gas
At a meeting of the board of trustees of Far Rockaway, a franchise was granted to the Hempstead Gas company, permitting the laying of mains and pipes to supply gas for heating and illuminating purposes at the rate of $2 per 1,000 feet.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
June Term of Court
New York, 1895
The following grand and trial jurors from the town of Jamaica have been drawn to serve at the June term of the circuit court and court of over and terminer, to begin at Long Island City June 3:
Grand Jurors — Peter C. Hendrickson, Queens; Abraham Van Siclen, Ozone Park.
Trial Jurors — Andrew Neider, Jamaica South; Henry W. Redline, Clarenceville; Adolph Grunninger, Woodhaven; H. A. Freeman, Jamaica; John Muir, Union Course; James McNary, Brooklyn Hills; John T. Shepard, Ozone Park; Nicholas Lott, Unionville; Hayward Cleveland, Jamaica.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
The following grand and trial jurors from the town of Jamaica have been drawn to serve at the June term of the circuit court and court of over and terminer, to begin at Long Island City June 3:
Grand Jurors — Peter C. Hendrickson, Queens; Abraham Van Siclen, Ozone Park.
Trial Jurors — Andrew Neider, Jamaica South; Henry W. Redline, Clarenceville; Adolph Grunninger, Woodhaven; H. A. Freeman, Jamaica; John Muir, Union Course; James McNary, Brooklyn Hills; John T. Shepard, Ozone Park; Nicholas Lott, Unionville; Hayward Cleveland, Jamaica.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Cornell Scholarships
New York, 1895
A competitive examination of candidates for the state scholarships in Cornell university, falling to the county of Queens, will be held at the public school building in Jamaica, on Saturday, June 1, commencing at 9 A. M. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and of six months standing in the common schools or academies of the state during the present school year.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
A competitive examination of candidates for the state scholarships in Cornell university, falling to the county of Queens, will be held at the public school building in Jamaica, on Saturday, June 1, commencing at 9 A. M. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and of six months standing in the common schools or academies of the state during the present school year.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
The Highway Commissioners to Purchase Macadam
New York, 1895
The highway commissioners held a meeting at the Town Hall, Jamaica, on Tuesday. Commissioner Baker presided. Commissioners Wolff and Lott were appointed a committee to purchase 200 yards of stone, subject to the approval of the engineer, for the macadam roads.
On motion, the secretary was directed to notify George H. Remsen, overseer of road district No. 3, to place the pipe in Lincoln avenue as he was directed or he would be held personally responsible for any accident that may occur through his negligence.
Twombly & Eldert, contractors for grading and forming Hillside avenue east, notified the commissioners that they would be ready to commence work on Monday, May 27th.
Application was made by a number of the residents of South Hollis for an avenue in front of the school site in school district No. 11 and make the same a town road. The application was laid over until the next meeting.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
The highway commissioners held a meeting at the Town Hall, Jamaica, on Tuesday. Commissioner Baker presided. Commissioners Wolff and Lott were appointed a committee to purchase 200 yards of stone, subject to the approval of the engineer, for the macadam roads.
On motion, the secretary was directed to notify George H. Remsen, overseer of road district No. 3, to place the pipe in Lincoln avenue as he was directed or he would be held personally responsible for any accident that may occur through his negligence.
Twombly & Eldert, contractors for grading and forming Hillside avenue east, notified the commissioners that they would be ready to commence work on Monday, May 27th.
Application was made by a number of the residents of South Hollis for an avenue in front of the school site in school district No. 11 and make the same a town road. The application was laid over until the next meeting.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Complaint About the Removal of Lamps at Hollis
New York, 1895
THE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Real Estate Speculators and the Fire Commissioners Seem to be at Odds — Stone for the Macadamized Roads — The Improvement of Hillside Avenue.
The town board held a meeting at the Town Hall on Friday. Supervisor Everitt presided. Justice Lester was absent. The committee on safe for maps in the town clerk's office, reported progress.
The matter of having water mains laid on Centre street and Johnson avenue, Union Course, was referred to the water committee, to report at the next meeting of the board.
A communication was received from the Hollis real estate company, stating that the fire commissioners had removed four of the naptha lamps from their property in the lighting district. The clerk was directed to notify the commissioners to be present at the next meeting of the board, with a map of the lighting district.
Supervisor Everitt reported that he had received $569 from the sale of the buildings on the property condemned for Town Hall purposes.
The following bills were ordered paid: Hugh J. Swift, constable, $20.70; Frederick W. Wolff, highway commissioner, $87; William C. Baker, highway commissioner, $129; William H. Kassner, carpenter work in supervisor's room, Town Hall, $57.90; Union Course hook and ladder company, rent of house for election purposes, $10; C. W. Baylis, constable, $61.55.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
THE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Real Estate Speculators and the Fire Commissioners Seem to be at Odds — Stone for the Macadamized Roads — The Improvement of Hillside Avenue.
The town board held a meeting at the Town Hall on Friday. Supervisor Everitt presided. Justice Lester was absent. The committee on safe for maps in the town clerk's office, reported progress.
The matter of having water mains laid on Centre street and Johnson avenue, Union Course, was referred to the water committee, to report at the next meeting of the board.
A communication was received from the Hollis real estate company, stating that the fire commissioners had removed four of the naptha lamps from their property in the lighting district. The clerk was directed to notify the commissioners to be present at the next meeting of the board, with a map of the lighting district.
Supervisor Everitt reported that he had received $569 from the sale of the buildings on the property condemned for Town Hall purposes.
The following bills were ordered paid: Hugh J. Swift, constable, $20.70; Frederick W. Wolff, highway commissioner, $87; William C. Baker, highway commissioner, $129; William H. Kassner, carpenter work in supervisor's room, Town Hall, $57.90; Union Course hook and ladder company, rent of house for election purposes, $10; C. W. Baylis, constable, $61.55.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Arthur M. White Elected Trustee
New York, 1895
A special election for trustee of the village of Jamaica to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Charles E. Twombly to the presidency, was held on Tuesday. Arthur M. White, the nominee of the Good Government association, was the only candidate. There was but little interest manifested in the election, there being only 157 votes polled.
A New Station Master
William Quigley, for the past three years station master at the Long Island railroad depot in Jamaica, severed his connection with the company on Monday. He has been succeeded by Martin Wilste. Mr. Quigley has been connected with the railroad for twenty-three years, working his way up from a water boy and filling almost every position outside the executive department. He gives up railroading to embark in another business.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
A special election for trustee of the village of Jamaica to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Charles E. Twombly to the presidency, was held on Tuesday. Arthur M. White, the nominee of the Good Government association, was the only candidate. There was but little interest manifested in the election, there being only 157 votes polled.
A New Station Master
William Quigley, for the past three years station master at the Long Island railroad depot in Jamaica, severed his connection with the company on Monday. He has been succeeded by Martin Wilste. Mr. Quigley has been connected with the railroad for twenty-three years, working his way up from a water boy and filling almost every position outside the executive department. He gives up railroading to embark in another business.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Everybody Opposed to It
New York, 1895
The Standard in its last issue attacks the Brooklyn Times because it has had occasion to criticise Mr. Youngs. The Brooklyn Times condemned the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and so did the Herald. Both condemned the bill for the same reasons, namely, because it would saddle an unnecessary expense of $10,000 annually on the taxpayers, because the bill was created for the purpose of making a position for Assemblyman Vacheron with a salary of $3,000 a year, and because the judges, the lawyers and the people of the county were all opposed to the bill. — Long Island City Herald, Republican.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
The Standard in its last issue attacks the Brooklyn Times because it has had occasion to criticise Mr. Youngs. The Brooklyn Times condemned the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and so did the Herald. Both condemned the bill for the same reasons, namely, because it would saddle an unnecessary expense of $10,000 annually on the taxpayers, because the bill was created for the purpose of making a position for Assemblyman Vacheron with a salary of $3,000 a year, and because the judges, the lawyers and the people of the county were all opposed to the bill. — Long Island City Herald, Republican.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Oyster Monopolists Beaten
New York, 1895
Boss Youngs's Land Grabbing Company Gets a Severe Upset.
The trial of Sidney Weeks, of Bayville, which took place before Justice Billings and a jury at Glen Cove on Tuesday, resulted in the acquittal of the defendant on the charge of unlawfully taking oysters from the beds of Boss Billy Youngs's Matinecock oyster company off Matinecock Point. This is a most important feature in the oyster war at present waging between the oyster men and the Matinecock company, in that the verdict of the jury did not sustain the claim of the company for protection for the oysters placed on their regularly leased land under water.
Mr. Weeks is one of the oysterman arrested recently in a raid by the company on the alleged encroachers on their beds and is the first one to face a criminal charge of oyster piracy.
On the opening of the court Counselor Stoddard, who is associated with Boss Youngs as counsel for the company, filed the leases and grants with the court and after the drawing of the jury called George M. Fletcher, president of the company, and Samuel Y. Baylis, treasurer of the company, to testify as to the raid and the presence of buoys.
The company proved the loss of a lot of oysters and appeared to make out a fair case, but the defense knocked it sky high, notwithstanding the apparent bias of the court, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Boss Youngs was the organizer of the oyster monopoly and is the largest stockholder. The company leases 200 acres of bay bottom, but the oyster gatherers who are opposed to the monopoly claims that the company is working over 500 acres.
The verdict gives Boss Youngs a severe set back.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Boss Youngs's Land Grabbing Company Gets a Severe Upset.
The trial of Sidney Weeks, of Bayville, which took place before Justice Billings and a jury at Glen Cove on Tuesday, resulted in the acquittal of the defendant on the charge of unlawfully taking oysters from the beds of Boss Billy Youngs's Matinecock oyster company off Matinecock Point. This is a most important feature in the oyster war at present waging between the oyster men and the Matinecock company, in that the verdict of the jury did not sustain the claim of the company for protection for the oysters placed on their regularly leased land under water.
Mr. Weeks is one of the oysterman arrested recently in a raid by the company on the alleged encroachers on their beds and is the first one to face a criminal charge of oyster piracy.
On the opening of the court Counselor Stoddard, who is associated with Boss Youngs as counsel for the company, filed the leases and grants with the court and after the drawing of the jury called George M. Fletcher, president of the company, and Samuel Y. Baylis, treasurer of the company, to testify as to the raid and the presence of buoys.
The company proved the loss of a lot of oysters and appeared to make out a fair case, but the defense knocked it sky high, notwithstanding the apparent bias of the court, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Boss Youngs was the organizer of the oyster monopoly and is the largest stockholder. The company leases 200 acres of bay bottom, but the oyster gatherers who are opposed to the monopoly claims that the company is working over 500 acres.
The verdict gives Boss Youngs a severe set back.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Reduced Taxes in Hempstead
New York, 1895
The Hempstead trustees have reduced the taxes 14 cents on the $100. The rate has been fixed at 66 cents and the sum of $5,900 will be raised for various purposes. The total valuation this year is $933,550, an increase over last year of $30,625.
A Post Office Boycott
With a view of breaking the boycott against Postmaster Lane of Manor, the authorities at Washington have taken a hand in the controversy, and trainmen and messengers on the Long Island railroad have been warned against receiving mail matter aboard the train unless it passes through the post office, on penalty of immediate dismissal.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
The Hempstead trustees have reduced the taxes 14 cents on the $100. The rate has been fixed at 66 cents and the sum of $5,900 will be raised for various purposes. The total valuation this year is $933,550, an increase over last year of $30,625.
A Post Office Boycott
With a view of breaking the boycott against Postmaster Lane of Manor, the authorities at Washington have taken a hand in the controversy, and trainmen and messengers on the Long Island railroad have been warned against receiving mail matter aboard the train unless it passes through the post office, on penalty of immediate dismissal.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
To Build the Bicycle Road
New York, 1895
F. W. Dunton, in speaking of the Kings, Queens and Suffolk county bicycle railroad, said that there are over two thousand subscribers to the stock of this railroad on Long Island; that the necessary $200,000 out of the $600,000 to the capital stock has been subscribed and that work will begin at once. Mr. Dunton added: "The contract for the construction of the first division of the road from the terminus of the Kings County Elevated road to the terminus of the city line along Liberty avenue, thence southwest to Far Rockaway, will be signed Tuesday or Wednesday."
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
F. W. Dunton, in speaking of the Kings, Queens and Suffolk county bicycle railroad, said that there are over two thousand subscribers to the stock of this railroad on Long Island; that the necessary $200,000 out of the $600,000 to the capital stock has been subscribed and that work will begin at once. Mr. Dunton added: "The contract for the construction of the first division of the road from the terminus of the Kings County Elevated road to the terminus of the city line along Liberty avenue, thence southwest to Far Rockaway, will be signed Tuesday or Wednesday."
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Want a Better Road
New York, 1895
OYSTER BAY CITIZENS PETITION THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The People, However, Are Not in Harmony on the Question of an Appropriation — County Building Improvements — Mr. Van Vechten Continued as Counsel.
The board of Supervisors met at Oyster Bay on Tuesday to hear the views of the people of that town on the question of macadamizing the north turnpike from the fountain in Roslyn to East Norwich and thence to the shore in Oyster Bay village, and making it a county charge.
A petition was presented, signed by two hundred citizens, asking that the turnpike be macadamized and made a county road. D. J. Hegeman of Glen Head said the people of Oyster Bay were almost a unit in favor of good roads and that they should be made county roads and be maintained at county expense.
Ex-Supervisor Willets thought the matter should be settled by a vote of the people of the town and not by the board of Supervisors, who were representatives of towns that had no interest in the town of Oyster Bay. He said the town's money should be spent by the town alone and the committee appointed to do the work should be allowed to do it. P. H. Scudder agreed with Mr. Willets.
Edward N. Townsend spoke in favor of the improvement. The board will give the matter further consideration at its next meeting.
[It is a question whether, under the law of 1894, the appropriation for the improvement must not be submitted to a vote of the people, as the town has to bear the cost of the improvement, and the county the cost of maintenance, after improvement.]
The matter of the grade of the Atlantic Improvement company in extending the Steinway road from Flushing, where it crosses Strong's causeway, was referred to the county road committee.
Dr. O. L. Jones called the attention of the board to the complaints made about the bridge connecting Vernon avenue with Manhattan avenue, which was kept open sometimes an hour for the passage of vessels, and stated that he had conferred with Col. Gillespie, of the United States War Department, who said that if a resolution could be passed the bridge could be kept closed from 6 to 7 A. M., from 12 to 1 P. M. and from 6 to 7 P. M.
Supervisor Everitt stated that at a joint meeting of the boards of supervisors, Supervisors Koehler of Queens and Wright of Kings had been appointed a committee to confer with Col. Gillespie about the matter.
The committee on county clerk's and surrogate's offices presented the following report:
In the room designated for the use of the tax arrears commission the walls require painting up and kalsomining, the window-frames painting and the room entirely furnished. The walls in the other rooms and hallways of the building are discolored and dirty and should be kalsomined or painted, and the woodwork should be varnished. We find the present heating apparatus in bad condition and unsatisfactory. We recommend that a steam or hot water system be placed in the building. Your committee have not yet decided on the proper disposal of the drainage from the building, but probably the building of another cesspool will be necessary.
The surrogate has made requisition for a closet for transfer tax papers, a rack for books, a step-ladder to reach the upper cases, and to have prepared new general indices to wills, letters testamentary and letters of administration.
The report was received and the committee empowered to carry out the recommendations.
Counselor Van Vechten appeared before the board and stated that he had noticed in THE FARMER that the board had adopted a resolution directing Mr. Wallace to appear in the Keene case. (This is the mandamus matter to compel the building of a bridge at Maspeth avenue. Mr. Van Vechten has been the attorney for the county since the case started.)
Mr. Van Vechten stated that no judgment could be entered until after the case had been tried at special term next June, the jury trial merely deciding the question of fact, but that he had brought the papers with him and would deliver them to Mr. Wallace if the board desired, and asked for instruction.
