New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-30
MEETINGS or THE PEOPLE.
OPPOSITION TO MAYOR WOOD N TIL
TWELFTH WARD.

OPPOSITION TO MAYOR WOOD IN THE
TN ELFTH WARD.
A very large ard highly respectaoe meennS was
held Friday evening at the corner OF ihrd avenue
and Ore. huno rec xenty fifth street comprised
Of the citizens Il the Twelfth Ward, 10 favor OF the
election Of Daniel +. Tie mann for Mayor Early IN the
eveniI barrels az fireworks were surned ana a'e,
PROFESSIONS arrived from other quarters win music sh
torthes A stand for tie speakers had been erected
in front Of the Harlem House, and at O'Clock the
assemblage called TO order.
Henry PArTERsOH, esq, va. appointed Cnarn
TIE Chsirmsn introo uced to the meeting M. WV
II. Fry, who began by comparing the current sx.
peEses of our Municipal Government with the cost Of
carrying on the Federal Government during the al
nil istraion OF Washington. The former exceeds the
other four!old Since 1888 yearly expenses have
zone on pcresspg al the rate Of 80 900 ono per
Sum and 10 one can tell where We shall stop Ii 1t
there j. no use talking abont good GoyeInmen! u,-
es il be a cheap one, for none can be g9od tnat 40.
Cheap. The messages of Mayor Wood were alluded
TO- M which he promised to suppress policy offices,
close zC shops and wipe out prostitutes. How many
Of tbese and similar reforms has he efsc'ed Mayor
Wood denounced the market systsm with lts psr-
pieCus class Of middle men but has he corrected the
abuse? This immaculate Mayor promised Us clean
streets: but how has be fulfilled the promise The
speaker then proce to notice Niehy the Maryue
Joseph Walker ano bank overdIai TRANSACTIONS elicit
ing nate aug liter and applause from the audIsnce
Mayor Mood said Mr.. Fry airns taal the II IN pro-
duce nothing and the poor every hing Bat VIA; has
the Mayer hiG self ever produced! l am unable %
say thet Re hss ever produced anything al all Day
can mention some tbicgs he has not produced tie
did not proc sce his bsnk.book when large sum bad
been paid 10 him by GER ain bank through ml;tsk
but declared If was burned at a ire 10 Greenwich
street lie cid not produce the evidence OF hs limo
ceroe Of cheating Mr. Narvine when called upon 10
do 40 in Il Courts And more, be did not pro
duce the paper sigred by several merchants reqiess
Eg the removal Of the Joseph Walker. .,
The next speaker YVES Recorder SMITH, who sad
that all present were alike interested in the defeat Of
Mayor Wood since all orsumers in q grester or less
Cegies, feel the effects o. bad government. tie had
witnessed such coIruptoIs during toe last three years
in the City Gov eminent that, although Democr at
WHO had always stood by the patty he was compelled,
even at the risk Ct being branded as renegade, ana
while he inside sacrifice Of principle, 70 denourcs
the wholesale niquy with al his strength. The nemi-
nation Of Wood, he said, was altogether seo
accomplished through the agency Of rowdles Ana ne
for one would not be the slave Of party to support
man known 10 be corrupt however regular his noml.
rat!Cn nav have been. IL strange indeed, II
Mayor Wood was fhe maigred person his friends
claim him to be that he did rot drag his sanceters De
fore ribura Of justice and there yladcst his far
fame There are Influential presses in this city, whose
editors amply responsible pecuuiariy to answer TO
airy amount of damages, which have repeatedly
charged the Mayor with the grossest corruption, and
he has never undertaken 10 Tefute the charges Inc
inference pan then that he dare not confront them
and attempt 20 Prove his innocence. Where were
those bshly respectable citizens who recon- nended
Msyor Wood TO the SURFACES of the people one yea
.so1 Why do they Lot aga ain recommend him for this
~ssrortible offics II is understood that they have
bee spped TO for suoh indorsement and declined TO
Give II The speaker continued a. conscers Die length
IN n witt eriDg review Of many Of the Mayors public
,nS nriy.ts acts, and closed with loud applause.
S,ssohe, were also mad. By A, Rsber. ID. Golnes
ara CsP. J. II. TSo9s'