New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-17


population Ia about 40c00O0 At the rate Of annual ex
pendture that prevails in NewYork the annual expendi
ture OF London would be about $1l0.OO0O " IN Ift
is only about $40 100000, which Is at the rate OF $40
for each inhabant, while the rate in NcwYork is s35,
or three aud Onehalf times as much.
Let patriotic charged with high duties see
II dnd way this labyrinth of debt and
that alict city The 10 this question opens
wider field OF inquiry than shall attempt 70 EXPLORE
from the City Government, not including mechanics,
workmen and laborers, is about $500. considerable
share OF these OcehOldcrs the strict Of that
term The rest employees and TO great extent are
engaged IN subordinate positions In the various depart
ments OF the government. The amount paid annually
70 this army OF retaners in the form Of salaries and
legal fees ~, in round numbers, Sl0,4o0,oQ0. |
Will not add TO this Large total the Heal per
qusites which many OF these officials and cIn.
70 Win Sn tbem our sre 70
plead for their favor compelled 10 their wrath
distributed among thc 500 officers aud employees. we
ind their average annual salary is about 81 200 But
includes all who are in the police, IRE and
tional departments the great majority OF whom
strict sense be called office holders. though receiving
appointment from the city authorities Deducng
these. average salaries paid the other
officers and employees Of the city Is y .665 each
city, organized according TO such rlan and conducted
on such principles must, IN its practical Workings ~
tenn from purely business standpoint what would be
thought OF the board Of directors OF of our great
banks were they 10 be governed by the same principle
Those versed IN political history, and especially
those the stage Of affairs IN taat epoch, aware
with what vehenIence the administration OF Mr.. Van
Buren, WAS accused Of extravaganza, OF proiiigacy,
OF corruption, in. the Use OF public moneys.
can hardly imagine the glowing coors
in which Mr., Webster, Mr. Clay. and other eminent lead
painted the utter reckessness and yeaay that then
peryaed every branch of Tie Federal service, from the
mead of the government" to quote SIR Cay. down to
opposing the appropriation for alterations ANA repairs of
the Presidents house and furniture spoke OF "a royal
establishment at the cost OF the nation apc declared
his bitter hostility to taxing the people 10 support their
Caesars and Us richly adorned of the prOudes Asatc
manslon.'
the figures light Of the present The average
yearly expenditures during Van BUren's administration
were g2sO0oo00: rhe population % tac nation was
trn l7,OOOcOo the scale Of expenditure was, there
FORE the rate Of ~ 81 per capita. But in the CITY 0f
cwYork the annual expenditure Is ut the rate Of 3 70
for the entire Union under Mr. Van Burens adnnstra-
ton. Let us make like comparison in respect to the
succeeding four years under Presidents HARRISON ana
Tyler, mainly under the administration of Mr. Tyler.
The average expenditure for each year vas S23,-
100000 The Population was &O,OOoOOO Inc
rate OF expenditure per capita was 81 II.
It will be seen that the current rate OF per
capita in city If y times that OF the NatiCn" Gov
eminent under the Tyler regimo or i'll other words II
eminent OF the City of NewYork than 1t did tO admins
the Government Of the whole nation III the times or
Martin Van Buren,, and 81 per cent more than III the
DAYS Of John Tyler
The population of New-York increased from 1850 to
1876 30 cent, and yet in those 10 years the
number OF its officers and employees Increased 100 per
and their .Ot pay increased 100 per cent Or ac-
cOrdng to the recent estimate O1 Senator Gerard the an
nual expenditures Of the CITY Government as whole.
are "aDOu $50 per cent higher than was the ease IN
sion TO give detail reductions that need 10 he made
in the various departments OF the CITY Government |
deal with the subject only in general way. The
appropriate commuters OF the Legislature. or some
tribunal which 1t may 1s:absh work out these de-
tails.
FROM all sections OF tie Democratic paTy have heard
these encouraging words, RetrcnChment ana REFORM
Ii Is the inscribed standard OF the party. IL
rail- ing cry during the recent canpagn AZ was
bnruc at the mead columns hiS personal DIS
tincyc ensign by the Presidential candidate TIE late
Governor this state The Governor engravcs II
shield. The new Mayor dispsys IL on MS coat
ot-urms. 1t waves from the dome of this Capitol;
II floats over the City Hall. RetrcuChment
and Reform" And shall these prove to be Idle
words moge sounding phrase to captyate the crowd
I'm an exciting political cuntcst-a sOulrs creed be
pro fes-cd hut not living faith be pracced Let me
remind the mem Republican party that H. too,
proclaimed retrenclment and reform during the late
canyass that the temper OF the times demands
fidelity those pledges that 10 would gam the greater
strength needs. must show itself TO have been
sincere and truthful.
Several members OF the NewYork delegation were
anxious to reply nc length TO Mr. COwins speech. and
one M Mitchell moved that a special evening be set
apart for a discussion of tne resolution. Another Mr.
Grady offered as y substitute THAI the Committee on
Cities investigate tho affairs OF all the cities IN the STATE,
and report general law for their economical govern
mcut. After long debate, IN which tIe Democratic
members argued tRa the government OF Sew-l0ik had
been maddled much already, tne Substitute OF
Mr. GRADY was defeated by vote OF 40 Yeas to % Nays
Mr. COwoln's resolution was tEen Passed