Mr. Wallace said that he had no desire to come into the case until judgment was entered. The board, on motion of Supervisor Everitt, adopted a resolution retaining Mr. Van Vechten as counsel to try the case at special term.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
OYSTER BAY CITIZENS PETITION THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The People, However, Are Not in Harmony on the Question of an Appropriation — County Building Improvements — Mr. Van Vechten Continued as Counsel.
The board of Supervisors met at Oyster Bay on Tuesday to hear the views of the people of that town on the question of macadamizing the north turnpike from the fountain in Roslyn to East Norwich and thence to the shore in Oyster Bay village, and making it a county charge.
A petition was presented, signed by two hundred citizens, asking that the turnpike be macadamized and made a county road. D. J. Hegeman of Glen Head said the people of Oyster Bay were almost a unit in favor of good roads and that they should be made county roads and be maintained at county expense.
Ex-Supervisor Willets thought the matter should be settled by a vote of the people of the town and not by the board of Supervisors, who were representatives of towns that had no interest in the town of Oyster Bay. He said the town's money should be spent by the town alone and the committee appointed to do the work should be allowed to do it. P. H. Scudder agreed with Mr. Willets.
Edward N. Townsend spoke in favor of the improvement. The board will give the matter further consideration at its next meeting.
[It is a question whether, under the law of 1894, the appropriation for the improvement must not be submitted to a vote of the people, as the town has to bear the cost of the improvement, and the county the cost of maintenance, after improvement.]
The matter of the grade of the Atlantic Improvement company in extending the Steinway road from Flushing, where it crosses Strong's causeway, was referred to the county road committee.
Dr. O. L. Jones called the attention of the board to the complaints made about the bridge connecting Vernon avenue with Manhattan avenue, which was kept open sometimes an hour for the passage of vessels, and stated that he had conferred with Col. Gillespie, of the United States War Department, who said that if a resolution could be passed the bridge could be kept closed from 6 to 7 A. M., from 12 to 1 P. M. and from 6 to 7 P. M.
Supervisor Everitt stated that at a joint meeting of the boards of supervisors, Supervisors Koehler of Queens and Wright of Kings had been appointed a committee to confer with Col. Gillespie about the matter.
The committee on county clerk's and surrogate's offices presented the following report:
In the room designated for the use of the tax arrears commission the walls require painting up and kalsomining, the window-frames painting and the room entirely furnished. The walls in the other rooms and hallways of the building are discolored and dirty and should be kalsomined or painted, and the woodwork should be varnished. We find the present heating apparatus in bad condition and unsatisfactory. We recommend that a steam or hot water system be placed in the building. Your committee have not yet decided on the proper disposal of the drainage from the building, but probably the building of another cesspool will be necessary.
The surrogate has made requisition for a closet for transfer tax papers, a rack for books, a step-ladder to reach the upper cases, and to have prepared new general indices to wills, letters testamentary and letters of administration.
The report was received and the committee empowered to carry out the recommendations.
Counselor Van Vechten appeared before the board and stated that he had noticed in THE FARMER that the board had adopted a resolution directing Mr. Wallace to appear in the Keene case. (This is the mandamus matter to compel the building of a bridge at Maspeth avenue. Mr. Van Vechten has been the attorney for the county since the case started.)
Mr. Van Vechten stated that no judgment could be entered until after the case had been tried at special term next June, the jury trial merely deciding the question of fact, but that he had brought the papers with him and would deliver them to Mr. Wallace if the board desired, and asked for instruction.
Mr. Wallace said that he had no desire to come into the case until judgment was entered. The board, on motion of Supervisor Everitt, adopted a resolution retaining Mr. Van Vechten as counsel to try the case at special term.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
The Republican Will Stay
New York, 1895
It is announced that President Cleveland has decided not to appoint a successor to Postmaster Kirkpatrick, of Patchogue, the Republican incumbent whose term expired last February. There are three Democratic aspirants for the position. They are C. E. Rose, who preceded the present postmaster; F. W. Miller and W. B. Eaton. Rose has the indorsement of the County Committee.
Decoration Day Parade
The Decoration day parade of the south side firemen has been practically arranged and there is every reason to expect a big turnout of firemen at Rockville Centre to join with the veterans and the schools in doing honor to the departed defenders of the union.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
It is announced that President Cleveland has decided not to appoint a successor to Postmaster Kirkpatrick, of Patchogue, the Republican incumbent whose term expired last February. There are three Democratic aspirants for the position. They are C. E. Rose, who preceded the present postmaster; F. W. Miller and W. B. Eaton. Rose has the indorsement of the County Committee.
Decoration Day Parade
The Decoration day parade of the south side firemen has been practically arranged and there is every reason to expect a big turnout of firemen at Rockville Centre to join with the veterans and the schools in doing honor to the departed defenders of the union.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
An Office for Mr. Hesbach
New York, 1895
Sebastian Hesbach of Woodhaven has been appointed by Governor Morton to the position of shell-fish inspector at $1,200 a year. The appointment is made under a law passed this year to provide places for faithful politicians. Mr. Hesbach's hardest work will be to draw his salary. The appointment was made at the suggestion of William J. Youngs and Assemblyman Vacheron. There are about 100 inspectors to be appointed and their combined salaries, which are a charge upon the state, will amount to over $100,000 a year. Two years ago Mr. Hesbach left the Democratic party and has since worked with the Republicans.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Sebastian Hesbach of Woodhaven has been appointed by Governor Morton to the position of shell-fish inspector at $1,200 a year. The appointment is made under a law passed this year to provide places for faithful politicians. Mr. Hesbach's hardest work will be to draw his salary. The appointment was made at the suggestion of William J. Youngs and Assemblyman Vacheron. There are about 100 inspectors to be appointed and their combined salaries, which are a charge upon the state, will amount to over $100,000 a year. Two years ago Mr. Hesbach left the Democratic party and has since worked with the Republicans.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Honors for Assemblyman Madden
New York, 1895
Fully five hundred business men tendered Assemblyman John P. Madden, of Long Island City, a rousing reception Saturday evening upon his return from Albany. Mr. Madden was met at the Hunter's Point ferry by his constituents and, amid fireworks, music and blazing bonfires, was escorted through Jackson avenue to the Court-House. Many stores and dwellings along the line of march were decorated in honor of the occasion.
At the Court House Mayor Sanford presided. Addresses were made by Judge Duffy, Thomas C. Kadien and Matthew J. Smith. Assemblyman Madden, amid the cheers of his friends, spoke briefly of his efforts in behalf of the people whom he represented.
Mr. Madden succeeded in having a bill passed reducing the price of gas in Long Island City from $2 to $1.25 per 1,000 cubic feet. Another was the measure to reduce the fare on the Thirty-fourth street ferry from three to two cents.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Fully five hundred business men tendered Assemblyman John P. Madden, of Long Island City, a rousing reception Saturday evening upon his return from Albany. Mr. Madden was met at the Hunter's Point ferry by his constituents and, amid fireworks, music and blazing bonfires, was escorted through Jackson avenue to the Court-House. Many stores and dwellings along the line of march were decorated in honor of the occasion.
At the Court House Mayor Sanford presided. Addresses were made by Judge Duffy, Thomas C. Kadien and Matthew J. Smith. Assemblyman Madden, amid the cheers of his friends, spoke briefly of his efforts in behalf of the people whom he represented.
Mr. Madden succeeded in having a bill passed reducing the price of gas in Long Island City from $2 to $1.25 per 1,000 cubic feet. Another was the measure to reduce the fare on the Thirty-fourth street ferry from three to two cents.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Burlingame Is Ready
New York, 1895
ASSEMBLYMAN VACHERON'S TRIAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE.
The District Attorney will Oppose Any Attempt at Delay — There are Two Counts in the Indictment — The Man Who Paid the Bribe is the Leading Witness.
District Attorney Burlingame, of Albany, says he has prepared his case, and will move the trial of Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron for bribery before the Criminal Court at the term beginning on June 4. He says he will oppose any attempt of counsel to put the matter over until the next term, as the charges are specific and plenty of time has elapsed since the indictment was found to prepare a defense.
Following is the full text of the indictment:
"The Grand Jury of the county of Albany by this indictment accuse Eugene F. Vacheron of the crime of bribery, committed as follows:
"On April 14 a proposed law, known as Assembly bill No. 2,419, entitled 'An act to prohibit the harvesting of ice for commercial purposes from the Hudson River between the southerly boundary line of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the State dam at Troy, was duly introduced in the Assembly of the State of New York, read once, and referred to the Committee on Internal Affairs.
"Eugene F. Vacheron, being then and there a member of the said Assembly of the State of New York, on the 25th day of April and whilst the said bill was yet pending before the said Assembly, unlawfully, wickedly and corruptly did feloniously ask and agree to receive the sum of $3,000 in money from one George N. Best, upon an agreement that the vote, action and official proceedings of the said Eugene F. Vacheron should be thereby influenced and that his vote, etc., concerning the said bill should be in opposition to the same and in favor of its defeat, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of the State of New York and their dignity.
"Second count: On April 15 a proposed law known as Assembly bill No. 2,419, entitled 'At act to prohibit the harvesting of ice for commercial purposes from the Hudson River between the southerly boundary lines of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the State dam at Troy', was duly introduced in the Assembly of the State of New York, read once and referred to the Committee on Internal Affairs.
"Eugene F. Vacheron, then, and there a member of the Assembly of the State of New York, duly elected and qualified on the 25th day of April, while the said bill was yet pending before the said Assembly, unlawfully and wickedly and corruptly did feloniously accept and receive from one George N. Best the sum of $3,000 in money upon an agreement and understanding that the vote and action of the said Eugene F. Vacheron concerning the bill so pending before the Assembly should be thereby influenced, and that his vote and action as such member of the Assembly aforesaid upon the said bill should be in opposition to the same and in favor of its defeat, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of the State of New York and their dignity.
"EUGENE BURLINGAME,
"District Attorney of the County of Albany."
George N. Best, with whom Vacheron is alleged to have agreed to kill the ice harvesting bill for $3,000, and who is alleged to have paid the money to Vacheron, was a witness against Vacheron before the grand jury that indicted him, and is said to have made a clean breast of the whole affair. Under the new constitution, Best is saved from prosecution for having given his testimony for the state.
Vacheron is at liberty on $10,000 bail, Senator Childs being his bondsman.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
ASSEMBLYMAN VACHERON'S TRIAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE.
The District Attorney will Oppose Any Attempt at Delay — There are Two Counts in the Indictment — The Man Who Paid the Bribe is the Leading Witness.
District Attorney Burlingame, of Albany, says he has prepared his case, and will move the trial of Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron for bribery before the Criminal Court at the term beginning on June 4. He says he will oppose any attempt of counsel to put the matter over until the next term, as the charges are specific and plenty of time has elapsed since the indictment was found to prepare a defense.
Following is the full text of the indictment:
"The Grand Jury of the county of Albany by this indictment accuse Eugene F. Vacheron of the crime of bribery, committed as follows:
"On April 14 a proposed law, known as Assembly bill No. 2,419, entitled 'An act to prohibit the harvesting of ice for commercial purposes from the Hudson River between the southerly boundary line of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the State dam at Troy, was duly introduced in the Assembly of the State of New York, read once, and referred to the Committee on Internal Affairs.
"Eugene F. Vacheron, being then and there a member of the said Assembly of the State of New York, on the 25th day of April and whilst the said bill was yet pending before the said Assembly, unlawfully, wickedly and corruptly did feloniously ask and agree to receive the sum of $3,000 in money from one George N. Best, upon an agreement that the vote, action and official proceedings of the said Eugene F. Vacheron should be thereby influenced and that his vote, etc., concerning the said bill should be in opposition to the same and in favor of its defeat, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of the State of New York and their dignity.
"Second count: On April 15 a proposed law known as Assembly bill No. 2,419, entitled 'At act to prohibit the harvesting of ice for commercial purposes from the Hudson River between the southerly boundary lines of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the State dam at Troy', was duly introduced in the Assembly of the State of New York, read once and referred to the Committee on Internal Affairs.
"Eugene F. Vacheron, then, and there a member of the Assembly of the State of New York, duly elected and qualified on the 25th day of April, while the said bill was yet pending before the said Assembly, unlawfully and wickedly and corruptly did feloniously accept and receive from one George N. Best the sum of $3,000 in money upon an agreement and understanding that the vote and action of the said Eugene F. Vacheron concerning the bill so pending before the Assembly should be thereby influenced, and that his vote and action as such member of the Assembly aforesaid upon the said bill should be in opposition to the same and in favor of its defeat, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of the State of New York and their dignity.
"EUGENE BURLINGAME,
"District Attorney of the County of Albany."
George N. Best, with whom Vacheron is alleged to have agreed to kill the ice harvesting bill for $3,000, and who is alleged to have paid the money to Vacheron, was a witness against Vacheron before the grand jury that indicted him, and is said to have made a clean breast of the whole affair. Under the new constitution, Best is saved from prosecution for having given his testimony for the state.
Vacheron is at liberty on $10,000 bail, Senator Childs being his bondsman.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Flushing Hospital Will Not Close
New York, 1895
At a special meeting of the trustees of the Flushing Hospital, Tuesday morning, it was decided to turn the management of that institution over to the medical staff, and it is probable that the change will take place at once. All the trustees of the hospital have resigned, with the exception of five who will retain their interests and act as a House Committee.
Sand-Digger in Flames
The big sand-digger which has been at work in the cut through which the New York and Rockaway Beach railroad runs, at Glen Dale, was burned Saturday morning. The machine was totally destroyed.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
At a special meeting of the trustees of the Flushing Hospital, Tuesday morning, it was decided to turn the management of that institution over to the medical staff, and it is probable that the change will take place at once. All the trustees of the hospital have resigned, with the exception of five who will retain their interests and act as a House Committee.
Sand-Digger in Flames
The big sand-digger which has been at work in the cut through which the New York and Rockaway Beach railroad runs, at Glen Dale, was burned Saturday morning. The machine was totally destroyed.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Long Island City Bills
New York, 1895
Five Republicans Trying to Get Into a Good Office.
Just before the legislature adjourned three bills affecting Long Island City were rushed through and forwarded to Mayor Sanford for review and the mayor and common council held a public hearing on them Tuesday afternoon in the city hall.
The principal bill considered was the improvement commission bill, to abolish the present Democratic commission and put into office five Republicans, with power to issue $1,000,000 in certificates to continue further improvements for the people. Assemblyman Madden branded the measure as a Republican scheme for spoils and dilated at length on the over-bonded indebtedness of the city and to the great extent the floating certificates would impair the city's credit. Ira C. Darrin, Harry C. Johnson, Jr., City Treasurer Lucien Knapp and a number of other Republicans interested in the bill called attention to the great advantages of the new measure and incidentally denounced the present commissioner's extravagance.
Counsel for the East River Gas company spoke against the approval of Assemblyman Madden's gas bill, which reduces the price of gas from $1.50 to $1.25 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Both the gas and water bills will undoubtedly be acted upon favorably and sent to the governor, while the Republican one million dollar improvement commission bill will be disapproved.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Five Republicans Trying to Get Into a Good Office.
Just before the legislature adjourned three bills affecting Long Island City were rushed through and forwarded to Mayor Sanford for review and the mayor and common council held a public hearing on them Tuesday afternoon in the city hall.
The principal bill considered was the improvement commission bill, to abolish the present Democratic commission and put into office five Republicans, with power to issue $1,000,000 in certificates to continue further improvements for the people. Assemblyman Madden branded the measure as a Republican scheme for spoils and dilated at length on the over-bonded indebtedness of the city and to the great extent the floating certificates would impair the city's credit. Ira C. Darrin, Harry C. Johnson, Jr., City Treasurer Lucien Knapp and a number of other Republicans interested in the bill called attention to the great advantages of the new measure and incidentally denounced the present commissioner's extravagance.
