New-York tribune., 1872-02-13

tho noiut Winslow says ne vote" loi ~ &"
1" tho rooucst of Horace Greeley Wnen'
whore. was that request made Cerc"hly
NOT in ,be note of introduction to Waterbury,
which says nothing about any CnarVc.; NU
toinlv not in the conference in the sIde-rooh
of the Senate chamber the evening peioio '"'
hill passed. when | exhausted all my powers
of argument and persuasion to induce MN anu
bis associates to vote against that Chartci' as
it stood, and to demand its mouihcat'oi -, -
essential particulars required Dy tno N'""
represented, as follows: ... >, a.,
fesolreo, III, ~ a ther NUMBER appointed 10
proceed 10 Albany and represent % ING -
Ders VI AZ o ~ of the Charter now before tho senate
unless it is essentially amendea an" p"'''''
Nv incorporatng with the clause retaining ex,s
laws clause repeating tho sectafun rVti", ~ chener
tion contained in last years taA'o'! N0''''"
y aboiishing the distinction hctwoen The d Sy apd o
County Governments. and by aDoi'"Ius ''o
Supervisors as now existing . 9, 1.,,,,ssio, nj now
= nv preserving the Central Park Commission ~ "'"
constituted. and with It's present powers. ,,o
nv limiting the term OF office " az 'ipo NJ o
Mayor to the term OF office for which ne sha h7c "
Ry allowing removal Of members OF The Police ana
Fire Departments only after charges puDhcy
G. BY proyidng that no voter shall vote for more than
Ten % m tGg baeina the fees Of oil city officers Including
the Chamberlain whether the sane are drawn HOh VIC
state OF CITY ea'Ty 1E Gnns or mon no tht Evaporation
appointed by tho Mayor, Ike other heauS oi "'p"''
o. By uniting the Department Of Docks and that OF
Public Works uader one Board OF CommiSsl0nc@Is rs ,,o
ns Re- nnder The City Government and that any pcr-
son accepting position in the l%glSn'le, o[ u III Ct
stale or National Government Shah '"o"'' "i' N'''
Bv proyiding that tho term Of Office OF the present
Mayor ~ sbn cease on June J. 1870 and that new Mayor
ho
appointments provided to be made ny tHo hi"s'i W
H. That all provisions allowing any secret meetings OF
the Common Council be struck out ,.,,,
13. by modifying the provision az 10 , ,i U
OF witnesses as TO their testimony at he Tai ny
commission or otherwise. - .. .,,5. = ~,
IA. By limiting the power or the CohItoici " ''' '
pay claims against the City. , J..
BY providing in the same act or IN ahotfr & one
counting of votes.
TO my faithful obedience to the spirit
of this requirement, under which L acted,
Mr.. Joseph b. Varnum, Mr.. William L&im7
beer, and others who were present have pub
cg .esiGe1 a sr;, ;sc Sc;s.c ", a"Sc1 o1 Kensse-
laer (aIso presenD will doubtless testify
| if any one sees fit to ask him. But the
Republican Senators were all there, the bribed
and the unbrbed together and l defy any one
of them to deny that urged them most stren-
uously to defeat that Tweed Charter
| Though know that no word need be added,
| I will here quote The Iimes's condensed report
| of the spe .ch | bad made on that day before
| the Committee on Cities IN the presence of a
! crowd of members and Others. Winslow and
| The Tines have both picked sentences ont OF
that speech to prove that favored the Tweed
| Charter-here is the whole of it as specially
reported for The Times and printed in its next
| issue:
| Mr. HORACE GREELEY said appear on behalf Of a
meeting OF citizens convened Mt the rooms or the Union
paving interest and earnestly devoted 70 good
nent feel very certain speak the minds oi majority
OF that meeting when say they do not wish to be re-
earded by your Committee as either advocates or OPP
ponents Of the document now before you Ihey asS me
amendments they wish TO be made to that Charter hut
they desire understood enemies OF tho Charter
Reform. They ask to assure you that reform Is an
aenment SseeG as many excellent advances
FORM we are not IN here TO aS e GI p" 40 ta for yS
courtesy in giving us this hearing and sun more 70
! they have evidently approached this important
theme int need aI hardy say tS oT @ sommny Gna
OF consequence. nor that 1t Is many years Older
large amount OF property very beyond that OF the
person who actually reside in the city. Our time Is
have of fortunes or OF hope OF fortunes is the gov
ernment and control OF the body which you are called
tempt TO make party charter. That s something We
enrey dscaim in fact is my opinion that you can.
amend charter make charter for the benefit OF
party What be done at most Is To benent indVid
uaIs doubt if you can benefit any party We disc1im
people who Obliged u live there ana make their for
tune No.. ia presenting to You the proSramlne OF the
what hastily admit shall refer TO the first item on
what have to say to-day 1t appears 70 NE to DC not
only the important but it ought to be the first con-
tanned in any measure for the reform OF our City Gov
| ernmcnt That is the purncaton OF our elections.
Burke said that thefoundaon and aim OF all good gov
jury box In the same way say that Inc foundation Of
all reform in the goyeInnent OF the CITY OF Newf0rk @
ery to cast ballot into the ba0tDox, and that no
one else can cast in any ballot Thaeyer eve e. IL you have
need We anxious then, first Of all things that there
principles First, that the receiver bad as the
thief that the man who incltes or sunorns men TO vote
| person whom he nctes to vote.
| Mr.. KENNEDY was understood to say that That was
sr. GREELEY-I have not examined that bill. All say
is that it ought to be distinctly laid down principle
| as 10 cast vote frauduently Who are the men who
usually do the dishonest voting They usually poor
and wreched persons whom nobody knows nobody sees
| Tomorrow they are invisible. Now the law which
strikes at the who hires such persons and paws
hem whether by office by money, or only by letting
them OF for some petty ofense is good There is
where the foundation IS tQ be laid. The law should
swear every election officer to receive but legal
voters and to count these votes exactly as they
east. The should swear that and DO punished for
perjury In any manner he receives illegal Votes ana
Mr.. KESNEDY-The proposed law provides for all that
MIR. GREELEY-I have not seen that. You have now
State officers who under no responsibility TO the Gov
ernor nor TO each other who may be In fact terms OF hos
y With the Executive, and yet he has no control what
ever over these persons. You may have officers o0n-
neoted with the State Prisons who are actually dis
grace to the Administration in power and yet The Exeeu
five has no power of removal so with regard TO the
nails The Commissioners may be III direct opposition to
the Governor of the State and he may get blamed for
their incapacity corruption, and yet have remedy
for glarng evils. This Is mistake which has been
downward from State to Municipal Governments, and
such is now the foundation of claim for better gov
ernnent The precedent OF decentralization has been
too faithfully followed In our city There Is no