New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-04
4 DEJOCP4TIC KINUFRG KITTEN

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4 DEMOCRATIC KTNDERG 1RTEN
IL is proposed a. Albany 10 convert Castle
Garden. Into precisely what. does not yet clear
Nv appear. Assemblyman Duffy, who represents
the l>t District, in which Castle Garden Is To-
Gated introduced Il b, on the 18th of last
month providing for the establishment OF a
house for popular recreation and instruction on
the Battery in the city of New-l ork ana 10
create 4 corporation for carrying on the same
one section Of which mad provision for stnct-
ure on the site If Castle Garden for gym
nasium for men and women, lectnre-roJm>, read
ing-I0omS 4 library, music hall, and concert
loom and hall for dancing" The sum Of
$500 was to he appropriated to put in order
the Castle GARDEN building for the purposes
named and an issue Of city bonds 20 the amount
If 5000. 600 was authorized to meet the expense
Of maintaining H. The corporatJS named III
the bill are the Mayor Of New olk. The Con
t,ler the president Of the Public Parks De-
plr;mcnt. the Commissioner OF Public orkS
the President of the Board Of Aldermen, the
chailmin Of the Finance Committee OF the Board
OF Aldermen the president of the Beard OF Id
ucation, and the following persons: Richard
Croker, Benjamin Wood. Roger \. Pryor, the
Rev. James H. Mclean, the Rev. Dr. Morgan
Dix. John Fox. John Dclahunty. Daniel +. Mar
fin. Orlando b. Potter, Paul Dana, Josiah Porte,
John d. CrimminS, Martin /. Mcmahon, James
FiiDatrick. William l.. Brown, Daniel :. La
mont. Joseph Pulitzer, Leonard \. Glegcrch and
Frank r. Fitzgerald. The names 81 the Rev.
DIR. Dix and the Rev. James H. Mclean, of 81.
Peters Church, were put III this list, according
- a reporter Of THE Evening Post" without
their knowledge. DR.. Dix Is reported 10 have
smiled when he saw his name sandwiched in
between the names Of Richard Croker and Frank
+. FirzgcIad.'
II is list which, upon the whole, needs no
comment. 1t Eliminates itself.
On the 3d of February Senator Brown intro
dnced in the Senate 4 bill authorizing the con-
version Of Castle Garden into an aquarium and
appropratng $4,000 TO that purpose.
20. with Assembly man Duffy urging a bill for
the conversion Of Castle Garden into a gymnaSI-
nm and senator Brown another converting II
into an aquarium, both statesmen beng Inllu-
ontial members OF the secret society which owns
this town and az the present moment rules the
State with mcommonly high hopes Of extending
lis power over the whole country. we may be
iourns Castle Garden will be " converted" Pos
sibly into a gymnasium. Mayhap into an aqua
rum. Not unlikely into both. But whether
gymnasium or aquarium, or BOTH 10 one who
knows anything of the politics Of this town or
has any knowledge of the cOrporators named
in A>>omblyman DufIyS bin has any doubt that
IN will be actually kindergarten Democratic
kindergarten.
Consider for 4 moment the locality the First
Ward of this city thea the corporations chiefly
very active and influential members # the 20
cicty whose sole reason for being is political con
troll then the amount appropriated anywhere
from $4,000 u S21J,OOO; then the uses 10
which these gentlemen usually put appropna-
tons: then the purpose named furnishing
Lecture rooms, reading rooms, Il library, music
hall and concert-roOm and hall for dancing
4 pulpo,c a> bcnelicent in lis name aud scope
As is embraced in The programme Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, to which Castle
GaIdon might be leased without expense to the
Stale. but Oh the contrary, with a revenue; then
the circumstance that this scheme Of bencyolence
for the benefit Of the most solid and pronounced
Democratic district in the country is brought for
ward by party whose cardinal principle Is OPP
LC,iton TO pitelnal government and class pIiv-
ilepc and whose ablest and mast consistent
organ is THE Newly ork sun the disciple OF
jefferson par exccllence-jIst consider for a mo-
ment all these rather salient facts. and-Well,
what il the conclusion? Would it be Kinder
garten?
Just one other consideration There are some
limits at the moment Of this writing on the in
discriminate sale OF rum at all hours and IN all
ucssibe places Not close restriction, to be sure,
but enough To say that it is restricted that there
is an hour or two in each week i'll which a be-
sotted brute cannot stagger from one den to
another around single block and keep himself
out Of touch with reason and in the immediate
contagon of crime. How long this restriction
will last is known only to the men who are using
The stolen pIeIogaiiycS Of legislation They are
proposing to abolish even that. And then?
WHY. i'm the First Ward we have kindergarten
for -ie inculcatiOn OF Democratic principles, open
day and night and every day in the week. i'll the
strongest Democratic ward III the c0unlfy-a
Emusic hail. and " concert -Ioom' and a " hall
.Jr dancing" Imagine it. j. IL worth while?
JUS now Case Garden is used by the Naval
Reserve battalion for purposes OF drill. But OF
what Use ale they ~ compared with the ncces
sity for such - concert halP' as the one pro-
posed? No need Of Naval Reserve. We need
not fight. We can apologize. But above all
things. we must have Tammany kindergarten.
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