New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-22

LOT ~ Capitalization come here tonight how
ever not as soldier s sUasRra0f So
a lass as Brooklyn ought to be beslegeo SS c,tv e
Usual s ssS Tf be With
earthworks. her supplies cut on ner ahe citadel
ia ha hoee OF surrender at discretion
But Father Knickerbocker, whose ameassIad1hT, aa
me- lay His heart his fortune and his future at fair
Bookyns feet He appreciates that c he rs sa1ed
with baed breath that Brooklyn is at least v SI
enough to know her own baa John Alden speak for
himself. the Puritan maiden has KNOWN Wu liver m
TO bring. the oashful. hating or uncertain 'o'e'
Puritan brooklyn following the traditions r OF f the
ward and here tonight on her nvta. n,tion a"i
she also invited me to make tins moral and
spiritual force In this community the voice %n, ra
should be always needed and which Tr aatnrity
OF the present and the superb rhetoric ana oe,vd
eoquence which clothes its nas and mar
rover lines he local critic has also been heard
ing can stop the inevitable. >-.. vo., ors
All arguments against Greater New " ha nast
and of the distant pass II Is the o r 1N
glorious period that II eT bsye esroyed the value
OF the past and its preeedents Inc ante c, are are
edaeya he feuda and the Se canv s Of
the old masters portrayng saints and student
The Greek city presented in larger and fuller meas IS
than can hope to reach ,he siei n i,s,,S
the the a nSo of he Sea paro, who would limit the
boundaries of his town In Athens was pPp" ma
Of '@ our MI great p ses Within its walls cOncen-
rsted that spendor Of tel Srs a of the
academy. the orators of the assembly ana ,he
PAINTERS Of its immortal pictures and the dramatsts
whose works have survived the centuries, , nus
than half its population were slaves It's wives and
m had no ba 'Hf
confined TO a few brilliant men and bad women
The medaeyal city whethSr free foy,res or ts
industries. its arts and its learning were sub9idi-
dnss It could population only
20 the point where ii could stand siege ana iced
them
THE MODERN CITY.
Steam electricity and invention have created con
dtions in our times where the city assumes new
relations to the world One-third the population
OF civilized countries are gathered in these busy
communities The farmer and the miner ana the
sailor still gather from the fruitful fields ana 'he
bowels of the earth and the depths of the sea Their
us manifold industries and factories. attracts en-
terprise. and becomes the representative Oh M"
il is true that this beautiful city OF BROOKLYN KY,
has singularly intelligent and homogeneous pop
mlation il is true that it possesses characteristics
IN It's Puritan origin and development wnch ie Ta
that these qualities could be preserved. and me
city become Infinitely more matter OF prde 70 us
two American hemispheres applause al
Is seldom that p9etry ana arp prI S unison for
political idea But they are an IN ,s arm sba re
sn hsf and the inieecta life the American
HsP swYors With minlon and a half Of people
nss ~ a decade by Chicago and bureted by
the petty strife Of figures and censuses ne IL
or New-York with three millions or lnna1ilants u
ea civ the empress of the New World and power
IN the U'a Ia claimed that better government is
more sure without than with the union With New,
York II have had our Tng in V WIN have
fonnd II difficuit to break you were Tor yeas
70 bsve furnished the argument against
ssiS eovernment in cities. (Appause) Both OF them
nay s,ate control the Illustrations enforce their
ideas: both OF them have had peFoas whe EN- M M
Is vsi OF tweivemonh. pe'simist and Opt
mist are united in enthusiasm for popu.ar govern e
dent in aroused inquiry ana h NV f1s o nuo
lie opinion and public spirit called atten,, no.
three years ago at dinner given TO me IN ih1'
city to the rumors current OF municipal corrup o
The Mayor himself worthy ana respect1D'r laI,
lei the table in a rage. Instantly. not only BROOK
was chaf why not meet 1t with chah; II Il va,
chsrgs w wS mot not ny IT, was true then hs
people demanded a remedy. Ana so ihau "dS0
''SHe P res clergy man in New-York made
charges of which he had no proof bus wmca h ne
ihe Grand Jury to jailed slanderer r.. o.
iss Sn 0 ws s to know whether the
apd nc renorts and the charges true or false
The has % me ud p
TSe forces which produced these reforms were not
I prook,vn. TSey were those whom Abraham Lin
cola loved TO call The plan peope,mwho live II
.ha co,tages and tenemens. who toll day ana night
but Who when they appreciated ,T hd e ,n nIaSn
brought To ta eourage and civic patriotism
found the Bowery blooming with peach trees
daughter
THEIR BUSINESS IN NETWORK.
rwo-thirds OF the men Of Brooklyn sleep here a
nigh. but their business their capital and then
energies are In New-York For them and their af
fairs the stone piers and basins and docks arr
b,ited: for them the great warehouses are OK
tended and the granite structures rise to enormous
heights to house them for mem the n5nks an1 ,n'
York from them derives the sources oil her wealth
the pendor OF her trade the sxe, OF enable nep
to be lavishy extraydgant. and sun so iar III
taSa0 sed Is srqe is asMe to- Capital
individual and corporate ana oesansr mere II ~,
assessment % per cent lower than In Brooklyn
values Jealous Rs tax Of RAE nrr
North River, BROOKLYN and Long Island across , In
istion Within her borders She does not meet yo'
In your effort TO bridge the river on one sue az h
s fs The crowded tenements Of block torn
down and upon their sites rise the y-scraph y
which would arouse the anger of the gods II the!
did not excite their admiration, at the audscily .
hnmsiess are crowded into already congesed dis
trcts until the density OF population suipasses INA
OF any other city In the world.
New-York frantically seeks to retain us Popu na
.,on yyithin IT'S own limits by the panacea OF RAPE
transit but the difficulties OF transportation prop
lem By which twenty miles are 10 be covered Win
&c MANY minutes at a rate of fare founded upo
stops and the filling up and discharge OF cars eyer:
two thousand feet do not tempt me captaiists
The CITY places it's resources In the hands OF the IN
diyiduai or corporation who viii undertake IN 3
s.sk and vet there is little enthusiasm or conn
Sence ir the project. The individual or corporation
who undertakes 10 pay ~ per cent on me n r,S
H. however NewYork and I,rooklyn and Queen
County ard Staten Island were one ,ne ,sd Inc
north and south lines Of transit Bridges, woui
nance tunnels would be dug under IT ana the ferre