New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18
BROOKLYN'S LOWER TAXES.
,1r. WILL HAVE THEM WHEN THE TWO
CITIES BECOME ONE.
yIcTrD POLITICIANS SEEK REFUGE IN MIXED
NKs-DEvELoPMENT OF MANU-

y
nr1NKs-DEvELoPMENT OF MANU-
F,CTrEING.
II ;hc price Il flowers were to determine the question
| ( annexation b.twcrn Ncw-iork and broohNh' 'h'
;r civ across the East River would continue III inc
| word. Of the song 60 1t alone" When you get
| IN the >ixrh-ave elevated train uptown To 20 10
| prookIyn Won luy a rose for your luttonhole ana
ray duoen cents for H. II YOU dweller In the
H. Irhlorhood Of the ThlMavc elevated road UPTOWN
yon buy rose for your butonhole and pay ten cents
Cor IT, When Won reach the City Hall Park pedier
~ a stray boo,lack offers You single stem Tor hN'
cents. and the same flower frequently ms not Is
yitlcrcd and dried mp. once over the big Bridge
however, the supply seems TO be greater than the de
noud and BOYS Jump the electric cars nnd ofer
Won "A whole bunch Of flowers fresh ana fragrant LOT
, nickel The sidewalk along Fultonst., in the dry
goods district Is some days OF the Week. regular
retail flower market and the women who come ont Of
Iocsor 4 cos. Abraham < strauss ana other
large stores which hronsel with busy shoppers
nfton ,tcp 10 buy flowers on their way home. 1t Is
cu,ions 10 sec this and II makes You think what a
strange combination OF city and country life Is 10
| no found in a community which in point Of population
ranks fourth among the great cities OF the United
states and rs n manufacturing centre follows In the
| wake # New York and Philadelphia.
\ CHANGE or BASE TO RED HOOK LANE.
There IS place around the City Hall where lazy,
thing struck the Board of Aldermen to order the flag
rur 10 he taken up a radius Of several feet around
| the hniIdng and replaced with sOds Of green turf
which will relieve the eye and Incidentally drive away
| lonn,crs II was a hoartcsS thing to do. Where
will the groups Of oihcc-holderS, "X-ohce holders
woud-he ONCE holders and h'clcrs 60 now! No
| provision has Lccn made for swinging hammocks In
front Of the building placing rustic seats there
for tho great of affairs who have beer accustomed
70 concroeao in the locality But after tho manner
| ~ Tammany politician. WHIT said AT th" notable
Vicorl Hotel dinner. Il arrce with Mr.. Cleveland'
these Brooklyn puliii'hE have submitted IN the most
hec,r nIpr way to the Inevitable. and you may find
them now or some Of them. at Rod Hook Lane and
Fulton.,t Ioolinc At the work Of deep excavation
which * there going o, They wear straw hats
'urnod up the wrong way. squareiocd shoe. double
-olcd and called sometimes WaukonphaSt IA u
politicians glory wherever found within the Metro
rolifan area All these I,roohlyn fellows have them
: navy blue serge suit and gold cAai>. not 20
,lick rs the Broadway cable. both deemed now
and indeed have been deemed for years. rs The
correct capor" In the gct.up' Of ,tatc-man. TIL"
Drooklyn politicians don't wear diamonds so much *
tho New. York pOicia-s do This little discrepancy
I'm the personal attire ~ the men Of mighty minds
who hold ln their hand, III" destiny II III" greater
New York. has II, place In the economy OF Official
cxtravacance. although II docs not appear 80. II
they were al TO wear sparkling Jewels. like Alderman
renowned Alderman "Sorcr7 Flynn on the other. |;
wouldn't look we'll Besides people are too suspicious
You would be- liable to Dee asked any time. "Wh"r"
did you Ct that fin" dlmo'h'" What are you to
sav1 You have ~ 200 year. perhaps ~ 800.
or even - 100 y year. but against this !, high
rent and u wife and family support, and In addition
Won must keep yourself In Waukcnpha-ts. straw hats
and coal MI these cmharrns~ir., inquiries are
avoided when Won stick 10 the double solod shoes and
serge suits leaving thu heads ~ departments and the
lic commissioners 10 rival II they can in sparkling
lrlncy III" sultan ~ lohore.
