New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-03-30

WINS new there was good deal of jealousy and
had feeling felt in the Common Council t0wafu
the Supervisors, who seemingly nteilered WIN
an established monopoly. But more char
table temper exists at present, ana there il "
perfecty good understanding established
doubtless upon the most valuable and sufficient
derations-between the two branches
Of the dual government Both are Jealous IN
seeing TO il that the people shall pay to the
uttermost farthing and both have the same en-
lightened self-nterest. The Supervisors ana
Common Council sit upon their respective
budgets, and, after making numerous ADDITIONS
and improvements, direct the Controller to pre-
pare the City and County Tax-Leyy laws for
submission to the Legislature. Unhappy tax
payer! dost thou believe the peril is oyer--that
the worst has happenedY Undeceiye thy
self! The Legislature refers these TWO DIS
TO the Committee of the Senate and Assembly
on Municipal Affairs: and just here is the worst
peru of the taxpayer, the best hope OF the
tax-cohsumcr. The Assembly Committee is
composed largely of New-York City members,
and the Assembly being this year Democratic
the City memAers Of the Municipal Com
mittee are men who dare not, if they
would, oppose the Ring. The Chairman
il Alexander Frcar, for many years
Alderman and Councilman. Michael G. Murphy
and Christopher Johnson are the two other
CITY members; there are two from Brooklyn,
one from Erie. and one from Wyoming What
we can expect from this Committee IS plain
from the fact that the city tax bills have been
before them since January, and, rs YET they
have made no report, although the Legislature
is soon TO adjourn Let the taxpayer try 10
be heard before this Committee in opposition
To items on the tax bills, and he will trd 1t
difficult if not impossible, to get hearing /;
and, if heard, he will not DO needed.
I'm the mean time, the budget ia swelling
swelling. swelling, swelling like the waters at
flood tide and, when the bill is at last reported,
YOU shall find in it all manner Of additions not
ycntured upon even at home, and not called for by
any but the plundering beneficaries. And ,rhen Is
| this mighty levy of more than S2O.OOOOW re-
port6d to the Legislature? At the last mo-
ment, when all is hurry and confusion, and
when the grinders of the Grinding Commit
"tee- are unceasing Members are impa-
| ticnt To get home-they know nothing
about the budgets Or their merits-they
| nave no llHc III lctuH VI w J""cN'
and little, if any, inclination. Fraud is heaped
upon fraud, and the bills are finally put through
with all sorts of amendments, intcrlineations,
alterations, Affiliations, eliminatiOns, and add
tons, and ,rithou being first engrossed, as Is
required by law. Without being printed or
| even engrossed, the two budgets become laws.
| Nor, at all events, we know the worst Is
| that sol Are you sure of it'll Unhappy tax
payer! You shall find that bill passed, with
no man knowing just what it contains or omlts,
may undergo vast Improvements before 1t Is
engrossed The sly scoundrel who gets access
! TO IL may, and often does, strike out clause
he does not like, or insert another even In pen
ell writing that he desires, and the fair engross-
ment will show no trace of the fearful fraud.
Taxpayers, watch your tax bills. The " Ring "
DELAYS the action of the Legislative Committees
and of the Legislature to the last moment.
| Work to defeat them Appeal to the honest
men in the Legislature to protect you, and
strive 10 enlist the people of the entire state
| to aid you in this struggle against robbery
! and outrage. Above all, make the masses
of your fellow citizens at home, who pay their
! taxes through you, understand that their in
| tcrests and the prosperity of the city are put
| in jeopardy by these manifold robberies!