New-York tribune., 1841-04-20
THE COMMON COUNCIL.

IHE CONN1ON CCl->N14--
/, is now known that the Wings haze gained 0
Wards. the Fourth and Seveah, The late Charter LECTION
This is gain from last year OF members n eaca Board
Of the Common Cosacil On all party ques'ioniand ever
thing !: party question with the Loco-F ocos-ine voe VIII
stand OF JOINT Ballot Il Wings and 20 Locotocos ad "
each Board respectively Wings 70 10 Locos making
vcrv efic:ca, ard respectable Wing minority quite a'sc
enough 70 keep the LoroFccos their Sora; Il me " S
members do their duty promptly and thoroughly,
The ne4 Board goes operation in three or four ~ee@s-
and We hope viii be lost y he " his members ii
Investigating % as thoroughly understand eyeT SUBJECT
on which they may be called oF the benehi oi 'he
cv To comprehend and perfectly understand al the ar
Gus subjects which arise the usual course oi oS
LEGISLATION is bv no means an easy TASK and tie difficulty
ue apprehend greatly increased By ;he covert manner
adopted bv the Loco-Focos conceal their wasieu- eNPen
dtures and TO disguise the real motives which have acuaed
the majority for the last wears. But however areuous
the task must be done and tina; promptly No mar car
be justified in assuming the important duties and high re
ponsb;ie of an Alderman Assistant II this city unless
he &c ,repared TO make every sacrifice of MS time and labor
that ray be required in the faithful performance OF ms o a.
duties The fact unnecessary extravaganza
and profision have prevailed City Councils Tor many
wears The heavy assessments upon the Immediate aS-pay
with serious injury, and these calai;ies arc accumulated
upon OUT citizens at time when they least able bear
them The public voice every where in favor OF Reform
Rerenchen and the practice of rgd economy in all public
disbursements: and ,he Wigs party are soleF'nly
pledged TO use every effort accomplish so desirable an
object.
TO effect this object, promise our a'd and assistance
such as may be- political friends IN 'he common
Council Our columns shall be open record their proceed
ng and We shall without regard 70 the expense or labor
av before the puba report OF the acts and deeds OF
the Board on all npoTtan; matters for the ens'ns year
We shall discuss freely and without the least restraint ever
subject that NAV be brought up before the Board and -ha
take the liberty of throwing any hint or suggestion that
nnv occur to regard City policy and OF ag;ans
them before the people. We do believe that 1t Is neces
arv to raise tax or contract debt Of million and half
Of dollars yearly the necessary expenses Of the City Go
vernmon,; and we mean to satisfy the People that
We DO however believe that of our establishments are
usecss-,ha curtancn,s and improvements may be made
in others which would greatly lessen the expenses Some
things also are done which ought be done and many
things are omitted which ought TO be done-a which we
shall notice in due time for certain.
The course we have marked for ourselves will be
anklcss and very probably unpopular but that must
be dsrcgardcd We have the recent Charter Elec-
,on that charges of wase:u extravaganza and macon
duct OF public officers however and undenaby
true have very lc effect with the People published only
on the eve of the Election The fact is thar under such cir
cums,ances the politicians viii rot abandon their party for
measures however necessary important. We will now
see whether the rule will work both ways whether the Peo-
pie having all the facts before them for whole year. Will
Sbanon and sacrifice their Important interests for poll
,cians 1t may be that the people of this City are like the
old shcwoman ec which she avcrrcd fond of being
skinned alive; but shall believe great in absurdy
until the experiment has been fairly tried.