The New York herald., 1875-10-24
SINGLE HEADS FOR DEPARTMENTS
DenunciatiCn Of the Local Democratic Leaders
Mclaughlin and Fowler.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL BALLOTS
Speeches Of D. P. Barnard, Fred A. Schroeder,
General Slocum and A. A. Low.

date FOR Mayor OF Brooklyn was held at the Academy
Of Music in that city last evening About the seats
scattered circulars setting forth the
'REPoRA oRERD"
in glowing and calling the people for support
On the stage seated about 200 prominent repub-
hcans, among the number being John r. Henry ex
Mayor Samuel Booth, Samuel Hutchinson Jacob Mur-
ray Colonel Rowan Isdore Bond Registrar Charles
schurig James Eschwege, Frederick A. schoes,
Dwight Johnston Ripley Ropes, A. B. Bayliss,
sigismund Kaufman, A. w. Fenny Samuel Mclean
and others. About eight O'Clock Mr. Schroeder Gen
eral slocum and Alderman Ropes made their appear
ance and were received with applause Mr. Franklin
Woodruff then called the meeting to order and nomi
mated Mr.. D. P. Barnard for presiding officer The
nomination was confirmed Mr. Barnard then ad-
dressed in brief the assembage urging enforcement
of order and decorum during tho meeting. Ho said
they had assembled IN reference 70 their
municipal affairs year hence they would have to
decide upon national questions and then it might be
that those who there assembled would be divided
in policy On this occasion they to consider the
state OF municipal matters If they would bow 10 the
dcation of the sefconstituted leader then their duty
would bc piain 1t would be to close their mouths and
to take the tickets which put In their hands
and 10 deposit the tickets thus given to them
IN tho ballot box blndly They had seen
during the past two years t chief magistrate of the
city have his hands so tied and his tongue bound
that he could not perform his duty They had assem-
bed to select for Mayor who will not be deferred
from doing hts duty. tApplause)
SPEECH OF FRED A SCHROEDER.
Mr. Schroeder was then introduced and was received
with applause Apologizng for not making a speech
he said he had heard the remarks just made and he
accepted them with all the force and all
the sense which they implied 1t is the
In this campaign. Thus would he endeavor to repay
the great debt no owed the country of adoption
and for the many honors which have been conferred
upon him Relating TO his course in the past while
holding the office of Comptroller, 1t had been said
that he paid $25,0o0 part of which money
should have been retained in security, for tho
performance OF certain contract that said have
boon Illegal He would state however that the money
in question had been paid by him under the advice of
the legal officer of tho city He had also been accused
Of placing Mr. James s. T. Stranahan as a director in
the Bridge Company. In doing he believed that he
doing right He might, he said, have erred in his
judgment, but, believing he right, he did mako
that appointment He was also charged with being
part owner in newspaper, the stock for which was
raised to publish independent republican newspaper
in Brooklyn. He would say that he was not director
of the company and had exercised influence what
ever In It's policy Its editor is untrammeed with any
act Of his
ascot salaries rovided for by the charter OF
1873 and as 10 his oeing opponent to home rule he
said the charter brought all the departments under the
direction OF the Common Council But tho original
DRAFT Of the charter had been changed
The charter which he was interested in formed tho
Boards OF Supervisors and Aldermen, without compen
sation It provided for single headed departments
Had the charter which he had drafted been adopted il
would have deducted from the total expenses OF tho
government over $780, 000. II unjust to hold him
responsible for what alterations were made In
the charter after IL left his hands In con-
ha gQid m hu
inclination an Amercanby my own free choice and act
have not bought the nomination, but do not believe
the accident Of birth II elected he said he would
seek TO be the Mayor OF party Of nationality
would endeavor 70 do his duty TO the city of Brooklyn
(Applause)
was then introduced by the Chairman He was re-
ceived with loud cheera He SAID the object Of the
meeting to for their city better govern
ment The local officers simply their agents for
protecting their homes and property for collecting and
disbursing their money for keeping their streets
order and for dschargng other duties of q
purely business nature The speaker said
state and national policy which will be adopted by the
government the party comes into power He was told
he not democrat unesS he voted for all the regu-
lar democratic candidates. no matter how untitled they
were. He must pursue that course be read out or
the party for compliance ''We gentlemen" /" said
General Slocum, II have been converted in advance Of
the arrival OF
MOODY AND sANKBY,
and IL this is the pill am to swallow 1t will be we'll
to let the reading out process begin at once for here
and now solemnly pledge myself to be governed here
after in the selection Of local agents TO do the business
of this great city solely by their qualities for the
positions to which they are nominated. To the
fact that year after year taxpayers and majority
this absurd theory Of Interchangeable obedience TO party
may be attributed all the ills We complain Of in our
local government believe the time has come when
the people are prepared TO discard this theory, and
when In the selection Of agents to transact the business
OF the city they will be governed, to some extent at
least by tho same rules that control them In
Of lprka ha0k and 9TH
agents Well what Is the Mayor of Brooklyn He is
nothing but the chief manager of municipal estab
lishment" After crtclsing the Board OF City Works
the speaker asked If there necessity for reform
IN the management of clty Affairs He answered the
question by
A SEVERE ARRArGNMESr
OF the present city officers and the leaders OF the
democratic party paying especial attention to Boss
Mclaughlin to william NJ Tweed and said their con-
duct taught the danger of the power II
Edward Rowe, the democratic candidate, elected
he would enter the Office with purer nien-
tions and no moro solemn resolution than did
John W. Hunter and he knew that the men who
elected him will possess the same of chainng
him hand and foot that they had In trammelling his
predecessor The speaker then alluded TO the
which brought Mr. Schroeder into public life, and said
he entered the Comptrolers Office when II was In
of disorder and chaoa Ho accomplished more than
was expected OF him, and
EARNED TITLE
TO higher position at the hands of his fellow citizens
He entreated all democrats to support Mr. Schroeder
for the Office Of Mayor II would give the city an
cratic party. He here read an editorial from the
HERALD on the dangers of the ne-man power Cen
eral socum concluded as foilows:-
"Finaly appeal TO every who loves Brooklyn to
SO vote that this proud city may again be sub
jectcd TO the shame and humiliation OF having its
chief magistrate throtted in the very temple which
we have erected for his Official by who had no
more right 70 enter IL than the poorest mech hsnic
tradesman or laborer in the city and ask you in the
seectonof the msnbers of our local Legislature 10 SO
vote that the wheels OF municipal government may
never again be blocked because reform Mayor declines
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won for him the confidence Of the people,
HON A. A.
was introduced. After the applause had subsidized he
said he had neither the thoughts words nor voice for
such an OCCASION but when the interest of reform
y. A. Schroeder was nominated for Mayor the sup
port OF every good citizen should be given him Ii
was safe TO assume that when such q nomi.
nation was made for the Mayor OF Brooklyn
say whether he be American born or German born he
was the man for the exgency They should do all in
their power TO elect him Mayor Of the city-not a
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