New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-14

OF What Edmund Burke thought when he said We
balance inconvenicnces We try TO do this ] know
sometimes hut how far the effort has met with sue
in this instance you will have to Judge your
self. 1t is beyond all doubt, he went 'nn In
convenience for such an intelligent and popuous COM
munity Brooklyn to be obliged TO put up with our
Board OF Aldermen, for instance, pure and single
minded everybody knows them to be. They dis
like 10 be looked at to be seen through but II any
body complains expresses fear that things are
not they should be, any Of these City Fathers may
excaim proudly, i have often heard wrong
How could there be any wrongl Don't you the
eye Of our great tOwnsman Is upon usP And this
Is another way OF saying that the average American,
In many matters at least. is one OF the most easily
gulled persons in the world. That is about the only
reason, in my judgment, why the statue OF Henry
Ward Beecher should he placed rs 1t Is"
In other words said the reporter, no at
ALL
"No reason at all" said he: "thcrc you have IT.
Then the reporter went up the big marble steps
and, turning for a moment, looked around You
could not see far off big buildings in every drec-
ton crowded ont the view. The hum OF the electric
cars and the jangle of their bells the rlckey graf
ing noise OF the few surviving lines Of horsc-cars,
the death warrants of most of which have been
"signed sealed and dclivered' the stcamcars over
head. shrekng, roaring. rattling rs they rush and
thunder through the air, and the eternal hum Of
stores of factories, OF shoppers who crowd the big
bazars and of cntcrprlsing pedestrians who throng the
sidewalks In more lcsurely way than In ew-fork. IL
is true, but in numbers great TO make good
second to Broadway, Tweny-third-st. or SiNth-avc.
during the busy hours-a this makes that Is
indeed impressive. In city which fifty years ago
was no bigger than and not Of much consequence
as Peekskill to-day. You go into the City Hall.
went the reporter. and the first person probably to
rub up against you Is an Italian booilack lie Is
surrounded by group OF politicians and newspaper
men. who want to know what he Is.
"Pm "A Democratic man." the young urchin answers
boldly, "and you're all Democratic fclla, too
"No,7 says Of the men, I'm a Republican,
"Then you gotta outa y he shouts promptly "nO
Republican, allowed here"
SOMETHING MORE THAN JOKE.
Every one present laughs and thinks It's n good
Joke but II Is grim joke. and Is significant OF the
extent to which party politics are carried at TIL,
late day, at least I'm the municipal government OF
some OF the chief cities Of the Union In most
countries where ignorance, not TO say crime. Is moi
permitted TO dominate the politics Of the State. II
you want to see a horse thief you win have To ap-
ply for a pass before you admitted to tho prison
cell; while in the city Of NewYork II Is different
The Office OF "Jakc' Scabold the Deputy Commits
ioner OF Street improvements in the Annexed Dis
trict, Is open every day. and II Seabod himself does
not happen to be In you will likely find him In the
city paymaster's Office In the Stewart Building draw
ing his monthly check at the rate Of 1880 year
which has been duly attestcd by the City Auditor and
the Controller.
The Inspector OF Pans In the Building Department
In Brooklyn. james II. Pgott, Is accessible. too ;
but II you should feel disposed TO have n talk with
that official you Will not find him AT his desk. You
must 10 the Court OF Sessions. where he is
unavOldably detained In the dock answering cburgc
Leforc Judge Moore ana jury OF his fellow-cltizcns
TO what became OF 81 400 which he received for
certain Aicrmcn's reviewing stands and why he re-
ccvcd IT, IN connection with TIE Columbian celelra-
ton. and for which another man nomlnay the
contractor. 4 whole lot Of tie Aldermen are 10 III.
put trial there. too that II T. evident he pub
lie conscience In Brooklyn Is sill alive TO some of
the quaint notions Of the primitive DAYS Of The
Republic, when public Office was not considered II
"private snap
Now BrOt klyn Is q prosperous as well a popl-
lOus community: but II Is not because OF the
municipal officials or their ncOrruptbility. but rather
In spite Of them. In point Of population II Is the
fourth city In the Union. and rs manufacturing
centre II holds the third place. Who would
think tlisl II Il like great many other things In
connection with the city that dawn upon YOU sud
denly II you maze a visit there and carry II
little exploration.
a few figures may be introduced here that will be
OF advantage 10 those who have never crossed the
Bridge or the ferries, at best who have not made
The trip during the Lest few years. IN the year