The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-28
THE SEVENTY.

Session OF the Solons-Further Amend
ments TO the Charter-The Assistant
Aldermen Doomed-A Spring Election
Recon- m ended.
meeting OF the Committee Of Seventy was held
last evening" with the paternaooking President
Mr.. J. s. Brown, In the chair but at which, ow-
ing to the storm, no doubt, there was not
very full attendance OF members. The
principal business was listening to the report OF
the Sub Committee on Legislation in relation to
their efforts and success at Albany last week. The
report was not very lengthy and embraced only
those points with which the readers OF the HERALD
are already familiar discussed before the Com
mittees on Cities OF the Senate and Assembly.
The committee then took up several sections of
the "Custom House" charter which is now before
the Legislature, and canvassed their import as
affecting the interests OF the city. The discussion
was to certain extent, informal; but the con-
illusions arrived at were unanimous. The sub.
committee which will appear at Albany again to-
day, was instructed to urge most forcibly the wip-
Ae BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN
on the grounds that the Board was of no possible
practicable benefit to the city; that In none OF
the chief cities OF this country or OF England was
such a Board as that OF Assistant Aldermen that the
6osd was Mn6 generally 81 the
solely for the purpose OF subscribing the
interests of some ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS
official and would-be leader; that the last election
showed very plainly that all idea Of improving the
city government was ignored, and that the highest
offices Traded or and bargained away IN
almost all the districts for the election OF an Alder
man or Assistant Alderman; that the continu-
ance of the Board will be an enormous
and unnecessary expense, and finally,
that recent events have shown certain
members OF the present Board Of Assistants to be
as great a disgrace TO the city any OF those who
figured under the recent "Ring" regime. In rea-
ton to the
BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
the committee recommended that the number be
increased from fifteen to twenty-on twenty-five
or twenty-five, and TO be elected, at present, on
a general ticket. IL was decided, however, that
this should not be pressed should any opposition be
evinced.
1t was further decided TO oppose strenuousy all
attempts to take away from the Mayor the power
OF appointing the heads OF departments, and,
finally, it determined to obtain, Ii possible
amendment providing for
A SPRING CHARTER ELECTION,
so that IL might be separated from the real party
issues which affect State and national elections.
BY this means 1t was claimed the people would he
brought to consider only the interests or the city
and the obtaining OF good government by electing
only honest and competent men to Office. IL was
decided to have the Aforementioned amendment so
worded as to provide that the election for Mayor be
held In the Spring, some eight months previous to
the expiration OF the term OF Office OF Mayor Have
meyer and the person then elected not TO take
ONCE until the close OF Mr.. Havemeyers term.
the committee, comprising Messrs. John
Wheeler, Roswell u. Hatch, Jackson 5. schultz, ID.
b. Eaton and others, left for Albany on the eleven
O'Clock train asst nlght.