New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-14
C1STING or RING RASCILS.

Mayor Schicrcn and the men whom lie has
appontcd To- take charge Of the departments
are showing the people Of Brooklyn the differ
cncc between the rotten rule Of the Mclaughlin
Ring and the government carried on by honest,
earnest conscientious men, who are bent on
giving the taXpayers the worth of the money
which is spent for public purposes. Ncw-lork
would be fortunate If it had such Mayor rs
Schicrrn and had such men ~ commissioner
White in It's departments. Important economies
have already been effected in brooklyn Droncs.
PARASITES and taX-catcrs have been cut of al
ready i'm large numbers Far greater economies
could be- carried out in this city If Ncw- Workers
had a Mayor Of the Schcrcn type and Commits
sloncrs like White But the purpose or the
Tnmlnanv leaders In miSGovcrninS New lork
CITY is To fill the pockets of Tammany men.
All prctcnccs If economy in administration and
of public spirit on the part OF launmany oilce-
holders are ridiculous nonscnsc. Go through
thc whole list of the oilice-holdcrs who are con
ncctcd with Tammany Hall Cnl among IN"
thousands of the names on the pubic plyrollS
there are very few except those of Tammany
mem. and how many will You hnd VINO nave
ever commended themselves TO their fcllow-cti-
zcns bv unSciSh and disintcrcstcd public ser
vice?
The membership Of Tammany Is made up
largely OF men Of evil minds ana cvll prnc-
tees their affiliations and associations are WIN
the lcwd. the vicious and the disordcrly. The
results Of Tammany misrulc in TINS city are dc-
plorablc waste and proiligacy. Evlidolhg ap'
pears everywhere. The inmates OF the asylums
and the hospitals suffer the seycrest priva-
tious while millions of dollars are squandcrcd
on the Tammany hcclers. If the expenditure of
NcwYorl CITY were reduced to basis of strict
cconomv the efficiency OF the city government
would be vastly increased while the total
animal outlov might be with advantage dimin-
isbed bv nj least five millions of dollars. Mayor
Schicrcn and Commissioner White take the
position that the city departments uhder KING
rulc in RrooliIvn were so stuffed with lazy,
idle worthless hangcrson mat the Work Oh
those dcn,rtncnts can be done more promptly
and effectively with Il great reduction III Tue
number Of mon to whom salaries are paid And
the Mayor and Commissioner are rEht. IL Is
an uudoubtoI fact that the work in the public
offices in Ncw-York City would De better per-
formed with a smaller number or men, Every
branch of the city government Is crowded WIN
Tammany hcclers. who trip each other up ana
tread on each others heels there are 80 many
Of them.
But what Is to be expected from III ""-
ministration Of which John j. Scahnell Is
a type and Il model Scannell truly repre-
scns Tammany Hall. He occupies one vi
the most important positions in the city govern
ment as president of the Fire Department. Inc
facts as TO Scannclls career have been poih'eu
out again and again. If, after all the reVeia-
tons that have been made Of 1anmany CRIMES
and Tammany infamics it is possible Tor lam
many to succeed at the election next November
II the people Of New-York do not rise ana oyer