Counsel for the East River Gas company spoke against the approval of Assemblyman Madden's gas bill, which reduces the price of gas from $1.50 to $1.25 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Both the gas and water bills will undoubtedly be acted upon favorably and sent to the governor, while the Republican one million dollar improvement commission bill will be disapproved.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
THE SECRET OUT
New York, 1895
About the Jury Commissioner Bill.
YOUNGS TALKS ABOUT IT.
A Conference in Albany April 3rd.
GEORGE WALLACE PRESENT.
The Queer Story He Told the Supervisors April 16th.
YOUNGS FULLY CORROBORATED.
On the 10.04 o'clock train from Jamaica to Brooklyn, Friday morning, May 3, William J. Youngs was a passenger in the smoking car. He talked loudly about the abuse that had been heaped upon him by the newspapers relative to the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and openly made the following statement:
"That he knew nothing of the bill until the day it was introduced by Vacheron, when he went into a room in the Kenmore Hotel at Albany, and found Assemblyman Richard Higbie of Suffolk, Assemblyman Vacheron and George Wallace (counsel to the Board of Supervisors), holding a conference. That they told him then of the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and asked what he thought about it. That he (Mr. Youngs) stated that he would prefer a bill to create the office of Register, were it not that he did not think it wise to create that office during the term of the present incumbent of the County Clerk's office. That he had no objection to the Commissioner of Jurors bill, but had not read it, and knew nothing about it. That he was informed that they (meaning the conferees) had agreed to put through the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and had agreed that Mr. Vacheron should be appointed to that office.
This statement was too serious to be taken lightly, and THE FARMER did not publish it last week for that reason, desiring time to inquire into it.
THE FARMER has since then investigated the statement made above by Mr. Youngs, and finds that it is true. The conference was held in parlor No. 130, in the Kenmore Hotel at Albany, April 3d. Naturally enough, Mr. Youngs thinks that all the blame for the Commissioner of Jurors bill should not fall upon him, as it has up to this time, and that George Wallace should be made to carry his share of it. The bill was introduced by Mr. Vacheron April 3rd, the day of the conference, and yet on April 16th, when the board of Supervisors was in session at Barnum Island, and Supervisor Everitt called upon Mr. Wallace for information as to the bill, Mr. Wallace informed the board that he knew nothing whatever about the bill until it had passed the Assembly, when, meeting Mr. Vachoron in Albany, the Assemblyman told him that the bill had passed the House. And yet, according to the statement of Mr. Youngs, which is abundantly corroborated, Mr. Wallace sat in a conference on April 3d, at which it was agreed to pass the bill to make Mr. Vacheron the Commissioner of Jurors.
THE FARMER recognizes fully the seriousness of the statement of Mr. Youngs as affecting Mr. Wallace, and because of it we sought corroboration of Mr. Youngs' statement, which proves to be truthful.
One of the witnesses who corroborates Mr. Youngs is the Hon. Richard C. McCormick.
THE FARMER representative was so careful that he saw Mr. Wallace himself, and he admitted being present with the others at the conference. He said it was an informal talk. The Commissioner of Jurors bill was discussed somewhat, but no draft of it was shown, and he advised Mr. Vacheron not to make it too expensive.
Why Mr. Wallace thought it proper to tell the Supervisors on April 16 that he knew nothing about the bill until told by Mr. Vacheron that it had passed the Assembly, it is for him to explain, for his own admission, as well as the statement of Mr. Youngs, and the corroborative statements of Governor McCormick and others, all prove that he knew about it on April 3. The bill passed April 11.
The reader will not fail to observe that Mr. Youngs states that the bill had been introduced at the time the conference was held.
(Extract from the proceedings of the board of Supervisors, Barnum Island, April 16th, page 20 of the pamphlet.)
"Supervisor Everitt asked counsel [Mr. Wallace] what he knew in regard to the bill creating the office of Commissioner of Jurors for Queens County.
"Mr. Wallace said that the first knowledge he had was that Assemblyman Vacheron handed him a copy of the bill and stated that it had passed the Assembly.
"Supervisor Everitt said that he thought some action should be taken by the board to protest against the passage of the bill by the Senate."
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
About the Jury Commissioner Bill.
YOUNGS TALKS ABOUT IT.
A Conference in Albany April 3rd.
GEORGE WALLACE PRESENT.
The Queer Story He Told the Supervisors April 16th.
YOUNGS FULLY CORROBORATED.
On the 10.04 o'clock train from Jamaica to Brooklyn, Friday morning, May 3, William J. Youngs was a passenger in the smoking car. He talked loudly about the abuse that had been heaped upon him by the newspapers relative to the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and openly made the following statement:
"That he knew nothing of the bill until the day it was introduced by Vacheron, when he went into a room in the Kenmore Hotel at Albany, and found Assemblyman Richard Higbie of Suffolk, Assemblyman Vacheron and George Wallace (counsel to the Board of Supervisors), holding a conference. That they told him then of the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and asked what he thought about it. That he (Mr. Youngs) stated that he would prefer a bill to create the office of Register, were it not that he did not think it wise to create that office during the term of the present incumbent of the County Clerk's office. That he had no objection to the Commissioner of Jurors bill, but had not read it, and knew nothing about it. That he was informed that they (meaning the conferees) had agreed to put through the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and had agreed that Mr. Vacheron should be appointed to that office.
This statement was too serious to be taken lightly, and THE FARMER did not publish it last week for that reason, desiring time to inquire into it.
THE FARMER has since then investigated the statement made above by Mr. Youngs, and finds that it is true. The conference was held in parlor No. 130, in the Kenmore Hotel at Albany, April 3d. Naturally enough, Mr. Youngs thinks that all the blame for the Commissioner of Jurors bill should not fall upon him, as it has up to this time, and that George Wallace should be made to carry his share of it. The bill was introduced by Mr. Vacheron April 3rd, the day of the conference, and yet on April 16th, when the board of Supervisors was in session at Barnum Island, and Supervisor Everitt called upon Mr. Wallace for information as to the bill, Mr. Wallace informed the board that he knew nothing whatever about the bill until it had passed the Assembly, when, meeting Mr. Vachoron in Albany, the Assemblyman told him that the bill had passed the House. And yet, according to the statement of Mr. Youngs, which is abundantly corroborated, Mr. Wallace sat in a conference on April 3d, at which it was agreed to pass the bill to make Mr. Vacheron the Commissioner of Jurors.
THE FARMER recognizes fully the seriousness of the statement of Mr. Youngs as affecting Mr. Wallace, and because of it we sought corroboration of Mr. Youngs' statement, which proves to be truthful.
One of the witnesses who corroborates Mr. Youngs is the Hon. Richard C. McCormick.
THE FARMER representative was so careful that he saw Mr. Wallace himself, and he admitted being present with the others at the conference. He said it was an informal talk. The Commissioner of Jurors bill was discussed somewhat, but no draft of it was shown, and he advised Mr. Vacheron not to make it too expensive.
Why Mr. Wallace thought it proper to tell the Supervisors on April 16 that he knew nothing about the bill until told by Mr. Vacheron that it had passed the Assembly, it is for him to explain, for his own admission, as well as the statement of Mr. Youngs, and the corroborative statements of Governor McCormick and others, all prove that he knew about it on April 3. The bill passed April 11.
The reader will not fail to observe that Mr. Youngs states that the bill had been introduced at the time the conference was held.
(Extract from the proceedings of the board of Supervisors, Barnum Island, April 16th, page 20 of the pamphlet.)
"Supervisor Everitt asked counsel [Mr. Wallace] what he knew in regard to the bill creating the office of Commissioner of Jurors for Queens County.
"Mr. Wallace said that the first knowledge he had was that Assemblyman Vacheron handed him a copy of the bill and stated that it had passed the Assembly.
"Supervisor Everitt said that he thought some action should be taken by the board to protest against the passage of the bill by the Senate."
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Willetts' Point Memorial Service
New York, 1895
A memorial day celebration is to take place at Willet's Point on Saturday. The battalion of engineers and the post band will participate in the demonstration. They will be joined by Custer garrison of Brooklyn, Sedgwick garrison of West Point and Tyler garrison of Fort Schuyler. There will be a parade, after which the soldiers' graves will be decorated.
Fighting a Forest Fire
A fire supposed to have been started by a spark from a locomotive swept through a hundred acres of woodland at Dark Hollow, Port Jefferson, Friday night. Flames neared the village so rapidly that the firemen responded and succeeded in extinguishing the fire after an hour's hard fighting. The loss is estimated at $500.
A Verdict Set Aside
The case of the village of Flushing against Patrick Carraher, in which the county court directed a verdict for $50 for a violation of the ordinance of the board of health for the keeping of cows, has been set aside by the general term of the supreme court and the complaint of the board of health dismissed with costs.
Improved Train Service
On the Long Island railroad every morning an early scheduled mail and market train will run east except Sundays and Mondays. The train will leave Long Island City at 5.15 A. M. and arrive at Sag Harbor at 9.01.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
A memorial day celebration is to take place at Willet's Point on Saturday. The battalion of engineers and the post band will participate in the demonstration. They will be joined by Custer garrison of Brooklyn, Sedgwick garrison of West Point and Tyler garrison of Fort Schuyler. There will be a parade, after which the soldiers' graves will be decorated.
Fighting a Forest Fire
A fire supposed to have been started by a spark from a locomotive swept through a hundred acres of woodland at Dark Hollow, Port Jefferson, Friday night. Flames neared the village so rapidly that the firemen responded and succeeded in extinguishing the fire after an hour's hard fighting. The loss is estimated at $500.
A Verdict Set Aside
The case of the village of Flushing against Patrick Carraher, in which the county court directed a verdict for $50 for a violation of the ordinance of the board of health for the keeping of cows, has been set aside by the general term of the supreme court and the complaint of the board of health dismissed with costs.
Improved Train Service
On the Long Island railroad every morning an early scheduled mail and market train will run east except Sundays and Mondays. The train will leave Long Island City at 5.15 A. M. and arrive at Sag Harbor at 9.01.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
New Room for Trustees
New York, 1895
The village trustees held a special meeting Saturday evening. President Twombly presided. John Harting was appointed poundmaster. The committee appointed to procure a suitable meeting room for the trustees were instructed that, if in their judgment the rooms on the second floor of the old trustees' hall on Union avenue were suitable, to have them put in order at once.
Improving County Buildings
Supervisors Everett and Pople, of the supervisors' committee on county clerk's and surrogate's office, on Tuesday inspected the upper floors of the county building at Jamaica with a view to recommending some plan for the improvement of the warming and ventilating arrangements.
The committee also met Tax Arrears Commissioner Townsend, and inspected the rooms on the third floor which the commission would like to have fitted for its use. Supervisor Pople advocated a system of hot water heating, and it is probable that the committee will so recommend to the board.
New School Contract Let
The board of education of the village of Jamaica held a meeting Thursday evening and awarded the contract for building the new high school to Frank Mapes & Son, of Brooklyn. The contractors commenced work on Monday. George Marshall was given the contract for excavating and cellar stone.
Good Government Nomination
The Good Government association of Jamaica held a meeting Thursday evening and nominated Arthur M. White for village trustee, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles E. Twombly who became president of the village.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.
The village trustees held a special meeting Saturday evening. President Twombly presided. John Harting was appointed poundmaster. The committee appointed to procure a suitable meeting room for the trustees were instructed that, if in their judgment the rooms on the second floor of the old trustees' hall on Union avenue were suitable, to have them put in order at once.
Improving County Buildings
Supervisors Everett and Pople, of the supervisors' committee on county clerk's and surrogate's office, on Tuesday inspected the upper floors of the county building at Jamaica with a view to recommending some plan for the improvement of the warming and ventilating arrangements.
The committee also met Tax Arrears Commissioner Townsend, and inspected the rooms on the third floor which the commission would like to have fitted for its use. Supervisor Pople advocated a system of hot water heating, and it is probable that the committee will so recommend to the board.
New School Contract Let
The board of education of the village of Jamaica held a meeting Thursday evening and awarded the contract for building the new high school to Frank Mapes & Son, of Brooklyn. The contractors commenced work on Monday. George Marshall was given the contract for excavating and cellar stone.
Good Government Nomination
The Good Government association of Jamaica held a meeting Thursday evening and nominated Arthur M. White for village trustee, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles E. Twombly who became president of the village.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.
Liquor Licenses Granted
New York, 1895
THE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
THE EXCISE BOARD GRANTS A LOT OF LIQUOR LICENSES.
Some Protests Were Received and Action Was Deferred — Complaining of Nuisances at Woodhaven — The Health Officer Overruled.
The excise board of the town of Jamaica held a meeting at the Town Hall on Monday. Commissioner Clark presided.
The applications received since the first meeting, May 6, were acted upon, and thirty-eight licenses were granted. A protest was entered by a number of residents of Ozone Park against granting the application for a hotel license to Francis H. Boquet. The application was laid over, as were the applications of John Hall, Jamaica, for a saloon license, and Charles Dote, of Springfield, for a hotel license. The sum of $2,130 was received for licenses.
The licenses granted are as follows: Nicholas Kromenacker, Queens, hotel; Christopher Gies, Jamaica, hotel; Joseph Kerster, Woodhaven, hotel; Felix Gunther, Richmond Hill, hotel; John H. Karbach, Springfield, hotel Thomas Fox, Jamaica, saloon; Robert L. Crandall, Jamaica, hotel; Joseph Kerskey, Woodhaven, hotel; Thomas Gregory, Queens, hotel; Benedict Brenner, Hollis, hotel; Ferdinand Eckert, Jamaica, hotel; Louis Miller, Woodhull Park, hotel; Maria J. Sweeny, Woodhaven, hotel; William J. Taylor, Woodhaven, hotel; Louis Hommel, Woodhaven, hotel; August Fossing, Jamaica, hotel; James Feeny, Jamaica, hotel; Philip Engledrum, Jamaica, hotel; Hugh Smith, Jamaica, hotel; Eva Nickels, Woodhaven, hotel; John Fressbrew, Ozone Park, hotel; Henry Brunning, Brooklyn Hills, hotel; Thomas Holcraft, Jamaica, hotel; Charles H. Reuter, Richmond Hill, hotel; George Durland, Jamaica, store; Thomas Daily, Jamaica, saloon; Charles Ziglinger, Ozone Park, hotel; Michael Resze, Jamaica, hotel; Henry Schnider, Jamaica, hotel; Thomas M. Reese, Jamaica, hotel; William B. Dooley, Springfield, hotel; A. B. Pettit, Jamaica, hotel; Nier Brothers, Union Course, hotel; Patrick Callahan, Jamaica, hotel; Charles C. Eckert, Springfield, hotel; John Soley, Chester Park, hotel; Andrew Burnett, Jamaica, hotel.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.
THE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
THE EXCISE BOARD GRANTS A LOT OF LIQUOR LICENSES.
Some Protests Were Received and Action Was Deferred — Complaining of Nuisances at Woodhaven — The Health Officer Overruled.
The excise board of the town of Jamaica held a meeting at the Town Hall on Monday. Commissioner Clark presided.
The applications received since the first meeting, May 6, were acted upon, and thirty-eight licenses were granted. A protest was entered by a number of residents of Ozone Park against granting the application for a hotel license to Francis H. Boquet. The application was laid over, as were the applications of John Hall, Jamaica, for a saloon license, and Charles Dote, of Springfield, for a hotel license. The sum of $2,130 was received for licenses.
