New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-16
WOOD on ExECUrTVR POWER.

The organ of the late Mayer aud prospective
candidate for the same office, in closing srticlo
on city contracts, makes the folio wing bold prope
sltiOn:
ave viii be asked wberc is the remedy We an
swer thst in opinion the contract system should
be abolished altogether The numerous chicks ntet-
pcsed before work be commenced, aud De paid Tor
sfterw ard should also BE- abolished, and the whole
power c. nceLtrated in the hands OF the Mayor Let
the MsyOr be empoWered 20 employ persona 10 do the
public work either directly or Through the head Of
The proper department, who has b-en appOlnted ~
and is subject to bis authority. Let him asy sp ,oint
persons who stall that tne work u done according
to agreement or law. and payment therefor bs maize
promptly. Give the whole controlfothe Chief M'gi'-
irare. If he ABUSES IT, let t. b. power Of mpesch-
neht or removal. Let hm be elected WITH reference
10 This responsibility. Give bun tue Necessary an
thority tn meet il aui word for It. the people viii
take good care that it i. moi misplaced. No corrupt
man hns ercr yet teen nude MavOr of thus city. Tue
6fce is too high and too dguited for lis iccu Den to
became thief The mo'a. halo surrounding tue post
ton will preserveit from sucn prostitution. Aool@1
the con'isct system, aud give The Mayor power, aud
we shall have an improved City Government, AM
greatly reduced t5Ia'lOn.'
Coming. as this undoubtedly does from Dir. Wood
himself We are rome~ hat surprised at the gr.sul-
tous sarcasm in the sentence in i,alics-which ital
ICE, BY TIE wsy are not ours, but stand so 10 the
original The vision of Municipal AutOIacy thus
coDjuIed up is no doubt most agreeable To mr.
Woods longing eyes. such u field OF operations
might tempt Devlin himself Such glorious pick
Dgs in tie way of percentage such grand Jobs
with Which to reward friends and conclllate pne
mies; such fat slices for ones own private go'g:ng
are really overpowerng 1t has lo"g been thr de-
sign of the Pettigrew D-ylin clique Of politicians
to get rid of the contract provisions OF the charter;
but sihce the Cou,mou Council has discovered tae
Dew dggings 10 the Controllers placer by making
contracts or bargains 10 defiance OF competition
urder the section relating to thre--foufths vote,
the ciqne have been wonderfully streng 'hened in
their faith. But We certainty were not prepared
10 bear their patron and friend thus boldly announce
the object for which they strive.
Some time ago we noticed the plans BY which
.be Democratic party prnpose TO get possession of
the whole City Gsvernmeut. The City Inspector.
Department is already secured By the coufrdaton
of Mr. Deleyan. In few weeks tue Croton Board
will be reconstructed in the interest OF the same
party. Then after mock struggle, IN which the
aspirations of such patriots as Isaac V. Fowler
and VIM b. Kennedy Will be crushed, while Mr
d. F. Temann will be laughed at, Fernando
Wood will loom up "grand. gsomy and peculiar"
az the Union Democratic candidate for Mayor.
Whether the 40 900 votes cast for him in 1857 can
be swelled to the 80, QUO or 10000 necessary to
count him in, will depend upon tbs manner in
which the Registry Law is treated. With him once
more in the Mayors Char, snd his genius thus
sharpened and improved by the experience gained
in two wears of exile from official blisses the con-
spira'ors have everything to hope. But We are OF
the opinion that the people are not Yet ready To
bestow upon one man the immense power terr
sought more especially as long as there is the
shadow Of a chance that that man may turn out to
be Fernando Wood