New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-15
TIE CITY Clue THOROCGHLY AEOCSED.
ITS DENUNCI ATOM OF Mr.. GILroY TO Bh
FOLLOWED BY VIGOROUS ACTION
THE MAYORS INDIFFEREACE

TIE MAYORS IN DltI INESti"
The tone of the resolutions adopted by the city
Club on Friday evening. wherein tho appointments "'
Fire Commissioner scanncn and Police Justice Koch
were declared 20 be notonously improper WAS ~
pronounced that local politicians were incIin"d yes
tcrday 20 stand SIN and listen 10 tho rimblingS OF
discomfort which have grown more and more distinct
from day day since Mayor Gilroy Imposed
these officials upon the community. Tho City club
has not been existence long time. and III" action
OF Friday evening really The first occasion on
which IT'S voice has been heard with eject A. James
G.. Carter, the chairman OF tho meeting. appropriately
said The appointments made by Mayor H'lroy
give emphasis and renewed importance n the pur-
poses and objects which brought tho club together
The club WAS organized with view 70 securing the
co opcratlon Of representatives, ~ all parties 70 the
end that an improved system Of government might
DO provided for this mui iclpnlity. There be no
mistake as 10 the sincerity Of the undertaking when
such Democrats James G. Carter aud Abram =
Hewitt Join with Republicans Ike General Wager
Swaync and Dorman b. Eaton I'm movement OF this
sort.
The proceedings Of the meeting Of the club. rs
reflected I'm the printed reports OF serious and
determined character over thcm being the shadow
n "A gigantic Tammany job now In process Of de
veopmcnt In the form OF proposition 10 destroy
the old City Han and construct another In lu'
place. which. by It's cncronchmcnts upon space. Will
practically absorb the entire City Hall Park. render
1t useless as reservoir Of fresh air and annhllae
ITS beauty AS gem Of vcrdurc In the warmer
months Of the year for the benefit Of the masses
who live in the part Of the city The resolution
offered by Richard Watson Glider In the nature
OF a command that the vnndal spirit OF Tammany
Hall should be restrained IN the work Of Dissertation
for no loncr purpose than that Of providing fund
from which to steal. II Is limited, also. that
the Union League Club well as the Bar Asso-
citation may possibly cooperate with the City
cod - "a,
contemplation. The feeling Is increasing among the
more respectable Democrats Of the city that the time
Is already at hand for united action with Republi
to the end that outrages against public decency
such as cxcmpihcd In the appointment OF Scan
nell and Koch should be checked. Men Ike John ;.
Kennedy, who spoke at the City Cnb meeting, and
who voted for Mr. Gilroy. feel TIM, they have been
betrayed and the sarcasm and irony hurled ut them
by OK Mayor Hewitt, who says they getting only
what they deserve irrintc the already smart,
Ing wounds. Much Is expected 10 result from this
initial action OF Tie City Club.
President Carter has appointed the following com
mltec in compi. nee with the resolutions condemnlns
Rhoades, II. ". q. yelling. J. Noble iinyes william
Is. lIornbowcr, William {. CULVER. JOHN Jay CHAP
man Henry l.. Rowland. Joseph inrocGue
Mayor Gllroy said yesterday that he was unds
merits by the rc e5 Of the CITY 0 Club on
evening. His choice OF John J. scannell as Fire
Commit sioncr. AID Joseph Koch rs Police justice were
held up 10 especial condemnation.
These city Club gentlemen have hight to their
opinions and to express them" SAID the Mayor
:" would prevent them from whatever satisfaction
they can get out Of the reflections upon my nii-
clal action II could. While these Opnlent gentlemen
were sitting in their finh-ave. paFiorS announcing
me. the representatives, Of 10000 god Democrats
were assembled In an East Side hall 1.-THE Tammany
Han Wigwam) and prlislng my action"
The Mayor ard hi associates the Tammany
ticp't received an average OF ab,ut 173.0oO vote,
last November Tic Mayor must. therefore. figure
TINT about $4,000 OF them were not coed Democrats
The Mayor did not mention the notorious fact that
the Tammany voters who approve such appointments
those Of >Canncll and Koch are In great numbers
the lowest hangers on OF the vlcst groggecs In this
city.