New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-02
THE RINGS EXTRAVAGANZA.
FIGURES FOR BROOKLYN TAXPAYERS.
,NoRMoUs INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES SINCE
MAYOR LOWS ADMINISTRATION.

MAYOR LOWS ADMINISTRATION.
The Democratic Ring in Brooklyn. in the hope
of decevjng somebody into believing that Seth
Low Is inclined TO look with favor on MI boouy' Is
flooding the city with circular containing d sen
tence torn bodily from the context OF MT Low
speech at the Acadepy OF Music. III Is as loiows'
The Mayor is entitled, think to credit for his
efforts TO secure for the city Of Brooklyn an income
from its publiS franchises This shows how much
truth there IS In Shepard Hinrichs, Gaynor CO.
and the rest of the band Of unlicensed sanderers'
The meaning of this sentence is entirely diner
ent when placed with its context. MT. Low SAD
Even when the Mayor has tricd 10 carry out l"u'ey
good policy the same characteristics a co"c'e' o'
tlmdity and weakness have involved him In distress
The Mayor entitled think. 20 credit TOT MS enot'
., soura for the CIV Of Brooklyn an Income from us
public franchises. The Pity Of 1t i that every sp Oh
this honorable effort has been bHoueu ov ue n''"''
,ho 10 Mavor himself has allowed to feed. (Appausel
Tho cus do not follow the track OF an ocean steamer
~ certainly or NOR. persi-tenty than the schenrrs anu
,nndcrers OF BROOKLYN bsct the pathway OF the present
Mayor (Applause) They have learned tla'' a. ,cr'
bcrls he NAV be confidently relied upon 10 DC aSep
whcn in interest OF the city he ouen' mot
to be awake The result i that scandal after Scahdai
has Gathered about his head until one does hot hho"
whether most to pity or to condemn
AN ARGUMENT BASED on AN ERROR
A,ovor Boodv on Monday night attempted TO
answer Mr. Gaynors accusations, but he ola so by
ma sizing over everything OF importance and taxing
nm a statement attributed to Mr. Gaynor ,fit III.
Roodv had been willing to accept slfo;,," I,iIe
as the Valuation Of the elevated railroads for pur
he made no such statement. and mat II ne WIS
uuoied that way an error OF the stehosIdpier
or comuositor in reproducing MS speech whlch wa,
not previously written ont: Inc nsure ,nat Nv n".
given was $1,000. instead Of $4,000, Mr. Hhyhor
said that his statement concerning the amount OF
taxes collected by the Department OF Coilecuons
when he quoted Mr. Body as saying that only
.; nor cent was collected by Mayor Low before
he to the Department OF
was founded newspaper report OF MT. booiN >
rreyous speech. Mr. Boo1ys statement or % per
cent had evidently been misprinied just as MS own
conceiving the $4,000 had been.
THINGS CNEXrnA1NED.
Thus these two questions are boiled down to mis-
understandings from typographical errors. None OF
the other accusations has Mr. Body dared to take
up.
or the Twelfth Ward Park. or the street railway
franchises or the Long Island Water supply con-
tract. lie evidently does not consider that mis-.
deeds in these matters come under the head or
the examination into the running OF the city gov
eminent. which he has Invited with such apparent
OpenneSS.
Probably he will consider the figures presented by
Asa W Tenney at the Clermont Avenue Rink on
Tuesday night quite as much In the nature OK
personal vlihcaton and as unworthy OF answer.
They are however, worth reading Here IL one
Of his statements:
Brooklyn municipal salary list for 1ssj under a. 90
Brooklyn municipal salary list for 1873 under .
Incrcise under Mayor Booiy for 1895 2s 10
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.
Mr. Tennev also had table showing what be-