New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-08
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M PFSprCT FOR HOME rule At ALBiNi
Is the Legislature at Albany trying to see
from how many points of view it can achieve
a bad reputation? II would really seem NJ
Cor.ainIv ono must 60 back to the Tweed era
to match it fer prOhigacy or nefficIency' iNo
or three weeks ago attention was directed J"
these columns - the record which 1t was maKIhS
touching home rule for cities. Since then II mas
still further illustrated its utter contempt ior
home rllc-a principle for which the democracy
has long pr fesscd the most unbOunded admiIa-
,ion-and today in the light Of its treatment ol
LEADING bills amending the charters OF Buffalo,
Hocbcstor. Albany. Troy and PoughkeepSle the
Domocr,tic Legislature of 1s92-which 1t is
ro;r 70 rrasumc represents the Democracy OF
\ow-Yorl, of 1s92-can justly be set down as
inc of tbc most active and mschevons enemies
r. home rule that have ever appeared III thi'
Stat. What are the facts to date?
The Legislature passed bill amending the
charter Of Rochester, although every member
If both houses representing that city was OPP
posod 70 the measure. 1t passed bill amend
inc the charter of Buffalo, which all the Buffalo
nousnarors-incudng the leading Democratic
orcan 1.-The CourieI''-were arrayed against.
Whom Govcrnor Flower signed this lniqutous
r;ocn Of LEGISLATION THE Courier asserted tha,
his SIGNATURE rendered all his talk in his annual
message with reference to home rule in municipal
affairs. sounding brass and unk1ns cymoa's'
The Assembly allowed bill amending inc
charter Of Poughkcepse to ~ to thiru icaoihe
before anybody in that city outside OF me r'ns
WAS aware of the existence OF an amehdihent
or had any knowledge of its plrport. Last week
this same nti-home-rule body chose Albany ana
Troy for It's victims Heretofore the School Com-
missioners Of those two cities have been chosen
by the people The Legislature has put Stop
n that. Hereafter the School Commissioners
will be appointed by the Mayors respectively, OF
Albany and Troy In these two, rs Ill the other
instances which have been named, the pnnclple
Of home rule has been shameeSsly Ignored by
Democratic Senators and Democratic Assembly
men in the interest Of selfish partisan poIitics'
The Albany and Troy bills are peculiarly Oh
rensive to all fair-mindcd, pubc-splritod cltl-
zcns. since they are an assault upon the integrity
Of the school system of Albany and Troy. For
poitical considerations pure and simple, the peo
ule are deprived Of the right TO select the com
missloners who shall supervise their schools ana
the right is given to the Mayors. why? Inc
Mayor of Albany is Democrat. The Mayor OF
Trov-tho choice of I'D" Murphy-is Demo
crat.
in view of this transcript from the record OF
the Legislature what shall he said OF the ardent
professions in favor of home rule which the De-
mocracy is accustomed 10 embody in It's plat
forms The Democratic State Convention which
nominated Mr. Flower was a stout champion oi
home rule. One Of the false counts in ITS m
dicment against the Republican party charged
that the party had indicated its hostility to
home rule by it's efforts at meddlesome legls-
latiyc interference with the affairs of large
cities" Expressing itself thus, the convention
piousiy added I'VE favor home rule for coun-
ties and municipalities" As humbug the De-
mocrlcy II this State is big success. the biggest