New-York tribune., 1890-06-17
DEMOCRACY WITH A VENGEANCE.
COLLECTOR EEm\RDT sH.ws HOW COMPLETELY
THE CITY IS IN THE POWER OF ONE PARTY.

The starting OF the citizens movement TO elect
a nonpartisan mun,lIal government next fall led
Collector joel T.. Erhaldt to speak as follows:
in fayor Of elecs RePnehfSn ,y y N2ySr 2Sw yn %nE
becye that ne can si c@ocraic in M executive
IN il, legislative, ar a. the BoarT oi Aiaernirn @
can be called rS Ss1sr' N1s a pdm6ctc IN the Board q
iderincn IS Democrstc tlc tontroll7r 4 No.
@G nar,ment nef bmocrac Commi:soner Of Taxes
and Assossmcnt, is democratic thc DOCK tc
is bcrocrtIic the FIR Department Is Dcho'dC C, 'nS
sinking fnud commission j. Democrats. me h"au % ~
Appoftoamcnt i, pemocr,uf nnmorratc D the COM
,niss''ner nj Jurors, who draws the men mat uS UM M
fcnd.,s !, Democratic the pl'tFic' m,,is
,ro.e. or. Democratic. with two exceptions did '.'
is a hold over al the judge Of me Snptcic 1,,o
Court of Common Plea, ana 0UpeI''' .,r % non,
cratic the N.c.rier !, hciHo'I1 Wv ~ the sheriff i,
ocra'ic tho Comfy CLERK Is prm"' i', Wy Wy ~ nnnn
I.cwncratic thc Department Of Pubic WORMS - p"V
rr,rir the street COMM ,sioucr !, D,n',lt,N; IL
r, a. hn wondered at that the city "f "" lorA = ooo
bet'r t''yt,.p t n" 500 votes. Erhardt over $1,000
votes 80 that soon as Kcpnn'a.' @ nn' ' r, for
tnnity TO vote Tor Republicans ihey "'A'"-" WV
IN, do we mean by non partisan Polre boSTI
Two Republican, and TWO DelnS ~. 'So Police De
Um -.n.rt w. There Va, then a Republican suPer.n
tondcut there /, nov A Dtr"'.;"Mu ~ =. ,haro * now
= n,.,|'r,tir chief clerk, Their were men loT ~
sncrtor, thicc OF whom were kepLhS'ua' RroS
horne DIR, and NcDerno't. MGN't'mo' o oc,'s'rt
n.,1n RAT and absolutely Silent ana ~ 10 ,i',, a.
Von nave now Byrnes. Conlin steers ana Nlli'i,I
"a. majority Of those Democratic anu o'e "0''
IN hand. ,., ...r- ,,,-co u,rters Of the
,irc copiaus were Republicans, not 10y sic. - -
ihcm n, Ecpubucaps. bHt II 80 lHpptncu VA, ' Tt
v.,s mat three quarters OF them were epUol' an
,lr., ouartnr, To seven rlchihr "l th'h NV -,
,r,tic rHcn three quarters Of the seFseahIS .rS
H.n'hr..ns Is of them AT that time lurre
marie. of thcm now are Democratic 'i ute rouu, ~
mon fine same proportion - ot ocrec'h'N , VIZ '
Gcnubl,an and the same proportion aN ~ sIsc,,
| arc now Democratic. And those men were prono,'1,
hy Clyu service examinations. and thN Wtgr pI"uo.,,
hy scnd,ng the man alone 10 the eN',nh'lS p'a" ,i
and ne vi, bound To be- tie head oi ms CaNS anu
thrrc w. no help for H. The force ~ clerk, o tI,' W
hoard have hccn chan -ed ln N''lll'F r"pot,Wl' ~ T.
% that In the short ~pacn Of ten wears tNat ~myn
| ,,,s Rcuuhl,an not made So but WWci hdppcn"l
~ he 80 has been completely TRANSFORMED ana NoUi
| had two Republican Pole" Comm@'ioncrS ucIe an
| thc time That Is non partisan board ..
Therefore | say three commissioners itr otstrn s
than or two better than three. and one better tha
two Go through the varipu, other boards ana you
,,iu lind hc same condition Of Affairs. lou nave mere
a DE. I"cratc CITY, IL clty controlled by the loc Demo
craft, rarfy A. the top al the middle, ana ht lhy
| hotton, and n You can show ne any iEpubn,'n'
in thc city of Vcw-Yorl, holding high office. theT1
vim l., only one of them. and those absolutely
powcrlcss.