, 1869-12-24
1AxXAHY AND HER sPQlI.s

II. 1ainsnany Democracy have mani.
t'-s"l | s.n.e heAitattnn in deciding whether
sses'.;:s'.r or sl,uli>h the Police, Fire, and
lf'at': s''E.snissinns nj New York city
:.:..r' ID I~'~cr Of appointing the members
Il ,to~- cunmiwiona has devolyed upon
i'sra cratic Governor and Legislature.
s":sn..-ss:.:hnB ths profound Indignation
r;tt. as-*.. Hoffman as Mayor REGARDED
:l..r' hu ,sAtl"ns uu his powers, it is SONIC
~'>s ts.e.At'!e shet Hoffman as Governor
f','s~ ''s TO i'e n enlargement and DIVER
:ri.* a.: Il hts pr+rEatives, ani hns as gel
I-,ts u'l.lpsar manifestation Of desire to
H." '1sartssrs .heY confer npon hia,,
Is s:.t.r }i.1', the present Nseos. ia his
t'',:.' e1~.eh a. the New England bnnquet.
Is*'I sd. IN obscure and doubtful
I.stte, tl.rtr abolition. As .la measure
" ;ii't :.'si tn The itnEe.1iate :-se1ardize-
7:s"'.s It LIZ u!her, and the i'e,,ttliue Of
H. f" ::~ ~i.'ver.. II is quite probable that.
~l,;l- l~. y all urg" i. with MI his power, he
n-ssa' '::"' himself deserted s,r The principal
rf''dt'n IT >-if-go1ernment for New
lii cs;y. Governor Hoffman cn well
s,ss- y ~ lung n The cities tf Sex York
r.: hr''ll.n, constituting, mainly, the
N~':'.,- ,.aA District can e!ect their Gov
tE, : w. Legislature, and Snfr the State,
$: " nj -'.1.i s> talk Of shrir being deprived
q: 81. ."srsr,s+:,. When, by their city
t"'.":'s>, siey aversa4ugh tAe zural dis
t:":-. '':..l 1laes' the Legislature and Gov
'rs" . *swony with TAunla1y Hall, the
r.hs. ~~if,Ru<cr1meat, OF, 1no.~ proper.
Is, ia. s:.ht II being governed BY the
s.:!. /. II IaufnaEv, returns. with all it,
..',:s~ IN it. train, - the suffering ne.
/; t.':. What sunre can it Isl The
,-.,.,'n ~L*tt~r the Police, Fire. and
ll..,.H t''.mstixsinne1s Ahal. Ire continued
r:t! 4" natlosity u tbc State, OF shal!
T. IL. s-h.j, aud III. it {unctions performed
t..+.@r4,ncIss Of I'll" city governments o.
H.. la. r,,it>, resolvts itself into timpls
ga. ~: whether tho vast patronage ant
1-','. II srpeinsn,ent connected viii
tsr.* =. ~ hEall be welded tv /; ,verno,
H"1s,'. ty Oakey Hnll. II Governo
Il. 1,.-.n .rsErrdess it, he surrcn iess nine
''hs-- Il hs~ p'aer over tie politics OF Sev
4'h ,-;'s. a:s1 makes Mayor Hall n hIehe
I '::.t.t: than himself in the co1uci1s o
1.ur f..s. ~Lscb, after all. is Hoffman.
~ t's;rh:ll, away from ri Ca b.
~, '..',- tt nosLirs- The .u,,.s dis
~- tvs tie government ot the cit,
=: 80 irrk, Cow divided betwee,
t:.~r All atty commissions and the cit
"ra.n ut proper, amount to Sei ,o10, 90
- H.e receipts md expenditures @
IL. ~ra:.' tioyer1uent are less than s, ,OO0,
T." H. number ot Metropolitan of1leeri
il :'..s,',S r!iee, FIRE, and hcaath, Of vhic
t",>..r...r Hoffman hts the substa antisl coz
t.. hra as the Albany commission
.::1,..- cannot LIE less than fro n ten I
t-,l~, t!onAAna- His entire State patron
T. - x"t ieush the political value {
A.. ~>,tr ,politan patronage uudez the com
..s-. 1t woatd he in the power Of
=, I. having control Of all thaae appoin
t'r'-. l.. defeat Hoamaa's reelection .
{ 49,. y. md determine at any tin
w.. II ..r ,L- Stale should be rul'd by i
~: :. IL or Democratic u:hce- holder
!'..7-,.rr, ~ ior5 ns the commission cxis
H. f.,.r..anv Society rolcs, not only Ne
l.s. y. ,us Brooklyn, now tAe third ri
:: :; s'tl.s IN >ize, as veil as Staten 1sls1
80: .:''.s:cle>:tr County, oVer which, il Il
&, 81, rs are dissolved, Th1nusuy b
i. s.ss.s The commissions. thereby
&, ,.ul, qa;a,uple the power II Govern
ii =, -. In, shey double tho power
Hall, which, through Hotfna
two millions OF people
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