New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-11

Oor Chaftcr Election yesterday resulted quite
~ iavorabsy AZ we expected, and yet we do not
feel lilo exalsing = great deal. True, We have
ehesea IN excellent Wing Mayor by larger clear
majority than any Wing Mayor OF New-York ever
before hsd-and % far we DO rejoice right hearth
". 90 NO do for tho success Of the Charter
Amendments. which must be carried, though
shere was lack OF ballots at many polls and Of
proper interest at all. There cannot be many
votes against them. but there should have been at
least Thirty Thousand in their favor, and we sus
psct thcre are not half that number The gen.
eral conviction that they would be overwhelm-
ingly carried. with the absence Of any open
opposition, alone prevented more emphatic vote
OF approval. Still. they are carried, and hence
forth-or rather. from and after the lst OF next
January-we may expect some approach to re-
spoasibls and frugal Government in our City.
With the Common Council confined to its proper
business Of legislatng, and the disbursement Of
funds controlled by functionaries who do not make
the appropriations. and who are chosen by and di-
rec.ly respon sible 10 the People. there must be
sgnal Reforms and Retrencbrnents effected in the
Expenditures Of this sorely misgoverned City.
Whether there will be any improvement before
next January, We cannot 90 confidently assert,
but We strongly hopo there may De. There GER
tainly IL room for IT,
The day was about the worst we ever saw
IN Election take place on--dark over head and
muddy under foot, with q constant North ass
drizzle direct from the coast Of Labrador. This
combined with the dsorganization Of the Loco
Focos and the general disgust Of our citizens at
the recent management OF our City affairs by both
parties TO render the vote remarkably light one.
We doubt whether more than two-tbirds Of the
Legal Voters actually in the City exercised their
Right Of Suffrage.
We have spoken Of the disorganizaton OF our
opponents, but the Wbig party was also distract
cd, though not a. generally. In some Wards, a
large proportion Of the voters unconnected with
Office or its Influences desired the formation Of new
tickets, especially for Members Of the Council,
and were ovenuled in their wish by ma orlty in
the Wing primary meetings, but majority to
which Policemen. Contractors and dependents on
Corporation patronage had very largely contriou-
ted. The consequences were disafeotion, apathy,
and in some instances open hostility. We do not
decide who was right or who wrong in any par
ticolar instance, but we do say that an Alderman
IN OmSo uocb Wfohb !" PS's''''ib W
subversion OF his party's ascendeDcy Is thereby
rendered probable. There may Of course be fac
ton and selGshness on the other side, but wber-
ever there 10 a doubt az to relative strength the
decision should be in favor Of rew meD,-if posi-
BILE, men unobjs ctonsble to any portion of the
party. Whoever provokes defeat by running
under such circumstances as we have contem-
plated invokes on his own head most undesra
bic responsibility.
Bot the Election 10 over and the Wings have
the City. We know the Mayor, and know he 10
right, but do not feel 90 Of the Council. Once
fer all, however, we venture 10 remind them that
our citizens are expecting mitigation OF their
public burdens, and will have it. Through the
Wbig party or over 1t, correction Of some Of the
fragrant abuses hitherto tolerated in our Municipal
Administration will soon be effected. The City
Expenditures can be retrenched, and they must
be. A new Charter Election 10 to take place In
November. and all that shall be done meantime
will then come up for review, and will be passed
upon vigorously. There will probably be but two
parties. and the vote will be large. Gentlemen
of the old Council and gentlemen OF the new will
you take hold earnestly Of the great work of City
Reform