New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-18
wr. HOFFMAN AND THE "RING."

The election of Mr.. Hoffman would be deliberate
surrender of this city into the hands Of the men
who have So long plundercd her treasury and mis-
managed her government. The public have read Mr.
Parton's article in The North dmerioaa Reriec
upon the corruption of our government, and
though unnoedcd ~ proof, it is valuable
As a description Of tho swinding which
is practiced upon every taxpayer in the
county. There never wasa city in which THEFT was
30 generally pracliced by the men supposed to be
elected to prevent H. and, indeed that prctense has
long been abandoned aud our officers are chosen Tor
the express purpose Of getting as much out OF the
treasury a. they can without getting into the Peniten-
tiary. Mr. Parton aiirms that Of Our twenty'iour
Couucmen there are but siX who arc known to be
honest aud these are utterly unable to check for a
moment the schemes Of the majority. Our rulers
are chosen from the most ignorant classes.
and the majority "are about equal, in
point Of experience aud ability, 10 the management Of
an oysier-stand in a market" The previous ques-
ton" Is the great weapon with which they convert
swindlcs into legal acts the Ring determines in
private the adoption OF measure and its debate
Il not allowed in councils. The system Of appoint
ments, under the % Ring" is yillanous, Offices are
created for the express purpose Of supporting ith-rate
politicians in deness; and as an instance, the city
librarian who bas so little TO DO that By this time he
should have read every book in bis charge, has the
assistance of messenger. What messages he car
! res is difficult to discover, but Mr. Parton
AYERS THAT be il now smoking in the City
Hall at salary Of fifteen hundred dollars, :"
Then We have twelve manure inspectors,
each al 81 per day; twenty-five health warders,
twenty-five assistant health wardens each at - per
day and who did nothing to prevent choler1 or any
other disease; TWENTY-FIVE street Inspectors seven
Inspectors of membranes, whose duty should be to
examine each otheri seven inspectors of meat, who
never see that article except when cooked at dinner,
and Twenty-Five distributors OF corporation ordinances
Some OF these officials stand behind drinking bars, and
all of them no doubt before bars. The health wdrdens
and their assistants were recently abolished and Mr..
Parton adds with truth. that by that reform TIE in
crense of cholera was prevented. OF the Jobs which
provide hundreds of loaiers with whisky and cigars,
and make fortunes FOR every man who can get within
the skirts of the Ring" we are constantly printing
instances The report OF the Citizens Association re-
Gently published exhbitsa system OF official swind'
ling which eonstrains the belief that Nowlork is the
worst governed city in the world.
Now, much Of this corruption has been exposed, and
much that has been intended has been prevented by
the honesty of the State Government 80 far as Gov.
Fenton bad the lawful right to check the raseay OF
our rogues IN Office he has boldly exercised H. Mr..
lIonman is supported by the Ring every man oft
will vote once for him. and many OF its friends VIII
try to vote several times. He was nominated by the
men who VIGOROUSLY plumber our Taxpayers, aud II
he should be- elected they will presume upon their
services We regret to say that the character OF mis-
supporters ought to lose him the vote of all honest
citizens, no matter what their politics may be.