The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-23

and thieves as these pious Harpers do the Chief
Magistrate Of the land.
The Rump Organ and the Corporation Ring
The Ann street Improvement.
The rump organ-not of the democracy,
whose real principles Its schoolmasters and
Mantiini politicians never comprehended, but
of the tail end of the copperhead faction and
the Corporation ring-insinuates that the cause
of the HERAID's Opposition to the democratic
candidate for Governor" is the fact that Mayor
Hoffman vetoed the "Ann street job.n We do
not intend to resort to the use of the v0cabu-
larry Of the rump organ in our reply to this
statement; but we assert that this is not the
reason why we oppose tho election of the
ring" representative. AT the same time we
affirm that it would be good reason for oppo-
sition to that gentleman's promotion to the
Office Of Governor Of the State And on this
ground:-The Ann street Improvement was
public work, demanded by the best interests
of the city. 1t sought to make new outlet to
the great stream Of travel that flows through the
lower part Of Broadway. Itproposed to create
new terminus to that great thoroughfare that
would have accommodated half milton Of
people, to the relief of the present terminus
at Bowling Green, where not one hundred
thousand persons are accommodated. ltw0uld
have been benefit to every man doing bust
ness in this city from the Battery to Spuyten
Duyvil creek; for it would have eased of the
crowd of traffic below Fulton street, which
forms at present one of the main embarrass-
ments Of trade in the city, by making two out
lets instead of one from the mouth of Broad
way and the Park to the docks. With all
these considerations in its favor it was vetoed
by Mayor Hoffman. His pretended justifca-
Improvement was to be charged to the taxpayers
of the city, and not to the property holders
along the line. Now we hold, first, that the
Improvement was so eminently for the public
benefit that if the expense had been assessed
upon the people of the whole State, instead of
the people of the city alone, 1t would
have been a justifable act. But so
manifest was the advantage to the COM
merce of the whole city, at least, that it would
have been unjust and good cause for veto,
had the expense been saddled upon the local
property holders alone
We therefore maintain that Mayor Hof-
man displayeda narrow-minded prejudice and
an ignorance of broad, enlightened policy that
unfit him for the Office of Governor, if. the
motives that appeared upon the surface in
reality Influenced his veto of that work. And
for that reason alone we should consider that
we had good cause for objecting to his eleva-
ton to the position be now seeks. But subse-
quent to the veto Of this so-called "job," in
which we were only interested in common with
the whole OF the business community, we re-
ceiyed indications that it might yet be carried
through if purse Of fifty or sixty thousand
dollars could be raised in its favor. This pro-
position we Indignantly rejected. We despise
all such legislation, and had we been ten
times as much interested in this great public
work as we really are we would rather have
secp it crushed out Of existence forever than
have lent Ourselves to such outrageous cor.
ruption.
No; we oppose Mr.. Hoffman on no such
single issue as this Ann street Improvement
We denounce him as one OF the most dangerous
tools of the Corporation srfng.D lie has
vetoed little job here and there knowing
that they can be run through secretly without
his aid, and has by that means endeavored to
impose upon the people. But the skin Of the
lamb is too short to hide the form Of the WOLF
II Mr. Hoffman was in reality against the
ring" the ring" would not be found among
his warmest and frmest supporters. The
leaders Of the "ring" would not have labored,
abroad and at home, to secure his nomination
at Albany; and the rump organ Of the ring"
would not now be wriggling and squirming
and trying to prove that the candidate who
depends upon the power Of the ring" for his
election is in fact It's natural opponent