The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-22
Governor Tnden and the city Cow
ernment.

GOVERNOR InCem ana the WY WV
ernment.
Governor Tilden is at last free from the
labors imposed upon him by the Legislative
session. The bills left for his examination
are either signed or dead the canal corrup-
tions have received parting Executive kick;
the investigations are going smoothly on.
The Governor can now throw himself into
his easy chair, dismiss from his mind for the
moment the puzzling problem OF the Presl-
dental election and turn his eyes on the city
Of New York. What he beholds here will
probably excite his wonder. lie will discover
that we have a Counsel to the Corporation
who is resting under charges of misconduct
for which he has been declared by the Mayor
Of the city unfit 10 hold Office. He will see
that the most important interests Of the city
have thus for five months been held in the
hands Of an impeached and partially
convicted official. He will find the
Fire Department ruled by men
declared guilty by the Chief Executive Of the
city Of malfeasance in Office and laboring
under suspicion Of corruptions other than
those charged against them i'll an official re-
port made by competent authority. The
Governor may have heard of these things be-
fore, in an unofficial way, it is true; but he
has repeatedly declared that he has had no
time to inquire into them or even to glance
at the documents in relation to them. Hence
they viii appear before him officially for the
first time, and he will probably be surprised
to find that matters so vital to the good
government Of the metropolis have been SO
long neglected Now that he is at leisure he
will, no doubt, hasten to act on these cases,
and to discharge the important duty required
Of him by the law.
The Governor will, Of course understand
the Importance Of prompt action as soon rs he
examines the documents forwarded to him by
Mayor Wickham five months ago. He will see
at once that there can be no good and efficient
government in the city while the Mayors
removals are hung up in the Executive
Chamber at Albany, Enacted upon one way or
the other. II the Corporation Counsel is
competent and faithful officer he should be
sustained by the Governor, and his removal
by the Mayor should be disapproved. II he
has been unfaithful the great interests Of the
city which he controls should be taken out Of
his hands. In like manner the charges
against the Fire Commissioners should be
disposed Of one way or the other The
present condition Of these departments, rest
ing under grave charges that are left
Enacted upon by the Governor, is disgraceful
and injurious to the city. Besides, until the
Governor shows disposition to act on the
Mayors removals, it is not likely that any
further attempts to purify the departments
win be made. The evils we now labor under
in the Police, Street Cleaning, Health, Building
and other departments must remain unreme-
died until the Governor finds time to attend
to New York affairs. Indeed, public officers
who are suspected Of improper conduct defy
the Mayor to remove them, relying upon the
Governors inaction. We believe they will
find themselves less secure than they deem
themselves TO be. Governor Tilden's hands
are now free, and he will disappoint his
friends if be does not use them to unite the
red tape which at present binds up the
Mayors removals.