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

OF New 1Ofk were satisfied with hs course as
Comptroller. He will end Gus bis mistake ERE
long. The expose Of bis scheme to secure tee
city advertising for his party organ--the
Eseniag Post-has not been for gotten Nor age
the pnblic bind to the fact that the city adver-
tisemeDts are at present buried in journals
which are not seen by more THAI one huodredsh
part of the population and consequently tins.
every cent paid to them fer Publishing Corpo-
ration matter is 20 muc6 stolen from the publc
pos ket Mr.. Flsgg calls this economy we
call it extravagaDce. We think-and most
people will agree with us-tbat it is absolutely
wastefol to give 81, 600 a year for advertising
to a newspaper which no one re ads, whereas it
might be economy to give $4,000 for the in
sertion of the same matter in a Journal which
lies on every table in the city. Fiagg consi-
Gers it cheaper to act on the opposite priocipie,
and to save SO coo by throwing away 81 900
ON the obscure Journal 1t is all question OF
purpose. Ii the object of the Common Couocil
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 but 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 Flaggss recommended that tue fu-
ture int - the city should he sacrificed
to those az Eoening Post-not less than
the ridicu1Ou4 trick by which the station
ers' tenders are to be nullifed-can only be ex-
planned on the supposition that Flsgg supposes
he is highly popular, and dares any thing.
He will find out his mistake. He has now
been thoroughly tried and his merits are known.
He is 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 difficulties 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 trihing informali-
ty exists in his engagement and will take ad-
vantage of bis position to try to defraud hslf
dozen stationers but the very consequence
Of these foolish endeavors to save few dollars
involves the city in an unnecessary expense of
thousands. The clerk mpaM eplaced at a
high advance on his salaSx1d the cost Of q
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 Flagg's quarrel
with the contractors, must be clcansed 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
bis 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 cantapkerous disposition in the
Comptroller's Office. It'll