New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-13
THE SHAME OF BROOKLYN.
WILL, Nd ONE COME TO HER RELIEF?
CITY OFFICIALS WHO SHOULD LEARN FROM TIE
y,rr or THEIR PREDECESSORS.

CITY OFFICIALS WHO SHOULD LEARN From in'
FATE OF THEIR PREDECESSORS.
The good name OF Brooklyn has been hio'' ''"'
plelcly dragged In the dust OF late thnh e'". 49,,
Ike the shamcl,ss.y corrupt and rotten ring winch
has usurp,d control OF the affairs )f til" o'y 'io"e
.ieccd Official, since the charter giving aimos, u"
limited powcr to the Mayor was granted. '.ue'
.b,t charter Mayor Low made the name Oh DrooNi9
a synonym for model municipal government ~
MS successors tie name has become IL by-"oru anu
a kissing in the mouths OF men,
Through the financial folly begun by Mayor on'p,
and fol,owcd by Mayor Boody wh) reappoin'ed al.
A., h,d. If dnpartmcuts whom his predecessor mao
n,p.d and meekly accepted them at the bcles OF 'iie
man for whom ne resigned his seat In Congress anu
ran for Mayor when it was deemed impoh,ic !" p
nm Chaplin again for municipal oice' 'he CIT! o
has been exhausted and all pubnc WORKS ".s' SUI ~
I'll the value Of The property II the city mas h
a point where bonds can Dc issued az
danger of reading The verge OF bankruptcy mas oeo
r,.at,dly pointed out by Republicans, but the c'"
tr,ctors whose profits were being reaped uhoer '"'
system pursued induced the city ofhciais 10 '''
deaf cars. 1t was believed possible 10 a"u 81
TO the city debt by taking the water dept iioi ''
present total and IA measure to effect uhs 10y ~"
before the Legislature, bu, as IL co'hc's WIN ~
state Constitution 1t cannot pass.
The disgracclul way In which the Aldermen nave
Granted street railroad franchises this week, securing
no return to the city for many miles OF Streets "he"
an offer of $4,000 pending. ana the dc'iA'o'
OF the Court OF Appeals setting ASIDE as h'ii ",'
yod the appOr,i0nmcnt OF the county INTO 4ioSr"'
districts by the board Of supervisors WIN inc Po'
meet Of the speedy trial Of members OF both bocieS
for fraud and grand larceny In connection WIN '''
Columbus celebration bills s'ryed to Ca reheweu
attention TO the dlsgraceiu way in which the cl'y
IL rcurrsentcd I'm It's local legislative bodies lhe'c
cumulative evidences OF the utter un'ness oil he me"
chosen to represent the l,oOOOoo people oil n' ci'
~ pullc officials should be sufficient to arouse the
voters Of the city from the alri ny WHICH ms pre-
vailed in recent municipal campaigns and stir them
10 a sense OF the duty they owe to the conmuhS III
which they live to choose capable ana competent
mon 70 manage municipal affairs. In the clccloh
next f,l an opportunity will be afforded to elect
Mayor and II Board OF Aldermen In II campaign "'-
complicated by State or National ISSUES "'" SUI ~
spccting electors clean out The eahs "h'h
has lived upon and grown rich from The CITY treasury
for the last few years.
rnd,r 4 radically different apporionmcnt Of AS
scmb!y district, from the shameless gerry matu'r q!
last year 1t Will be- possible also to elect Representa-
tvcs in the Legislature who will much more nearly
voice the sentiments Of the voters OF the city III 'ie
manag, mcnt of State affairs.
The action Of the Aldermen In the granting Oi val
liable railway franchises for nothing wheh inc CITY
treasury Is nearly depleted will probably induce Mayor
+, already assured In the Beard to override the Neo'
lust as has been doEc In the prevlpu, rr>olutlvn,'
which were vetoed on this ground ana again passed
last year. In one Of them suit was brought II
test the legality II grant to one company when
money offer had been made By another company ana
r. fused II this suit Is decided against the Aldermen
it will inyalidatc the grant made this week TO the
Nassau Electric Company when the Brooklyn C,ty
Company offered $4,000 FOR franchise Tor IN.
same streets. since the Aldermen hav" rcc"iN'd
salaric, ii 1000 year they have been more r"ck
les in their disregard Of The interests OF
taxpayers whom they represent than ever be-
fore An Illustration Of the value Of the
pcr1ul,ltc, attached to the position is 70 be- found
In the. fact that while the ONCE WAS still lnsalail'l
Alderman JOrian gave up place wOr h 5000 a year
ont. the Board the successor OF senator McCary
whose place h.. also took In the Railway Committee
which made the report rushed through the Boar1 this
week. \ few y.Frs ago Adcrn' n vsrt sent Ia Jail
20. contempt OF cout In granting an elevated railroad
franrhi-c.
The two-thrds majority Of the Board Of Supervisors
who voted to pay the eXobt nj columbian celebration
Ills over the veto Of superyisGrat-Large knkel are
o Ia tried for their act. II they should be- sct -
all there may not be enough OF the Board To make
hr rcapp rtonmtnt undo: the decision Of the Court OF