New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-11

cent Interest," such sums Of money might DO required
by them and pay the to the Troasrers or
the respective countiesthe moneys borrowed Tor west
chester TO DO payable by the four towns
Morrisana, West Farms, Westchester, and Yonkers.
When that bill passed, as expeced-for who then
could doubt power Of the Tweed Ring to put the job
through tall works Of public improvement Qn those
four towns of westchester, except those actually In
progress under contract were to be suspended at least
until after the general order OF arrangements should be
established by the New-York City Park Department.
This brief retrospect may enable the reader to under
stand clearly tho character VI tho oPeralos anu 'no
sequel anal, IN ottonnt 70 increase the mower OF the
had included only City OF York Uust as the Dock
Department enormity put through under cover OF
the TaxLevy bllD, tho attempted aggression upon West
chester County was not 70 be endured y those Wo were
power exercised by Of people IN "honey combing
Westchester with bouevards and grdronins Its people
As Senator Tweeds bill not printed. the exposure
In THE TRIBUNE OF the 2ls April was the only koWiedge
centy aroused the westckcster people to demonstrate
way which indicated that the power OF the Iamany
would be insufficient to push through this extraordinary
project of power and plumber IN Westehester county 90
till scheme could be devised 10 take lts pace ana
much OF the spos as could be realized With
out alarming the Westchester people. . ~
On the 25th OF APRIL only two days before inc adjourn
ment bill with the same title taking that ute 80 as 70
been read tird tune" and passed in the Senate by
majority" Sent the Assembly with hot haste Il re;
and passed next day "by majority" Curiosity may
well be excited concerning the nature Of the Transformed
dogs head only Is letthc rssnander being SWEET away
to make place for the body and tail Of another animal
Ing the four southern towns Of Weschester to the do
mnions ofthe New.York City Park Department it places
In holder relief the designs upon the Harlem ana the
spuyten-Duyyi 1t than makes up for that relin-
by gyng d pgwer an he P I%rl
Department is not merely authorized TO determine the
plan and location OF all bridges, tunnels or other means
Of as phraseOlOgy
BUTT is autbopzed by this new bill to construct an s9Sn
Sgagg ss and 10 snon bridge sT Of
the High Tor Croton Aqueducp Bdge pu' os H nn naa
half mile A. s5 Of transit ow mod
crate shall be in the course Of being built AZ s s.o
timehe cost to be borne By the Counties OF
and NewYork in proportion 10 the population each
. "The Treasurer OF each County directed
Issue bonds to dsgnadtfS o to TScTe the
tQ ca.x.lryct such bridge" tunnels" &C., &c.
~, a ,el sPss Of the new 9 sr sgcc 70 snow now
tG sSnpsnd By yC e1trsOrdnary oPpcraHtes for
tone and patronaSa in tunneling and bridging the
Now to ret 10 the trckery connected with the pas
hage Of the transformed bill In neither branch OF tno
Legislature was this new bin ever read-eltaer nTsI sec
fraHd-whch could not have "passed" If anybody IN
either branch of the Legislature beside senator dweeu
himself had known its character. Both branches con-
tanned good lawyers aud others familiar enough with the
taxation, &C., could not be ..passed, by mere . ma
ority" VOTE independent OF all other cohsueratons.
Tue President Of the Assembly, ana INC cIcEhs
I'm both branches know well that no bln lnX0V..
ing taxation could pass by such vote. what
more conclusive evidence Is needed that the conteLts OF
the bill thus rushed through both branches were not
known to one except the honorable mover In INC
magnificent schcmcf
Tie fraud is sefevident the face OF the bill and
ACCOMMODATING papers. There is the original manuscript
and there also is the manuscript OF the new Dl sDst
tuted bodily for the original document-wlth the en-
crossed bill apparently approved In both Houses
these being Endorsed the direction to the engosser 10
"stike out all of the original bill after the ute ana
enacting clause" and insert the whole OF the new b
And thus Is revealed the way in which bill involving
many millions OF dollars and concerning millions OF peo
ple was swinded through both branches OF the New
York Legislature in this year OF our Lord Eighteen
hundred and seventy! ,,, -,
But however cunnlngly devised and trickily eng
neered this notable bill met its death-warrant In way
that should warn Sachem Tweed to let some OF his lei
lowegislators know the contents OF any similar Dill 20
be smggled through hereafter, most OF them could
tell him that the Constitution reqres more than mere
majority" converting such bill into law Inc fact
that only "maorty" voted for this bill In each House
Though 1T might as well have been put three-ffthsD
rendered needless for the Governor to consider IT, The
magnificent scheme Is "klled" for the present, though
it will doubtless he revived at the next session III some
other way-tucked into the next taxeyy perhaps, As the
enormous powers the Dock Department were SNUG
ged through at the late session.