New-York tribune., 1872-09-24

citzens to the peeds of municiraty, with your
streets already LAID out, with your PARK anost %
ca M Oo0 OF the half OF Il, is fair sum TOT lQuuane
the current expenses OF the MISUNDERSTANDING VI at!n
ing within 80 small ~ overnmen Is perfect
oneg Is any one satisfied that 1t Is fairly admlnlsteteu
know that not to expect perfect eohall"n ot
and do not propose enter into discussion oil
the existing charter OF the City Government pus men
power unite in saying that your system of government
Is very imperfect one, and requires 10 DC Gnanse"i
You You have made various abortve attempts to
obtain charter, and let me say you VIII heFoI
will give you a good and cheap government, un
til the people Of New-York are IN eatnISe az ,he
population of this city interested in maintaining pau
government The interest of the great BODY ,d oa '"
ask you-what considerable body OF the citizens OF New"
York are interested having this abnormal staie .,
thingsi There is such body, and relnempeiL an -,
moi now talking TO the rich taxpayers. am talking 10
the great body Of the people OF this cl'y. ~ ithout
But, feow-ctiZens you cannot do anything "ltnoVus V
faith IL is not only true in religious, but 1t is true IN
all secular matters, that no great things can DC ~
pished without faith Why, felow-cltzens, ntte uno
ago who supposed it possible that cOrrupt t rnI
and bad municipal government lntleneneu "a a. yer
clad foracatOns, would have been attacked ana h
thrownf IL would have been lmpossipe 10 Is
that result except through lMlh az" oaroest
just as possible for you If you are IN earnest
Dorman b. Eaton said that he held himself second 10
no man in the interest he took the government Of New
York and in the struggle which the honest men were
making for its improvement Mr. Van Cott had, through
modesty omitted incident intimately connected WIN
the subject before the meeting He had just returned
from battle with his brows crowned with the aures oil
victory One year ago the Judiciary OF NewYork was SO
corrupt that merchants would suffer any wrong rather
| than appeal TO the courts; lawyer was haoe 10
| lose his practice IL he attempted reform. But
there were members OF the Bar who determined 10 r.
tins great wrong at personal saerlhce aud Dy une
effort they succeeded and every businessman III .no
CITY ought encouraged by this result IN tne
efforts which required 10 purify the cty Inc
riG I'm
| city what has been effected in one.
Ex-Gov Edward SaomOn, as one OF the CohnhlIee
| who presented the charter to the Legislature last
Winter addressed the meeting especially on that SUD-
ect Mr. Moulton then offered the following resolutions
which were adopted prior TO the adjournment:
ssoled following named be appointed and
Peoples Executive Committee OF MunciAi REFORM oI
CITY and County whose duty shall be- among other
be deemed safe &no conehe
honest reform organization IN ts
the dominant State and nauohs ps
unite IA aud putting 10 nomination for Judges me
thorough radical reform existing abuses 9 both our S tl %
municipal governments and who well and VorAo An''H " ~
community their honesty, integrity and ability! ,,. . go.
Res0lrd That shall be the further duty o Sad 20
ofsu particular above TO seecs Sno Pu y,
Newlork at the approaching election ht ana proper ] ~ sI Va
city, county district Office, and they hA nave PoN A "
0sSsJ oe1doTfer VIM K Dodge E. Kraekovuer Oscar zo
Golfer Edward George W. Lane B. D. Sherman
Surge, Edmund Robinson Theodore Dwight DoInaa D. 1S %
Thomas Acton j. Sehgman Henry SeuddeI T. Hggnsi
W. Tremaine Robert Akenbough James Emot Henry Cuen
FredercE Kdhue Robert C. Cornell HA'e{& Nv W. SNIcPR NlPHR
M''@ ohn steGneD.oS John wheeler j. Havemeyer
Robert Hoe MOuon James Iislsead H. w Beers yaa.on &
Sea Joseph Jackson John r. Voorhees, Charles Watron' VIM
Garpe George Moer Henry Day Samuel Soah John r. PARSONS
samuel D. Baeock Granville p Hsss Phillip Bssingr feInand
Foub b. kOler Jacob sehOuoa Herman Uh ana Oh D1'A