New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-30

c,s,ve. the former was opinion only: could not nd
decisive and IKE opinion ne ss wns numerically
Insufficient to express the general opinion ana o S
Indicated in its actual result There are S oSer IS
registered in is Of hem "a M md 1sv 81 tcs
opethird c op tpoa vote o on
solidation 292D fell iO29 below the woe V great
ctv should not be decided finally by malo 5 syoa al
277 votes 1t is customary to place a.. or he pub-
iic thai their mature decision may be hah h i ,he
much more important Is this present ca, do think
ihere is reason TO suppose that the people OF broon
Ign have changed their minds on nv ontest two OF
the Candidates favored resubmsson one sor r resb
although he agreed not ID %a an ocer the
consolidation League, which openly ana sar1e Of
ysI eitizens did not enter the Mayoraty c3 n,S,
When the votes were counted ne was ,r ~ Wavor in
~ aDo1 tonnty there were seventyone candidaIs
for the Legislature: sixty-ome OF tIot,,.e contest
IN ianoI ~, IN the choice Of delegation Of twen'D
eight Senators and Assemhlymsen, " vreferendum
wn9m h other two abide by Of the de"ga
ton Does not this mean tnat Wv, 20 then, than
anw otber desire resubmisson? We shall mae b
en- rnest appeal to the Legislature 70 re'"'"'
question of consolidation TO the people o
,,trsd = Rritton the vlce-president of the League
~ IovaI Citizens and a weil-known lawyer sa'u
have Republican all my i ne; nav Know the
BT0qkyn over s osa pyc ents an" am thai
Hrookyn is Republican city by large m a;r
ReP"blican The people OF Brookyn or b m'Ie eTs
Of them demand Tesubmisslon Now G1 the peo-
pe OF Brooklyn by refusing to resubmit the gqssq,
OF consolidation and thus ald me me lacflon what
v evd OF be e"t the effect Of Brookyns to
New The Republican m2sUrl orR. with IT,
large Democratic vote should stand IN h our con-
This Is D. auesSn Th TIC
and men high In pubic NE re IN Nv, with the ex-
ss dsT the Of question lesr the H ssnao Of
brooklyn VIII favor resubmssoA St car, TO
suv Whether We shall fight for referendum II re-
submission falls That Is question we uom ida Mda
florists viii introduce bill providing Tor ine CON
soildaon OF the two cities me MN or proper
he passage OF such biz and VIII introduce o III
Tor resubmlssion and use every honest '"o'' I"
secure its passage. ,
James O. Cleaveland. a real estate dea'rr' anu
chairman OF the Executive Committee OF the Heas"e
of Loyal Citizens. said:
I think that consolidation would be deIeaieu' u
the question were resubmitted: by So,o"' II "
nod a full vote Primarily / opposed cohsoI,,
dalton because it Is against goIn "s, of
BROOKLYN 1t Is the history OF every large prvn
ity that the suburbs ALWAYS sg"e would simply
he the suburb of the larger city. II 1t were aneHd
Brooklyn hs Nsw NO I'e cy Neither IS NewYork
Particularly interested In our DRIVEWAY .on
ard Fort Hamilton end other arge and be,
iieve that under consolidation we would linu IT.
tremev difficult to get the appropriations relu..iru
Tor these improvements until NeW-f DIX uss.ies
were satisfied 1t is asserted by the Cons3"a In
Icague npoplc that real estate values wouid ~ I'M
nroved after annexation, although haNc mTa.r
contrary opinions expressed by pro,n,nv"' admit
NJ The Title Guarantee and Trust COMPANY Auiii.
ting however all that the consolidatlohsts ass,
TO be true 1t would simply mean higher [s' hn ,u
largely Increased assessments. ana wouia Seneoa d
Tho few rather than the many Inc loss oI sV C
nvorpment would he too high price 10 pay lor
an Increase in real estate valuation account TIL ,Ts
am an nominal defeat on the vote in this way TINS
ouestion had been agated by the Cons pd n
eapIe during the year previous, ana tnere liu
no organized opposition whatever An anu.'!ona.
rca son is this: The ballots for consoiidaton WI
confounde ed with those for the constitutional anela
ments Republican voters were instructed 10 ~
for everything referring TO the constitutional an .
mants And enough voters have since the ele'tloi'
sa d that they voted for consolidation nn9eI liza liza
anrehcnson 10 have changed the result IL th"y nau
not been misled. The city Of BROOKLYN proper eH
nI,,dne the country districts recently annex Nj
ynted = ainst consolidation by majority OF I,Vof;
large number OF our best citizens nave tIa
,hoir minds on this question since the eIectloi, anu
from being mild consolidatonists nave peco"ie
ardent Greater Brooklynites