The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-20

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rigorous ctvtl service. AppAuae.l Judge Emott
copy OF the charter. He said that the Mayor to In
sure good government in this city, should be IN
vested with fun power to nominate and designate
man OF our choice, Mr.. havemeyer, has been
elected chief magistrate Of the city That proper
By one clause In the proposed charter it may be
seen that the Mayor Is merely allowed TO remain
Ggare- mead without any power Commensurate
ONCE: 1t Is plain enough to by the charter that
the liteen Aldermen have all tie power to disre-
to come into the Chamber OF the Board Of Alder
men as the sixteenth man, his office Of Mayor left
Mayors oa twenty days. and then
they need but to absent themselves or not hold
meetings and BY very default the Mayors nSmina
we know as much about the fifteen Aldermen al
we do about the Mayor-the entire sixteen being
si0ie 70 watch aiseen Aldermen with any CORE.
spending sPs watcnianess to the scrutiny anS
people who nave framed this charter refuse
They say that you cannot get the people out in the
Spring, and that Ia an expensive experiment
Blu. what the expsnss o. an election 90 TN, tne
administration OF corrupt city government the
municipal election should entirely be separated
from the evils Of State and national politics and
puzzled at the Fall elections BY the multiplicity Of
comes Of this the general confusion. The advo.
Gates Of this bill call it bill to reOrganze the local
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tApplause.) But that Is not the manner nor is II
the amin us by which laws should be made for the
government or this city. II the republican party
are to make chatter for this city merely to main
tain party supremacy 1t VIII make tho greatest
M Mr.. DosMXs B. EATON said that he had just ar
rived from Albany and had not made much prepa-
most decided stamp, and supporter Of Mayor
Havemeyer, and believe In his desire to do justice
may have reason TO diner with Mayor havemeyer.
He believed 10 free and fearless speech. and
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Board Of Aldermen, some OF whom see mere. He
referred to the great measure OF the appointment
separates the Counc,i Of Political Reform, the Gem
mittee OF Seventy, republicans and democrats, In
and henchMen who nave single eye to the Official
General JOSEPH O. JACKSON unterruptine)- rise
to point OF order think that the object OF this
meeting has been entirely misdirectel. This ts
o, he exeSuslvs 0Sards o. See %anerems
the resolution before the house. and think that
those gentlemen in charge who have issued clrcu-
lars and named speakers have committed an error.
The CnAiRMAN-l think. gentlemen, that in
courtesy to the speaker, Mr. Eaton, should be al
Mr. HENRY N. BEERS arose at this moment and
said Whatever may be the illusions made by the
last speaker must point to me. 1t was who
selected the speakers, and Mr.. Eaton ts right and
everyone else Is wrong in this discussion. TAP
Pau SejS cf re ss OF S on and speak, what
'0 Mr. .1 B. B. EHy4os@Gentlemen have not read
the memorial, and cannot speak In regard to
document which have not heard.
Mr. JOSEPH 3: VARNUA read the memorial to the
Legislature, and O., 10 20 r-
moved that Mr.. Eaton be asked to continue his
remarks on the memorial and in regard TO the
progress Of matters kindred at Albany. This was
adopted unanimously. .. RI ....
Mr.. EATON denounced the pirates and vuitures
who hover around the political carcass at Albany,
sinking, COW ed, into their infamous holes and
dens from the sight OF civilization now that the
piercing rays OF public sentiment at Albany
are becoming purer. Let US give the Legis
lature to know that the honest men
OF New York want an honest governments
had been dev0ting considerable time to the con-
sideratiOn OF that most disgraceful and dish0nOr-
able branch Of our municipal government, the
Board Of Police Justices. n
Several gentlemen spoke in succession On the
question OF the adoption OF the memorlss 70 tho
like to have committee appointed from the Coun-
Gil OF Political Reform to confer with the commit
tees OF the Union League, the republican party and
OF she Committee OF seventy, In order to make a
united front at Albany. The discussion was very
long one. An amendment was made to strike out
the clause in the memorial favoring the passage OF
q law to order municipal Spring elections.
The motion to strike out the clause ordering q
Spring election was lost, and the memorial was
adopted as 1t stood, after which the meeting ad