The licenses granted are as follows: Nicholas Kromenacker, Queens, hotel; Christopher Gies, Jamaica, hotel; Joseph Kerster, Woodhaven, hotel; Felix Gunther, Richmond Hill, hotel; John H. Karbach, Springfield, hotel Thomas Fox, Jamaica, saloon; Robert L. Crandall, Jamaica, hotel; Joseph Kerskey, Woodhaven, hotel; Thomas Gregory, Queens, hotel; Benedict Brenner, Hollis, hotel; Ferdinand Eckert, Jamaica, hotel; Louis Miller, Woodhull Park, hotel; Maria J. Sweeny, Woodhaven, hotel; William J. Taylor, Woodhaven, hotel; Louis Hommel, Woodhaven, hotel; August Fossing, Jamaica, hotel; James Feeny, Jamaica, hotel; Philip Engledrum, Jamaica, hotel; Hugh Smith, Jamaica, hotel; Eva Nickels, Woodhaven, hotel; John Fressbrew, Ozone Park, hotel; Henry Brunning, Brooklyn Hills, hotel; Thomas Holcraft, Jamaica, hotel; Charles H. Reuter, Richmond Hill, hotel; George Durland, Jamaica, store; Thomas Daily, Jamaica, saloon; Charles Ziglinger, Ozone Park, hotel; Michael Resze, Jamaica, hotel; Henry Schnider, Jamaica, hotel; Thomas M. Reese, Jamaica, hotel; William B. Dooley, Springfield, hotel; A. B. Pettit, Jamaica, hotel; Nier Brothers, Union Course, hotel; Patrick Callahan, Jamaica, hotel; Charles C. Eckert, Springfield, hotel; John Soley, Chester Park, hotel; Andrew Burnett, Jamaica, hotel.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.
The Highway Commissioners Award the Hillside Avenue Contract
New York, 1895
The highway commissioners held a meeting at their office in the Town Hall on Tuesday and opened bids for improving Hillside avenue, east. Commissioner Lott presided. Commissioner Baker was absent. Four bids were received for the work, as follows: Twombly & Eldert, $686; William D. Hendrickson, $1,370; John H. Valentine, $889.50; George Marshall, $868.
The contract was awarded to Twombly & Eldert.
On motion of Commissioner Lott, Commissioner Baker was directed to purchase seven tons of twelve inch iron pipe to be used on the work.
The commissioners met again on Wednesday, when the contract was approved. The contractors gave $500 bonds for the performance of the work.
Inspecting the County Roads
The county road committee of the board of supervisors, Messrs. Underhill, Pople and Denton, with County Engineer McLaughlin made a tour of inspection of the county roads along the south side of the county on Wednesday.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.
The highway commissioners held a meeting at their office in the Town Hall on Tuesday and opened bids for improving Hillside avenue, east. Commissioner Lott presided. Commissioner Baker was absent. Four bids were received for the work, as follows: Twombly & Eldert, $686; William D. Hendrickson, $1,370; John H. Valentine, $889.50; George Marshall, $868.
The contract was awarded to Twombly & Eldert.
On motion of Commissioner Lott, Commissioner Baker was directed to purchase seven tons of twelve inch iron pipe to be used on the work.
The commissioners met again on Wednesday, when the contract was approved. The contractors gave $500 bonds for the performance of the work.
Inspecting the County Roads
The county road committee of the board of supervisors, Messrs. Underhill, Pople and Denton, with County Engineer McLaughlin made a tour of inspection of the county roads along the south side of the county on Wednesday.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.
Queer, Isn't It?
New York, 1895
Assembly Vacheron tried (?) last year to pass a bill to make the transient rate of fare on the Long Island railroad two cents a mile, but the bill failed to pass. Mr. Vacheron said he would try again in the Legislature of 1895, if the people re-elected him. Mr. Vacheron has not kept his promise. The other day, when a bill came up in the Assembly to reduce the rate of fare on the Thirty-fourth street ferry to one cent between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock, morning and evening, and two cents the rest of the day, Mr. Vacheron spoke and voted against the bill, and it was defeated. The ferry is owned by the Line Island railroad company.
Queer, isn't it?
— Editorial in Long Island Democrat.
The Duplicity of Youngs
If more reasons than those which have already been given were needed to convince honest Republicans, who care anything for the welfare of their party, that William J. Youngs is not a fit person to represent Queens County in the State Committee or to hold the position of Chairman of the County Committee, the statement of his perfidy (which is taken from the LONG ISLAND FARMER and is confirmed by Supervisor Koehler) ought to be sufficient to convince those who are willing to give him the benefit of every doubt. — Long Island City Herald, Republican.
—Both articles reprinted and taken from The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 5.
Note: The question mark in parentheses is original to the published newspaper article.
Assembly Vacheron tried (?) last year to pass a bill to make the transient rate of fare on the Long Island railroad two cents a mile, but the bill failed to pass. Mr. Vacheron said he would try again in the Legislature of 1895, if the people re-elected him. Mr. Vacheron has not kept his promise. The other day, when a bill came up in the Assembly to reduce the rate of fare on the Thirty-fourth street ferry to one cent between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock, morning and evening, and two cents the rest of the day, Mr. Vacheron spoke and voted against the bill, and it was defeated. The ferry is owned by the Line Island railroad company.
Queer, isn't it?
— Editorial in Long Island Democrat.
The Duplicity of Youngs
If more reasons than those which have already been given were needed to convince honest Republicans, who care anything for the welfare of their party, that William J. Youngs is not a fit person to represent Queens County in the State Committee or to hold the position of Chairman of the County Committee, the statement of his perfidy (which is taken from the LONG ISLAND FARMER and is confirmed by Supervisor Koehler) ought to be sufficient to convince those who are willing to give him the benefit of every doubt. — Long Island City Herald, Republican.
—Both articles reprinted and taken from The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 5.
Note: The question mark in parentheses is original to the published newspaper article.
Shorter Editorials (no headlines)
New York, 1895
Benjamin Frank Wood, of the Standard, lobbied in Albany to help Assemblyman Vacheron and Boss Youngs pass the Commissioner of Jurors bill.
Boss Youngs seems to be unable to get any kind of an office for Dr. Wright of Glen Cove. The Boss trotted the Doctor out for clerk of the board of Supervisors, but he was beaten. Next the Boss tried to have the Doctor appointed Health Officer for Oyster Bay, but he was beaten for that office, too, and by a Democrat, not withstanding he had the support of the Pilot and the Townsend boys.
Last week THE FARMER began the seventy-sixth year of existence, and felt so youthful that it forgot to mention the fact. In this length of time the paper has never missed its regular weekly publication.
Citizens, just think of Eugene F. Vacheron as Commissioner of Jurors for this County!
To causes the most complex and conditions the most peculiar must be traced the fact that the entire composition of the legislature to be chosen this fall will be radically changed. In the Senate of 1896 there will be 50 members, in the Assembly 150; an increase of 18 in the Senate, and of 22 in the Assembly, over the present representation.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
Benjamin Frank Wood, of the Standard, lobbied in Albany to help Assemblyman Vacheron and Boss Youngs pass the Commissioner of Jurors bill.
Boss Youngs seems to be unable to get any kind of an office for Dr. Wright of Glen Cove. The Boss trotted the Doctor out for clerk of the board of Supervisors, but he was beaten. Next the Boss tried to have the Doctor appointed Health Officer for Oyster Bay, but he was beaten for that office, too, and by a Democrat, not withstanding he had the support of the Pilot and the Townsend boys.
Last week THE FARMER began the seventy-sixth year of existence, and felt so youthful that it forgot to mention the fact. In this length of time the paper has never missed its regular weekly publication.
Citizens, just think of Eugene F. Vacheron as Commissioner of Jurors for this County!
To causes the most complex and conditions the most peculiar must be traced the fact that the entire composition of the legislature to be chosen this fall will be radically changed. In the Senate of 1896 there will be 50 members, in the Assembly 150; an increase of 18 in the Senate, and of 22 in the Assembly, over the present representation.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
William J. Youngs is Better Than His Party Associates
New York, 1895
The Long Island City Herald, the leading Republican paper of the county, argues in an extended and exceedingly well written editorial that complete failure has been the result of William J. Youngs's leadership of the Republican party, and the article is printed in another part of this paper for general information, and particularly for the enlightenment of Republicans. When the newspapers of Mr. Youngs's party are compelled to cry out against his methods the situation must be very serious. They have hidden a great deal for political reasons, we know, but the people have come into possession of all the information in spite of this suppression, and the Republican newspapers have taken to howling only because they find the Republican masses howling.
THE FARMER has always believed that there was a great deal more to Mr. Youngs intellectually and morally than some of his critics were willing to concede, and we still have a good opinion of him, though at the same time we must admit that he has been singularly unfortunate in his leadership. He came to the front at the turn of the political tide, and the two successive victories of his party gave him unprecedented opportunities to make a splendid record personally and for the party, but those opportunities he threw away, not because he did not want to do right and win fame, but because he fell into the company of vicious politicians, his inferiors in everything, whose views he thought he must adopt and whose schemes he must favor, or retire from his place at the head of his party, through fear that they were powerful enough to depose him. Mr. Youngs should have ignored these blighting influences, just as Governor McCormick ignored them and defied them, and if Mr. Youngs had done this, he, like Mr. McCormick, would have triumphed over them in the end.
Mr. Youngs made a mistake last year when he sought the office of Clerk of the Assembly, and failing to get it became a lobbyist around the Legislature, for he at once put himself in league with the evil men whom he should have avoided. He made a mistake when he gave countenance to the Newtown Creek tunnel project, for that was a job to impose a debt of millions on the people and to enrich politicians of both parties. Mr. Youngs made a mistake this year by urging himself for the position of State Railroad Commissioner, again by accepting the petty position of clerk to an Assembly committee at $5 a day, and again by seeking appointment as counsel to the Tax Arrears Commission at $2,500 a year. He made a mistake by taking to the lobby again this year, and by advocating the Commissioner of Jurors bill — a measure that was vicious in almost every line, so much so that it had to be kept concealed from public view, and was passed in the Assembly under false pretences. These are but a few of Mr. Youngs' mistakes.
THE FARMER does not mean to intimate that Mr. Youngs is not entitled to seek and hold office, or that he would not make a competent officer, but morally he had no right to seek any of these offices while at the head of his party, because in so doing he violated a sacred pledge to the people, namely, that while in the position of leader he would seek nothing for himself, but all things for the upbuilding of his party. Once freed from this obligation Mr. Youngs would have the unquestionable right to seek any office, and THE FARMER would be pleased to see him honored. Our adverse criticism of Mr. Youngs has occasioned no breach of friendship. Mr. Youngs sees plainly that if he had the doing anew of some of these things his course would be different. He would have gone right and done right, we fully believe, if he had had men of conscience and character to deal with instead of fellows who were self-seeking and corrupt. We dare say there were times when Mr. Youngs would have restrained them if he could, and it is unfortunate if bad results accomplished against his judgment have damaged his public standing. In spite of everything, we say that Mr. Youngs is better than the company he is forced to keep.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
The Long Island City Herald, the leading Republican paper of the county, argues in an extended and exceedingly well written editorial that complete failure has been the result of William J. Youngs's leadership of the Republican party, and the article is printed in another part of this paper for general information, and particularly for the enlightenment of Republicans. When the newspapers of Mr. Youngs's party are compelled to cry out against his methods the situation must be very serious. They have hidden a great deal for political reasons, we know, but the people have come into possession of all the information in spite of this suppression, and the Republican newspapers have taken to howling only because they find the Republican masses howling.
THE FARMER has always believed that there was a great deal more to Mr. Youngs intellectually and morally than some of his critics were willing to concede, and we still have a good opinion of him, though at the same time we must admit that he has been singularly unfortunate in his leadership. He came to the front at the turn of the political tide, and the two successive victories of his party gave him unprecedented opportunities to make a splendid record personally and for the party, but those opportunities he threw away, not because he did not want to do right and win fame, but because he fell into the company of vicious politicians, his inferiors in everything, whose views he thought he must adopt and whose schemes he must favor, or retire from his place at the head of his party, through fear that they were powerful enough to depose him. Mr. Youngs should have ignored these blighting influences, just as Governor McCormick ignored them and defied them, and if Mr. Youngs had done this, he, like Mr. McCormick, would have triumphed over them in the end.
Mr. Youngs made a mistake last year when he sought the office of Clerk of the Assembly, and failing to get it became a lobbyist around the Legislature, for he at once put himself in league with the evil men whom he should have avoided. He made a mistake when he gave countenance to the Newtown Creek tunnel project, for that was a job to impose a debt of millions on the people and to enrich politicians of both parties. Mr. Youngs made a mistake this year by urging himself for the position of State Railroad Commissioner, again by accepting the petty position of clerk to an Assembly committee at $5 a day, and again by seeking appointment as counsel to the Tax Arrears Commission at $2,500 a year. He made a mistake by taking to the lobby again this year, and by advocating the Commissioner of Jurors bill — a measure that was vicious in almost every line, so much so that it had to be kept concealed from public view, and was passed in the Assembly under false pretences. These are but a few of Mr. Youngs' mistakes.
THE FARMER does not mean to intimate that Mr. Youngs is not entitled to seek and hold office, or that he would not make a competent officer, but morally he had no right to seek any of these offices while at the head of his party, because in so doing he violated a sacred pledge to the people, namely, that while in the position of leader he would seek nothing for himself, but all things for the upbuilding of his party. Once freed from this obligation Mr. Youngs would have the unquestionable right to seek any office, and THE FARMER would be pleased to see him honored. Our adverse criticism of Mr. Youngs has occasioned no breach of friendship. Mr. Youngs sees plainly that if he had the doing anew of some of these things his course would be different. He would have gone right and done right, we fully believe, if he had had men of conscience and character to deal with instead of fellows who were self-seeking and corrupt. We dare say there were times when Mr. Youngs would have restrained them if he could, and it is unfortunate if bad results accomplished against his judgment have damaged his public standing. In spite of everything, we say that Mr. Youngs is better than the company he is forced to keep.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
Reform the County Road System
New York, 1895
Under the law recently passed giving the board of Supervisors increased powers in the matter of the county roads, a reform should be effected in the system so that only the principal highways that are continuous through the towns and of general use shall be maintained at county expense. The plain principle of the county road idea was violated when there were thrust into the law a lot of highways that are of purely local or neighborhood importance, roads that are feeders to the main highways. All such roads should be cut out of the county system and relegated to the custody and care of town officers.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
Under the law recently passed giving the board of Supervisors increased powers in the matter of the county roads, a reform should be effected in the system so that only the principal highways that are continuous through the towns and of general use shall be maintained at county expense. The plain principle of the county road idea was violated when there were thrust into the law a lot of highways that are of purely local or neighborhood importance, roads that are feeders to the main highways. All such roads should be cut out of the county system and relegated to the custody and care of town officers.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
The Indictment of Mr. Vacheron
New York, 1895
The newspapers have devoted columns of space to telling about the indictment of Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron of this county by the Albany County grand jury on the charge of bribe taking, of his sudden disappearance from the Capital, and the general alarm sent over the state by the Albany police department for his arrest. If Mr. Vacheron is not guilty of this crime he made a mistake by running away. If he is guilty, an awful disgrace has fallen upon his constituents, and every citizen who voted for him will regret it. While little or no sympathy will be felt for the accused man, there will be pity for the innocent persons who must suffer on his account.
Mr. Vacheron's record from the first has been most unsatisfactory. When it was rumored in Albany on Tuesday that an Assemblyman had been indicted, and when no name had been mentioned, the New York Herald says that at once the eye of suspicion turned toward Mr. Vacheron. The Republican party never should have put him forward for a position that only men of intelligence and approved character should fill, and that he was twice elected shows that the voters do not give reasonable consideration to the importance of the office or the fitness of the candidate, but allow themselves to be controlled by partisan prejudice or spasmodic discontent. If this were not so bad men like Vacheron could not succeed.
We never met a citizen of this county who had business with the Legislature who did not complain of Mr. Vacheron's conduct, and THE FARMER has been kept busy ever since the Legislature met dealing out censure upon him, so that everybody in the county is familiar with his bad record. Mr. Vacheron tried more ways than one to intimidate THE FARMER, but, like a good many others, he failed absolutely, and the people see now that in exposing him we were treading on no uncertain ground.
