New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-29
in both Finance Boards and owned neither the Mayor
Controller. 1t follows:


1889 Observation-Disclosures. l291d3',oott 80 30 a. S5 ga
lsS5 .......~...... lls22ss55sssga SII25i 100
1865 -........-.-......---- lo0,fffIo-o
The gross debt was thus reduced during the eight
years Tammany was out OF power IRON ON at apo G
actual debt from S106,O6624o to $9l 42 l3o OF Sia
643lo5 This IS the vast sum tnat & inc SetSi tSe time
o: Tnmmany's trbuation and exile IRON iron Ptace P @ ~
was not due to- but IN spite oi ana pc ns Ie' couse not
single man now responsible for the inlhcia in'idSe
ment Of the CT city Is T1d N deS G ' ms yo found it. What
il at the beginning Of ed TINS psGnt se mon
sixty four thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars
an increase for the two years OF s6,64O,2I3.
You say that between Mr.. keIys tlme ana the
nresent wear the gross debt reduced 3d. SAG
hut what of that, during your own TINE toe net T oEPS
ms mt,cle t6a the entire reduction ELECTED between
$50 and 1880 by Anti. Tammany Mayors and Con-
arrment thus fails to pieces and if credit is due
10 anyone both the gross and net debt are POT
no 10 Mayors Grace Edson and Hewitt and Controllers
Campbell. Low and Myers. .. ,ra.,u,a,,
have done You came into power January sIs9t 1e99
closes and the net debt is now sos O6441a, against
so1 423l35 whore you found II an increase Oh S314U
since 1877. With them you had and have nothing 10
DO You soy that they amounted for the tmrIeen IN, teen
do you fail to refer also to the fact that Tor the st
ten alone of these wears the revenues OF the SnTS ~
r the payment Of interest to
You rect, great list of public work which has been
done SINCE time when YOU were pohuGaE uMnUw n ,os
at the head of department. work which your admins
ttion p3pfomed 0ny 11e @ se. p% % O e Gn ,ssne % o
bonds to enable the OF 4 the TofH sTn SAY
total indebtednese under this Democratic admnistra
ton has been reduced as stated, by S2,242, ,s46
why did You not tell the truth, say that most of
the work in fact ninetents of it, had been done be
fore YOU had became Mayor. and that notwlthstand-
ing that " ct n the net net debt had DG %n$ {q%E yGS
and that all but 81 242, SAG of the reductions in the
gross debt effected by Your predecessors had dsap-
peared, been lost to the accounts?
To thoroughly take of your mask am compelled to
refer to tailed discuss ion of the net debt at the
risk of repetition. but too much light can do no
harm in view of the obscurity in which you have in
Your discussion OF the debt may be summed up
as follows. You say: The net debt OF the city has
been reduced under this administration from Sl19s1l
80 80 it existed December 81, 1877, to $0sOG4-
administration Your dates cover the terms Of Mayors
Cooper Grace, Edison, Grace and Hewitt only two
tioa, VIZ, 1889 and 1880 and the years prior
70 1.s When dfco Mi iu Kelly rH. was no m naT f
of this Administration That the Mayor of great
city should stoop 10 father such statement. no matter
have been msled. IS exhibition Of the most astound
Ing impndence or most pitiable igR9ranee, Why dd
traton into power in 1880 the net debt Of the city
was SOL ,423135; 1t two years later sos 06441s,
comparison between the years 1877 and 1890, and
claiming The credit of the misleading result for this
ably with the present" that is your own admnisra
uon7 u
ing: "These results have been effected without an
increase Of the taxes All questions Of rate apart the
the great majority Of the taxpayers will show it, II
you have been able to prevent the increase Of taxation
Of the increase of assessed valuations and second be
cause of your very liberal to the use Of the
IN fV IL.
not making it mandatory. How came 1t that your
that thee were issues Cf city stocks and bonds other
than revenue bonds, In 1889. of Slb431,l32, and IN
1890 Of 81 1884 or for two years your first term
Your author closes by saying: "wth results so
beneats thereby secured q bv and through the pres
ent administration of municipal affairs (D,' etc. Here
happened since 1877, and to escape blame for what
has actually taken place during your own term Of
Now let me enumeratc what the actual facts are
10 what has occurred during the present administIT
An increase of 49, 33o1 439 in the gross debt Of the
An increase Of s6,64O27O in the net debt of the
Both the above are due to the fact that during the
tent Of $2G,615,426 to avoid immediate taxeon throw
realizing the actual extent to which were spending
its money. And now you and your friends talk Of
I'm the government and business of the city, leaving
out both the general fund and the use of the public
last year, exclusive Of the city quota of the state
taxes we're:
Special and Trust Accounts . ss5 2i5437
Refunds and Theatrical Licenses. 90 059 HOO 037
S5O479S65
This sum includes S4,519.641 of State taxes but
does not include payments from the sinking Fund for
redemption Of warrants made for interest OF the
sinking Fund of 81, ,s60,357
The tremendous increase OF the civil Service in the
city. and the unscrupulous and organized OF this
civil service in partisan politics.
The deterioration Of ills civil service illustrated
by the appointment Of Barney" Martini eXiOrtioner
and the associate OF Red Leay TO headshp Of our
jury system by the appointment of Maurice F. Holahan,
who he did not understand dOube-entry book
keeping and that he never the city's
balance sheet, 10 COmmlssOnership Of Ac-
counts and his subsequent promotion to the Deputy
CommissiOnership of Public Works, and other like
cases too numerous to catalogue here.
The Generalization of tue Registers office. although
10 the extent Of the Generalization Of the Sherffs
Office during your incumbency OF the latter which led
to its complete reorganization at the hands Of the
Legislature, 10 which Governor Hill was compelled by
public opinion 10 essent
The complete and amentable failure TO clean the
streets.
The sacrifice in every department Of the interests
OF the city 10 the interest Of the machine and finally
the evidence YOU have just approved that yOu and
your administration are perfectly willing to delude
and h0odwin the public In the hope that yOur party
may be continued IN power in this city, not only, but
be given control Of the entire state -
Tur prcJr sTTnN OE Mp rUIpTE1T