The daily gazette., 1876-04-18
Our Clfu Affairs.

charge the cause of this to the Republi-
can party. There is where extravaganza
commenced, ,and it is no little thing to have
check it. This the Democrats have done
on two different occasions but they
have not as yet been able to organize
economy as fully as they should, because
the party has not been of one accord on
the subject of wages, and where they
differed Republican votes have always
been ready to give the decision to the
eytravagant side. And this is. what Mr..
Hayes complained of. He said:
"My efforts have been baffied opposition
has been raised against me at every step,
and strange to say there have been
votes on both sides the house to defeat
my measures"
That is what NJ. Hayes said. and there
no use in putting lies in his mouth for
party effect, as is done by the Republican
in its issue of yesterday. 1t said:
Mr.. Hay gave as reason for resign
rg,that he found himself unable to check
the extravaganza of his party"
Mr.. Hayes ID not charge this e1trave-
gance upon his pa~ty. He charged it
upon the Council. That is a wicked
falsifcation, intended, it may be, to in
jure Mr.. Hayes with the Democratic
Party and also to benefit the Republican
politicians.
We quote another assertion equally
false and made with the same intention,
no doubt. In the same editorial, refer
ring to Mr.. Hayes, the Republican says
He said they came into power pith a
pfeten led desire to economize the admin
Istration Of the City Government, that
the floating debt was then someth ng
over l2,0e0, and that it was now over
100000. This is economy with ven
geance, and such a statement coming
from Mr. Hayes, WI surely suggest a
change as being absolutely nece -sery for
oar own preservatieQ."
Mr.. Haye7 ID not say "they this
partly come Ito power with a pretended
desire to economize.' He used no such
word as 'pretcnded;" Id it is a palpable
falsehood to place upon his shoulders
such SANDER.
The party was sincere in its desire to
stop the enormous extravaganza of the
Republicans in council and it ed do it
But as the Republic III had been advocat
ing city improvements for the purpose o
giving men work, its influence may hay,
been partially the cause of the extrava
gance it now complains of, for as Mr.
Hayes says many of the votes he fount
against him were Republicsr votes, and
these added to other vo of Democrat!
we're enough to defeat Is measures
whatever they were.
But what are all the facts in the case
We are promisedithem, and we hope The
public will be furnished with them b,
tne City Finance Comu ttee at the next
meeting of council.
Ia the meantime we feel l.it:incumben
upon us to defend the Democratic part,
from the falsehoods sought very ingeni
ously to be fixed upon it and some of il
members.
We, therefore, insist that it has econo
missed; has worked great saving to tn
city through some of its prel ent mem ber
IN Council, bad even as they are represent
ed to be.
In the first place the Democratic part
was the means of stopping the purchas
Of city park and the expenditure accord
tug to Republican calculation of abou
100000. Secondly, the Democratic par
~ was the means of defeating and re
Psaing the ord nance passed to destro
our splenc d Volunteer Fire Departm.n
by engraftin9 upon it an etfete, dangerou
and enormously expensive Paid Depart
rnent, not to save property, but to pc,
nut and therefore. cause its destruction
rs Is the case in all the great cities wber
tnesystem is in practice With the hor,ibl
wicked and dangerous partizan men wb
control such departments, insurance il
q eases rapidly, and three poor com n,
MES cost more to conduct them inefI
Gently than eight or ten can be bett,
managed by the sp;~ited youth of Ii
country. Here has been a saving 70 q,
city by the Democratic party of at lea
soO.Vo0 a year; and much more
safety from conhagrations is cous;dare
III 'rdly,the Democratic Party was n
cause of CT 'ta'ing the e1travagant ar
vast proportions of the new reseryoi- I
one-half its size, thereby saving to Il
city hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But while it is true that there is now
floating debt of 5000; it is also trr
mat 1t may all be paid in July and A
gust Just as the floating debt last We
was partly paid; but not all of, If for
September when the Democrats we
into ofice,all the money paid in for tax
amounting to over hundred tbopsa,
dollars, had been expended. and ot;ll
Holting debt of $4,000 was left on tbe
hands, with an immense amount Of wo
contracted for that they had to 6nisb
extravagant prices, inclusive Of the O
tensive improvements to the Citv Ha
none OF these things are taken into co
federation by the people who are q
tempting to cry down the Democrats 9