THE FARMER does not form hasty conclusions, and is never moved by malice in its utterances. Care has to be taken when a paper is financially responsible, as THE FARMER is, and can be made to respond in damages if guilty of libel. When we make an assertion the public may rest assured that we are able to back it up, and ready to do so.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
The newspapers have devoted columns of space to telling about the indictment of Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron of this county by the Albany County grand jury on the charge of bribe taking, of his sudden disappearance from the Capital, and the general alarm sent over the state by the Albany police department for his arrest. If Mr. Vacheron is not guilty of this crime he made a mistake by running away. If he is guilty, an awful disgrace has fallen upon his constituents, and every citizen who voted for him will regret it. While little or no sympathy will be felt for the accused man, there will be pity for the innocent persons who must suffer on his account.
Mr. Vacheron's record from the first has been most unsatisfactory. When it was rumored in Albany on Tuesday that an Assemblyman had been indicted, and when no name had been mentioned, the New York Herald says that at once the eye of suspicion turned toward Mr. Vacheron. The Republican party never should have put him forward for a position that only men of intelligence and approved character should fill, and that he was twice elected shows that the voters do not give reasonable consideration to the importance of the office or the fitness of the candidate, but allow themselves to be controlled by partisan prejudice or spasmodic discontent. If this were not so bad men like Vacheron could not succeed.
We never met a citizen of this county who had business with the Legislature who did not complain of Mr. Vacheron's conduct, and THE FARMER has been kept busy ever since the Legislature met dealing out censure upon him, so that everybody in the county is familiar with his bad record. Mr. Vacheron tried more ways than one to intimidate THE FARMER, but, like a good many others, he failed absolutely, and the people see now that in exposing him we were treading on no uncertain ground.
THE FARMER does not form hasty conclusions, and is never moved by malice in its utterances. Care has to be taken when a paper is financially responsible, as THE FARMER is, and can be made to respond in damages if guilty of libel. When we make an assertion the public may rest assured that we are able to back it up, and ready to do so.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 4.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Railroad Extension Complete
New York, 1895
The extension of the Long Island railroad from Bridgehampton to Amagansett is completed. A special train pulled into the village of Amagansett Thursday morning. On board were General Manager Reynolds, Chief Engineer Jacobs and Roadmaster Ford. Work will soon be commenced on the new stations at Amagansett and East Hampton. The station at Amagansett will be one of the finest of its size on Long Island. A large plot, costing the people of Amagansett $1,000, was given to the railroad company. The company has agreed to place on this lot a building costing $5,000.
Politics in This Health Board
The health board of Oyster Bay completed its organization Friday by electing Dr. Zabriskie of Glen Cove health officer at a salary of $500 a year. He is a Democrat and the Republican members claim that they were betrayed. The board stood a tie politically. An understanding was arrived at by which the Democrats were to be given the citizen member, and he in turn was to vote for a Republican health officer. Friday they met and on the first formal ballot Dr. Wright, Republican, received 3 votes, Dr. Zabriskie, Democrat, received 4 votes, and was declared elected.
Lawyer Towns' $7,244.85 Fee
Supreme Court Justice Bartlett has made an order directing the Kings County Trust company, guardian of Mary Wiley's property, to pay over to Mirabeau L. Towns $7,244.85, as his share of the judgment of $13,268.68, which he obtained for Mary Wiley against the Long Island railroad company. The child lost both legs in an accident at Jamaica four years ago. Mr. Towns was employed in the litigation over three years. The payment to Mr. Towns is for his "fees, disbursements and advances."
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
The extension of the Long Island railroad from Bridgehampton to Amagansett is completed. A special train pulled into the village of Amagansett Thursday morning. On board were General Manager Reynolds, Chief Engineer Jacobs and Roadmaster Ford. Work will soon be commenced on the new stations at Amagansett and East Hampton. The station at Amagansett will be one of the finest of its size on Long Island. A large plot, costing the people of Amagansett $1,000, was given to the railroad company. The company has agreed to place on this lot a building costing $5,000.
Politics in This Health Board
The health board of Oyster Bay completed its organization Friday by electing Dr. Zabriskie of Glen Cove health officer at a salary of $500 a year. He is a Democrat and the Republican members claim that they were betrayed. The board stood a tie politically. An understanding was arrived at by which the Democrats were to be given the citizen member, and he in turn was to vote for a Republican health officer. Friday they met and on the first formal ballot Dr. Wright, Republican, received 3 votes, Dr. Zabriskie, Democrat, received 4 votes, and was declared elected.
Lawyer Towns' $7,244.85 Fee
Supreme Court Justice Bartlett has made an order directing the Kings County Trust company, guardian of Mary Wiley's property, to pay over to Mirabeau L. Towns $7,244.85, as his share of the judgment of $13,268.68, which he obtained for Mary Wiley against the Long Island railroad company. The child lost both legs in an accident at Jamaica four years ago. Mr. Towns was employed in the litigation over three years. The payment to Mr. Towns is for his "fees, disbursements and advances."
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
The Soldier's Monument
New York, 1895
A Contract for its Erection has Been Authorized.
The Soldiers and Sailors' Monument Association of Jamaica met Tuesday evening at the Town Hall. A resolution was passed authorizing the President and Secretary to enter into a contract with F. W. Ruckstuhl, of the National Sculpture Society, for the erection of the monument.
A committee consisting of John H. Brinckerhoff and J. Tyler Watts was appointed to lay out the ground and procure the building of the necessary foundations for the monument. The designers of the pedestal are the famous architects, Marsh, Israels & Harder, of New York. All the work, by the terms of the contract, is to be approved by the National Sculpture Society.
Everything indicates that this monument will be a beautiful work of art, and worthy of its high purpose.
The $6,000 already paid in has been contributed by about sixty citizens of the town. A great many others will gladly contribute to the fund, now that the work is under way. At least $2,500 more is required to complete the work, and the association feels confident that the amount will be speedily forthcoming.
Mr. Ruckstuhl, the sculptor, who has been selected to do the work, has recently designed a beautiful statue for the entrance to one of the parks in St. Louis, and is now engaged on another for the Washington library.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
A Contract for its Erection has Been Authorized.
The Soldiers and Sailors' Monument Association of Jamaica met Tuesday evening at the Town Hall. A resolution was passed authorizing the President and Secretary to enter into a contract with F. W. Ruckstuhl, of the National Sculpture Society, for the erection of the monument.
A committee consisting of John H. Brinckerhoff and J. Tyler Watts was appointed to lay out the ground and procure the building of the necessary foundations for the monument. The designers of the pedestal are the famous architects, Marsh, Israels & Harder, of New York. All the work, by the terms of the contract, is to be approved by the National Sculpture Society.
Everything indicates that this monument will be a beautiful work of art, and worthy of its high purpose.
The $6,000 already paid in has been contributed by about sixty citizens of the town. A great many others will gladly contribute to the fund, now that the work is under way. At least $2,500 more is required to complete the work, and the association feels confident that the amount will be speedily forthcoming.
Mr. Ruckstuhl, the sculptor, who has been selected to do the work, has recently designed a beautiful statue for the entrance to one of the parks in St. Louis, and is now engaged on another for the Washington library.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Passing Local Bills
New York, 1895
LONG ISLAND VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The Two Cent Ferry Bill Gets Through the Assembly — Treasurer Knapp's Little Job Vetoed by Mayor Sanford — One of Vacheron's Bills Passed in His Absence.
(Special Correspondence of the Farmer.)
ALBANY, May 10.
The Greater New York bill passed the Assembly on Tuesday. The clause to refer it to a vote of the people was left out of the bill.
The Senate passed Mr. Childs' bill, providing for a Normal School in Jamaica.
The Governor signed Assemblyman Vacheron's bill, amending the code of civil procedure relative to indemnity to sheriffs against claims to property taken under execution; also his bill incorporating the Woodhaven fire department of the town of Jamaica.
The town fairs bill is a measure not political in its character, but of great interest to many of the rural districts of the state. This bill proposes to give to town fairs three per cent. of the money derived from the racing tax now given entirely to county fairs. It has already passed the senate, but it looks as if it would die in the ways and means committee of the assembly. I listened to a heated discussion of the bill in that committee, but only five votes were given in favor of reporting it out of committee while six are required. It is thought from the current talk that could the bill be gotten out of committee it would readily pass the assembly.
Governor Morton signed Assemblyman Campbell's bill, providing for the construction of a bridge over Newtown Creek, between Brooklyn and Long Island City.
The Senate resolution calling upon Congress to pass a law that would reimburse the State for moneys paid out for the maintenance of the canals was concurred in by the Assembly.
Governor Morton has signed the bill authorizing Brooklyn to acquire the Jamaica and Brooklyn plank road.
The following bills have been signed by the governor:
Transferring the grounds, buildings and equipment of the Kings county insane asylums, together with their inmates, to the care of the State and establishing the Long Island State hospital.
Mr. Vacheron's, in relation to highways in towns which have expended more than $300,000 for macadamizing purposes.
The Assembly has passed Mr. Madden's bill to reduce the rate of fare on the ferry between Long Island City and Thirty-fourth street, New York, to 2 cents.
The bill allowing City Treasurer Knapp of Long Island City to employ counsel outside of the city attorney's office, was returned to the Assembly with the disapproval of the mayor and the common council.
The following Long Island bills were rushed through the Legislature on Wednesday:
Mr. Madden's, relative to the election of officers of Long Island City.
Mr. Higbie's, authorizing the printing and distribution of game laws.
Mr. Madden's, relative to the clerk of the board of education in Long Island City.
Mr. Vacheron's, prohibiting excise commissioners from selling supplies to hotels, saloons, or drug store keepers.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
LONG ISLAND VERY MUCH IN EVIDENCE IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The Two Cent Ferry Bill Gets Through the Assembly — Treasurer Knapp's Little Job Vetoed by Mayor Sanford — One of Vacheron's Bills Passed in His Absence.
(Special Correspondence of the Farmer.)
ALBANY, May 10.
The Greater New York bill passed the Assembly on Tuesday. The clause to refer it to a vote of the people was left out of the bill.
The Senate passed Mr. Childs' bill, providing for a Normal School in Jamaica.
The Governor signed Assemblyman Vacheron's bill, amending the code of civil procedure relative to indemnity to sheriffs against claims to property taken under execution; also his bill incorporating the Woodhaven fire department of the town of Jamaica.
The town fairs bill is a measure not political in its character, but of great interest to many of the rural districts of the state. This bill proposes to give to town fairs three per cent. of the money derived from the racing tax now given entirely to county fairs. It has already passed the senate, but it looks as if it would die in the ways and means committee of the assembly. I listened to a heated discussion of the bill in that committee, but only five votes were given in favor of reporting it out of committee while six are required. It is thought from the current talk that could the bill be gotten out of committee it would readily pass the assembly.
Governor Morton signed Assemblyman Campbell's bill, providing for the construction of a bridge over Newtown Creek, between Brooklyn and Long Island City.
The Senate resolution calling upon Congress to pass a law that would reimburse the State for moneys paid out for the maintenance of the canals was concurred in by the Assembly.
Governor Morton has signed the bill authorizing Brooklyn to acquire the Jamaica and Brooklyn plank road.
The following bills have been signed by the governor:
Transferring the grounds, buildings and equipment of the Kings county insane asylums, together with their inmates, to the care of the State and establishing the Long Island State hospital.
Mr. Vacheron's, in relation to highways in towns which have expended more than $300,000 for macadamizing purposes.
The Assembly has passed Mr. Madden's bill to reduce the rate of fare on the ferry between Long Island City and Thirty-fourth street, New York, to 2 cents.
The bill allowing City Treasurer Knapp of Long Island City to employ counsel outside of the city attorney's office, was returned to the Assembly with the disapproval of the mayor and the common council.
The following Long Island bills were rushed through the Legislature on Wednesday:
Mr. Madden's, relative to the election of officers of Long Island City.
Mr. Higbie's, authorizing the printing and distribution of game laws.
Mr. Madden's, relative to the clerk of the board of education in Long Island City.
Mr. Vacheron's, prohibiting excise commissioners from selling supplies to hotels, saloons, or drug store keepers.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
The Standard Turned Down
New York, 1895
The board of Supervisors, at the meeting on Thursday last appointed the Glen Cove Gazette and Flushing Times the official papers representing the Republican party. B. Frank Wood of the Standard begged very hard for a share of the patronage, but the Supervisors ignored him entirely. The paper had tried to swindle the county, and, therefore, the Supervisors could not, as honest men, recognize the Standard at all.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
The board of Supervisors, at the meeting on Thursday last appointed the Glen Cove Gazette and Flushing Times the official papers representing the Republican party. B. Frank Wood of the Standard begged very hard for a share of the patronage, but the Supervisors ignored him entirely. The paper had tried to swindle the county, and, therefore, the Supervisors could not, as honest men, recognize the Standard at all.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Suing College Point
New York, 1895
John G. Golsner and George J. Golsner, of College Point, have instituted certiorari proceedings against the village for the repayment of the assessments for the Third avenue improvement paid by them under protest and amounting to $1,078.04.
Southampton a Dry Town
The Southampton board of excise met on Monday and granted a druggist's license to Arthur W. Howell. This was the only license granted by the board, whose members are all of the no license stripe.
New School for Hollis
The board of education of school district No. 2, Hollis, on Wednesday evening awarded the contract for building the new school house to the Enterprise building company for $16,149.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
John G. Golsner and George J. Golsner, of College Point, have instituted certiorari proceedings against the village for the repayment of the assessments for the Third avenue improvement paid by them under protest and amounting to $1,078.04.
Southampton a Dry Town
The Southampton board of excise met on Monday and granted a druggist's license to Arthur W. Howell. This was the only license granted by the board, whose members are all of the no license stripe.
New School for Hollis
The board of education of school district No. 2, Hollis, on Wednesday evening awarded the contract for building the new school house to the Enterprise building company for $16,149.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Youngs Is Scared Now
New York, 1895
TRYING TO DISOWN THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS BILL.
He Lobbied for its Passage Until the Day the Albany Grand Jury Took Up the Vacheron Bribery Charge — Two Interesting Letters.
William J. Youngs is receding from his position on the Commissioner of Jurors bill, which Mr. Vacheron tried to have passed to provide an office for himself. Mr. Youngs has been a persistent advocate of the bill at Albany, and he has defended it at home. He finds that the bill is awfully unpopular, and wants to be relieved of responsibility for it. Some of the newspapers have said that Mr. Youngs was the father of the bill, and he certainly created the impression that he was by his speech. The bill was introduced on April 3d, but not until May 10th did Mr. Youngs think it prudent to disown the paternity of the bill, and he only did so then, we believe, because he came to the conclusion that the bill was dead in the Senate, strangled by Mr. Childs.
Mr. Youngs does not send a signed letter to the newspapers to deny that he is the father of the bill, but he sends a letter to Governor McCormick, requesting the Governor to state his case for him. The Governor has complied with his request, and the correspondence is given to THE FARMER for publication:
MR. YOUNGS' LETTER TO MR. M'CORMICK.
OYSTER BAY, May 10, 1895.
Hon. Richard C. McCormick:
MY DEAR SIR — I have been so wantonly and unjustly accused of being the father and instigator of the so called Commissioner of Jurors bill, and the public prints have taken occasion to make so many false statements regarding it, that I would be much pleased if you would write me for publication exactly what I had to do with the bill. You know perfectly well that I did not instigate it, and that I had never seen the bill until after it had passed the Assembly, and that we were in perfect accord with the matter at the time, each of us saying that if it was a necessity, or even if it would be of benefit, we saw no objection to its passage, and I am sure you will be willing to put this matter straight before the public, as I would certainly do were you placed in a like unfavorable position.
Very truly yours,
WM. J. YOUNGS.
MR. M'CORMICK'S REPLY TO MR. YOUNGS. JAMAICA, N. Y., May 16, 1895.
