New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-24
THO CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR.

THO CANDIDATES FOR NAfOE
"The Evening POST reports Mr.. Gilroy az
saving that if he is elected Mayor he VIII " go
on in the line OF progress and if he can give
= bcttcr government than the present one, ana
mako better appontmcnts he will do IT, al
tbouph ne does not think it possible. II
world be well nigh impossible for him t. make
much worse appointments than some oil thoSc
made by Mayor Grant; but there Is lI'i'c
reason 10 expect that he would make be''er
.nos. MAYOR Grants worst appointments have
bcen dictated by The Tammany junta, winch
absolutely controls Tammany Hall and VII.
Gilroy has been the most powerful and ln'lu-
emf al member OF that junta, except Mr. Croker.
1t is an easy thing for Mr.. UIlroy 10 ST!
that he does not think il possible 10 give the
city better appointments than Mayor ufaht
has made ljnt that really means noihne' com
ing from Mr. Gilroy. There is no reason u
believe that Mr.. GilrOy has the slightest as
position to improve in any manner me muiliCi-
nal administration Ia elevate the standard IN
any dcpar,mcnt T. sacrifice the partisan adj
yantagcs of Tammany Hall in the public IN
tcrest 10 purge any branch OF the pubHc
service OF The idle and incompetent IamInany
PARASITES with whom the city pay rolls are
crowded. or generally to devote himself 10 inc
service of the community with genuine Tal
for the advantage of his fcll0w-ctizcnS. The
atmosphere with which Mr.. Gilroy is surrounded
is an atmosphere of Tammany contracts III
fact more than enc member OF the inner cabal
which controls ard ma1ipulai"S Tammany
Hall has a most unpleasant odor OF suspicious
u LIND a
garments.
Mr. Giroy's responsibility for the appoint
nents made under the Tammany admlniNtia-
ton during the last four years Is almost a
great as that of Mayor Grant or of Mr. Croker
As to the culogicS Of his efficiency in the Pub
lie Works Department, in which certain Demo
cratic and Mugwump papers have IndulSc1'
these eulOgics are either entirely nSincerc of
the writer's have not studied with any car"
the nature Of the work which the fubhc
Works Department has been doing. The re-
paving Of a large part Of this city and the le-
mfrs TO pavement over extensive areas of Man
haitian Islard have been done III an cNudva-
CANT. slipshcd and unsatisfactory manner.
The pay-rols of the Public Works Depart
ment have been crammcl full with the names
Of utterly useless and incompetent inspectors
who were worse than worthless 10 the ciy
and 10 the department. but who drew their
pay on account Of the services which the!
rendered II Tammany Hall in the vlloSt SOW
crs Of LEGAL politics II the enormous cNpendi-
lures of the Public Works Department had
been directed and governed during the period
of Mr. Gilroys administration by the desire
to give to tho city dollars worth OF honest
return for every dollar expended. the streets,
the sewers the highways and byways OF Man
haitian Island would be in a vastly better con
di,ion than they are III to-day. Money has
been wasted aS freely and rs rccklcssly III the
Public Works Department Oh political hang
ers-on as in any department Of any municipal
misgoycrnment in this country.
At times in the course of his two terms
Mayor Grant has displayed some signs of indc-
pendcnce and Of revolt against the dic'aion
of Mr. Croker and Mr. Gilroy. 1t i we'll
known in the inner circles of municipal poll
tics that Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Gilroy have at
tempted at times 10 force upon Mr. Grant
nominations even worse than the worst which
he has made That indicates Just the sort of
municipal administration Mr.. Gilroy may be
expected to give this city.
The Republican candidate fJr Mayor is a
man OF wholly different stamp lie has made
clear his business ability his sagacity and
Judgment in tho management of important
manufacturing enterprises he has never been
"A seeker Of Office: he has never attempted 10
fattcn at the public crib his election to Con-
grcss was unsolicited by him, and was simply
recognition OF his worth by his fcllow-cit-
zcnS who knew him best, and who felt that
they had the right to call upon him to do
his duty in the service of his district and Of
the country. lie is widely known and uncom-
monty popula- lie enjoys the respect and
esteem of every man with whom he has ever
been brought in contact. He has not been
using the best years of his life for the purpose
of building up corrupt political faction at the
expense of the public interest That is exactly
what Mr. Gilroy has been doing. The con
trast between the two men IS as marked as
it well could be. No one can doubt that, Of
the two, Mr.. Einstcn would make far the
better Mayor.
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