Looking For A Place

New York, 1895

MANY REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE THE SUPERVISORS' CLERK.

Each Town Produces One or More Candidates — Boss Youngs' Man Downing Will Get Nowhere — Dr. Wright a Possible Choice.

There is going to be a lively contest among Republicans for clerk to the board of Supervisors. The Republican County committee has sent orders to each Supervisor that a Republican "must" be appointed. The committee does not recommend any one, and the Supervisors are free to choose their own candidates.

Charles L. Phipps, who was defeated for County Clerk last Fall, and is now looking for the office of State Assessor, has finally resented Boss Youngs' proposition to have him (Phipps) stand for clerk of the board of Supervisors. He will insist on having the assessorship.

So Boss Youngs is in the field with a new candidate for clerk of the board of Supervisors, namely, George Downing, of Oyster Bay. Mr. Downing ran for Supervisor of Oyster Bay once against Mr. Steinert and was defeated. Recently he failed in business. He is a prominent Methodist and leads a praying band that travels about doing evangelistic work.

There is another candidate for clerk in Oyster Bay town, namely, Dr. Wright, of Glen Cove, who is not bossed by Boss Youngs. Dr. Wright is a man of good principle and capable of filling the clerk's position and Supervisor Underhill should not hesitate to vote for him.

Flushing has a candidate in Justice Clinton B. Smith, who has had experience as clerk of the village trustees. He is a Republican of independence and stands well as a citizen, and Supervisor Popie can support him without fear of adverse criticism. Newtown has a candidate in Town Clerk John T. Robinson, a Republican in good standing and competent to discharge the duties of clerk to the county board, and Supervisor Siebs will be justified in urging his claim.

Long Island City has two candidates, Cort Meyer and Thomas P. Burke. Supervisor Koehler will make a selection before the board meets again.

North Hempstead has a candidate in Joseph E. Firth, but the Town Committee has asserted its right to present the name of a candidate and will meet for that purpose to-morrow. Supervisor Denton is waiting for the action of the committee.

And of course Hempstead has a Republican candidate, and a good one, in the person of Thomas V. Smith, and there is hardly a doubt but that he will have Supervisor Wood's support.

One thing may be set down as sure, and that is that the candidate put forth by Boss Youngs will not get the office. The Republican Supervisors are too manly to be dictated to by a Boss who inspires if he does not write villainous attacks upon them in the Jamaica Standard.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 19, 1895, p. 1.