New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-28

tions At present the Police Commissioners have ch"se
OF the machinery They appoint the chief OF the BUREAU
Of Elections. the inspectors andspo oiors I'VE say ta'
these commissioners ought not tohaye ts power II iS
ho ~ The r,,raScnent of the Croton Water Works
the extinguishment OF fires Men hoahB ,ne P, , W
nolincs Why shouId the chairman OF the Republican
County Committee be chiot OF the bureau vi looousi
Though am an earnest Republican must suenhoIsy
object TO such state OF things charge no wrong put
the coupling Of the two positions Is enough 10 cOh
Poison the suffrage permanently and you haSe destoysa
the state. With pure ballot box, come maj he
in the hands OF those not only re9 IRON leads 70 tSs
conclusion that be- Bureau OF Elections con
sisng pcrsons-one selected from each poitical
Sond be entrusted 10 -four cty oclasthe chief judges
OF the three leading courts ana the Recordi INC opoe
lion may raised that the Judiciary should be free r9m
Is believed that the fact that they are brought TO-
gether for this single purpose and have no other o1ca
relations Will produce ANY injurious result lAppinuse
The appointment by the United States Judges OF super
OF Elections has produced no II! effect. 90,
In the fall with crowd OF other officers or In the spring
at separate ecconl This matter has been cosaered
long and carefully and the spring election Ia much to be
preferred The consideration IN favor OF ~ Is ths
there imuch reason 10 believe That can pe ept Ie
from bargains on other to the cys
interests The Mayor only should be elected az una,
occupy thoughts OF the voter There would be no
lack OF interest for the office would be 50 sa
would to the polls and vote There Is every reason 10
cuss and in the interests OF good government ~ .
What to be done in the way o. inc TnardSr
should he done Immediately. The Legislature Is now
ready for advance What needed Tonight is such an
emphatic expression OF your Wishes as 10 o1h1u re
pendjng before the Legislature promoted by this com
inittee. lApplauseI
MR.. COUDERTS REMARKS.
Frederick r. Coudert was the last speaker The
announcement of his name was warmly received by
the audience whom Mr. Coudert kept IN pleasant
state of exhlaraton throughout his speech IN spite
Of the lateness of the hour Some Of the points IN
his address were the following:
lam greatly pleased and grated at your applause FOR
IL Is tribute my merit and rebuke 10 hooe VINO
have tried TO crowd by their long speeches APP
ause But they have made mistake TINS TIME Lor
ncked out ali the good points that could not have
anything say shall not talk long for E9qw II Is
you tell them you paye been TO ameesns ~ GTgpes
Union Laughter You adopted an . InS yasd or SDs
what was in them. / admire you for THAI lLanghtof
The people OF New,Iork always DO adopt a., any ts a.
once without regard to what 10 H. near inc Governor
of the praised because ne signed Dll whob no.
body doubted the best thing to do ana when was
matter and only heard argument against pass.
and Convincing argument have heard, and was per-
fecty overwhelming IN its force II wa that II these
hills became law we should have Czar daughter and
oinIansc Very few men here know what Gar Is
he l. generally thought to be man who wears furs All
se LEX ar the face Of this terrible thing Governor
egned the hill NOW we coud- we had one-drown the
Car or dynamite him, send him to Congress great
aughterl or i'm some other harmless way get rid OF him
We had better have Gar than tbs rule OF these rum
nociaus What the affinity between dirt ami nlth ana
liberty il never could find out Now Bacenus was not
such bad fellow be would seem to DC from tne COM
pany he keeps nowadays If Bacchns dldi not nave
diamond pin n his shirt front-ve IL was because nc
wore no linen to speak or Laughter ,-.,,
When consider what force the meeting or 3OOO in THIS
hall short time since had-in tic OF tue speeches we
madeI really astonshed That poor a nm t tns
TAXPAYER and said that he had stood ths thDS
long enough, and just what stir 1t has made! Nc
gave the devil good fail We nave pun IA INC en-
tering wedge and the rest Will follow. Ihs city Is non
enough good government but not Ich enough
TO pay bad government And really there Is no price
we will pay for poor officers. The mole DuIfOws Chder
does S much injury but he has at least the nodesty 10
hide underground We arc-tt l. n tact-gOVerned ny
the worst elements I'm this city, In the most Daieiaced
manner. cOumiseraie the Sheriff ana Othef Oibcers
who have been investigated for they are merely trying
10 reimburse themselves for the expenses oil her cicc
ton aud we that the large sums they receive 30
not into ther pockets but 10 sNcl te cOHeIs OF
hall which elected them We Will III o'u
attempts to purify city government lAppla'lsel
When the applause that followed Mr.. Conderts
speech had subsidized, Chairman Brown asked those
who were in favor of the resolutions read by Judge
Davis TO say save and tremendous shout was
the response. Mr.. Eyarts then asked consideration
of this resolution:
Pesoped Th9t. I'm the opinion OF this meeting, tne
large cities OF THIS STATE Ought
In he brought within the system Of control ana super
vision OF the Civil Service Commission OF the state ana
of competitive examinations, ana ludI
we desire the Committee OF Flity-thfet 10 IN or anu a
vance the passage law By the present Legislature 10
accomplish tina. object
The resolution was greeted with loud ana con-
tlnueI applatSe, and was adopted 18th hearty
cheer Chairman Brown then declared the meeting
adjourned, at 1880 o'clock.