New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-01
MR.. TENNEY's TELLING ADDRESS.

After the reading Of the names, ex-Judgs
Icnney arose to speak. He was greeted with
loud applause. He said:
1 glad to be here for two reasons: First for
the occasion ITSELF and second, because I shall not
have TO make an extended speech. 0.aughterJ We
are here tonight to pledge our allegiance to
the Repuoiesn party and give our support to the
here who to follow me- But ] shall speak on
home questions, sanitary and monetary, Applausel
have never been able TO discover that there any
question of political ethics in the cleaning
and sewers and the building Of docks, Naughter)
We want good schools, clean and well lighted streets
and good sewerage and we want all these at the
lowest figure possible. Applausel
The Republican party has never placed better
ticket q the field than the one IT has this fall 1t has
No better man for this high Office could be found in
this city He is brave, manly, capable, honest
Mayor~CsRous Of HE He will be'1as hope and be-
lieve he will be, he will be Mayor Of the city; he
won't be the tool or mouthpiece Of "gangs loud
applausei He comes from land where personal
honesty is indigenous TO the soil the land Of iochs
Of thirteen years singe-handed and alone, without
family influence, he rose to stand among our best
business men He is OF the largest taxpayers in
this city and trustee five Of our largest insttl'
ions When little more than twenty one years old
he enlisted in the 10Th Regiment and 10 the front
TO Bull Run, and he remained in the var until Lee
menfs, and was wounded. The EsOei bullet ne
not worthy to be Mayor of this city. Way Because
he IS not frstclass man on dress ps:ae or does
were studying at school Ancs''v = Id was on the
s'sSs srs@sS scSgs e'Sai a was watch along ss
bloody Potomac Such men as he have ma made 1T It
6} Sr tss Tee to Gs know
that he Is not graduate of Yale College. but he was
st Se Rebel 5G Bullet Se carries Is honor than
The Greek roots that tange the brains of men,: ZAP
R'e know 5 nat he ne aid dq nSs rsees os
diploma, an honorable discharge from the United
But there is another subject to which desire to
call your attention subject IN which every every taapsyer
naneS a sys Of Of this this yes sy aas ds a the
tax rate this year higher than It has been for twelve
years Il not for twenty years IL S Impossible ,p,o %
Is withheld from the public by the authorities for
reasons best known to themselves. This withhold.
precedented In the history OF our city, Last year
the rate was announced on October 1s, while this
election. November = What "A sans this silence !
There can be but one interpretat Of It, and that s
be known before election. But brooklyn belongs 70
all the citizens living within her borders and nos
20 S ds few sa sad ner sops Ps % at s civ
rhe Withholding OF this Information, without goa gts.
reason therefor, is wrong TO every CLIFTON " ~"
But the best authority atta,nable says that tn: n:
tax rate this year viii be more than 2 per sssesssd
$1,000. your tax will be $50. and 4 TOO. n ths
or o N e Sn ss ss 3So 5o, apS the assessed I,s:
property this city this year eacee nrns the lasS
by more than gel 100000 anu d;,rreased nearly
s 600 900 Notwithstanding this gissaa grvsa os setns
our assessed valuation, our why Is thsi Why
has taxation in Brooklyn almost rsaoeea on seou ~rons
scsiCn There M,yor %@S' chaplin he Journeys
through on. cry Z sr0% due to the Increased s,si:
that this increase ,bs city and county BY tho last
SSh SsS BS this nss a
.an ~. us reason togcthcr anu soe, 4, -
rus For esh,sen & % t oa, city & tSsss
has Dcen alone the sum OF - SAT 7V7, en
for ssof of III e3l 58s the amount appropriated
lncreso In these bureaus In 1883, the lase
ior SAT- Navor Lows administration. Has tho State
,as anything 10 do with this enormous increase Of
Dnt hls statement does not include the salary list OF
,he goard OF Education. Let us wlat tho record
bcre i In the budget of this year there Is ap-
propriated for salaries In this department tho
OF 81 325 D04 increase OF 1862 oS4 over the salary
LIST Of -Four years ago. Thus making IN actual ~