New-York tribune., 1870-01-04

large increase In the white class Oh small COT
ton-planters.
TIE MAYORS APOLOGY FOB A MESSAGE.
| The freebooters who are to rob the tax
earners and taxpayers of New-York. organ
| lied yesterday what they facetiously call the
| City Government. Over the City Hall foated
| the municipal coat of arms its white ground
and black figures strongly suggesting the
Deaths Head and Cross Bones of Capt Kidd.
| Tammany's programme was perfectly carried
ont by its tools, while Mr.. Tweed was fixing
other matters at Albany Mr.. Thomas Conan
was reelected President of the Board OF Alder
men, and Mr.. John Reilly was put in the cor
responding position in the Board of Assistants.
1t is customary, on such occasions, for the
Mayor to favor US with an elaborate message,
recounting our wonderful greatness, alludng 10
our past doings, and pointing out the path Tor
further progress. But on this particular event,
Mayor Hall confines himself to O general glorifi-
cation of the late Democratic victory in the
State, and an equally general denunciation OF
the sort of local government we have enjoyed
or endured for the past dozen years. Not
knowing how matters at Albany are gong 10
turn out, he makes only general promise that
everything will be lovely. He congratulates the
Common Council that the result of the recent
State Election will probably terminate those
incongruites of our Municipal Government
which have been increasing year by year
for long period, and intimates that because
Gov. Hoffman has been Recorder and Mayor
all the new legislation affecting the city will
be left to his direction. Then he goes over
the old ground of complaint that because of
State laws his party Chat is, the one he now
adheres toy has been to great extent deprived
of its revenues and shut out from control OF
some important offices. The streets are not
entirely in the hands of Senator'S supervisor
Deputy Street Commissioner Tweed; the fire.
men are independent of the water board and
of the police; tho police are independent OF
the City Government Chat shoe plnches
terribly; several sets of officials fix their
own salaries without consulting Tammany,
"Wbile the real heads of Government
Imeaning Messrs Sweeny, Tweed & Col have
"been obliged to become beggars at our Legis-
"lative door for the same objects, and at the
"same time receive the blame of extravaganza
for disbursements which they do not in
"Auence.n And then there are the Police, Fire,
Excise, and Education Boards. substantially
" five extra County Treasurers instead OF the
one actual head, Mr.. (City Chamberlain ana
County Treasurer) Peter b. Sweeny, who, OF
course, should have the handling of all the
City and County funds This was grleVous
fault of the Republican Cesar and grievously
he must answer it. Another complaint Is
that in the matter of donations, the City Coun-
cilmen have to ask the Endorsement of the
Legislature before they can pay over the money.
This section of Mr.. Halls complaint must have
been copied from an old document, written
when the Legislature had Republican majority.
Mr. Tweed will strike it out instanter, ana
give the Mayor sharp rebuke for his oversight
If ever New-York was or will be governed
from Albany, it is certain TO bo during the
present year.
On one point the Mayor reGchoes the re-
marks made by Gov. Hoffman, that one political
party can (and wilD now be held responsible
for the State and City Government, adding
the cautious qualification, after due oppor-
trinity shall have been afforded it for homo
geneous reorganization of local government"
For information as to the probable era of
homogeneousness, inquiry may be made of
Henry Genet, John G. Jacobs, Justice Ledwith,
and some other friends" of Tammany. Mr.
Hall does not foreshadow the plans for reform
ing city government, it being his duty and his
habit to follow, not to lead; and then the
Speakership of the Assembly is not settled
and Tweeds hands are too full to advise his
Honor the Mayor what he may say. Mr. Hall
takes covetous glimpse at the day when all
! local government will be centered in one head
(think of a brevet-DemOcrat preaching CEN
tralization y and obedienty tells his friends
that he can make no recommendations for their
action until he hears further from the Hon.
Wm. NJ. Tweed, who is just now engaged III
another case at the Delavan House ut Albany.