Hon. Wm. J. Youngs:
DEAR SIR — Upon my return from Washington I find your letter of the 10th in waiting. You did not instigate the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and should not be accused of so doing. It was first proposed by Mr. Vacheron, who desired to fill the office of Commissioner. My recollection of our conversation with him agrees with yours, but when I read the bill, after it had passed the Assembly, and found how loosely it was drawn, and the large expense to which it would put the county, I promptly informed Mr. Vacheron, as I did you, that I could not favor it, and advised Mr. Childs that the popular sentiment in this county was against it.
Mr. Vacheron labored to prove that the opposition to the measure was all from Democratic sources, and upon political grounds, but I assured him that it was generally condemned by the tax-payers of the county.
Truly yours,
R. C. McCORMICK.
Mr. McCormick's letter puts Mr. Youngs in an exceedingly bad plight. Mr. Youngs tries to make Mr. McCormick assume equal responsibility with himself for favoring the bill. Here is the language of his letter:
"We were in perfect accord with the matter at the time, each of us saying that if it was a necessity, or even if it would be of benefit, we saw no objection to its passage."
Now mark what Governor McCormick says in reply to this statement by Mr. Youngs:
"I promptly informed Mr. Vacheron, as I did you, that I could not favor it."
Whether Mr. Youngs drew the bill or not is immaterial, the essential point being that he strongly advocated its passage.
Governor McCormick is perfectly frank and consistent in his statement. He was against the bill, and he advised Senator Childs that the people were against it, and when Mr. Vacheron tried to prove to him that all the opposition was Democratic, Mr. McCormick rebuked him by saying that the bill "was generally condemned by the tax-payers of the county."
One of the extraordinary features of the affair is, that though the Commissioner of Jurors bill has been before the Legislature since April 3rd, and although Mr. Youngs is a prolific letter writer and loves to be interviewed, yet we know of not a single word being written or spoken by him in denial of the charges made against him about this bill until Friday last, May 10th, the date of his letter, and the day Mr. Vacheron left Albany for Ozone Park, and when the grand jury were considering the charges of bribery against him.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
TRYING TO DISOWN THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS BILL.
He Lobbied for its Passage Until the Day the Albany Grand Jury Took Up the Vacheron Bribery Charge — Two Interesting Letters.
William J. Youngs is receding from his position on the Commissioner of Jurors bill, which Mr. Vacheron tried to have passed to provide an office for himself. Mr. Youngs has been a persistent advocate of the bill at Albany, and he has defended it at home. He finds that the bill is awfully unpopular, and wants to be relieved of responsibility for it. Some of the newspapers have said that Mr. Youngs was the father of the bill, and he certainly created the impression that he was by his speech. The bill was introduced on April 3d, but not until May 10th did Mr. Youngs think it prudent to disown the paternity of the bill, and he only did so then, we believe, because he came to the conclusion that the bill was dead in the Senate, strangled by Mr. Childs.
Mr. Youngs does not send a signed letter to the newspapers to deny that he is the father of the bill, but he sends a letter to Governor McCormick, requesting the Governor to state his case for him. The Governor has complied with his request, and the correspondence is given to THE FARMER for publication:
MR. YOUNGS' LETTER TO MR. M'CORMICK.
OYSTER BAY, May 10, 1895.
Hon. Richard C. McCormick:
MY DEAR SIR — I have been so wantonly and unjustly accused of being the father and instigator of the so called Commissioner of Jurors bill, and the public prints have taken occasion to make so many false statements regarding it, that I would be much pleased if you would write me for publication exactly what I had to do with the bill. You know perfectly well that I did not instigate it, and that I had never seen the bill until after it had passed the Assembly, and that we were in perfect accord with the matter at the time, each of us saying that if it was a necessity, or even if it would be of benefit, we saw no objection to its passage, and I am sure you will be willing to put this matter straight before the public, as I would certainly do were you placed in a like unfavorable position.
Very truly yours,
WM. J. YOUNGS.
MR. M'CORMICK'S REPLY TO MR. YOUNGS. JAMAICA, N. Y., May 16, 1895.
Hon. Wm. J. Youngs:
DEAR SIR — Upon my return from Washington I find your letter of the 10th in waiting. You did not instigate the Commissioner of Jurors bill, and should not be accused of so doing. It was first proposed by Mr. Vacheron, who desired to fill the office of Commissioner. My recollection of our conversation with him agrees with yours, but when I read the bill, after it had passed the Assembly, and found how loosely it was drawn, and the large expense to which it would put the county, I promptly informed Mr. Vacheron, as I did you, that I could not favor it, and advised Mr. Childs that the popular sentiment in this county was against it.
Mr. Vacheron labored to prove that the opposition to the measure was all from Democratic sources, and upon political grounds, but I assured him that it was generally condemned by the tax-payers of the county.
Truly yours,
R. C. McCORMICK.
Mr. McCormick's letter puts Mr. Youngs in an exceedingly bad plight. Mr. Youngs tries to make Mr. McCormick assume equal responsibility with himself for favoring the bill. Here is the language of his letter:
"We were in perfect accord with the matter at the time, each of us saying that if it was a necessity, or even if it would be of benefit, we saw no objection to its passage."
Now mark what Governor McCormick says in reply to this statement by Mr. Youngs:
"I promptly informed Mr. Vacheron, as I did you, that I could not favor it."
Whether Mr. Youngs drew the bill or not is immaterial, the essential point being that he strongly advocated its passage.
Governor McCormick is perfectly frank and consistent in his statement. He was against the bill, and he advised Senator Childs that the people were against it, and when Mr. Vacheron tried to prove to him that all the opposition was Democratic, Mr. McCormick rebuked him by saying that the bill "was generally condemned by the tax-payers of the county."
One of the extraordinary features of the affair is, that though the Commissioner of Jurors bill has been before the Legislature since April 3rd, and although Mr. Youngs is a prolific letter writer and loves to be interviewed, yet we know of not a single word being written or spoken by him in denial of the charges made against him about this bill until Friday last, May 10th, the date of his letter, and the day Mr. Vacheron left Albany for Ozone Park, and when the grand jury were considering the charges of bribery against him.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Suit Against a Newtown Official
New York, 1895
The suit of John Kraukofski against Highway Commissioner John J. Young, of Newtown, will be tried at the June term of the Supreme court. Kraukofski alleges that the highway commissioner illegally arrested him and claims $1,000 damages.
Capsized the Catboat
A 26 foot catboat capsized in Long Island Sound off the clubhouse of the Ravenswood Boat club shortly after 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. There were four youths in the boat, only one of whom could swim, but they were all rescued.
Wholesale Foreclosure Proceedings
Counselor Nelson, representing A. W. Parker of Brooklyn, has filed papers in the county clerk's office in seven suits for the foreclosure of mortgages on Rockaway Beach property. The amount involved is over $60,000.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
The suit of John Kraukofski against Highway Commissioner John J. Young, of Newtown, will be tried at the June term of the Supreme court. Kraukofski alleges that the highway commissioner illegally arrested him and claims $1,000 damages.
Capsized the Catboat
A 26 foot catboat capsized in Long Island Sound off the clubhouse of the Ravenswood Boat club shortly after 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. There were four youths in the boat, only one of whom could swim, but they were all rescued.
Wholesale Foreclosure Proceedings
Counselor Nelson, representing A. W. Parker of Brooklyn, has filed papers in the county clerk's office in seven suits for the foreclosure of mortgages on Rockaway Beach property. The amount involved is over $60,000.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Canal Steal
New York, 1895
(From The Jamaica Standard, May 11, 1895.)
Defeated by Assemblyman Vacheron.
Hundreds of Thousands, If Not Millions of Dollars, Saved to the State by the Assemblyman from the Third District.
ALBANY, May 10th. — On Wednesday, the gigantic scheme of F. F. Shultz, to appropriate a large sum of money for the building of a canal in Queens County, to connect Flushing and Newtown Creek, came up in the Assembly. The bill called for the appointment of six commissioners. This provided fat offices at state expense for political henchmen. Mr. Vacheron vigorously attacked the measure. Mr. Vacheron's speech was the effort of his life. This completely knocked it out. Those who witnessed this fight said that Mr. Vacheron did the work of a hero.
—Reprinted in The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Wants the Decision Reversed
Clarence Edwards, counsel for the Newtown board of health, has prepared the papers in an appeal taken by Thomas Auld from a decision rendered by Justice Cullen in favor of the Newtown board. The suit arises out of the condition of the place kept by Henry Bosse, the horse butcher. Bosse is the lessee of the place, which was declared a nuisance. Auld was believed to be the owner, but he failed to abate the nuisance. The board abolished the nuisance and sued Auld to recover the amount of money expended in so doing. At the trial before Justice Cullen, Auld swore he was not the owner, but Mr. Edwards showed that he was at least in charge of it, and judgment was rendered in favor of the town.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
(From The Jamaica Standard, May 11, 1895.)
Defeated by Assemblyman Vacheron.
Hundreds of Thousands, If Not Millions of Dollars, Saved to the State by the Assemblyman from the Third District.
ALBANY, May 10th. — On Wednesday, the gigantic scheme of F. F. Shultz, to appropriate a large sum of money for the building of a canal in Queens County, to connect Flushing and Newtown Creek, came up in the Assembly. The bill called for the appointment of six commissioners. This provided fat offices at state expense for political henchmen. Mr. Vacheron vigorously attacked the measure. Mr. Vacheron's speech was the effort of his life. This completely knocked it out. Those who witnessed this fight said that Mr. Vacheron did the work of a hero.
—Reprinted in The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Wants the Decision Reversed
Clarence Edwards, counsel for the Newtown board of health, has prepared the papers in an appeal taken by Thomas Auld from a decision rendered by Justice Cullen in favor of the Newtown board. The suit arises out of the condition of the place kept by Henry Bosse, the horse butcher. Bosse is the lessee of the place, which was declared a nuisance. Auld was believed to be the owner, but he failed to abate the nuisance. The board abolished the nuisance and sued Auld to recover the amount of money expended in so doing. At the trial before Justice Cullen, Auld swore he was not the owner, but Mr. Edwards showed that he was at least in charge of it, and judgment was rendered in favor of the town.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Vacheron Runs Away
New York, 1895
INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY FOR TAKING A $3,000 BRIBE.
He Skips Away from Albany to Escape Arrest and is said to Have Left the Country — There Were Others in it but he Will Not Give Them Away — Pursued to His Home by a Policeman Armed with a Warrant for his Arrest.
The town has had plenty of excitement this week. The report from Albany that Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron had been indicted there for accepting a $3,000 bribe, interested everybody in Queens county, and nothing else has been talked about since Tuesday. Confirmation of the Assemblyman's indictment reached Jamaica on Wednesday, when an Albany policeman arrived here bearing a Supreme Court Justice's warrant for Vacheron's arrest. Vacheron was in hiding somewhere, and the policeman had orders to stay in Woodhaven and watch Vacheron's house until called away.
Vacheron was in the Standard office in Jamaica with B. Frank Wood at 11.30 o'clock on Monday morning. Vacheron and Boss Youngs have been trying to get a position for Mr. Wood, and it is said that Vacheron brought the news that Mr. Wood had been appointed to represent the Controller's office in collateral inheritance tax matters in Queens county.
At 3.30 o'clock Monday afternoon Vacheron was in Miller's hotel at Long Island City. He left there in company with Supervisor Koehler to take the train for Albany. Supervisor Koehler was going to the capital on business for the county. He says Vacheron was in a morose mood on Monday night, and refused to talk, either to him or to the legislators whom they met on the train. Tuesday morning he sought the Assemblyman at Albany, but could not find him. He thought this peculiar, and finally gave up and started for home.
Vacheron arrived in Albany early on Monday night. Suddenly he disappeared. It is said he took the midnight train for New York, arriving early Tuesday morning. The Brooklyn Eagle says Vacheron was at his office in New York Tuesday afternoon, in the company of his brother. The Eagle says:
"When he parted from his brother, at his office, 265 Broadway, New York City, his brother asked him:
" 'Where are you going, Eugene?' The latter replied as he took a cab, 'I don't know. Don't ask me.'
"Vacheron was at that time laboring under great excitement. He had but one suit of clothes with him and no change of under clothes. His departure appeared to be entirely unpremeditated."
William J. Youngs hastened to Albany on Tuesday. He busied himself looking after several bills that Vacheron was interested in, and some of them have been passed in the Assemblyman's absence. At Albany Mr. Youngs is known as the "Boss of Queens county", and the newspaper reports refer to him as "Vacheron's Boss," and "Vacheron's Sponsor." Mr. Youngs is clerk of one of Vacheron's committees, and draws a salary of $3 a day, not $5, as heretofore stated.
The rumors in Albany yesterday were that Vacheron would return and give bail, and that Senator Childs would sign his bond. Boss Youngs left Albany for New York Wednesday afternoon to try and find Vacheron. It is not likely that he will ever be tried. The crime that he is charged with is never punished in Albany. Besides, he has the influence of the whole legislature to help him, and likely as not some pleasant understanding has been reached.
What the New York and Brooklyn newspapers have said about the disgraceful affair follows:
(New York Tribune, May 15, Albany Despatch.)
It was reported late this afternoon that Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron, Republican, of Queens County, had been indicted by the Grand Jury of Albany County. Upon what specific charge the alleged indictment had been found, no official information could be obtained. District-Attorney Burlingame declined to state what the Grand Jury had done or whether or not an indictment had been found against Mr. Vacheron. What was palpable and notorious, however, was that the officers of the district attorney were seeking for Mr. Vacheron for some purpose, and that Mr. Vacheron had departed from Albany late last night for some place as yet unknown.
Four Assemblyman, it is stated, all Republicans, have been indicted by the Grand Jury of Albany county on a charge of taking $3,000 to amend a bill before the Legislature in the interest of ice-dealers on the Hudson River. The bill in question was introduced on April 15 by John H. Campbell, an Assemblyman of Kings County. It reads as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporation to gather, harvest, or carry away for commercial purposes, or with intent that the same shall be so used, any ice from the Hudson River or channel thereof between the southerly boundary lines of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the State dam at Troy, New York. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing section of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
The measure was opposed by George Best, who owns icehouses at Castleton-on-the-Hudson, just outside the boundaries of the city of Albany. Mr. Best is said to have entered into negotiations with members of the assembly to have an amendment to the bill by which that portion of the Hudson where his icehouses are situated should be exempted from its provisions. The amendment was made.
Some Assemblyman is reported to have received a check for $3,000 in payment for securing the adoption of this amendment, and to have cashed the check personally. Three persons, it is said, appeared before the Grand Jury and testified as to the identity of the Assemblyman who presented this check, and swore that they saw him cash it.
It was reported to-night that Assemblyman Vacheron cashed Best's check at the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank in this city, and that Best accompanied him and identified him. It is said that Mr. Davidson, the cashier of the bank, went before the Grand Jury and made this statement, and this led to Vacheron's indictment.
(New York Sun, Albany Despatch, May 15.)
Assistant District Attorney Cook called at Police Headquarters to-night and interested Chief of Police Willard in the bribery case. Chief Willard to-night telegraphed to the Brooklyn and New York police to arrest Assemblyman Vacheron.
Vacheron came to Albany at the usual time yesterday, and seemed to be filled with his customary interest in Legislative matters, intensified somewhat by the fact that this is the last week of the session. He had several bills to pass, and his absence to-day without any excuse or explanation, taken in connection with Mr. Burlingame's inquiries after him, were regarded as suspicious. The rumor that he has fled to Canada was the outcome of these suspicions.
The actual bribing is said to have taken place in Albany, in the street outside the doors of a bank where the cash was obtained by an officer of a Castleton bank. The bill prohibited the cutting of ice near a town. It would have stopped all the ice cutting between Albany and Troy and at other places along the Hudson.
The Ice Dealers' association conferred with the friends of the introducer of the bill, with the result that it was agreed to kill the bill for $3,000. A leading member of the Ice Dealers' association called at the bank with one of the Republican Assemblymen said to be indicted, and asked the bank to cash his check. He told the cashier what the money was for.
