New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-30

| campaign has gone iemOrsecssly. The ople hsTs
pMSc spiaSs lave qnSv at least e4or tori ,d ne
| homage from 1ammany % dcoency. We lave hcksd
| them from one position 90 another. fiFst they al
hey did u,I not nominate ,hs, the state iieEi
! that they abandoned that position. Then they aid
! admitting thai they did name the ticket SIr they
were pretty good and ought 10 be trusted They Lave
abandoned the position OF goodness and insist now tai
we arc a. bad ss they arc. daughter and aDDauSl
Governor Hill said that II was undoubtedly true Sal
some bad things had been ,, done re-, by Taamany NJ
wicked organization, that Is our affair." aud suggestions
| from our opponents are evidently obviously imper
| nent.' Qaughter)
TAMMANY HAS 40 Defence.
The issue is between Tammany on the one sas
and the people on the other. Let US see what the,
have to say for themselves. have yet to read he
first intelligent defence Of Tammany. / have ya
to find man who pick out i've names OF thos
poEcr;uI in Tammsny Hall today as political
factors who can speak Of them wiki pace and al.
prevail | say We Kicked them into some homage q
virtue. Mr. ,heeIaI started nome to establish a &C.
of castiIOn rules which hereafter w0ald give him and
his friends control OF the 2rghizsuon 10 buffalo, he
refused 10 change them: Tie he's changed them. They
said In Albany that Mr. HeTrick should not be nOnE
resigned from his position on ne democratic state
Committee. He did not resign. and he was nominated
mr , oa0sgr pr ranrres lie was not nomns,a
Sir. Coc.raIl-I don't know but that is an improve
mcnt-is nominated. IL distinguished himself in Con.
eress before Tie introduced OH TO repeal ne cyl
Service law and then resigned. lLaaghter Now We
find Governor Iilll ana UT. Flower saying that
you people in New-iork are spending less taxes than
ever before, because you have - lower tax rate I
he'd my attention called to letter written BY Mayor
Grant and published in yesterday mornings ~sun.'
had promised myself the pleasure Of real nice tine
tonight Tth hat ieter but Nr Twins has DE-
hardly been able u ird enough Of Nr. Grant
to answer Laughter and applause) Mr. Grant
for il afterward. / suppose Mr.. Grant wrote this
letter. at least his name Is appended to t.. laugh.
teri Now there are three points In that letter which
Twins did not touch upon. excellent and cruSlnl
as his reply was. Mayor Grant testified under oath
and admitted that lie had literally extored $4,000.
while he was sheriff ard then he said he did under
advice Of counsel daughter and that counsel vss
BouFle Cochran. NOW, mayor Iant qt1 nc not Sss
Observation-Disclosures wrote II. Renewed aushter)
me He defends first pens asae15 S'y d tn
his legitimate prGdsce;sSSr Tweed S.,.S Sa5 1u,I h.
steals Laughter But even that Is not true. Win
the exception OF the offering Of William Cook in the
street Department Harry Genet IN The Harlem conrt
some other minor pilfcrngs. all the rest Of the steal
ing came from tho city Treasury ana grew OUT ~
Grant ought to know the history OF his own Han oetf
than that.
INTRICACGEs OF FINANCE
Vow. looking around for some defence looking
around for some Justification what does he do! Why,
he compares the gross indebtedness of 1876 with the
gross indebtsd ncss CT $780, aud says why We nave
made gain of 81 242 600, and besides that we nave
built public works and actually paid for them. Lausa.
we'll shown some facts in reference 10 The statistical
legerdemaln that our Mayor was playing WIN h ns
used the gross Indebtedness rather than what MI WIS
called the Indebtedness but Mr. wins means .s
wears of trial and tribuation which Tammany suasra
because an Indignant public had sent il to Jericho ,os
Of nance5 they had saved fourteen millions in the ne.
and during the term s has increase
sG,6t0,OO0 (Applsuse.l For Mayer Grant has ~
cluded in bis estimate OF indebtedness WaI you nm s o
coll Indebtedness. which
two kinds Of bonds-assessment bonds, when srs
for the purpose Of paying Tor improvements Whit ht
which property cannot be made to pay u1ul the W0A
is completed and revenue bonds, or bond, Issued 70
raise money I'm anticipation Of the collection OF taxes
Neither these classes belong properly to the nAed OF
staple or permanent indebtedness OF your great eN.
