New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-02

In all that we have to say upon the matter i'm
peculiar ddicniss With which during The hrsi four
been Invested. You have been called to RESPONSE,
ny N revon,onary period w' "n bn %
was submitted to you the racldns problem OF hi-
ton and We have Insisted that neither by your fcl-
,ow,ctizens nor by legislation at Alnany shout you
| implements through which your work was TO be
done and the problem solved. Ana venture to say
any attempt 20 dictate or oven suggest the mcthodS
or official machinery by which ne wcighy rcspoRy,
could not rightconsly hold You rcsponsblc for re-
| 20 tho implements TO be made use Of in securing
| those results.
BOUND by PRINCIPLES.
| When It comes. however to the matter OF the
principles that involved. do not consider that
you are free. say IL as cOurteous.y as cmphatl-
cal,y that the matter of deciding upon the prlnci-
Piles which shall determine your action does not lie
within the Jurisdiction Of your choice. There
are certain governing considerations that stand forth
| very conspcuousy in the pubic mind and that
worked with great potency in the animated months
| OF last autumn. You can neither make nor re-
peal those considerations those considerations made
you; that is. they made YOU Mayor. 1t is not pre-
| sumption in to say that / know what was in
| the minds Of the voting citizens on the 9th OF last
| November. l know what motives and expectations
constrained them to give You their suffrage. am
| politicians thought. We didn't hear anything
| from them until the votes had been cast. Nothing
but plumber in sight can reach the springs Of their
| e,oquence But tho people were borne upon
tide of intense and intelligent opinion. They wanted
you to be Mayor We were all tired OF partisan
| city wearied and nauseated with 1t. and hal
risen up in revolt aganst It, me eVlis %nlrh the
| earthing and which the investigating committee
rSm 4 ha5 Gaa had ont M rhe 6 1 he
partisan politics. just such bipartisan politics "a
add the dignity ana authority OF his official to-
just such bipartisan politics as whole hallsfu OF ma
were concertedly scorning six months ago Al that
was needed to arouse such audiences TO tumultuoas
a 0TK Tas CIV anal DnocTay
That the argument that We used In your be-
half That was The conspicuous Rank in n, the plat
voted for you they believed they voting for
that eaa n ana @ 81 the
show toward that whole nefarious business face
in question would be a recognition and an ac-
ceptance OF the principle which your eject On dis,
aShors s''1
more than you can determine Il. None shall
pass me in their attitude OF respect toward You as
the executive head of great city; but when The
people elected you they meant by II that you were
Which for 80 many years we have been inundated.
and that own administration was going to be
that should look the other way would be big and
fi st as we al you and l. hat bpaTsansm does
not partisan. bipartisan means partisan
If Albany thought ,ha, two Republican Police
cc pSs wosa sum up into
four men that would do nothing but nin9 th ,aS
a bill The object of this peculiar kink in the bin
s not 6r to s Sc! ero of poslS but 10
v,nF.r fbe let ter Z.
Dr. Parkhurst said
Whatever your action in the premises may be,
am only saying that were you 10 approve ms on.
there would be such an amount OF seeming dls,
crepancy between what you do. ana what you eaId
seven months ago you were gong 20 az 'nat 'pe
would be one Of surprise and dsapponimen, l
will not. in your own thought. convict me of
transgressing the line OF courtesy; 49,.
appearance is that We have reached POINT In ma
nicipal history where increased emphasis IS - be
laid upon the city automatic organism ip
hcen regarded az being hardly more than a portion
OF the area OF the State where population hap
| pened to be phcnOm"nally cOngcsted. and a town
erns or CITY sef ,S as mat prcr geo
graphical point cities have been swung at he tall
OF the states Kite and have been INSTRUCTED 10 &C.
cept necky and gratefully whatever tho authorities
Of the State might ind i slDs.ryel thr.r own Nm, 10
| This movement OF which you have been made the
sGyn, ieTed from The sandpont Of lis own local
necessities without liability Of having rs w!ndppe
|
ar any pair OF POLITICAL nooses lassoed from Albany
The treatment YOU accord this bl will cthcr slim
oi me STAT or II viii einbarrass H. Any incisve
action taken at such juncurc az this even though
s,nen The ranks. to clarity tho issue ana thus to
| hasten the end
THE REVOLT AGAINST BOssIsM
Another principle represented by your election is
| antagonism 20 the Boss. Your constituents arc
| uni. upon that matter. also Integrity. home rule
| ri ih<
IN. Tammany tiger into insensb ility last autumn.
| II was not Tammany boesism that the people rose
in revolt against II was bossism-thc contempt 50
german 10 the genius OF American institutions, Tor
| the despo,ic and tricky exercise OF unauthorizei
power We have fought ourselves free from boss
ism n, one compexIon only to md ourselves but the
more gallingy shacked by bossIsm of another com
| uiexion II is bossism that for four months mas
! Tnve,nher victory and IL n bosssm that. In the
| person OF this bill comes down here and submits
| and Pattsm are essentially allies. and your ap-
prevail OF this BIZ VIII encourage 'ne ~ ,be
other and will to such degree be interpre,ea az d, d
on your psr hard T that has
! put into the conflict during the three years pas,
Your approval OF THIS bi WIN 1e ,hat Is properiy
yours and in that sense Will be a snrrender' anr
do We want 10 him do ANYTHING tina, VII even wei,
leave the inpreSsion 6 ehape for future
warfare I'VE have go: to think OF the future; not
az to-day only. | Imagine tHat VI ''''t.~
! Vi ''-".S a.. "a savs. 'If you cannot get all
that YOU have a right TO. get wat you so can =,
Tnis or Aching is the impu1ent lash that some OF
r ,antegaore have for a third OF year been hofl-
Ing over Is 1t is better to be Tnp hcrn are some
NE In. Us that are far more lnnnrlurus tHtn ~
bread at all Politicians; Nj May2r' n"p veig
against ih~r having too much to do IN s"lnms ino
estate We have taken YOU sI as or OH, az, -
| for ior0 hard and uncOmpromlsins n,nt ds'lIa,,
boss ,nteriercnce and against boss map11'aon 2ni
oe.i,r, 10 nhei,cles but In the way OF Huil<i!hi
asa r h', he nunpct- that jump 10 the pun OF th
4tre ana DO not want 70 thee ,be J rst four
PIon ioiS irnu Grnt that shall even admit OF
being interpreted an eses an T an aGnsi
cliiy s a., d,rnraanccs on the basis OF concession.
You occupy the Mayors ehair Of The last three
Years there has been no concession, noncesio no.
Of victory will stop when tho era Vi ''"N''''o" ~
| gins ~ p,r,,hure,.s a.