New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-11
FEES OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL

To the EsiNr IF Then Y rrlssae
SIR: What has become Of the bill TO reduce the fees u
tie CORPORATION Counsel Is true that has remained
since the first day Of the session butoned the breeches
pocket of the Judiciary Committee OF he senate II s
Is not the conduct of those who compose that Committee
outrage on the whole community And what VIII be As
.s,t Of !, on the Wing party VIII it no, be to DISCUS
all the Reform.rs and honest wings and induce them the
re1t election 10 vote for the Democratic cand latest
his Committee composed of Mr.. William Clark, Nc
HOPKINS and Mr. lansing are not acting IN the DARK.
they have the whole state Of the case before en AID
Lrow what thew are about. To pretend that they
have not had time 90 examine the question IL al
stuff. The examinations arc maze 70 s1er mana
in official reports OF both Senate and Assembly running
as far back as 1884, in which they have all the evidence
and Il is Of such nature that IL an insult 70 the under
lendng OF any but fool TO say that rs not con
yinciug There must be some other reason Tor 'ne!'
course. That it viii Kill the bill y evident Inc sessone
nearly up ard is not yet out OF Committee the counsel
viii therefore pocket his plumber 20 usual mat pan1ef
erv believe not less than $4,000 year The
IS not oveIaied Il Is matter Of calculation IoshOw that
is not let cipher il ont. Davies the ex counsel al
s having ed in $50 in street case $4,000 incad
ing the amount variously stated at from 900 10 SO0
which his forced him TO dsgorge sl.o all the
cots and counsel fees which So expert hand could extract
with the thumb screws OF the law out oi some hundreds
Of cases In the Courts in which he appeared for the City
In single case, he had the adr0tness To manipulae
counsel fee of $4,000 cut Of the Treasury IL vii "
within bounds down the receipts from these sources
$4,000 and the cOnveyRncug of the City and patronage
and iucideuas $4,000 making IN round ngures
Now, have no hesitation in saying, from close examt
nation of ofcial documents that the amount o. street
work 70 be done next year Wit be at least three tunes
what it was in 1882 exclusive OF the two Parks, boh Of
which will be made the Central much curtaied lnie
limits bat Jones Woods' untouched in all its bloom
ard glory-of inquity. Now, II the former counsel In
le52 IN on amount Of street work which did 10, exceed
eco COO could make $4,000, what VIII his successor
ptt ont Of three times that amount, $500 o00i to
which sum least the ordinary reot cases IN 1884 viii
extend And in the same ratio whlt viii the Parks
which estimates TO cost less than ten millions Of
dOlsrs afford him
Think Of this We legislators, and hold to the bill.
Keep in the dork smother l. At least do not Jet It
see he het until Just the end Of the session when
there will be no possibility Of its passage Then You may
even g, me ont boldly and make favorable report and
thus save yourselves from all suspicion and return your
homes in the Odnr of san"tity aud with the mantle Of
Justice wrapped close around shoders, look boldly
into the {! as OF the world, and y with the poet
an OF est mans the mob work OF Cod
Thee men will have fearful account to settle In No
veuher and we shall see how well they succeed in adjust
ing it,
miitee think for that body, AM Tor the
small nfue which they can exert That it will be 3D.
verse TO the Wing party, one can doabt The redae
ton Of the fees Of the Corporation Counsel the ony
quest that has been made OF tue Legislature. And how
las hoen met We have asked for meat aud received
a stone.
As a Wing descended from Wing stock, take IL upon
self to say that the of the Wing Senate has been
such 70 shock my feelings and to weaken the founds
lions of all my sympathies for the party That the last
Legislature far from being what Il ought 20 be- hese
can be no doubt But they, nevertheless, passed the
Charter Reform bill and il they hG remained in power.
would without doubt, have followed up the course they
commenced.
" hat have we gained, then by the change Web
gained loss total loss and there is nothing len TOT us
hut 70 discard those who cheating out OF oar
met rights and back b. those who at least have no.
always opposed right and justice NArUs EnoRAcEsHs