New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-14
sTOp POOLING And GO no YORK.

The Tnmmany administration Is maklhS
wrctched display of bad faith or ineliiciehcy' OF
both in connection with the pubic improve
mcnts which were expected TO employ thou
sands of men thrown out of work by the ihuuS
trial depression Before the bill approprlatihs
nancy for this purpose was passed, anu Dcioic
the Speedway contract was signed the ucS'I'"'o
and citizens who had been trying 10 r'hc'c
their necessities were glbly assured mat 'herc
,vould be no difficulty nor delay In beginning
work on Il large scale. The Speedway con
tractor Mr. Learv, whose affiliations are all
with Tommany and who has found the rclatoh
shin profitable. profcSScl the utmost confidence
that hc should be able to put large NUMBER
of deserving men at work ut good wages just
80 soon rs he received authority To go ahead
with rho undertaking. He did not sign Il Dohu
to that effect. but he made profusc ana EN-
uhotic PROMISES. and generally assumed the attl-
,udn of a nublic bcncfactor. At the end or EiSt
week he had Just twcnty-thrce laborers en-
Gagged. one Of whom disappeared between sat
urlay ard Monday.
That other agile and compassionate lallln'"y
foyorjtc. Michael j. Fcnton. who has been en-
uoy,h by the city government To silt ana ci
roll worlmcn with the swift discrimination OF
an EXPERT has been making still more dis
oorrcoblc exhibition of himself For he Is re-
cciving pav out of the city treasury ut the rate
Of 5000 a year for doing nothing more usciul
than doshinc around the parks in his carriage
and looking for something to inspect. 1t IS
commonly believed. however. that he Is dolhs
vorious things that are considerably more OBJ
icctionablc than this. For Immediately after
his appointmcnt he caused the announcement
,..I. tl. faithful that he WAS
coin. to recruit big Tammany organization
in the XXVllIth Assembly District by means
of his ability To distribute and withhold work
and wages among the unemployed. That proc
lamarion which he has never dsclaimcd and
to which his conduct gives the strongest sort
Of Endorsement. is shameful to him and TO The
political bosses who gave him his job. lie Is
virtually paid out of the dire suffcrings Of the
poor and needy. There is no reason Tor inc
creation Of such an agency as he prctcnds to be
conducting. AMI II there were. he would be
about the worst possible choice for manager
rho porI, commissioners who hired him for a
month. rs i starter. ought 10 be- ashamed 10
look suffering citizen in the face.
Mavor Gilrov is dcyotine considerable att"n-
ton to the distressing problem which this
gloomy season presents; he is n capable man
81 business: silly pleas Of convenience ana
utility do not deceive him. He knows tllat
Fcntun il not earning any part OF the Sl' DAY
which the people are compelled to pay nm by
ANYTHING he does for them. II In the opinion
Of Tammany leaders he is earning that sum
hy what he is doing for the organization the
more shame 10 them that they make that dirty
service an excuse for fching salary Tor MN
from the taxpayers. This shiftlcss shabby
Acknowledgement Of public work undertaken ut
this time largely to relieve IN extraordinary
and lamcntabc situation ought 10 be stopped
m once We believe that Mayor Gilroy can
stop il II he wants To. and that he VIII be de-
serving Of severe ccnsurc II he tolrrates IL
longer.