New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-09
MAYOR S7RONG'S MESSAGE.

The message of Mayor Strong TO the Aldermen
is carefully considered. we'll written and full OF
sound sense When the Mayor declares That III
selecting men for the public service he VIII name
persons whose capabilities are their indolse-
ments. aud insist upon such proper reductions
in expenditures as will give the taxpayers the
greatest results for the least taxation. he Is meet
ing the just expectations Of those who elected
him, and convincing the honest people of New
York that this administration Of his will be as
far apart and as widely different from the re-
cent Tammany administrations Of NewIork
CITY affairs as can well be conceived. The
Mayor refers 10 the fact that the chief city Of
America is magnificent In location. and wealth
and standing SO it is But under the infamous
mismanagement and maladminisration Of Tam
many Hall it has been conspicuous in the eyes
of the world as the embodiment Of all that Is
shameful and dsgraceful. The Mayor lays
stress upon The imperative and urgen, necessity
Of the adequate solution Of the rapld-transit
problem. In this uterance he will carry with
him the earnest approval of every man to whom
the welfare of this community il dear
The Tribune has insisted over and over again
that the Department Of Charities and Correction
has been perverted from the public interest 10
the promotion Of private advantage. Mayor
Strong evidently agrees with the verdict Of The
Tribune Oh this matter He insists that the
care Of the insane in this county shall pass 10
the State. He is right in this. and he will he
supported by the overwhelming agreement Of
the best sentiment of New-YOrk. The Mayor
finds much to criticise in the existing system OF
Excise regulation SO do all the most intelligent
and pubc-splrited people Of New-iork. Mayor
Strong intends to address the Aldermen later
on the subject Of the Greater New York, and on
the Department OF Docks. the Police Depart
ment, the Department Of Taxes and Assess
mentS. the Department OF Public Works. the
Department of Street Cleaning. the management
of buildings. the Board OF Education. The Health
Department and the Bureau Of Electrical Con
irol. Mayor Strong does not waste words. He
IS wise and sagacious in his terSencsS. his direct
forcbc and effective touch
The people of New-Y York have been wearicd
by many verbose and inflated Tammany mes
sages in the past. Mayor Grant and Mayor
Gilroy were profliSc in promises The men who
wrote their messages had a large collection OF
Dictionaries Their command Of adj"ciiveS. OF
insincere eulogieS. of pledges which had nothing
back Of them. Of assurances which they never
meant TO fulfil, Of rainbowS OF hope without pur-
pose of performance. WAS little short OF stupen-
dous The taxpayers Of this community have
read a large number Of windy and Inflated mes
sages prepared by private secretaries and legal
advisers for Mayors who did not possess The
capacity Of writing an ordinary note in gram
matcal English. But Mayor Strong has
brought about The belief among the peO-
pie of this town that he means what he
says. Therein he will be an Impressive con
trast TO the Democratic Mayors under whom
this city has suffered and groaned for many IA
day. 1t is a matter Of cOngratuaton and salts
faction that Mr. Strong does not vociferate and
burden the air Of this metropolis with all sorts
Of blatant and misleading suggestions and dee
larations as our Democratic Mayors have been
in the habit OF doing. NewYork did not elect
Mr. Strong to emulate the Consolidated Gas
Company. 1t expects much more from him than
Ineffective and tenuous outgivings Of Amos
pherc disturbances. The people look for actual
accomplishment from this Mayor whom they
have put in power TO do something. As things
appear now they will not be disappointed.