New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-17
MR. HEWITT ACCEPTS THE CITIZENS CALL
HE REVIEWS HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION. TELLS
WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY.
SPEAKS sLIGHTINGLY OF TAMMANY
HALL AND SAYS HE WILL VOTE

WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY.
SPEAKS sLIGHTINGLY OF TAMMANY
HALL AND SAYS HE WILL VOTE
FOR CLEVELAND
Mayor Hewitts letter of acceptance, addressed
to the Committee of the Citizens mass-meeting
which nominated him for Mayer at Cooper Union
on October 4, was given out last evening. Printed
in full it would make nearly tn rec columns of The
Tribune The first portion-at, least one-thlrd-
Of the letter is taken up with denunciation OF
Tammany Hall as a political trust admins
tered in secret sometimes by single man and al
others by small clique of men for the purpose
Of securing the spoils of office for themselves and
their followers and with review of the reasons
which have impelled him to enter the contest
Mr. Hewitt refers to Tammany's professions OF
concern as to the effect of divided Democratic
local nominations upon the National ticket and
says:
If there IS any sincerity in these professions los
Tammany Hall promptly offer 10 your committee the
privilege Of naming respectable and naepemaens sS
sred without peril to the electoral tickets and with
ont endangering the safety OF the city government
course from the very outset OF his campaign
IT, however, Tammany Hall she'll decline to snoms
the sole condition that he shall be a Democrat " good
standing other than myself hsyS Se cv nss oy ~
ernmcnt IS of the people, for the people and by
the people, or whether s the private prepery & OF
Tammany Hall. TO be used fr the benefit OF the mem
bers Of that organization
PRAIsING HIS OWN RECORD
Mr. Hewitt then alludes to the Improvements
| which he asserts that bis efforts have made poss-
ble including the closing up 'bf dives within
the first three months after he entered Office: the
clearing of the Criminal Court doclzets; his per-
sonal inquiry into violations Of law, and the crca
ton among public officers of higher standard Of
duty; his attention TO the grcv ances Of the lowy
and friendless; the reforms ns tituted by him in
institutions Of charity partici llarly the lunatic
asylums the provision OF additional school build
ings for the accommodation OF i.he children OF ths
city; and the change in the syst EN- Of cleaning the
streets by which most Of the yils complained OF
in this respect have been reno sed. On this last
subject he says:
The chief difficulties in kceping the streets clean
were found to be- first, the va mt of adequate sp-
proprlations and, secondly, and more important tho
condition of the pavemcnts. Ev Try dollar which tho
law allows was Appropriated 70 the repair OF tho
pavcments and for the rcpayng Of those portions OK
the streets which require TO be re ncwed But the sum
which the law allows for this purI IS entirely made
quate to keep the streets in good ondtion An effort
was, therefore. made TO secure legislation authorz
ing the expenditure of s 0o0.0OO for the purpose Of
putting the streets In good order; but this movements
dent a candidate for eclectic ,n voted against tho
proposition. II was, therefore, not enacted by the
under the authority vested by law In the Commissioner
of Public Works. has been done and II the condition
be- II Is, unsatisfactory, n Is hue not 10 the want
OF ZEAL but to the nexcusabe fa lure of the Common
Council 10 pass the ordinances rcQ red to expend tho
money Appropriated. and 10 the want Of authority
TO undertake general renewal, which only b
secured through legislative action.
HIS SCHEME FOR sMA LII PARKS.
The large expenditure autho rized for adequate
dock accommodations will, Mr.. dewitt says, remove
some of the embarrsssinents which now interfere
with the business of the city, His success In
lessening the obtruction Of the streets by regu-
ating. through the ordinances Of the Common
Council the occupation Of the streets for trucks
and for the sale of fruit and ssrapers within the
stoop-line, removing all such ncumorances from
the sidewalks, is referred to Regarding the
opening Of new parks Mr. Hewi IT stys:
Tho necessity for small parks, IN the crowded por
ons OF the city, was so appaie at. that steps were
taken Immediately upon my coini ng Into the Office TO
secure legislation 10 authorize their establishment,
and, under the law then passed, one such park has
been laid out, under the advice OF the Board OF
Health, I'm that crowded portion OF the Sixth Ward
known as The Mulberry Bend.' The CorleArs Hook
Park has ben finally established and an extension
Of the East River Park authorize T. In order 20 meet
the demands upon its space, whc was cot adequate
for the cpwded population Of the nelghborhood oAea