New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-14

the present duties Of that ofnoe and those In the
p ssS saSOT Taous
service Is required and he, when they come In not IN
but apon receipt OF the fee, untes them In love and
matrmony for the rest OF their lives HIS next great
s"v given To to th sttSna saa tRero read
speech upon the necessity OF home government Ios
this city Of which large collection are In tho arcnlVes
OF the Office and hand for the incoming Mayor TO use.
lLaughter1 When he retres from his official place. ms
f people Of FL. sS S q
under hs administration to the crimes and necessities OF
passed here tonight upon the government OF this oty
aud any practical observer knows that they are true
very few Of The Of the city
men can be found at their posts ready to perform then
IN Albany lobbying s' to prevent @Ss the Legislature
from reducing their salaries, and when 81, they
ana the s' s Us ssa they
spent their salary in entertaining the the
note Of municipal government has been struck
here tonight by phenomenon IN our 2otes w non
evidence D Of good gov government in the future
not only OF the county ana OF tne Sttse
The young gentleman who has come over here from
Brooklyn for the purpose OF honoring s mas illustrated
engersy, their enthusiasm, their patriotism, their
intense esr1estneSs In the performances OF OG ib
avoids the and the primary meeting, really and
earnestly take hold Of municipal affairs then comes
good government. Applause Then comes purity In
the administration OF nnsnces then admirable
model the office OF Mayor, lAppIause Now none of
u.s. as Republicans or Democrats or citizens belieye
in autOcrScy that term used In the books aud in the
dictionaries, originating In autoersey under foreign
Sc no autocracy which springs from the people and
within q limited lime goes back TO the people. APP
sn RSt an maui the '%a&
holding him responsible for the results We in this
SwSs az it IS never Sna ha ssn any Decent admas
IratIOn until the Mayor Is given the absolute appoint
Inents and they all rotire with him to give tina new
Mayor the responsibility Of his Administration ZAP;
platIse We want no intervening relative OF
q Common Council to confirm nor intervening
relative Of do1be-headed and tEiplseheaded and
We do want Mayor who is every inch Mayor,
whom the people trust aud hold responsible, and
to higher duties ana relegate to infamy APP
plause Until the city OF New York reached position
where # had population OF 100000, It's MAYOR was s
honored clifton, and his reputation was Us most
hOnOred legacy. Until that lime his name was known,
equal to the President of the United States all over tho
but r. the 5 e Sss G On ,n
commerce and finances OF the country, and and
in Importance and in respect Let the metropolis reat
In all that constitutes great city DO great also In its
government Appiause
GENERAL PoRrER's RESPONSE
General Horace Porter who was introduced as
tho twin brother" the next speaker. He said:
board tonight and saw the EN- nuT 1d. Of
impressed upon us that we were granted good deal
b." when .ors a TaSss.s the their sSS5s
Laughter. 1t has been time honored custom at the
outgoing city officials We invite the incoming Mayor
in order that those tOtS. eaters who SIN
may be permitted worship the rsiny sun. We invite
mere the OUTGOING Mayor the end that the words Of
Fe'd the the ns' n.ySr 'H "Ae '''as %oi
himself did the philosopher Of old, who said he did
what happened In this world SO long as 1t did
am sure nothing could have afforded
than to Ssvo in oar S. tonight oa this SsS
fellow citizen, the distinguished Mayor OF Brooklyn. |
was ad to % placed 10 ~ ms in a at tn tlS
the way lofty construction aud even went 90 FAR az TO
nv right side aud keep the bridge with thee"
fLaughterI know he has been criticised for being
H that i You viii Only give him time enough no
appear in lis Inauguration of reform in Brook
innaily IAughterI II was moral when he began with
IL, having descended directly from the Puttan. bs-
stitnents as 10 whether the Pilgrim Fathers origin
ally landed At Plymouth Rock or ut plymouth
We are gad to see All those people OF whatever faith
In politics ait ing quietly together at this board tonight
dinner Of herbs whore love IL than stalled OK and
hatred Herewith. When speak OF the stalled OK
lon OF streets We certainly congratulate the in
coming Mayor pom his accession to hls high and mpor
can succeed in administering It properly without
being upheld by tue good opinion Of the influential and
cia'e tue difficulty under which he "a eboHng
mo dinlcaiy arising from mixed boards
that are sill on the statute books but we can assure
him that appreciate these difficulties and That the
members OF the LOtOs OF how they voted
viii do all they can to uphold his hands.
In NAT I'M W
can plant there. The retiring Mayor has shown us an
administration OF honesty and nIegriiy-an admins
mas our best wishes upon his return to that
IRE Of success There only his adainistra
ME and approve and that is his precipi-
fancy alghtlug from a carriage In the street.
lIAughter told h1 that little more conservative
meas would be nom cOmmendable.
We could help thinking whom we heard Of this Oc
Of what occurred Oh the Ponnsy Tania Canal
When 1t was undergoing repairs, that are 80
and gry mare, ana he put Ais sOn in charge OF them
tno hill to dump the load the father saw
the son standing on the load shovel
tha wa the way he should back the cart up to the
81 or the hill ana upset IT, The next trip tue boy made
he rolled tie horse ana cart down about sixty eet aud
the In atoms and broke the gray mares lore
leg About that time the father came up ana found the
boy looking az the wreck below ANA scratching mis- head
lie SAID 10 tue OLD man: Wei, dad that Ia pretty
handy, but tough on the mare" ushter.I WelL
told Grace that that was handy way OF getting out OF
carriage. but IL Was "a htue tough on the Mayor
tLauguter
Nov talk great deal about the evils Of our politi
cal campaigns. but they necessity or our existence.
They institution. The boys conduct them on the
principle OF makisg tgs yely ha II Is better 10 nave
the pot boil over than not 20 Doll at al,
aud the candidates good deal like sugarnaple
recs-not OF much account unless ey nre In good or
runniug order Even Ia party cannot always
preserve order, Mr. Depew knows. lLaughter.i
The campaigns OF the late war taught us
that co ncls OF war never nsht Political campaigns
nave taught us that counos IN pol tics invariably do.
IL has been customary Tor candidate 10 set forth
hi. principles ia n letter aud platform,
and then 20 select silyertongued orators
OF the party and send them out 10 explain tue platform
ia two hours that It would take twenty
nVe months to explain. lLaughtofi
\ on will observe that the slveI-tOngued orators
explain the platform yarOusy Ia the dinerent districts;
with great Ingenuity they endoayor To adipt II 10 the
sentiment OF the various localities Sometimes the audi
once makes great many suggestions, not only vol
unteering 10 correct the silyertOngued orator,
but sometimes proposing to make tho whole speech for