New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-13

and deserving wage-earner from the support OF
| Tammany Hall for all time. Inc Legislature
in passing appropriations to give WORK u 'he
! unemploved in this city intended tnat the hio"e'
should be used to give the largest po'Sioie
amount of relief to men who really neeoeu "o'N
and could not get 1t. Tammany leaoers anu
| Tammany heelers alike have conspired 10 divert
this relief and to misuse the money In oroer 10
| build up the strength Of Tammany Han III The
! various Assembly districts. Tammany Poncy
| and Tammany methods in this matter nave Deeh
| Infamous It Is amazing that so many wage
earners In New-York should support Iafnfhahy
Hall when ,rammany leaders show such wicked
discrimination against deserving men. ram
many in many ways has earned the strongest
| condemnation that the people of New-fork can
nut upon it, but never more conspicuousy and
nagrantlv than in its abuse OF the opportunities
for giving work to those who are in genuine
need.
"The New-York Herald" says editoraly "lf
an election were held now the Democrats would
be swept from power by tidal wave OF popular
indignation such as the country has not seen
for twenty years" Right you are. That is
just what will happen al the next general
| election.
The totally unwarranted opposition to the bill
incorpora ting the Provdent Loan Association OF
this city not successful, Of course. in the AS
sembly although the enemies OF the measure
made strenuous fight For some reason hen
| messy drew out Of it at the last, and LETT the
brunt Of the fighting for Butts, of this city Inc
only thing conceded to the opposition was an
amendment limiting the operation Of the charter
| to three years Among the men interested In
| this movement Frederic r. Coudert, X Full
ton Cutting William T.. Dodge. Charles S. Fair
child Dr. David H. Greer, Abram S. Hewitt
D. Willis James John s. Kennedy, Seth Low j.
| Plcrpont Morgan, Oswald Ottendorfer Gustav H.
schwab and Cornelius Vanderbilt. To charge
them with engaging in IT in order to make money
is an allegation too ridiculous 70 require refuta-
ton But that was all that the opponents of the
| bill had to allege against IT,
Mr. Clevelands second year Of his second "a
ministration has begun with more trouble Tor
him than the first year began. Where BY the
way. has that great mans luck gone?
What has tho Tammany Boss. the uncrOwned
king Of the chief city Of America, ever done to
discourage and suppress election frauds ana
crimes against the suffrage? AS much as
PADDY" Diver and Tim Sullivan. No
more In his early days in politics Mr. Croker
was engaged in more than one election brawl'
and his intimate associates in number or
cases were under the ban Of the law. 1t is not
likely that Mr.. Croker will ever put out his
hand TO make elections more honest in this
CITY The very existence OF Tammany Hall is
bound up with corruption OF the suffrage and
,ransgressions Of the laws Tammany IS rotten
from turret to foundation stone.
Shops are wholly out OF place in the elevated
railroad stations. Why should the Legislature
hesitate to take them away?
why do you want to abolish the present
Board Of Bridge Trustees" asks Boss McLaugh-
lin through his representative in the State Senate.
Because they are incompetent" replies senator
Bradley That" rejo!ns the Boss, lis not suf-
ncicnt reason" or course not. according TO the
ethics Of Willoughby Street. 50 long as the in
competent officials stand in with what is left
of Ring and Gang
The Committee OF Twenty-Five in Brooklyn,
which undertook to forward the work Of prose-
| cutting the election officials whose conduct has
produced 50 much indignation. makes an ear
nest appeal to the citizens OF Brooklyn and Kings
| County for funds with which TO carry on this
! important work. At the outset It was proposed
! +, raise So 600 but less than half OF that sum.
! We believe has been secured thus far. II il
arthori,atvely stated that II all the Indictments
are tried these election cases will occupy the time
| Of the over and Torminer years To come.
! The importance Of supplying the committee and
| through it the counsel with the needful snews
II war Is therefore manifest This work must
he carried 10 n successful issue An excellent ne
| ginning has been made in the conviction OF Nc
! b,,.a oil tha Nor RAG likewise
ceive their deserts II honest elections are to pre-
vail in Kings County in the future
The March Grand Jury could find no more fer
tile field for thorough exploration than the career
Of Police Justice Patrick Diver in promoting
election frauds in his Ass embly District. Why
should McKane be in sing Sing and Diver be
at large?
| The legislature ought to look with severe
suspicion on the bill which proposes to set up
| booths under the elevated railroad stations. and
on that which aims to confer enormous powers
on the Hudson River Transportation Company.
| Not "A good word be said honestly for either
bill and both Of them are open to the strongest
condemnation Neither Of them is entitled to a
| moments tolerance at Albany.
The new Collector Of the Port OF Boston says
! that he Is justified in assuming that he was APP
| pointed as a Civil Service Reforner and that II
! IS his intention To carry out the civil service
rules which apply t. two-thirds OF all the or
! hcials i'm the Custom House. lie even expresses
regret that they do not apply To all OF MS SUD
| ordinates OF course hope he viii carry out
the purpose which he announces but good