New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-29
THE DUTY OF TAXING COLNSEL.

/ Some of the ardent and eager members OF
the Peoples Municipal League are in too much
of q hurry They are impatient to nominate
candidate for the AlayOralty in feverlsh haste
! They do not wait to count the cost. nor are
they willing to get ready all available re-
/ sources. to gather all the recruits that can be
enlisted for service against Tammany. Those
| who favor immediate action have not surveyed
| the field with sufficient care to understand now
big a fight they have on hand. What chance
of survival comld' any candidate for Mayor re-
tain against Tammany if he should not have
at his back ali the elements Of opposition TO
Tammany? About As much chance as lump
| of ice in a BeSScncr converter.
"Let us reason together are the suitable
| words for the lips of the leaders of the Poo
ples Municipal League to-day. They fit the
present situation exactly. Only harmonious
and earnest action of all the forces that can
| he mustered against Tammany will send Mayor
Grant back into private life after tn" first OF
January But it is not merely the Mayoralty
which is at issue. Tammany success i'll No
vember means not only another term for Mayor
Grant. but il means also Tamnany Controller
and Tammany District Attorney. Every
man in the Tammany tribe, be he Sachcm Or
street sweeper knows full well what looing
| there will be for his faction if the Controller
ship and the District craftsmanship fall INTO
Tammanys grip. The Controller is above all
other city officers the guardian and protector Of
the public funds He can do more than any other
OfficchOldcr to check extravaganza and TO pre-
vent unju>tiabe expenditure. The Chamberlain
is the fly on the wheel of the city chariot but th"
Controller is the hub which keeps the axle from
falling to the ground and the >pokcs from fly
ing asundcr We have too many Tanlnan!
officers already. Don't give us Il Tammnny
Controller.
And don't give us Tammany District At
torncy. That particular public servant has
more power with transgrcsSorS (violator> Of the
excise and gambling laws, for Instance than the
occupant of any other chair in this metropolis.
| Ii is a melancholy truth that the criminal
classes tncudng in that phla>ing all men who
break minor laws as well as those who try I,
shai;cr major statutes, WELD tremendous vote
in this sin stained town. An INSCRIPTIONS Dis
trict- Attorney who possesses ability as pOhti-
cal manipulation can tuln many thousands OF
votes from this Democratic faction I" that by
the misuse of the enormous powers and ifu-
cnccs Of his portentonS Office. Again we say,
don't Civ" us Tamlnany District Attorney.
And we have had enough Of TamnaIy
Mayors for the present, thank you. Now. our
friends of the Peoples Municipal League, who
insist upon honest action, are going to work III
/ exactly the wrong way. If they suffer them
selves to be mislcd they may help T. saddle us
with another term Of Tammany misgovern-
ment. and to elect Tammany Controller and
Tammany District Attorney. as well Us
Tamnany Mayor. Then, indeed, would the
misguided Samson OF this mighty munich aIi'y
lie. blinded and bound. bruised and beaten, at
the unccan feet of the Philistincs. Now oul
friends of the League want to overthrow Tam
many. 1t ought to be plain to them that they
can gain victory in one way, and in no other
Tha, way is by massing every vote and every
voter that can be secured t. work against Tam
many in this campaign. Such a miSSlng. S'lcl
a combination can be made only after such con
situations, such conferences rs Shall result II
the selection Of candidates who will be accept
able to al the sincere and earnest citizens WHIT
desire to see Tainmany cast ont of the place.
of powcr For the Peoples Municipal League
TO put in nomination q candidate for Mayor OF
"Wednesday night, before its members know
how much strength how much support can b.
united in the contest against Iainmany mis-
rule, would be a gricvoiS, fatal mistake
You ought to feel your ground thoroughly, gen
tlemen The urgent need Of the hour is eau
ton in order to avoid the political qucksand
which have swallowed UP 50 many admirable
movements in this CITY, There is the most Scri
Gus danger that You may leap before You look
Be warned III time. Take counsel.