New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-31


orally quarrel among themselves sufficiently to
defoat tho consummation of the more important
Of their various projects; and We presume such
will be the case this year
But that bill "tning tho compensation" OF
the members of our Common COunc-hold
there We object to it most decidedly that the
People have already "f1ed" that compen-
sation defntiSely and conclusiyely.. In section
"A Of tho present Charter of our City-passcd
April Ia, 1851, hDd most heartily ratified by
our poople--wc read as follows:
mo member Of the Common Council hail receive com
pen10fon Jor his styrice' u such msuber"
Every one OF our forty-one City Fathers was
elected with a full knowledge Of this provision.
1t was a vital portion of the contract under
which they accepted the honcrs and response
bilites of Office. II they did Mt choose TO work
for tho stipulated wages, they were at perfect
liberty to decline. But nO-they all, or nearly
all, sought their paces-iotrigued for them,
bargained for them, got them as best they
could. We now hold them to their contract.
If they want the Charter amended so az to
pay salaries TO those who may hereafter be
chosen to their places. let them frame their
amendment, have it passed by the Legislature,
and duly submitted to the People. If they
ratily it, well and good; but until they shall
have done so, we protest against any vote by
tho Legislature Of 900, or twenty-five centa,
to any of them. Let them fulfill their contract
as they made it, Why should Republicans in
the Legislature invoke odlum on their friends
here by voting Sl02, 500 out Of the pockets oil
our taxpayers unwarrantably into those of our
Democratic Aldermen and Councilmen What
moral rieh have they to do it We entrcat
them 10 forbear
Then an to =. fixing the terms Of Office" OF
Heads Of Departmeuts-the Charter does that.
If they need to be untIed and fixed over
again. draft IA amendment to the Charter pro-
ydpp for what is wanted, and let on. citizens
vote upon Il. II they approve It, well and good;
if not, better and better. But we protest
against firing" lot of oliice-holders for
three or four years in lucrative berths BY net
of the Legislature in defiance of the Charter.
IL is wrong in principle and VIII justly cover
Ia perpetrators with Odum. We believe
part ol tbs proceeds Of this job inures to Re
publcans; aud il is urged that THE is 80 much
clear eain We consider it rather 50 much
additional loss Ii the People choose to elect
Democrats 10 Office. it is their right to do SO,
even though II show very bad tastc. Let rs
abide our good or evil fortune, and not join
with our adyer-sric. in doing a wrong Tor The
ssAe OF n portion Of the spois.
-Wc beg tic Senate TO stop these bills, and
all OF the Same breed that may be introduced.
We cannot speak OF each as It shall be pre-
scDiod. but let IT suffice that every bill Of like
scope aud purport with these two should be
killed stone dead. Aud 40, We trust, they viii
be.
By the way there 10 somewhere at Al
bany a bill 10 add two more Judges 10 tho SUI
premc Bench OF cur city. What we crJngly
need here il not more Judges but better. This
bll If passed, will increase our taxes without
giving II. any fair equivalent As the ma
chinery which grinds out Judges II row run,
We should have less justice and Of worse quail
i.y under this bill than We now have. We
pray tia. i be not passed.