Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-12
From The Ne,g York Times.
HOW NEW YORK Is GOVERNED.


HOW NEW YORK Is GOVERNED.
Let US look at the nodus opcrqnaF OF
| ruese city lawmakers. In the FIRST instance
here is never debate in either of the
Boards upon the subject brought up for ac
ION. Every question presented in the re
pscIive Chambers from openings street,
z n.ing privileges TO a horse raiIrosd, bull
ing a sewer laying crosswalk, remitting
txas, dawo through all the grade- oflegi~a-
ION 70 giving permission to the keeper Of
apps-staui to iucumber he sidewalk, j.,
arranged aud cut aud dried beforehand
To- do this effectively. there is for cact
Board an organization composed of a trust, 4
agent, who Is not member, and 3.
iulmaster, who Is. To the first of these
a,h hic- every citizen who has any business
+ om th agent the applicant learns pre-
-.l b how much it will cost TO secure his
oiur and through him al negori@tion-
rth the Ring are carried on, The pre-
m nary arrangements being complete, ami
Dr. amount Of money cded upon by the
.r.ies being in The hands Of the agent ol
h- Board, the ''riugma>ter performs hi
ant ofjhe contract by obtaining the nece>-
ry gisiati0n.
The money thus received Is divided it
qaal portions among the members of Il,
Ring
TIE gid prices, Of course, IS accord
iagro the value Of he privilege granted
fas instance, if the Third avenue Railroad
's-irrs authority to run turnout
arough Printing House square, the gram
uil not be made untjl from s. 900 to So
no are raid up If the Hudson River
Rdlroad desires, year after year, to III
,ummy engines from the depot al s.. Johns
Park to Thirty second street in spite of =
r-olution Of inquiry 10y the Common Coun
ii directing the street Commissioner to as
C rt4in under what authority the Compan,
PERSISTS in its course to the terror Of horse
rnd the convenience Of lis directors, an OF
f1ing of SIS, 600 will secure an uninterrupt
cd continuance Of the privilege for another
we've month at least. II the street clean
ns contractor does not wish a report made
.a the Boards of the causes Of non compll-
arc. with his contract in the essential par.
toulars Of keeping the cross walks clear OF
now aud ice in accordance with joint res
Iuuon, il is very easy for him by doUceu
of proper amount to the ring agent to
>tsve off the presentation of the information
Gated for Tia resolution to extend Park
lace from College place to the North River
could not be agreed on by a committee three
2. eks since, it was not difficult to secure It's
"a sage a day or two ago, with the vote OF
.yery member Of the committee who wa
.tely at variance in regard TO it, now unani-
a.ously 10 its favor Instances of this sort
nigh, lie enumerated od mfmta,m.
This Common Council Ring is bound
together by an cath, registered By magi~
rate in its confidence. It does not incudr
he whole Of the members Of either Board,
/ aat only so many Of them as may be sufi-
clsnt to carry every measure by two thirds
vote, 10 spite Of the feeble protests of one or
two honest members in either organization,
aud in defiance Of possible veto by the
| Mayor. The existence of this oath bound
sagre va, almost publicly admitted in the
Chamber or th B ,4rl Of Cnunci'men, in
81 a ta. IS m.far.. ogca lau when 'rA
.ad- we're duug sc gislative heads, ard
1 "a tolls and knives were brandi,hed ty irate
N mbers This occurred when Biinckman,
q Democrat, By astrategic action, affiliated
himself with the Republican members, and,
| by his own vote, placed himself in the Pres
dents chair, wresring the Office from Sta
com. to whom it had been assigned by the
Ring, in caucus
10 throwing an inksand at Brinckman ,
/ head, the imrul-ive Long, in justification
oF his conduct. said: Didn't that 1--WE