New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-20
" IsGUmAs LEGIsLAT1ON" AT Al
RANy-OUB PUBLIC BIAHKETs.

feet specimen of its kinda lobby operation
influencing the control of vast pecuniary and
other interests; and yet SO quietly put through
that no croak of the machinery was ever hoard
until the result had been accomplished;
4" IT, II. Editor Of TasE Y Trtur.
sra, BY section n OF the Amended
Chsrio Of the City Of Now York there created In tho
City Inspectors Department bureau for The Inspection
Of ie sa fs Mi sSPTa.adest Of
Mnie' AID upon tbs sg9etluie,d'nt was deyo sed .s
csnceng permit, for osuse and exercising n;c generally
Under Mr.. fass' standardization Of the Finance Depart
ton upon ,he '1rdhClds,. OBVIOUSLY IN y9sae '.sre S
called s Collector Of M,io, REM. aad tor, Office, to
transact al peeur'sy business with the s.anihodr' snd 70
have nothing whatever % say to The Irsss % ,isd' is
we. 10 Be py pschine FOR collecting s rent, and other
dues ard carefully dsbsred fro per'on,l 9f onc',
power the various essees OF whom these collections were
10 De rnsdc.
"Tts obee, of TIL. avSor ~ sbor between the supern
tenden, Of Muse ard Collector OF Marie, Rents must be
Obvious By attaching oeer % the city inspectors De
p.nsni and he Other to the Iinsnes Department sni y
csr orrr h,nanG hde' while t< nan hGti9s fev,r zee,
f,sn peeiaRy eToIut's ron r,,s,ay deaH.s, rhe
exorionsie practices difficult ard dangerous . possible
Two wond have 70 be eouap, IA place Of one ana ~
in s ding 'scnds complained Of fon
Justice.
"But BY parlgrgp, rggi n,o nr,sr>ry q lat year
tho n.peconhp II Nsr.-ts tskeu away from tho City
Inspectors Dsrireut and sldieny ait ched To The Control
Ter. Dersim,u ~ go" that interpolation was made IN
favor o! the tinAIce Department Is mystery 70 ell out
"a ',id - tamil, =, IN, Am,
n I'D wrong Of this set for wa hsid by The Senate
tsS 49,, f,'adS.H, ton oii,lpei bv he in.er
ton q clsss csse. subjects nci ec.tet IN Tie title
Yrysnhs 4 bill shobd h- held nui and void This mar
b.. opsrs,ovss clearly smother Houuas fraud though
smaller and .ach l. a.. the stand holders q al
lks uaIkeis In no city that Its eorsionAiy should DO
<asi
.uri. Al. Il
- srkf rru, sn5 focs being thus Illegally consolidated
Controller B,nn.n spptusds Hr. Joir 4. Cooley Super
~ ss. VIZ !. yloton n .b ~ v,fi.. God
sppoated Collector u Nafkei Rents ard Fees snd
cole the r,Ei. tah.isF, Of stands. and grants or
re,oiss pru,se t0afoisf' signature brin. necessary %
Nov Controller Brsanaa must ihof0u shly well ever
as Nj 0oodsr.on iao biz oaco with PsTu TO b.
s % .1 ss s NJ f9 G H. ss a corco
o hA.i Rents I'D Zee cTs.ed sad n ss, viooI 81
slicl orbi. D. Collects Of ssrtssa. lave ding
% Dc VIII hs ia,s' q Che snlrn,..nafs q M,i.s.
John A. cooley hs islss Ling, cody be mpis.
and ,i,aia, e az OF ll d.e. 10 oJ apparent means
i On bar afr,ry .ae-H, .saGod,,i Il iis pqbHs
1i;' wso %, der, sS, s.. = .1 ne I.' h'
- ihs . 9f,ts eop,slariite es AID ffsad
AID with tie oasc Of Collector Of Market Rsa's ard Fees
add both p.eed crarr Mr nsnuan. Ie O,.ee who ver,
-winde and also II they lave he frank sad1cy Of s
d-i and Beisna. 1ho ese openly and avo~sa their
"a stacs, than robbery, woue than al Llnor
'% Sc .s 6.s q %: e. yfI ,?'''l' o. ''
On closely examining the facts SET forth in
tho foregoing extracts, it will bs found that Mr.
John walsh, brother to the Hon. VIM. walsh,
was Superintendent Of Markets under the City
Inspectors Department at the time this "Iou.
MAJ clause MSS smugged through. Between
Mr. Wm. Walsh, then President Of the Board
of Aldermen. and Controller Brennan, political
contest wss being waged, Mr.. Brennan desiring
TO have Mr.. Morgan Jones, elected to Mr..
Walsh's seat In the Board OF Aldermen. il
would, of course, weaken Walsh, 10 remove
his brother from tho SUPPLEMENTARY Of
Public Markets, place OF much political
as we'll as financial power in the Alder
manic district OF which Mr.. Wm. Walsh was
the representative The Office was also, we be-
licye, "a good one" In the city political accept
alton Of the term its salary and possible perqui
sites, when consolidated with that of Collector
OF Market Rents and Fees, amounting TO sum
yariously estimated depending on the holders
conscience) ut between twenty five and thirty
tbousoud dollars,
weIl The Tex Levy was manipulated IL !
tho Committee on Cities and yillages. A
clause having no connection with the title OF
the bin IA slipped in ard jumbled up with our
annual Tax Levy. Tho Grinding Committee
take no notice Of the illegitimate intruder. Hey
Prestol The work IL done by magic. Now Jon
see " The little joker" under the thimble OF the
City Inspectors Department. Now 1t ia gone
foin there, and turns up-in the very place II
was required TO be in order to defeat Mr.. Brcn-
mans enemy, Walsh, and elect Mr.. Bfcnnan's |
proteg4, Jones--under the Controllers thimble. |
But more yet remained to be DONE il would |
seem, in order to work The placer thus acquired
to It's full profit. In violation Of both Charter
aud Ordinance, The dnties Of superintendent"
and Collector" OF Markets had To be pract-
cay consolidated. No use, however, to throw
away the chance OF giving political adhcrent
bone" To the extent of -, 900 yearly. Mr..
John A. Cooley is appointed Superintendent
and given permanent turlougl; while
Mr. Matthias Gooderson is both Collector
and Superintendent de .Eaeto. This consoda-
ton Of tho controlling power and collecting
power in one hand is master-stroie of the
Lobby
That Mr.. Brennan should have selected Mr..
Gooderson--a political opponent, and devout
follower Of Mr.. Fernando Wood-ior an Office
so important and valuable, is in itself not o
little strange; but no stranger, indeed, than the