The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-05


whe her they are for SUI seasury against -whether
they are for q sAtonai bank or against it-whether
against t-whether they for the great doctrine of
Young America OF progress against it, The only in
qury win be- whether they viii steal not tremendous
applause and If can find who won't steal al ALL
will vote for him and If necessity compels me- will
vote for him who is sure to steal least. (Renewsd
appsuse) It is high time this sentiment should
be be cherished in respect to our city affairs
the evils Of NAL government are overwhelming like
nss u hne Spit If % ot sne
tifu and what boud be the best cities in the world
the great emporium of the Western eontipentand what
of tmefate has already settled that IL shall be the
centre of the of the world Her argoses float
nothing in the extent of their commerce compared with
her; and should be the happest people In the world
but that our great interests are threaeDed by msgov
erDment. Eight millions of dollars raised in
in this city by taxation-a greater than the
federal government raised for several years after its
ganzaton; yet is threatening to augment, and they
tell down at the City Hall don't you any
this year than did five years ago proportion to the
~nnn merely raise ths vaiUnOn aoa Of nA popsr @
v from twenty thousand dollars to thirty thou
sand, ard that is what they call keeping taxes down.
Now what is the eectof this u respect other later
in other parts of the Slater The policy of the
is to keep the taxation of the farm down by under
have stood it just Betty said the cells skin
nrg'because we are used to it," What is the effect
other parts Slater Why we pay nearly one half
They keep the value of their farms down. while
the value OF our property as high rs it will bear We
baye to Iay little million for school tax, and in
addition 10 supporting public schools, have
to ewbeIe in the nsighborhood of two hun
dred thousand dollars year for the support of schools
in oher parts of the State What say Is the effect Of
this2 Look at Westchester, Hoboken, Williamsburr
Look at the villages sprrgng all around you, and de-
popuatpg your city This IL all the effect Of taxa
tion. And this is but the beginning. Instead Of
its berg eight millions year it will be
increased to fifteen sixteen Millions and then you will
the people flying from the cy-the rich the middle
men and the poor-lke righteous Lot from burning So
DOM Qaughtero sse the effect it has upon labor. 1t
has come to this that the poor man hardly get
shelter support here Then look at the miserable
Of toll ,en fifteen, sometimes twenty families all hud
died together in one rude tenement situated peradven
ture in some dark alley which the invg0rang and
CHEERING air of heaven reach. What are the
of these strikes and combinations of capital
agar st aborY can scarceiy blame tho workingmen for
these movements; they have my profound heartfelt
sympathy Their movements, or strikes caused by
over taxation 1t Is natural for want to struggle and
struggle against that which psoduces it. (Applause)
And yet they the interests Of the poor lies the
Smith to tell us that when the conflict takes place
between capital and labor the latter is always to
kick the beam and tie former to triumph The landlord
cIs 1t the rent the butcher puts it his joint
q meat the baker places it upon his loaf Of bread and
the to take Of himself that labor
generally lays for al-abor which produces the wealth
Of the couny-because what Ia capital without labors
Capital is nothing but the ysdstick to labor
Sneve %h le hssh SI % DS1n 1 its pro
am limited TO time and must say what more have to
in very few words What to gain by the amend
power Of the city is TO be newly o,ganzed Each ward
to be divided to districts and sixty councimen
both representing the interest, will have matters
mo1e generally dTused. What do We get by that One
bereft is fectly obvious When certain arguments,
rot addressed TO the besrt head but to the pocket
not TO tay that aldermen listen to such arguments
(applsuse)-aIe offered here would be rather incon
venent number ofhands to be creased II will take iather
oil than these pure patriots will be wiog 70 pour
out particularly when connected with the fourteenth
section Of the seneed charter which provides that any
cf hrbo hall
OF exchanging bis white palace in the Park for ,ther
palace the river for FIVE CT ten years What else do
given 10 political fsvorites, are to be advertised
ard fair and open competition invited An
citing power is to be created, under the control
If the Board Of Finance under the eye of the good
little Cato who presi6es that interestthat pure
Iatrot who haa proved such hard nut for .he aldermen
10 crack: (ApFau,e Long may he live, and lopg may
he preside the financial interests Of this city re
n, ndous appausc The aldermen to be dive.ted of
all judicial power and rather guess that since this
pouncement made the emblem of justice ths top
OF the City Hall has not dropped her balance and been
clothed In mourning. (Applause) I might expatiate
you up TO The work 1t is The adversary is
silent and sneakpg DoE, but Tuesday next you will
zee plenty Of the harpes who have faened the city
treasury warming like the vermin the banks Of the
Nile Let democrats ard wings, hard shells and soft
shells hunkers and barnbuIners wooly heads soft
heads all unite, and the rout Of the adversary will be
csmplee and then your future will be full of high hope
and cheering ambition.
