The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-16

OF New York were satisfied with his course as
Comptroller. He wild find Gus bis mistake ERE
long. The eIpOsf OF bis scheme TO secure toe
city advertising for hs party organ--the
Erening Post-has not been for gotten. Nor are
the public bind to the fact that the city aiver-
tsemeDts are at present buried in journals
which are not seen by more thai one huodredsh
part of the population ; and consequently tns.
every cent paid to them fer Publishing Corpo-
ration matter is 80 mnch stolen from the public
pocket. Mr.. Flsgg calls this economy: we
cali il extravagance. We thnk-aud most
people will agree with us-that it ia absolutely
wastefol to give $1,000 a year for advertising
to newspaper which no one re ads, whereas it
might he economy to give $4,000 for the in
sertioD OF the same matter in a journal which
lies on every table in the city Fiagg consi-
Gers 1t cheaper to act on the opposite priociDle,
and to save SO 600 by throwing away 81, 900
ON the obscure journal 1t is all question OF
purpose. If the object of the Common Council
was merely to see their notices In print, why
there is no reason why the Democrat should
not answer ss we'll as The HERALD bnt if they
wanted other people to see them, every child
can perceive that. whatever were the cost,
they should be printed in papers which are
read. The gross absurdity of the present
arrangement with respect to the city print
ing, and the impotence of the report in
which Flagg,s recommended that tue fu-,
I ture int & the city should I've sacrificed
to those At Eeening Post-not less than
the ridiculOusF trick by which the station
ers' tenders are to be nullifed-can only be ex-
planned on the suppositiou that Flsgg supposes
he is highly popular, and dares any thing.
He will find ont his mistake. He has now
been thoroughly tried and his merits are known
He is a man totally unfit to be entrusted with
the functions Of his present Office. He is we'd
ded to crotchets and theories is forever start
ing dificnlties and objections to every useful
proposition never went straight to an object
in his life, but creeps round, and beats the bush
until all who deal with him become disguised.
His ideas of economy are invariably Of the can
die end order. He will refuse to pay poor
clerk, on the ground that some trifing informali-
ty exists in his engagement, and will take ad-
vantage Of bis position to try to defraud hslf
" u>ASn ctesu0ASAo5 uuo VAC vCAy OOuorluCuCC
Of these foolish endeavors to save. few dollars
involves the city in an unnecessarily expense of
thousands. The clerk mpas placed at a
high advance on his sala3HXd the cost of a
lawsuit must be borne the stationers refuse to
submit to his dictation, and the city pays full
retail instead Of contract prices the streets,
left dirty in consequence of Flage's quarrel
with the contractors, must be cleansed at
an enormous advance on the stipulated price.
He says he lis rigbt-be is actuated by
principle, public spirit, and SO on; but where
Is the use OF these fhe motives if the result is
invariably, uniformly detrimental to the public
interest? What is the use of Flagg talking of
his desire to. be economical when under his
administration the city taxes double in four
years? 1t was the same thing at Albany,
when Flagg and the Albany Regency ruled
the roast they were always talking of
economy, and their superior zeal for the pub
lie good, and meanwhile the taxes were ever
on the Increase, and the State worse governed
than at any Former time Flagg has not
changed hair since then; nor will he, SO long
as he is allowed to crafty his party predilec-
lions and his cantankerous disposition in the
Comptroller's Office. Tf