COMPARING POLITICIAN TO CADNAN
When Joseph Chamberlain IN Now-lors De- t'lf
some Of the reporters that De felt Ike taking ~ If,
hat to the cahmen who waiting at the pier to
Dee hired rather than ordering them about, 80 I'M
monscy superior were they In dress and appearance
TO tie half starved members Of the craft who are
Obliged to endure the terrible fogs and sub~ISt on the
paup.r wage, OF London. hut cabmcn are men Of
intelligence students Of political affairs In ID" best
~ the phrase and work from fifteen 10 eighteen
hours every dav. rain and shine. winter and summer,
-nndoy and Monday. without 80 much n on" day
r.,f M somebody ol~os expense. Tn" Fngi-h snt"s-
man might have "doired hi, tile to of THESE hard
working fellows feeling proud rather than ashamed.
But when Won com" To survey politician
rs you see lin standing The sidewalk near Rcd
Hook Lane. II I, a different thing. The rank and file
~ thos" mon are la1i'r than messenger how.
Thoy have no thoughts on ANYTHING but Office. IL
alone .irs their souls l"di'~ II should l." sahl.
for many curloI, thcorl-, hay" fipm time 10 tim"
noai.d around to the effect that they nrr without
| souls Mclaughn's follower, are a combination to
save the public Office, and {" hold ih"n ana n"'''nS
cl.o Ynu may call tn King County ring Of which
fho,. In Red Hook Lane ar" merely the outer fringe,
politicians II Won Hike bat they have 10 knowledge
~ all Il politics. polite, I'm M" uu" sense j. I'M
d.r,tood aud written II In any country where all
rh,t is decent and respectable I'm the traditions 81
| r.,pnlnr government Is defined and pracu-'d. II Is
related 81 4 man who waS not proi"s 'l"1l hS''r'
rot whom called upon 10 explain the part which b"
took I'm u sru=cl" involving the us, ~ '"n'Id'rIb'
| sum 81 money dee said: "GA" first tine hit him
missed him AMI the next tim" hit him MI MN III
In. sans. place that | missed Lin ia" other TIM
When YOU ar. lost IN N" effort 10 understand from TINS
gratic outline what II was actually tlt dM occur
Won may turn for relief and enlightenment I" ih'
occoun, Of an incident which Is now much spoken Of
I'm different part, Of Kings County. ana IN "h'h Il
man who dwclls In the Cty Of Churches IS represented
., asking sonloloiy else whom H. + aiont to employ
vb.th.r m. I, acquainted with brooklyn or has
ever been there
81 never was there but wanst.' came the answer;
| 81, and even thin ,ihruck the WRONG ferry and got
only ~, far rs lioloh"n.
sEASPING GREAT PROBLEMS OF STATl"
These politicians get mixed up. too now and again.
90 shall So vim" the writer asked as h" approached
a gronp II them ~ Red Hook Lane "'ar'h6 S"""
hat, and Waukonpla>is
shnnld SMILE" answered the tallc,t looking man
In IL" crpNd.
d. ,nd where viii that land us'' he was ash"l
at W.u land ne thirty Ia one" said he, "tAAt'
al lun,y. and as 10 where II Will land you- WHY.
81 c.nr., every has got to look ont for hliha'H'
that's all
Il dlndt mean that"
"pidnt mean that Bless me! what els" then coma
Won meant" lie remained for n moment silent anu
tno.g.t Don't start lie thought. IL" thought
n is iruc: but on lines BE- 1t said which w"r" p"'"i
larly his own and Involving affairs Of personal con
Germ only.
Didn't mean tha!' he repeated. more aston
i.hed ihln eyer. Then what on earth else can
Won mean, Oh. | have IT," and without waiting to
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