Now here il the interesting part OF II In 1915 taeIe
was $40 100000 OF assessment bonds out In s9O fss
was 100000 In 1876 there was S6,OOOOo0 o.
dgnres werr made only 1900 600: and yet he claims
saving Of S2.242O00: and that IS the best showing
D0Sgi with all Tho assistance of the officers in power
Yon take out the $2OOO0.0OO and the S4,ooOOoOdi
Ssco@aS Of tRe sss4s 600 by which he claim:
they have reduced the Indebtedness IL ee1 S.,
Governor Hill would call a meddlesome hay seed .
understand the ntrlcacles OF finance. Mayor GrHs
love with tbe phrase low taxrateo as the old lady
was with that blessed word Messopotlma., ou.
Mayor Grant does not satisfactorily account Tor pe
low taXrtte lie does not tell you tai shCg t.r "a
came into power the assessed valuations rsIsss
increased
the increase by saying that he has not yet Dross
up the assessed valuations as hgh as the S. 20 IA
brought But Tammany Hall has never ceased 70 sa
the State Board Of Equalization nest q robbers 80
30 as Il has not not vet come up TO the limit Of would
be robbers Of the State Board OF Assesses AppSseS
d ne I 12so, 0 S Of o over evsr
now. by law passed under MS approval ny ~i ~ nv
money Is now applied 10 the llgudauoat v OF ,n ,as
ness The revenues of the sinking Fund. M..s
'o u,E sssa ySnt syeT yes t'Oy and
goes away from the sinking Fund To- rsas ios
the Of tie sv tax y Won Ia 6e arc SOT "Y have o
taxes. Just examine the stubs of your checHO'0A"
Mr.. Flower said "You have love- taxes than d lCr
tax levy vas s3 100000 This wear II h Is Sssl
taxation and taX-iate. 1t IS Ike low gas r.
thousand The lower the price per thoase"0'
higher yonr gas bills daughter and appsausel ,ur
Now Mayor Grant complains and Goverihr H-'
complains that there have been no facts and nsur
! want TO weary yOu with few iacta i ~ Geo IN.
There 443 cities in the United states ye YOU these
figures is because you never woaA take ue Govern S
e 3s l0Csf Iico%e Cities IncSdns PIadsiphs
san Francisco Chicago BOsonall the otner S cs as
the count,y-sl 50,000.000 year. u cOst can. ts
wear $50 800 600 (applsuse). more than go Irtei
what it costs to govern all the other CUES IL '''
Wen. lei Ms take another illustration; ,,IssbIfaSs
fourteen cities in THIS country OF 2OO0oo rscs cost
and upward including New York. end the si59s.
Of government per capita per annnm, and
The average here Is about 3D. .snus
DO not care whether they take Mr.. PorerIs (Ap
the Tammany census. that IS low c'uYP'tb e sane
plnuscD They say there are no cifs "i soS Paris
size Let rs 60 across the waters. ana p oSo0 900
with $500 100 Of people. and II costs sEed bonds
year II which @23.OOO.OOO Is interest on m,,ons and
so il leaves 49, 100000 year lor two ppnsin With
q half Of people. let rs take Berlin, ,,Gs year =
the same population as you have, ana un--,ed a. u
only costs NJ per cent rs much 70 BE- so'""
eos This lAUuauAeI
II you were not so rich, II you were "O' CROWNS.
nervous IL Won were rot ~ .te com
L you were not so absorbed will, i ns dT.
mercal development and progress nore ssnse
II Won did have little mVl,v aAmipis
OF the nlnchlng ntrcnchment in municipal '"ss fr
tratlon we wcnld have different state o, .ppery a.
thnre Is IN his audience enough energy DYnio tho
rectcd TO sweep these people and ilels ~ sV'"'
sea- (ipplaise load and long continued
THE NEXT LIEUTENANTGOVLKNoN,
-, ,bs audience