The evening world., 1888-07-26
PEOPLE SPEAK.
Continued from First Paoe.)

que.ted TO present a dulv certined copy OF these
Revolutions to the Common Council. and 70 procure
and reques,i6e the proper authorities to cause
Stnyvesa"t Park to remain open ~ the lime here
R.soippd. I'M q duly certined copy Of these res
ol1'ioDB I've presence to the commissioners OF Pub
nc morss o. sac Gty' ann ' ,S,s ,nsy p r t mi . ,my
mediate a%ttention; and be /, further
ResoiNd, That the thanks Of ,hi, meeting and OF
the citizens Of the district he returned TO THE
EVENING WORLD for Tia discovery OF the injustice
dope to the people, and for Its persistence and sin
cere agitation Of the subject, and That \ duly certi-
fed copy Of these resolutions be presented to said
EVENING WORLD.
We, the cha. man and secretaries OF The mass
meeting o. the CITIZENS Of the Sixte NH Assembly
District, hc'd at Siuyvesant Hal, No. 3u East
Seventeenth street, IN the city Of New York, on the
25th day OF July. 1858, do herehy certify that the
foregoing Is a lrue ami correct copy Of The ream.
lle and resolutions passed AZ said meeting, amt OF
tn whole thereof, and that the same were unanl-
mously Sdoi tie.
Dated New York, July 25, 1891.
Ex-Judge VIM. H.. Kelly said in %seconding
| the resolutions:
1T is n singular fact that the people of
this district, some of whom we're born here,
and some OF whom have lived here for up
ward of thirty years, should not know that
we were entitled to have the gates of Stuy-
yesant Park open at all hours. 1t has been n
tradition that n condition of the grant by
the Stuvvesants to the city made it q law that
the park should be closed from undown to
sunrise.
lHE EVENING WORLD mas aug OUT OF .tne
records in the Registers Office the original
deed, and il is found that no such condition
is in the decd, and indie. d 1t is forbidden.
Who nourshed the idea that Stuyvesant
] know not. 1t may be that it was the rich
%nelghbors, but l should not like to accuse
them of it.
"For,y lamps. not expensive to this great
the open ng of the park in the evening. It
was never intended that pubic parks should
lie secluded, but rather that people could sit
under the llue vault of heaven. see green
grass and green trees, VII CHI are beginning
to be all too scarce in this great and growing
The parks were intended for the workers
in the shops aud stores who dwell In the
closely stuue ed rooms Of the enement-houses
that they might go there for recreation to the
eye apd rest TO see the lower and the
fountains play.
1T is not often that such q request as that
in these resolutions is made by the people of
this city, and move their adoption"
NJ. j. KELLY's REMARKS.
Michael j. Kelly said "In offering these
resolutions I had but one object in view.
The Sixteenth Assembly District is. as you
know, thickly populated with people who
live IN the six and seven story tenement
houses. We who have lived here all our
lives remember that when our parents, after
their days of hard toll, took us as children
and visited these beautiful breathing spots in
the evening, they were met at the gates by q
stare from a policeman.
I'VE are told that these parks were kept
for the arts o"racy and not for the Door peo.
pie who needed them that they were kept
open only from sunri Q to sunset, and that
the poor who could not go to Tuxedo or
Long Branch must return to their own back
yards between the high blocks of bui dings.
there 10 gain such air rs filtered down TO
them.
THE far-away suburban parks can be of
NJ hA,NnEN aN cha Nrltp aNtl Nf h xiv
teenth District.
The CT y is now talking of purchasing q
block in Mulberry. street now occupied by
tall. expensive buildings, there, to make a
tiful spot of ground in our very midst and
nothing to prevent its opening to our people
but the %inaction of the authorities.
The worker and his wife, as YOU and
making a living and caring for a family dur
ing the whole day, but at the end of their
tot, when they might rest, this park is closed
to them.
A LIBEL ON THE PEOPLE.
1T has been said by these so-called aristo-
Gratis that if the park was opened in the even
ing it would become the resort of improper
people. 1t is q lie, a libel upon the good
people of the Sixteenth Assembly District.
This district is inhabited by honest. hard
T viptRops b peo1l.sl i;v fna tb ansT tbeS are no more
Open the parks, light them. police them,
and footpads will seek other quarters.
THE EVENING WORLD has brought this mat.
ter to an issue, and that parer is deserving oi
the heartfelt gratitude OF the people of this
district for its indefatigable efforts in search.
ing ont the history of the park and finding
the original deed by Peter Girard Stuyvesan,
to the city:
THE EVENING WORLD has devoted it,
men and spent its money in our behalf. and ]
have Incorporated in my resolutions the
thanks to THE EVENING WORLD of this meet
ing. aud | trust it will be passed."
, Mr.. Kelly was frequently a%pplauded ant
most heartily when The EVENING WoRL1
was mentioned.
OTHER RINGING SPEECHES.
DIR r. B. Cummings also spoke. II,
found fault with the resolutions as not strons
enough. He thought the park ought to b,
open from 6 o'clock in the morning till
: o'clock next morning.
Thomas Cunningham said he was in full
. accord with the project. AS the city hat
equipped the park at some expense the peopl
should have the benefit.
Ex-Judge Kelly suggested that if there wa
any opposition to the project it ought to b.
1 expressed, but none was forthcoming, an(
the resolutions we've adopted unanimously.
I A resolution was also passed banking Mr.
= j. w. Mcdonald, of THE EVENING WORLD,
for the personal interest he has manifested | il
the movement.
\ A committee was appointed to wait upor
the Park Commission. II was composed O.
Thomas Cunningham. ex-Judge Kelly. DR..
Cummings. NJ. j. Kelly, John B~irkenhaueI
; and John Begg.
4 Seemingly n Needy Case.