The cashier would not cash his check and the officer of the Castleton bank was sent for. The money was then obtained and paid to the Assemblyman on the street outside the bank. The bill was then abandoned.
The news of this reached several well-known citizens, and by them it was placed before a high state official, who laid the matter and evidence before the officers of the law.
JAMAICA, May 14 — Eugene F. Vacheron, Assemblyman from the Third district of Queens county, who is said to have been indicted and to have fled from Albany in consequence of a charge of accepting a $3,000 bribe, is the man who assaulted John C. Kennahan, editor of the LONG ISLAND FARMER, several weeks ago, because the paper contained editorial criticisms of his course at Albany. THE FARMER repeated charges of irregularities, and Vacheron introduced and had carried a resolution that Editor Kennahan be brought before the bar of the Assembly for contempt. Again THE FARMER reiterated its charges and the editor declared that he was ready to go to Albany at any time and prove them.
The resolution was not heard of again, which fact seemed to substantiate the FARMER'S assertions. Vacheron made himself unpopular in Queens county recently by introducing a bill to create a Commissioner of Jurors, an unnecessary and expensive office. It is said that Vacheron himself expected to fill the office established by his own bill.
(New York Times, Albany Despatch, May 15.)
The Assemblyman against whom the indictment was found is Eugene F. Vacheron of Queens county. The alleged corrupt use of money was in connection with the bill introduced by Assemblyman John H. Campbell of the Twelfth Kings County District, which was designed to prohibit the cutting of ice on the Hudson River between the State Dam and the Albany and Rensselaer county line. Had it become a law, it would have interfered with the business of several well-established ice companies.
The developments of to-day have thrown the leaders of the Republican party into a condition bordering on panic. Mr. Vacheron was in this city up to 2 o'clock this morning.
A great effort has been made to conceal the nature of the findings of the Grand Jury until after the Legislature adjourned.
The evidence which the Grand Jury had, or at any rate, a portion of it, which is regarded as the strongest, was laid before Gov. Morton yesterday, and Lieut. Gov. Saxton, Speaker Fish, and other leaders knew that something was in the wind. Mr. Vacheron came up from New York Monday night and was in this city during the evening. At 2 o'clock this morning he was in a popular resort of the politicians, in company with a public official.
Vacheron is the man who assaulted John C. Kennahan, editor of the LONG ISLAND FARMER, about a month ago, because THE FARMER made charges of irregularities against him. After the assault THE FARMER repeated its charges. Then Vacheron introduced a resolution in the Assembly to have the editor brought before the bar of that house, and punished for contempt. The resolution was carried, whereupon THE FARMER again persisted in its charges, and declared the intention of the editor to go to Albany to prove them. After that nothing was heard of the resolution.
Vacheron incurred the displeasure of his constituents recently by introducing a bill to create a Commissioner of Jurors for Queens county, a needless and expensive office. It was declared that Vacheron's intention was to fill the office himself.
(Brooklyn Times, Albany Despatch, May 14.)
The grand jury of Albany county has found an indictment against Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron, of Queens county, on a charge of accepting a bribe of $3,000. The fact that the indictment had been found was not made known until District Attorney Burlingame, of Albany county, began looking for Mr. Vacheron this morning and failed to find him.
The charge against the assemblyman is that he accepted $3,000 from Iceman Betts, of Catskill, N. Y., for his services in introducing an amendment to the bill introduced by Assemblyman Campbell, of Greenpoint, which prohibited the cutting of ice from the Hudson river within the boundaries of Rensselaer and Albany counties. It is charged that Betts paid Assemblyman Vacheron to introduce an amendment so that the Hudson river below certain boundaries would not be included.
It is said that one witness testified before the grand jury that he saw Betts draw the money from the Catskill bank and that another witness testified that he saw Betts give the money to Assemblyman Vacheron.
Assemblyman Vacheron was in Albany last evening but when an officer looked for him this morning he could not be found.
Evening World's Albany Despatch, Wednesday, May 15).
Speaker Fish is particularly chagrined at the Vacheron scandal, and has given orders that a number of suspicious bills be suppressed.
William J. Youngs, the Republican boss of Queens county, and Vacheron's political boss, was at the Capitol to-day. He disclaimed any knowledge of the ice bribery case.
Vacheron, it is believed, made Ice Dealer Best think that he had killed the bill and in that way accepted the $3,000, which, it is alleged, was paid him for preventing the favorable consideration of the bill by the committee and its passage in the Legislature.
(New York World, May 15.)
The incidents attending this uncomfortable exposure, while they are not complete, are ample enough to prove that Mr. Vacheron's chief mistake was in having to do with checks.
Mr. Burlingame and Sheriff Thayer called at the Assembly chamber this morning and had a private talk with Speaker Fish. They demanded from the Speaker his assistance in securing the person of Mr. Vacheron. An officer of the Assembly was summoned and directed by the Speaker to find Vacheron and surrender him to the authorities.
(New York Sun, Thursday, May 16, Albany Despatch.)
There were no arrests to-day in the Assembly bribery matter. Three indictments are still believed to be the limit of the action of the Albany County Grand Jury on the cool legislative trick played in the name of the Republican majority on the Hudson River icemen. Mr. Vacheron was absent in the body but present in the spirit, and the majority was so tender on the subject that a bill of his on the calendar was allowed to slide along unchallenged and unchecked. No one dared to ask to lay it aside or refer to it in any way.
The bill was one which might seem peculiar when viewed in the light of the revelations concerning the missing Vacheron. It forbids excise commissioners from being engaged in the sale of liquors, beer, or cigars to saloon keepers.
Any other Vacheron bills that may come up will probably be taken care of all right. Republican State Committeeman Billy Youngs, his sponsor, has arrived on the ground and will look out for them. This does not involve any sacrifice to the wealthy Long Islander. He can draw $3 a day as messenger to the special road committee.
(Editorial in Wednesday's Brooklyn Eagle.)
The indictment at Albany of Assemblyman Vacheron for bribery is a fitting climax to the many stories of corruption which have marked the existence of this notorious legislature. Vacheron may be innocent. The fact that he has disappeared and that at this writing nothing is known of his movements does not point, however, to that conclusion. Moreover, the reputation which the man has earned for himself since he has been in public life is not such as to provoke amazement or surprise at the allegation now made against him. The politics of Queens county is flagrantly corrupt and Vacheron may be said to be about as choice a product of its iniquitous political system as has yet been sent to the legislature.
We are not sorry that Vacheron has been indicted. He has been accused before to-day of gross irregularities. The editor of one of the newspapers in his district has openly charged him with fraudulent practices, and has offered to substantiate his allegations before any legislative committee that may be designated to hear the evidence. This offer has not been accepted, which would seem to indicate that the assemblyman was afraid to face the music. If, in face of his indictment, it should turn out that he has joined the American colony in Canada, it cannot be said that Queens county will have anything to regret. It will have got rid of an extremely undesirable quantity in its political affairs.
(Thursday's New York News, Albany Despatch.)
One of the humorous incidents of the session is the fact that Assemblyman Vacheron has kept beneath his desk a large horse shoe. Mr. Vacheron is superstitious and has been joked about the horse shoe, but he has clung to it, evidently believing in its mystic power.
Mr. Vacheron is somewhat of a joker, and likes to send up an occasional resolution to make the members laugh. The following is a sample of Mr. Vacheron's wit: It was a resolution introduced while the House was amending the Game laws in relation to hunting deer:
"Proposed amendment: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any member, during the term of this Legislature, to hunt or look for 'dough' (doe)."
(New York Herald, Thursday, May 16, Albany Dispatch,)
The charges of bribery against Assemblyman Vacheron have been thoroughly discussed on both sides of the Legislature to-day. In the house to-night Assemblyman John H. Campbell, of Kings, who introduced the ice bill, made a statement in which he rather exonerated himself in the matter.
William J. Youngs, who is Mr. Vacheron's boss, is greatly distressed over the affair. He hastened down to New York tonight to consult with friends about the matter.
(Special to the Farmer.)
ALBANY, May 16.
Assemblyman Vacheron got back here to-day. He says he was sick in New York. He will go before Judge Landon, and Senator Childs will go his bail. It was arranged not to arrest him and lock him up.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Note: The first paragraph had the word "Woodavon" but I'm pretty sure it should be Woodhaven, changed it. Also the ice dealer is called Best and Betts. There's at least a couple references online to "George Best" as an ice dealer, including this very good one. I left the references to him as "Betts" as they were, for no good reason, I guess, but just because. But it looks like he was definitely "Best."
INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY FOR TAKING A $3,000 BRIBE.
He Skips Away from Albany to Escape Arrest and is said to Have Left the Country — There Were Others in it but he Will Not Give Them Away — Pursued to His Home by a Policeman Armed with a Warrant for his Arrest.
The town has had plenty of excitement this week. The report from Albany that Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron had been indicted there for accepting a $3,000 bribe, interested everybody in Queens county, and nothing else has been talked about since Tuesday. Confirmation of the Assemblyman's indictment reached Jamaica on Wednesday, when an Albany policeman arrived here bearing a Supreme Court Justice's warrant for Vacheron's arrest. Vacheron was in hiding somewhere, and the policeman had orders to stay in Woodhaven and watch Vacheron's house until called away.
Vacheron was in the Standard office in Jamaica with B. Frank Wood at 11.30 o'clock on Monday morning. Vacheron and Boss Youngs have been trying to get a position for Mr. Wood, and it is said that Vacheron brought the news that Mr. Wood had been appointed to represent the Controller's office in collateral inheritance tax matters in Queens county.
At 3.30 o'clock Monday afternoon Vacheron was in Miller's hotel at Long Island City. He left there in company with Supervisor Koehler to take the train for Albany. Supervisor Koehler was going to the capital on business for the county. He says Vacheron was in a morose mood on Monday night, and refused to talk, either to him or to the legislators whom they met on the train. Tuesday morning he sought the Assemblyman at Albany, but could not find him. He thought this peculiar, and finally gave up and started for home.
Vacheron arrived in Albany early on Monday night. Suddenly he disappeared. It is said he took the midnight train for New York, arriving early Tuesday morning. The Brooklyn Eagle says Vacheron was at his office in New York Tuesday afternoon, in the company of his brother. The Eagle says:
"When he parted from his brother, at his office, 265 Broadway, New York City, his brother asked him:
" 'Where are you going, Eugene?' The latter replied as he took a cab, 'I don't know. Don't ask me.'
"Vacheron was at that time laboring under great excitement. He had but one suit of clothes with him and no change of under clothes. His departure appeared to be entirely unpremeditated."
William J. Youngs hastened to Albany on Tuesday. He busied himself looking after several bills that Vacheron was interested in, and some of them have been passed in the Assemblyman's absence. At Albany Mr. Youngs is known as the "Boss of Queens county", and the newspaper reports refer to him as "Vacheron's Boss," and "Vacheron's Sponsor." Mr. Youngs is clerk of one of Vacheron's committees, and draws a salary of $3 a day, not $5, as heretofore stated.
The rumors in Albany yesterday were that Vacheron would return and give bail, and that Senator Childs would sign his bond. Boss Youngs left Albany for New York Wednesday afternoon to try and find Vacheron. It is not likely that he will ever be tried. The crime that he is charged with is never punished in Albany. Besides, he has the influence of the whole legislature to help him, and likely as not some pleasant understanding has been reached.
What the New York and Brooklyn newspapers have said about the disgraceful affair follows:
(New York Tribune, May 15, Albany Despatch.)
It was reported late this afternoon that Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron, Republican, of Queens County, had been indicted by the Grand Jury of Albany County. Upon what specific charge the alleged indictment had been found, no official information could be obtained. District-Attorney Burlingame declined to state what the Grand Jury had done or whether or not an indictment had been found against Mr. Vacheron. What was palpable and notorious, however, was that the officers of the district attorney were seeking for Mr. Vacheron for some purpose, and that Mr. Vacheron had departed from Albany late last night for some place as yet unknown.
Four Assemblyman, it is stated, all Republicans, have been indicted by the Grand Jury of Albany county on a charge of taking $3,000 to amend a bill before the Legislature in the interest of ice-dealers on the Hudson River. The bill in question was introduced on April 15 by John H. Campbell, an Assemblyman of Kings County. It reads as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporation to gather, harvest, or carry away for commercial purposes, or with intent that the same shall be so used, any ice from the Hudson River or channel thereof between the southerly boundary lines of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer and the State dam at Troy, New York. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing section of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
The measure was opposed by George Best, who owns icehouses at Castleton-on-the-Hudson, just outside the boundaries of the city of Albany. Mr. Best is said to have entered into negotiations with members of the assembly to have an amendment to the bill by which that portion of the Hudson where his icehouses are situated should be exempted from its provisions. The amendment was made.
Some Assemblyman is reported to have received a check for $3,000 in payment for securing the adoption of this amendment, and to have cashed the check personally. Three persons, it is said, appeared before the Grand Jury and testified as to the identity of the Assemblyman who presented this check, and swore that they saw him cash it.
It was reported to-night that Assemblyman Vacheron cashed Best's check at the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank in this city, and that Best accompanied him and identified him. It is said that Mr. Davidson, the cashier of the bank, went before the Grand Jury and made this statement, and this led to Vacheron's indictment.
(New York Sun, Albany Despatch, May 15.)
Assistant District Attorney Cook called at Police Headquarters to-night and interested Chief of Police Willard in the bribery case. Chief Willard to-night telegraphed to the Brooklyn and New York police to arrest Assemblyman Vacheron.
Vacheron came to Albany at the usual time yesterday, and seemed to be filled with his customary interest in Legislative matters, intensified somewhat by the fact that this is the last week of the session. He had several bills to pass, and his absence to-day without any excuse or explanation, taken in connection with Mr. Burlingame's inquiries after him, were regarded as suspicious. The rumor that he has fled to Canada was the outcome of these suspicions.
The actual bribing is said to have taken place in Albany, in the street outside the doors of a bank where the cash was obtained by an officer of a Castleton bank. The bill prohibited the cutting of ice near a town. It would have stopped all the ice cutting between Albany and Troy and at other places along the Hudson.
The Ice Dealers' association conferred with the friends of the introducer of the bill, with the result that it was agreed to kill the bill for $3,000. A leading member of the Ice Dealers' association called at the bank with one of the Republican Assemblymen said to be indicted, and asked the bank to cash his check. He told the cashier what the money was for.
The cashier would not cash his check and the officer of the Castleton bank was sent for. The money was then obtained and paid to the Assemblyman on the street outside the bank. The bill was then abandoned.
The news of this reached several well-known citizens, and by them it was placed before a high state official, who laid the matter and evidence before the officers of the law.
JAMAICA, May 14 — Eugene F. Vacheron, Assemblyman from the Third district of Queens county, who is said to have been indicted and to have fled from Albany in consequence of a charge of accepting a $3,000 bribe, is the man who assaulted John C. Kennahan, editor of the LONG ISLAND FARMER, several weeks ago, because the paper contained editorial criticisms of his course at Albany. THE FARMER repeated charges of irregularities, and Vacheron introduced and had carried a resolution that Editor Kennahan be brought before the bar of the Assembly for contempt. Again THE FARMER reiterated its charges and the editor declared that he was ready to go to Albany at any time and prove them.
The resolution was not heard of again, which fact seemed to substantiate the FARMER'S assertions. Vacheron made himself unpopular in Queens county recently by introducing a bill to create a Commissioner of Jurors, an unnecessary and expensive office. It is said that Vacheron himself expected to fill the office established by his own bill.
(New York Times, Albany Despatch, May 15.)
The Assemblyman against whom the indictment was found is Eugene F. Vacheron of Queens county. The alleged corrupt use of money was in connection with the bill introduced by Assemblyman John H. Campbell of the Twelfth Kings County District, which was designed to prohibit the cutting of ice on the Hudson River between the State Dam and the Albany and Rensselaer county line. Had it become a law, it would have interfered with the business of several well-established ice companies.
