New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-01
TNE HEALTH BILL.

"Persimmon." of The Times, Fuckers his
mouth SO as to emit this knavish utterance:
"There is am sorry 20 say an evident disposition
on tie part OF several prominent politicians, both IN
and out OF the Legislature. 10 insist upon making The
Health Department partisan machine. DiFers gen
temen have been ndnsirousy lobbying to this end for
the past fortnight The amendment OF Senator Low
received the votes OF ten senators although i was de-
feated by six majority. IL il evident that the Senate
Will pass the Health Bill substantially IN its present
shape but strong effort will be made In the House to
name other Commissioners, who understand far less OF
science and Of politics than those now In the
bin II IL 10 he hoped that this wrangling may not
make q sh.pwreck Of the measure. The present Legs
laure charged with the duty Of doing something TO
stay the spread o. pestlence IN the Metropolitan DIS
trct and it will never be forgiven If 1t falls In its do
~"
The Health bill as reported is scheme TO
increase the power and patronage of the little
band of wireworkers in our City who are dis
Conservative Republicans and
which band, having already more Offices than
sincerely attached voters, is kept alive by the
skillful, INSCRIPTIONS seizure and manipulation
of official patronage. This clique has most Of
thdFederal patronage in our City, and with this
and the control Of the Police, it cOntriyes
to have its own way in Committees
and Delegations, though it is but an inconsid-
cradle fraction Of the party on which it fastens
and feeds. Last years Health bill did not
promise the managers any additional pap; sot they
managed to have it defeated: this years bill is
shaped in their interest, so they clamor for its
passage without amendment, and are "sorry"
that others want to make "the Health Depart
ment partisan machine" Now look at some
OF the most important provisions Of this bill:
CSC H. - And il shall be the duty OF said
Metropolitan Police Board not the Board of Health,
BY and through its proper officers, agents, and men,
30 faithfully and 10 the proper time enforce and exc
cute the sanitary rules and regulations and the orders
Of said Board OF Health made pursuant 10 the powers
Of said Board Of Health upon the being received
in writing and duly authenticated said Board OF
Health NAV direct And said Police Board is author
lied TO employ and us0 the appropriate persons and
means and TO make the necessary and appropri'
ate expenditures for the execution and enforce
nent of said rules orders and regulations
and such expenditures, 90 far M the same may
not be refunded eOmpensatcd by the means herein
provided shall be paid the other expenses
OF said Police Poard And IN and about the execution
Of any order OF the Board OF Health or of the Board Of
Police made pursuant thereto. police officers and police
men shall have ample power and authority when
obeying any order OF or Law applicable to the Police
Board II acting under special warrant OF JUS
tce Judge. duly issued but, for their conduct they
shall be responsible TO the Board of Police and not to
Who does not see that the Board of Healtl
is mere dummy highly respectable figure
head-behind which the Board of Police is
authorized to create Offices, dispense patronage,
and spend money without limit, under the
garb of concern for the Public Health
And who does not know that the end and aim
of all this is to keep down what is stigmaiized
as /" the Radical wing" Of the Union party!
When the Health bill is not so shaped as to
subserve this purpose, it is sure to be beaten;
so VIC suppose We must submit to be still further
trampled on by our conservative" ballot-boX-
suffers in order TO ward off the Cholera. Under
stand, then, that we are for Health bill any
how-our City needs and must have one--we
entreat every member of the Legislature TO vote
for one-but, if we could have Sanitary Reform
without an increase Of political nlisrule and
corruption, We should like il better that way.