New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-28

and the Finance Department have no control, but
which are made by special &C. Of the Legislature, a.
| Z" follows:
Coz school. c@e 60
Common schools fCi " ipcrs 4essl9 81
Con no OF Record So ~
~ 49," S -
| To,,l........,,,...,... > I s53 s,j 0
Deducting tbis cum Of 81 953 3i3 and the Contra
| Park interest, which could not has been controlled
10y The Common Council, and the balance lie $1S7 Sl3
80 the expenditure Of which be principally traced
TO TIE legislature at Albany In 1856 and 1851. For
the s3 COO 600 increase between 1853 and 1857 there
fore deDy that am responsible; but prssunipg the
McKeOn theory to be correct, 5000 900 Only could be
Charged to the Mayor, Aldermen aud CommonAlty.
| Now let us apply the same scales TO Mr.. Tem,or,
| perative shortcomings.
! In 1853 the expenses Of the Ams-Houre were
$685. Geo. and In 1856 the expresses reached sg2jO9O
or $40 ger cent il two years Nv alleged liability "a
only 20 per cent, showing tia, by this test Sir. Tie
| mann lie woIse public ofiicer by l29 per cent.
But sreun ent is wasted in such D0siton. The ex-
perses Of every iiy county aud State 10 the Unl?n,
increased; hut us it, therefore, be Inferred ths. each
| succt ssive Pres6eDt Governor, Mayor and Common
| Council Infamous than their predecessors
having thus proved the gross mispresentations n:de
by TIE Uutd States District Attorney, snd proved thu
fslse batis upon which he argued will 81 enlightened
public pIess kat published his statements present my
| sIsTfrl
fortunate. lie Insists that in 1853 the item Of salaries
WAS cpy 1912 000 when it spcea from the document
lsst neLtioned page 33 that it was $23j 600 il 1853,
ard tny $il2 000 ia 1857, which, ovnceIing his gee
ee staten epts must bs viewed ext sOrdinsrily az
cura't-thoueb be utderaated and overststed to suit
| Lis occasion, to the extent OF $50 100
But is ii zig ht TO make the responsible for the
ts1es CT Of the auCuLt Of the expenditure OF the City
| Government however great they may be ! DO you
know tie Institution of the Government Of this city!
II is distributed into departments, each department
II 10 h1wa all .tr
lie PEOPLE OF created by the legislature or appointed
Nv lie Governor or il aned by the Mayor, as 10 the
solitary instsrce Of the Croton Board, placed directly
inGepeudent Of he Mayer whatever osnses they may
commit. Tie Mas or has check, or influence or
rol over the arrangement Of these different Boards.
The Charters of 1919, 50 aud 81 are all alike in this
Iepsct while they distribute the government In this
wise tie oil limit the duties CT the Mayor, by desg'
mating Instead of tina unity and consolidation st ex-
eouve authority pecf ssary rot only Tor proper
enforcement OF the la and tho security OF economy
in e1perdituYes, these Charters dssentnats pc yer
among tine several Executive Departments, the tenden-
cy ard effect of which is not only to oeterorats the
efficiency Of tie G.veInmeLt bat to take away tue
necessary ald salutSIy accountability. Ins Finance
DEPARTMENT has ertre control thu collec-
ton end oisbursements Of the pablc morey-keeDng
OF all public accounts and the general monetary off airs
o the oporation. The Mayor has no veto or drec-
ton over it, Its head is elected by the people, TO
whom alone Re ackro vie ale gispce. The same
il depe ncenCe exists in the Law Department, in tso
City IIspt ctors Department, the Street Department,
whole organization of the city government Tne
Mayer IT, there fore rot responsible for expenditures or
ex'ravss Of the Common Council. repea' thai,
der the provisions OF the ohaIers OF lSl9 is?3 ana
1851 70 sde quate power is conferred upon the Major
10 regulate ascertain the expenditures. Inc
de patu eLts close boroughspetty principatles,
or aled boCkseech distinct from the other aud no
check cen be imposed upon ihsm The Legislature
that passes, and the Goyenorthst Signs The annual tax
bill f,r he expenses Of the city government, are
equally Responsible and, perhaps, moe co. from the
60 hat ttey lcU vii
auiholity bV which such evils could have been
exsIniued, corrected or exposed Il 10 no: alleged
| Il at The goat bulk of the work undertaken Is ua
Necessary but that IFS cost is exirevasart, or no.
pYottIly and faithfully performed. Until TIE
passage Of the c1aIter of 1919 the neads .
| depstLebts were in some degree under Tie contfo
| of the Con mon Couuci; but since that time rs.
apy Mayor Ct the City OF New York, Republican o
Democrat been able TO regulate the monstrous end II
| lesporsib,e Municipal Government created and con
Quoted by Repu6llc;n Or Wig legislature .l wa
| oompth toward that object In ls5t5 AMI 90 the
Wing or Republican party controlled both 10 Lcgls
lauie and the Common Council and, az shall pres
entity Prove the expenses Of the City Government sl
SIC adily crea 9ed In those years clone the Alma
| House DEPARTMENT, the Common Schools, STATE ana
CITY, Police State mill tsx and expenses OF the Pm
niioneTs OF Record, increased q U.s. 9bi, 70 wh'ch
| berg added $40 57j salaries ard expenses imposes
by fIecsl scts OF the Legislature, affords grznu To-
tai 81 l23 sc. In each of those years the Common
Courc exceeded the sppr pnations u the aggregate
| 10 81 3U2 when was su's'd"OHNj 'SoS''-~ ~
That porton Of the pres and the public which in.
lists on mskrg responsible fer the expenditure OF
tie City Government, at the same time urges the e,ec
ton Of ore of the Governors Of the AlmsHouse who,
with lire assocates, irdisputaty possess fall and
coz pete authority over the management and outays
| of the Aims House Department.
Let Us see how fer the rule Uni 1sty applied 70 me
| will fsirly apply TO him. In 1888 some four years
| since, tie APPROPRIATION for the Aim. House ~a4
$685. Geo. and 10 1856 sppesIs By the Controller re-
port TO be sSl 500 increase OF l9 per cent; ana IN
the intervening years tie average increase was sbout
| 80 per cent But the remarkable fact is apparent,
from their estimates fr 1888 that one-htn a. Iet't OF
the whole amount proposed 10 be collected for the i-
finn ard spferrg poor of 1858 is appropriated 70 SAL
sries in other words ore dollar out OF every hve Is
To these fxrepses should he added The debt incurred
In TIE erection Of the Work House, which has m'er
ably failed source OF revenue or means OF coz
But et US zee who is really responsible for the
ous taxation and which are the ailments, and who
are The men urder whose direction tse money is eI-
| perdtd.
The tax levy of the present year nay be taken as
| fair illuststion ofprCcCdng years:
| TKnciPAL COMPONENT ITEMS.
Aims House tSf5 geo
Con Schools Sts SSS 80
s;sie nil tax. S9SS
Police s;3 90
saaie'i SO SSS
To,,l ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS O7S,Oso
-balspCe expended by the several departments over
| witch the Mayor has rot the tsst control.
lis here that out Of expenditure OF over seven
| n.iliCns more then elk millions ia inside up Ct Items
with which neither the Moyor no' the Common Qua
| Gil have the least control
Who is responsible for the gradual ard continual In
ere ace of taxation in New York The following tables
carefully collected from the Controllers report, show
;bis increase prncipsly in the Alns Hoase, public
\ s;o,f ~ q