CURTIS W. NoYrs, Esq then introduced to the au-
dence and spoke follows Fellow the
brilliant addrers to which you have just listened my
own feelings would tempt to dacne speaking but
feel That my duty requires II. The movement in which
engaged has been spontaneous Within three
the taxes of this city grown enormous
extent This year, eco eco have added those
OF last How much of this increase goes
into the pockets OF those who have levied these
Leave you to Judge There has been general opinion
Council prosecution has been going for two or
three monthssagainst some aldermen, and those in
te ested have reu to tho pary ground that
they are NOT required to crminae themselves What s
tie esent condition Of this city We told by the
hntorian Lipgard. that when Ed yard returned
to Eogard, in 1885, he found the judges had grow
rich from their Office. He instituted proceedings
against thou for perjury and with the exception of
two they we're all convicted and punished. ooe took
refuge 10 the sanctuary after remaining there forty
days be was starved cut Eow, that is the way get
rid of these corrnpt judges We to starve them
let pursue similar course What is the condition Of
the Common Council at this moment? Twenty uiuo of
htir number are now suffering III they suffer at
alD uncer the judgment Of etent Court for haviog
dsrega1de1 The decree OF solemn tribnnsi No matter
whether that decree vas properly made ia the fest
Place all honest citizens would have obeyed It, pr
tioD Of this body Of under Indictment FOR
bribery and OF these permitted TO ide over
judicial bodies vent fe DAYS suce into the Court OF
eyer and Termner and found of these indicted Judges
there presiding What influence such judges exer.
ciseS 1t can only be deleterious their influence
can orly be badtleir exsmple only bad TO best in
teiests. (Applauss) at the time Of which spoke in
the reign OF Edward, London aimed population o.
ony i@V,tOO WFat are We at the present dayf
latop OF hsf mop all under the nu of this bad
example. What is the pecuuary influence which this
Boar1 exercissY The expenditures of this city are now
Geo annually that of half the State
Of This Union Who wields this immense power? Who
controls III Who takes the dollar ont Of your pocket
and puts as much as he peases into the city treasury
and % much as he peaes into his pocetS The pre-
sn chs tier provides that money shall be appropriated
by the sldein en- uD it is done with the consent of the
h, ad of the bureau from which 1t Is made. That pro.
vision has been utterly disIegarded The aldermen vote
an appropriation with statement This Is done in spite
Of the May and Comptroller, and done until our
present Comptroller to the This is dope by
the combination Of the legislative and executive power
charter provides for exercise of executive power
by the aldermen; but they have assumed it. Let us
ok Mt the Russ contract for this furnishes strik
ing Illustration of the abuse OF n that
case the Common Council alone, without any instruc-
ton from the Street Commissioner or the Com
o. nssioner Of Repairs, gave out contract of five or
six hundred thousand dollars, and made
o. Fifty thousand dollars for that work. and hen upon
an acceptance of the proposition despite the Mayor aud
dcslite the Comptroller the city is in debt five hun
dr.d and fifty thousand dollars The Conm,n Council,
In its legislative po ger assumed so itself the whole power
OF the city government by mixing up legislative and
ecutve matters There two other matters Of
imi aturp puhir oFxv,at