New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-07
GILROY CONDEMNED.
CITIZENS DENOUNCE HIS APPOINTMENTS.
nv, CITY CLUE TO TAKE ACTION on REsoLU
.., TIoHs-vIEwS OF wELLKNowN MEN.


.rb. CITY Club Wa formed by Republicans and Dem
.,,s 10 secure better municipal government. Il Is
non.partsan body, but the members are apparently
,ohe 10 remain silent the subject Of Mayor ca
- appontments especially those of John J. Scannel
ard Jos phi Koch II $ al bL, assu:ed tina; the meet
~ ~ the club on next Friday evening viii he
b The ccndemna ion f the Aagant acton OF the Mayor
The orga zaton has not had oppcT unity to express
ga disapproval Jut an indication Of the feeling
riven last night
The clubs Committee on Affiliated Clubs had
ectng then 20 boar F. r. buchanan. Of London. tell
ot the wor!inSncr's cnEs Of that city. lie gave an
,uterestinc talk ard answered many questions which
,roe in the minds OF those who formins The good
government clubs here. Edmond Kelly, secretary
of the club presided chairman OF the committee,
and r. W. G. yelling was secretary Some Of tho
o,bers present Were Everett p. Wheeler General
Wager swayne. W. Travers jercme j. Nobio Hayes,
John Jay Chapman. Tie Rev. DR.. Henry u Sater!oe.
william Jay ochicIeln. David Keane. j. A. Johnson,
p. Nee. Emmett and Eric H. Dahlcrcn.
After vote Of thanks Mr.. buchanan had been
passed Mr. Chapman offered the following:
Whereas The recent appointments bv the Mayor have
aroused Indignation of the citizens Of our city and are
r,. N bring men all classes who have heart the
observation Of institutions OF disgust, ana
whsreas 1t is advisable that with view to per-
letng our organization throughout the city. the COM
uee IN each OF the districts adopt the same general
plan; be 1t
Resolved opinion of this committee. the
sstct committees should each IN their neiGhborhocis
call public meeting against the aforesaid appointments
Resolved That with view bringing the respective
committees cooperation it Is recommended that each
committee appoint two delegates to central committee
No one arose TO oppose the condemnation OF
Mayor Gllroy bat it felt that the committee
shrnld allow the whole club TO lie present when
action on the subject was taken. The resolutions
were therefore referred to the executive committee
with a view TO its making the consideration OF them
the business Of the meeting Of the club on Friday
night only vote was cast against this dis
r.sitlon OF them The club had invited Controller
MYERS to address It that evening about the
finances Of the city, but he had not found time TO
r-epare his facts An excellent opportunity Is thus
given for condemnation Of the Mayors disregard Of
decsacy IN naming scaNneli and koc! for ONCE The
executive committee will meet early next week
General Svayne said in the course OF the talk about
cx resolutions: "The spectacle OF some Of the pro
fszts acsiust these appointments seems odd 10 me.
p.aaps tyotllrds Of the members Of this club voted
hor Nh Gilroy. They knew just who he was ana
:. what organization he belonged. Yet when ne does
,ust what any one would have expected OF him, they
s,s astonisied and rise up in their Indignation"
Mr. Kelly said TO a Tribune reporter, speaking not
A. On officer of the club but as citizen: ain eA
cesvsly anxious that the pulse Of the city should be
felt believe tha. the appointments were an oN'G'so
on every GOOD citizen. want TO Know VINO csc ie'1e
the same way The only method by which TO learn
send In protests against the Mayors acuoA Inc
,,.Ss tsen mi ght furnIsh the forms. would suggest
tbs following pAraseoosy: / hereby protest against
tina appointment OF Scannell and Koch by Mayor Oh
roy and am willing 70 Join movement LOT ice P'P0se
OF suppresslng the system that MAKES sucn "N.Vi''
mena possible" Mr.. Kelly expressed himself as
strongly In favor OF holding mass meeting " give
voice 70 the public sentiment the subject
En- Judge Noah Davis not afraid 10 denounce
Tsnmany's corrupt methods in strong N4ihs' A'"'
many he said, could not SUPPRESS his Hshl oi Hec
Speech. The ahoninabc appointments tuat nave
tocn rade by Mayor GlIoy are exactly what SHOULD
have leen expected Of Mayor under tue coh''o
Of Tappanys he said. "TGmmany IS corrupt, ana
Its corrupt followers naturally get into Office And
that being the case, such scand&lous appointments
ought not to surprise aIy one. certainty 90 not
expect any more Of Mr.. Gilroy, and l do not OK
pect the municipality to be free from brazen cor
ruption 50 long TammsDy selects the man WHO
is TO fill the Mayors chair. II Is the hgiUiha'e
fruit Of the doctrines promulgated by Mr. Croker
In his public interview the other DAY IN "hch nc
declared that the olces belonged to and shouiu DC
filed by Tammany politicians. II the Offices are 10
be filed BY politicians instead OF business citizens OF
course the politicians should be the leaders They
do the work Of their party, and must expect that
es long as such a principle prevails we shall nave
precisely such results now see. Besides the
making Of such appointments Is the natural result
Of the example given In higher places when u'e
10 is highest court judge whose claim to the
Office was an act which by law should consign him
to prison With Flower TO lead the way, why should
not Giroy give US convicts and ftlons3
sTammany men are OF the opinion that the spots
belong 10 them. That opinion Is all right, II Spots
TO Tammany meant political places ana INC
salary which they bring. But to them 1t means
other things. and Tammany's motto should be, and
Is II IL Is rightly Interpreted, TO the victor belongs
the DOODLE This means that Tammany oihcehoder.
propose not only TO get their salaries, but Ill '"'
they can steal from the public. IalnnanY Is gc'uhe
70 bold that II has openly robbed the people OF hcF
rights al the polls and 1t will soon demonstrate such
errontery that II vii; openly commit other crimes.
lis tine will come however, when, Ike the Tweed
ring, WELD influence and 1t docs
seem 10 that II is about time FOR the Peop" ~
revolt The frauds that forced upon the pubic
at the last election were cn)ngh to cause revolt
and II the corruption continues much longer II 90 5
not seem that Tammany survive. II IS not Il
question OF fitness with Tammany when II comes 70
the distribution OF Offices and II IS plain TO be seen
sftc9 looking over Gilroys appointments that the
most disreputable element In Iammany Han IS 10
be taken care of. II IS surprise to me that 50
many reputable Democratic business men SIT quietly
by and calmly look upon 50 much political ana
municipal corruption. And what IS more tley 20
the polls ana assist keeping THIS disrepHtaOc
element in power and assist them In Their efforts 10
rob the people
Evc.y business man who has watched New-fork
politics Of recent years l. aware that corruption IN
municipal affair, Increases as time goes on. SAID
tlLu Root. these appointments by Mayor "HrNS
are natural result. Just 30 long as the reputable
people OF New-Y orr, eject such men as Mr.. GiiroS
has proved himself 10 0c, just 50 long VIII as
reputable element be Ia charge OF the OihceS oI the
Mulicis government. Tie appointments In some
cases are too dsrcputabc to talk about. When
man VIC i, openly accused Of lcvylng bhckniaii
o. the keepers Of dlsrcpuablc houses ana the pro
yretoss Of gambling establishments IS appointed to
place Of trust rs the Mayor Of Ills city II Is abon'