The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-19
Po0r GrecnS

Mr.. Green, who occupies the position of
the Old Man of the Sea around the neck of
Mayor Wickham's administration, has written
a report on the condition of the finances.
This report reminds III of the answer of the
condemned criminal who is called upon to
give his reasons why sentence Of death should
not be pronounced upon him. What men
generally do under these circumstances is to
abuse the jury and express an ecstatic desire
to leave the world and 60 to heaven. Mr..
Green is in this frame Of mind. He has been
condemned by public opinion. Owing his
place to the direct nomination and appoint
ment of the most conspicuous and successful
thief Of the old Ring, he has not been I'M
worthy of his origin. The Tweed-Sweeny
combination robbed New York this creation
of Sweeny and Connolly has stiAed it
Under pretonce of economy he has piled debt
upon debt and has shown no evidence of
financial genius except to borrow money.
His pretences Of reform have been merely
prete1ts for misgovernment, and the result of
his unchallenged dominion over our finances
is that New York is in a worse condition now
than it was at any time under the Tammxny
domination.
The public opinion which has condemned
Andrew a., Green grows 6rmer and firmer.
The HERALD has simply expressed it We
have no feeling against him. So long as he
was good officer we had only words Of
encouragement Personally he has never
risen to the level of our contempt When he
censures the HERALD it is only the condemned
criminal who insists that he is about to be
hanged because he fell into the hands Of
perjured jury and q corrupt judge. He COM
plains that some of our advertising bills
against the city exceeded our usual rates.
This is the feeblest kind of falsehood,
worthy of Andrew II. Green. The HERALD
has never received q Corporation advertise
ment without regret, nor printed it without
reluctance. We have never charged penny
more than our regular rates, have never made
the shadow Of discrimination between our
customers Mr. Green says 'the highest
ordinary rate Of the HERALD for advertising
was forty cents o line" Mr.. Green could
have found out the truth by inquiring at
our cOuuecE' Ilc WOuu nave lehTneu
that for some classes of advertisements we
charge as high as dollar q line, and for others
less, according to position. This system OBJ
tains in all newspapers. We printed the Cor
poration advertisements whenever they were
ordered, and charged according to our rule.
We have more advertisements than we can In
any way accommodate We have declined
government business in hundred instances,
and the miserable pretence that with our over
flowing columns, with constant anxiety as to
how we can accommodate our patrons, we
should be anxious about the advertisements Of
the Corporation, is worthy of the intellect Of
MIR. Green. 1t shows us how utterly unfit no
is for any position connected with finances
outside of country grocery store.
MIR. Green has told us why sentence Of death
should not be pronounced upon him. Con-
demned by public opinion, and in all respects
an unpopular, inefficient, obstructive and un-
worthy official, the sooner he is removed the
better it will be for the credit of the city and
the success Of the Mayors administration.
KING Frost. misery caused by Black
Friday is nothing to what Is daily suffered by
the present corner in water, which deprives
thousands Of households in the city of one of
the first necessities Of life. 1t would be Gu
rious to consider the, many evils and in
conveniences caused by this water blockade.
How many little boys and girls 90 about