New-York tribune., 1866-05-01
THE CITY MEMBERS OF THE LRG.
IBiATURE.

Ono lamentable fact connected with the members,as
body who are sent TO the Senate and the Assembly
from the City Of New-York, is that, for varou.
reasons thay cannot be induced to advocate the meas
ures calculated to produce reform in our Municipal
Government. Some of our representatives are the
heads or clerks Of departments whose management il
disgrace to our City, and these heads and clerks ara
sent to Aban not to legsate for the benefit of the
State but TO watch closely and to protect no matter
how, the interests Of the departments in which they
are employed at large salaries OF course he would
be mailman who should look TO such persons to adj
vocate reforms thit would sweep their own gains out
of exisfence Next we find some persons sent to Al
bany H,,, rofess to be honcst-who hold themselves
out to the people as friends of reform and opposed
to corruptioa-but vet, when these men are ap-
preached to introduce measures that would be pro.
ductive of great good TO all classes of citizens they
hold batk they hesitate and cannot be either pushed o
pulled up to the advocacy of the very measures in which
their whole souls were wrapped, and for the success
of which they were so blatant before their etecs'o"
They are on tho lookout for themselves To suct
representatives, it would bo idle to look for REFORM
And, again, we find others representing the City at
Albany, who having an eye 70 their political advance
ment are 50 afraid Of offending the mighty rosues
who control the packing Of nominating conventions.
that they disregard oil their natural inclinaons to.
ward honesty, and sit stIess and dumb, looking on
without care and in silence at the schemes which our
corrupt municipal officials manage TO have passed foi
the purpose Of punderng our taxpayers. The City
members are (or should be) thoroughly posted in all
matters appcrtaning to their local government, and
one would expect to hear the Senate and Assembly
chambers echoing and rcechoing to their voices a.
they denounce the corrupt schemes yearly introduced.
and as they advocate the great measures Intended to
produce radical reform, for the better, IN our
municipal rule But not SO; the halls OF the Legs
laure seldom echo 10 their voices save when they ad
yocate the measures Of the +" Ring" and endeavor u
perpetuate and extend the rule Of the foul aud mon
srous conspiracy that governs the City Of NewY York.
II should bring the blush Of shame TO the cheek oil
every honest man among US 10 know that, when tho
CITY Of New York needs protection against the otcias
hoare fastened upon it, the City representatives
must be passed by and recourse must be had to the
members from the country, where corruption has not
yet gained ioothOd.
| IL was the salvation Of the City Of New-fork the
last Winter that there were representatives sent from
the country districts who above reproach. and
who were ever ready TO protect the people ofths Cr
agsnst their Oppressors.
We cannot close this article without returning
the thanks of this community TO the Hon. Henry K.
Low, Senator from Sullivan County. for his able,
earnest and persistent efforts in the Of reforming
our Local Government. Judge Low has always stood
high among his constituents a man of honor, hon.
esty and ability and we assure him that his course IL
reference to the City and County TaxLeves, and the
other measures introduced 10 reform our City Gov.
ernment has won the heartfelt gratitude OF our good
citizens and has entitled him to the kindly regard oil
US all. The people here have felt that III bim they
/ had champion possessing the ability aud zeal re-
quired to protect their rights, ani that he spared
neither the one the other evident from the City
TaxLevy as it finally passed. He was ever on the
alert ever willing to raise his voice and record hls
vote to check the schemes OF corruption introduced by
our CITY Fathers He never held back; be was never
reluctant in the cause of right he needed prompt
ngs: but of his own nature of his own free WILL did
all that lay in his power to protect the people OF this
/ City and TO give them a good government.
He has made troops of friends here by his able and
Jealous course; and we feel that, ii the majority OF
the Senate had been such as he and the majority OF
the Assembly such as NJ. Pitts the Government OF
the City of New-York would have been made model
instead of disgrace; the corrupt officials who now
rule us but TO ruin would have been swept away. and
an era of capacity honor and honesty would have been
inauguraied, to the great relief and joy of our
/ Numbered long. suffering tax payers.