The developments of to-day have thrown the leaders of the Republican party into a condition bordering on panic. Mr. Vacheron was in this city up to 2 o'clock this morning.
A great effort has been made to conceal the nature of the findings of the Grand Jury until after the Legislature adjourned.
The evidence which the Grand Jury had, or at any rate, a portion of it, which is regarded as the strongest, was laid before Gov. Morton yesterday, and Lieut. Gov. Saxton, Speaker Fish, and other leaders knew that something was in the wind. Mr. Vacheron came up from New York Monday night and was in this city during the evening. At 2 o'clock this morning he was in a popular resort of the politicians, in company with a public official.
Vacheron is the man who assaulted John C. Kennahan, editor of the LONG ISLAND FARMER, about a month ago, because THE FARMER made charges of irregularities against him. After the assault THE FARMER repeated its charges. Then Vacheron introduced a resolution in the Assembly to have the editor brought before the bar of that house, and punished for contempt. The resolution was carried, whereupon THE FARMER again persisted in its charges, and declared the intention of the editor to go to Albany to prove them. After that nothing was heard of the resolution.
Vacheron incurred the displeasure of his constituents recently by introducing a bill to create a Commissioner of Jurors for Queens county, a needless and expensive office. It was declared that Vacheron's intention was to fill the office himself.
(Brooklyn Times, Albany Despatch, May 14.)
The grand jury of Albany county has found an indictment against Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron, of Queens county, on a charge of accepting a bribe of $3,000. The fact that the indictment had been found was not made known until District Attorney Burlingame, of Albany county, began looking for Mr. Vacheron this morning and failed to find him.
The charge against the assemblyman is that he accepted $3,000 from Iceman Betts, of Catskill, N. Y., for his services in introducing an amendment to the bill introduced by Assemblyman Campbell, of Greenpoint, which prohibited the cutting of ice from the Hudson river within the boundaries of Rensselaer and Albany counties. It is charged that Betts paid Assemblyman Vacheron to introduce an amendment so that the Hudson river below certain boundaries would not be included.
It is said that one witness testified before the grand jury that he saw Betts draw the money from the Catskill bank and that another witness testified that he saw Betts give the money to Assemblyman Vacheron.
Assemblyman Vacheron was in Albany last evening but when an officer looked for him this morning he could not be found.
Evening World's Albany Despatch, Wednesday, May 15).
Speaker Fish is particularly chagrined at the Vacheron scandal, and has given orders that a number of suspicious bills be suppressed.
William J. Youngs, the Republican boss of Queens county, and Vacheron's political boss, was at the Capitol to-day. He disclaimed any knowledge of the ice bribery case.
Vacheron, it is believed, made Ice Dealer Best think that he had killed the bill and in that way accepted the $3,000, which, it is alleged, was paid him for preventing the favorable consideration of the bill by the committee and its passage in the Legislature.
(New York World, May 15.)
The incidents attending this uncomfortable exposure, while they are not complete, are ample enough to prove that Mr. Vacheron's chief mistake was in having to do with checks.
Mr. Burlingame and Sheriff Thayer called at the Assembly chamber this morning and had a private talk with Speaker Fish. They demanded from the Speaker his assistance in securing the person of Mr. Vacheron. An officer of the Assembly was summoned and directed by the Speaker to find Vacheron and surrender him to the authorities.
(New York Sun, Thursday, May 16, Albany Despatch.)
There were no arrests to-day in the Assembly bribery matter. Three indictments are still believed to be the limit of the action of the Albany County Grand Jury on the cool legislative trick played in the name of the Republican majority on the Hudson River icemen. Mr. Vacheron was absent in the body but present in the spirit, and the majority was so tender on the subject that a bill of his on the calendar was allowed to slide along unchallenged and unchecked. No one dared to ask to lay it aside or refer to it in any way.
The bill was one which might seem peculiar when viewed in the light of the revelations concerning the missing Vacheron. It forbids excise commissioners from being engaged in the sale of liquors, beer, or cigars to saloon keepers.
Any other Vacheron bills that may come up will probably be taken care of all right. Republican State Committeeman Billy Youngs, his sponsor, has arrived on the ground and will look out for them. This does not involve any sacrifice to the wealthy Long Islander. He can draw $3 a day as messenger to the special road committee.
(Editorial in Wednesday's Brooklyn Eagle.)
The indictment at Albany of Assemblyman Vacheron for bribery is a fitting climax to the many stories of corruption which have marked the existence of this notorious legislature. Vacheron may be innocent. The fact that he has disappeared and that at this writing nothing is known of his movements does not point, however, to that conclusion. Moreover, the reputation which the man has earned for himself since he has been in public life is not such as to provoke amazement or surprise at the allegation now made against him. The politics of Queens county is flagrantly corrupt and Vacheron may be said to be about as choice a product of its iniquitous political system as has yet been sent to the legislature.
We are not sorry that Vacheron has been indicted. He has been accused before to-day of gross irregularities. The editor of one of the newspapers in his district has openly charged him with fraudulent practices, and has offered to substantiate his allegations before any legislative committee that may be designated to hear the evidence. This offer has not been accepted, which would seem to indicate that the assemblyman was afraid to face the music. If, in face of his indictment, it should turn out that he has joined the American colony in Canada, it cannot be said that Queens county will have anything to regret. It will have got rid of an extremely undesirable quantity in its political affairs.
(Thursday's New York News, Albany Despatch.)
One of the humorous incidents of the session is the fact that Assemblyman Vacheron has kept beneath his desk a large horse shoe. Mr. Vacheron is superstitious and has been joked about the horse shoe, but he has clung to it, evidently believing in its mystic power.
Mr. Vacheron is somewhat of a joker, and likes to send up an occasional resolution to make the members laugh. The following is a sample of Mr. Vacheron's wit: It was a resolution introduced while the House was amending the Game laws in relation to hunting deer:
"Proposed amendment: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any member, during the term of this Legislature, to hunt or look for 'dough' (doe)."
(New York Herald, Thursday, May 16, Albany Dispatch,)
The charges of bribery against Assemblyman Vacheron have been thoroughly discussed on both sides of the Legislature to-day. In the house to-night Assemblyman John H. Campbell, of Kings, who introduced the ice bill, made a statement in which he rather exonerated himself in the matter.
William J. Youngs, who is Mr. Vacheron's boss, is greatly distressed over the affair. He hastened down to New York tonight to consult with friends about the matter.
(Special to the Farmer.)
ALBANY, May 16.
Assemblyman Vacheron got back here to-day. He says he was sick in New York. He will go before Judge Landon, and Senator Childs will go his bail. It was arranged not to arrest him and lock him up.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.
Note: The first paragraph had the word "Woodavon" but I'm pretty sure it should be Woodhaven, changed it. Also the ice dealer is called Best and Betts. There's at least a couple references online to "George Best" as an ice dealer, including this very good one. I left the references to him as "Betts" as they were, for no good reason, I guess, but just because. But it looks like he was definitely "Best."
Thursday, July 24, 2008
News in Brief
New York, 1895
The Oyster Bay excise board granted one hundred licenses.
The old Cristodoro mansion at Maspeth was formally opened Friday as a home for the blind.
The excise board of Hempstead met at Rockville Centre Monday and granted 100 licenses.
The Long Island railroad extension from Port Jefferson to Wading river was completed Friday.
The property of the Amityville agricultural association will be sold at auction to satisfy judgments June 19.
A new lodge of I. O. O. F. was instituted at Stony Brook on Tuesday. About twenty-five members took the degrees.
George Sammis, proprietor of the Sammis hotel, Hempstead, died Sunday after a brief illness of heart trouble and rheumatism.
Appollos Sweezey, the oldest resident of Patchogue, died on Monday morning. Mr. Sweezey was born at Middle Island Aug. 1, 1804.
Mrs. Max Wolf died suddenly at her home in East Patchogue on Tuesday. It is supposed that a blood vessel in her head burst.
The state board of railroad commissioners, in the matter of the removal of the Long Island railroad station at Glen Cove, have refused permission to change the location.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
Note: I had an earlier article about "the oldest resident," spelled above "Appollos Sweezey" as the newspaper has it. His name is likely spelled Apollos Swezey. The earlier article had his last name Swezey and the first name "Appolos," different from here. He is mentioned at this link at Ancestry as "Apollos Swezey." Here's the link for the earlier article I had, when he was baptized. I suppose there are other possibilities, such as Sweazy and Sweazey.
The Oyster Bay excise board granted one hundred licenses.
The old Cristodoro mansion at Maspeth was formally opened Friday as a home for the blind.
The excise board of Hempstead met at Rockville Centre Monday and granted 100 licenses.
The Long Island railroad extension from Port Jefferson to Wading river was completed Friday.
The property of the Amityville agricultural association will be sold at auction to satisfy judgments June 19.
A new lodge of I. O. O. F. was instituted at Stony Brook on Tuesday. About twenty-five members took the degrees.
George Sammis, proprietor of the Sammis hotel, Hempstead, died Sunday after a brief illness of heart trouble and rheumatism.
Appollos Sweezey, the oldest resident of Patchogue, died on Monday morning. Mr. Sweezey was born at Middle Island Aug. 1, 1804.
Mrs. Max Wolf died suddenly at her home in East Patchogue on Tuesday. It is supposed that a blood vessel in her head burst.
The state board of railroad commissioners, in the matter of the removal of the Long Island railroad station at Glen Cove, have refused permission to change the location.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
Note: I had an earlier article about "the oldest resident," spelled above "Appollos Sweezey" as the newspaper has it. His name is likely spelled Apollos Swezey. The earlier article had his last name Swezey and the first name "Appolos," different from here. He is mentioned at this link at Ancestry as "Apollos Swezey." Here's the link for the earlier article I had, when he was baptized. I suppose there are other possibilities, such as Sweazy and Sweazey.
Boss Youngs's Blundering
New York, 1895
The Job to Defeat Martin Wood Hung its Author.
(From the Brooklyn Times.)
The reappointment of Robert Seabury as clerk to the Queens county board of Supervisors was a severe blow to the Republican leader in the county as well as to certain Republicans who had fondly hoped that the position would fall to one of them. The result, however, had been anticipated, indeed it was difficult to comprehend how the movement against Mr. Seabury could succeed. A more sorry exhibition of poor politics has, perhaps, never been witnessed in Queens county and it is to be hoped that the lessons to be drawn therefrom will be remembered and stored away for future guidance. Had the party leaders given this matter the attention it should have received and entered the race openly and with one candidate upon which all had agreed the result would undoubtedly have been different. No one can blame the Supervisors for their action. They were justified in their preference for Mr. Seabury over an untried man, and when their own party could not agree upon a candidate there was no other course open to them. The failure of the party leaders to select a candidate would seem to indicate a disposition to dodge the issue and leave the supervisors to shoulder the responsibility of deciding which of the six Republicans should be chosen. Chairman Martin V. Wood was one of those who voted for Mr. Seabury, and under the circumstances it is doubtful if any fair-minded Republican will blame him for doing so. Mr. Wood had every reason to believe that Chairman Youngs, of the Republican county committee, was a moving spirit in an unsuccessful attempt to arrange a deal by which Mr. Wood was to be defeated for the chairmanship and a Democrat elected to the position, the idea being that the same votes which elected the Democratic chairman should also elect Mr. Youngs' favorite for the clerkship. The deal did not go through, but Mr. Wood took the position that he could support a Democrat as well as Mr. Youngs, and so when there seemed no possibility of appointing the Republican from his own town he voted for Mr. Seabury.
—Reprinted in The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
"Bello Siebrecht."
Do not fail to see the beautiful blooms of this magnificent rose. We will have them on exhibition Friday and Saturday of this week at our store, 70 Fulton street. We are the sole agent for Jamaica. J. B. Cooper. [1895 advertisement]
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
The Job to Defeat Martin Wood Hung its Author.
(From the Brooklyn Times.)
The reappointment of Robert Seabury as clerk to the Queens county board of Supervisors was a severe blow to the Republican leader in the county as well as to certain Republicans who had fondly hoped that the position would fall to one of them. The result, however, had been anticipated, indeed it was difficult to comprehend how the movement against Mr. Seabury could succeed. A more sorry exhibition of poor politics has, perhaps, never been witnessed in Queens county and it is to be hoped that the lessons to be drawn therefrom will be remembered and stored away for future guidance. Had the party leaders given this matter the attention it should have received and entered the race openly and with one candidate upon which all had agreed the result would undoubtedly have been different. No one can blame the Supervisors for their action. They were justified in their preference for Mr. Seabury over an untried man, and when their own party could not agree upon a candidate there was no other course open to them. The failure of the party leaders to select a candidate would seem to indicate a disposition to dodge the issue and leave the supervisors to shoulder the responsibility of deciding which of the six Republicans should be chosen. Chairman Martin V. Wood was one of those who voted for Mr. Seabury, and under the circumstances it is doubtful if any fair-minded Republican will blame him for doing so. Mr. Wood had every reason to believe that Chairman Youngs, of the Republican county committee, was a moving spirit in an unsuccessful attempt to arrange a deal by which Mr. Wood was to be defeated for the chairmanship and a Democrat elected to the position, the idea being that the same votes which elected the Democratic chairman should also elect Mr. Youngs' favorite for the clerkship. The deal did not go through, but Mr. Wood took the position that he could support a Democrat as well as Mr. Youngs, and so when there seemed no possibility of appointing the Republican from his own town he voted for Mr. Seabury.
—Reprinted in The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
"Bello Siebrecht."
Do not fail to see the beautiful blooms of this magnificent rose. We will have them on exhibition Friday and Saturday of this week at our store, 70 Fulton street. We are the sole agent for Jamaica. J. B. Cooper. [1895 advertisement]
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
Reduced Railroad Fares
New York, 1895
The fare and excursion trip tickets on the Long Island railroad between Woodside, Winfield and Newtown have been reduced. Single tickets will be sold to or from Woodside for 5 cents, instead of 10; single tickets to Winfield, 7 cents, round trip tickets 12 cents, ten trip tickets 50 cents; single tickets to Newtown 9 cents, round trip tickets 10 cents, ten trip tickets 70 cents.
A Fugitive for a Year
About a year ago Frank Hall, of Oyster Bay, shot a man. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but he escaped arrest until Wednesday, when he was caught by Officer Monilaus, who found him working on a farm at Hyde Park, When searched at the lock-up a revolver and a box of cartridges were found on him.
Fire at Huntington
The carriage repository of John Bresenger, and the barn of Simon Hirschfield, at Huntington, were destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Two horses in the barn perished. Loss $12,000. There was little insurance.
A Low License Town
The board of excise of Newtown fixed the license fee at $30 per annum. This is the lowest rate of any town. So far the board has issued 242 licenses. Last year nearly 400 licenses were issued.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
The fare and excursion trip tickets on the Long Island railroad between Woodside, Winfield and Newtown have been reduced. Single tickets will be sold to or from Woodside for 5 cents, instead of 10; single tickets to Winfield, 7 cents, round trip tickets 12 cents, ten trip tickets 50 cents; single tickets to Newtown 9 cents, round trip tickets 10 cents, ten trip tickets 70 cents.
A Fugitive for a Year
About a year ago Frank Hall, of Oyster Bay, shot a man. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but he escaped arrest until Wednesday, when he was caught by Officer Monilaus, who found him working on a farm at Hyde Park, When searched at the lock-up a revolver and a box of cartridges were found on him.
Fire at Huntington
The carriage repository of John Bresenger, and the barn of Simon Hirschfield, at Huntington, were destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Two horses in the barn perished. Loss $12,000. There was little insurance.
A Low License Town
The board of excise of Newtown fixed the license fee at $30 per annum. This is the lowest rate of any town. So far the board has issued 242 licenses. Last year nearly 400 licenses were issued.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 8.
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