The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-15

for which We loyal people have to pay hssvy
taxes.
The manner in which this money is obtained
expended by the Legislature would scarcely
pay the bills of a single paper. The parties
therefore RESORT TO the device Of judgments
against the city. These Judgments being OBJ
tanned by some sleight-of-hand trick between
the publishers and the Judiciary, the Comptrol-
Ter is apparently compelled to pay the money
or see the City Hall brought under the ham
mer and the portraits of our ex-Mayors and
Governors sold at auction for oilcloth. OF
course this business is carried ON by 'ring,"
and the centre OF this "ring" is the Transcript
office, in which both Mr. Deputy Tweed and
Mr.. Judge Barnard have controlling interest
The Transcript is a paper which, like good
mans charity, is not seen of mem" but it
makes more money out of the Corporation ad-
vertising than almost all the other papers put
together. It's circulation is very limited, being
confined mainly to its proprietors; but its
profits are apparently unlimited, although we
regret to say they do not appear upon
the internal revenue list, and therefore do not
pay government tax This is the way the
peoples money goes and this explains why
the press does not echo the appeals Of the
people to Governor Fenton for reform.
We ask the Governor to break up the Corpo-
ration advertising "ring" and the hundred other
jobs which hinge upon it by removing all our
city officials at one blow. Then the press will
be freed from the bonds in which politicians
now hold it, and it will speak the truth about
our municipal corruptions. With the copper
head Mayor, the copperhead World and the
rebel Ne,os, which he has under his special pro-
lection, will be removed also BY removing
the Street Commissioner and his deputy, "the
head CENTRE" the warm nest, the .foms et o2igo
of all sorts of abuses, and especially Of contract
and advertising swindles, will be utterly
destroyed. The City Inspectors removal will
put an end TO the squabbles which have 80 long
perplexed us, and enable him TO appeal to the
people if he has been wronged. The Comp
troller must 60 with those whose bills he has
cashed. The Corporation Counsel allows too
many judgments to go against the city, and
must now confess judgment himself Smash
the whole "ringn with one quick stroke, and
there will be no bounds TO The popular rcioic-
ings. Halfand-half measures will amount TO
nothing. Like the halfand-half exposures Of
so-called reform papers, which abuse in order
to be bought up, and levy blackmail when
they pretend to he doing honest work, such
measures will only encourage our municipal
rogues Those who arc allowed to remain will
chuckle as they apporHon among themselves
The share of those who arc turned out, and the
true men viii have a smaller chance OF reform
ing the government than ever. The best mode
is'for the Governor to turn out the whole sci.
If the press of this city does not endorse this
opinion the Governor will discover the reason
in TIC Corporation advertising swindlc, which is
systematically carried on outside Of and uncon-
nected with the advertising expenditures au-
thorizcd by law. Unless be approves OF this
and other abuses he must do his duty by end
ing them.