New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-04
c,,r Government, and Reform.


IN, ne ,.-i Of Aldermen came 10 order ana "e
,rre >eSs.u and then adlouT1e'i.
CITY Government ana REFORM
T. III, Editor ef The Tribune 60,
-r.d some editorial remarks IN TIE o"''-
,,.-co, q few DAYS since, lauding the new ooh'
,,,o, Council for their doings and reforms ano
although am willing to give them iull e5eu., ,
ror any reforms they may make yet wou," ,'''
withhold Just credit to the exertons OF Tie ny
Co,,,o,on Counci! during the brief period they
,,.,-. :, Office in 1912 and lo43. Tie says a
200, -eforn has been wrought in the suppression
9f sunday ,ippling and trading" Will he please
to poipt them out went through many " Nu'
tho l,s, Sabbath, and found the porter-houses'
.,verns. cigar and candy shops the same as
heretofore, with one exception, pernaps' 'na' i
fo,. morc shuft,rs were closed but their doors
MORO onen and they were serving their customers
| as usual. or
l. the Aster House, the American or any o'
tho I,-g, hotels. or the flash oyster houses
or cellars closed. or prohibited from seiling
their shilling glasses, to any but iougers VI
9. ,c,u,I ,ravelers on that day. agreeably 10 inc
,onor of their licences Now they have no more
r;gbt 10 sell TO citizens than the s'rPenny or
t5rscoenny dram shops or groggeries. Then why
these distinctions lie says farther that there
;s also great Improvement about the docks &c
90 70 hack and cab drivers. Now | rclocc at
this rs much as the writer in question:, ana would
inform him that the good and wholesome law un-
ds- which the new Superintendent acts, who oy
tho hvc ;s the same person who was appointed oy
tho Whiosl was passed by the Wings IN lo43'
a short time before they went out OF ONCE. ooii-
seouently, they had no opportunity OF putting l, |
in force and it was allowed To remain " dcau
letter" the last wear under Mayor Morris and 'he
Largest liberty" party .,.,u
He saws farther that the streets are cleaner
than they have been for many years. NOW 'h's
denv with few exceptions nave oeen
through many parts of the City, and ilnd then. AS
dirty and filthy as ever, notwithstanding SIC,
,93 81. lor nearly one-thlrd of the much abused
contract, has been expended IN ioFty-eight
dsys lie saws the new Boards have done much
toward reducing salaries, NC no" fiuc"
would ask. What is the whole amount oi their
reduc,;ons1 Why, not one fourth OF what the
Whirs did in lS42. all OF winch seems to have
been forgotten in his zeal to puff the new party
Now am for dong justice to all. The wings
were in power about nine months, with that most
unscrupulous political demago.ue, Robert II
Morris, for Nayor, Who, as Is well known, dd
every thing in his power 10 thwart them IN al
most every measure thcy proposed ana YET uur'
ing that bret period they reduced the CITY cx'
penses about $4,000 from the previous year
i.ssidc detecting and exposing the enormous
Ward. &c. Nc ana parI0rTrCT ghshteT ahfoun
0t tabor than that Of GHy preri0uS Common
Council. Now for all these things and many
others, never saw any soft solder (as Sam
Slick says in the Commercial, notwithstanding
one Of the editors partook of the " Tea Room
carousas" (of which the writer expresses sc
much horror, occasionally with as much gustc
apparently as any other member OF the party.
Now am as anxious for reforms as any mem.
ber of the new Boards, and supposed from their
promises and from what | read of Mayor Har-
perS Message, that the laws were to be strictly
enforced 10 the letter. Now | would ask if tha,
is the case.
Are the side walks cleared OF all their incum.
brancesl a few poor but Industrious old wo.
men who soldappes &c. for an honest living have
been removed, but nothing more has been done
Are no ashes or garbage thrown into the streets -?
No hand. carts or wheel el.barrows on the side
walks Are no horses cleaned on the side.
walks or wa,ered AT the pumps Are the Croton
hydrants kept closed Let any person 90 throug h
the Markets and see If the laws are there. en-
forced or let hun 90 through the streets near
Washington Market Of he can get through them
and see If any reforms have been made there.
Have the newspaper Boys been stopped from
bawllng through the streets on Sundays! Are
the billiard tables connected with houses Ill
censed 10 sell spirits" suppressed Are no fire.
crackers or fire works exposed for sale in small
quantities. or let off in the streets? Now all
these and many more are violations Of law, and
one in particular would mention which is most
annoying to persons in their vicinity, viz. the
music III music it can be called at Museums,
day and night, and yet they are not reformed
Now, until some radical changes are effected,
and the new Police Bill with all its faults
adopted, by which all your Sunday Officers,
Dock Masters, Deputy Health Wardens, Street
Inspectors, and host Of other useless Offices are
abolished say away with all your humbugs
about reforms that have no existence.
A REAL NATIVE.
P. 5. One reform for which wish to give
them credit have omitted to mention, viz. that
Of taking the printing OF the official" proceed
lngs from The Tribune at 5000 per annum! !
Tor which think you ought to be thankful.
Nut for the Farmers to Crack.
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