New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-12
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

little time to themselves Life is made burden
them. especially If the official has many Offices
a his command. although the civil Service resiIa-
lions are great shield and in a measure relieve
makes an attack What. then can be done to miti-
gate this evil?
First would suggest that. perhaps. the divorce,
ment OF politics from local affairs be made, and
that all persons holding subordinate positions IN
city government. such as clerks. Inspectors.
engineers. etc. should be induced not to identify
enrol their names TO whatever political party they
may belong and Join the district organization but,
holding any prominent position in that party. and
abstain from al! ACTIVE, party work ~ -.
rule that upon the election or apponiment OF any
cannot hold an official position in the party organ
izaton. , ,,
break up the pernicous system o. political pulls
so demoralizng ana ruinous in every local nouy
tunity stand upon his own merit. Then r. he
desires to serve the public. he can make appllca-
a competitive examination; and being assured assn
what change OF Administration may be made, we
void sec h an rrGvga p@1e system Of tensions
FOR long and faithful service many Of the pres
cnt evils in the administration OF municipal az
At any rate, the Police and Fire departments
enccs The men who constitute the forces should
not be permitted 10 enrol their names In any
party organization simply exercising their right
fectIy neutral in party work.
From the many Communications that have been
received. IT would seem the last election in Brook
Ign has proved the wisdom Of creating an abso-
luiely non partisan Police and Fire Department.
WHAT C. c. sHAYNE SAID.
c. c. shayne followed Mr.. Schieren with The
Citizen in Politics" as a topic. He spoke In
part follows.
Mr. King Senator Lcxow and Gentlemen: The
viii do right for the sake OF right This. take IT,
was the olive power which impelled that grea,
coming ages will honor. 10 render the splendid ser
vices TO the community which resulted ~ inc crea
iion OF the LeXow Committee. ana Vas the plliia.,
cause OF the overthrow OF one OF the most corrupt
political organizations that was ever known 10 OK
few I'm the world. Or. Parkhurst went into m"
wilderness OF crime and dissipation ana Win rs
hewed cut and carved the monarchs 81 tho forest
ing the sapnr sinners "a the bar Of Justice leNow
In judgment and after me ISL 'iaf %.
the utmost confidence. Colonel strong VIII DO the
rest 49,. u,,h ,,s,
r-ide thai the majority are IN fnyor % good gov
rrrnment We have won glorious victory. but let
we do not overs,ep the bounds o. prudence
| was very much pleased when rsceiVed me, INC IN
given ty Mr. King IN honor ~ senator lrNow bo'h
OF whom are my friends nGye ,o one ,bc servldes
which he has rendered to the state In his ofhclai
capacity. but as man ana ,r.,an IL, us no,
IN "i The wSir and excitement OF daily avoca
lions ores; our duty 81 as o g' cy state and
lion 10 n body OF politicians without conSci"ncc
eTeeay oe Sand Or shoulder to shoulder and
the OF good government inc nrs IN. INA 1,cm
us and may the day never come when me ne, c,'- en-
I'm politics will cease TO be potent factor TOT
good. applause
The hour was growing late but not guest
was drowsy az Joseph II. Choate rose TO re-
spond 20 the toast Of The Effect OF the Con-
stitutional Amendments upon the Recent he-
publican Victory" AS would naturally be eN-
pected. Mr. Choatc's effort was hugely en-
loved He was greeted with round after round
OF applause as he rose TO speak.
10 was followed by Senator O'Connor. VINO
smoke n Tine Senate and Reform" The Sena-
Tor was IN his best vein, and there wasn't dry
line In his speech. He said IN part:
~, Mr, a., ,nrrdsh"d gentleman in whose honor we
are assembled here tonight ~ neihpei y. NJ
10y ~ hat body next winter Will be thorough
and effective and such as VIII nee, ,hs JUS n,
aniec,ion While DO not regard the recent result
IA in any partisan victory puo 40 ohi,Ion
dignant protest by the people AGAINST ,,hIia
Of afairs which Democrats as well AS kepupnc.h,s
condemned we must not oIse, e le rrsponsbe FOR
the character OF our work ana ior any iai.uae ~
whole duty. We alone have me p o"os, "" ~, iRnt
will De held responsible. ana because oi I'M M
al
rrnservediv Gear that our work should be inspired
Formulated and guided by the Republican party
ana ia resoonsibc leaders. tApplause)
The peopc have vested W with great power anu
It is our duty to meet every just responsibility
and Satisfactorily. We should present solih anu
unbroken front. and not permit any Si'e ,os ri,
IN disturb the harmony and success or our wofk.
While / do not claim In any sense 10 spsan, 30
the party to the nature ana charnc.e' ~ ,,,n1
l can safely say for the Senate that "lthln yer;
few DAYS after the LegIs ature IL organzed. !,
hat he
Tm ,r d"J"an honest ballot blanket bill. Cheers(
Ne viii pass the necessary laws TO protect ne
mat every citizen AZ each election shall nave IN.
right TO vote once and but once. and that th Ia
turned We viii. vest the Mayor OF New YORK VIII,
the power to place the weight OF his heavy oiic,a'
hand upOn every officer and cmployc OF your GU ,,
and we win back him the extent Of our power IN
his efforts extrpate the horrible evils IT,
bv the Lexow investigation. In wori anu ma n
9c,udes the whole case. we will aid him to TIE
extent Of ability in his sfQr IT,, to give 'ne CITY
OF New-York neT start In ne
Following Senator O'Coanor came Wli,iam
Eerri publisher OF "Thc brooklyn STANDARD
Union" whose toast was "Consolidation. ,,
Judge Albert Hagh OF BuHin. lo,ioW "ea ", Il;
The diners had not forgotten that the Judge was
ono Of the big three on the State ticket ana gave
him a rOuslng reception ~ n
Chairman King read letter from DE- PARK
hurst who said that on account Of the inclen
ercv Of the weather and the fact mat ne hau
attended funeral during the afternoon "ll.s ~
would not be able to be present he eNPIe7
his admiration for senator LeNo" anu HID az
sociates on the committee.
The following letter w.s received from ex-
Speaker Reed addressed to Mr. King:
have your letter of the 2Sd inst. nclosing your
very kind invitation TO meet Senator iexow i re-,
erci not to be able to be present. and beg you 10
assure Senator Lexow Of my very n,sh IA
CIV and say to him that my appreciation OF IL
higher ha Ibr ht of he has ss' done 's
work Yours very truly J. ID H]"D'