The sun., 1895-05-25

donment OF government by party to achlev
abhors SGs sncS SnH misgpesenston and mi %
Ss TheS esS Of ro New be
stood on its own fec feet last, NoyemiHer sI
this one city, and q bedlsm Of plans for the sew
on oGsr u
between Senator'S ,Is LeS9w an and Goggeshaii
cheat, a sneak-and thereby no police. reor
ganization law enacted. Has New York eye
such eGndnS The chic
brand new police commission has been created
virtually under law reaqiring two to b,
iheyS There @ We're @ pending ii at BSSy two police
reorganization bills, one the Platt- t-Lexow bill
| and one the Ref0rm- Coalition Committee of Ter
bill. The new Police Commissioners .unan
mously turn their backs on the Committee OF
Ten bill, and publish a resolution SAYING: The
L,SeFilslatuTe ,e to pass the Police Reorganization
| 1T Is needless for me to suggest that no
Legislature which ever convened at Albany has
30 completely earned the contempt of good citi-
Every body so understands tthe public senti.
ment upon that point Is Substantially unani-
diyiduai and partisan acknowledgement, cor.
suptly passing bad measures sl,u r ana Gorrnp.y
were never more numerous; ostentatiousiy
abolishlng certain offices held by Demo.
them under other names with RepuSIicah
imagining, that thereby they have fooled the
ocrats by the wholesale before the expiration OF
their terms Of office without specific charges or
spirit OF true civil service reform and in pursu-
ance of Il concerted ana organized raid for spois
power W OF investigation by conducting il in secret
With no o. m on the part or spspeGtsd of
| nj Inv N In
~ principle of decency and fairness. as witnessed
In the recent socalled investigation of the prisons
deprived OF the privilege of presenting report.
| seeking to make ex.partc Investigations polit.
their political opponents for the purposes Of
| partisan and individual capital; authorizing
nctve sasS0ns na
| lawyers an opportunity to draw enormous coun-
ssi fees dr" the % public treasury
sxpsSa a. : sinsie . @ dollsir to- to continue an m
"a'u making the apppcpriatens ss s"' for Of every
hand. so that while the tax rate for the year
1891, when we Ind Democratic Assembly and
1898. during the existence S Of Democratic @ m Less
latures and n Democratic Governor was only
about two mills. this year tho tnx rate, under
full Republican rule. leaps uo to ;I.34 mills not
publican platform fast fall that there would be
q" In addition to this disgraceful extravagant,
and unenviable record. | affirm that no Legis-
mass Of +, unnecessary @ @ illsconceScd, and pernic
i1us special legislation as the present one; The
been set aside. and the rule which has been 30
sntsHctCrily sstablished i ed heretofore that no
I BY be " Provided DGS'e has been en- anwisely @ s0s ia
unprecedented accumulation of legal rubbish
unworthy OF great state. These are not .po-
spssa sf S Thff bills .sts e
lls escheat bills. bIls dividing tow towns Although
Boards of Supervisors have annie power trihing
village charter amendments bill changing the
names Of corporations, special appropriation
specify. The bar of the State will appreciate
my criticism when they come to examine tho
ecutive restraint or interposition and It was a.
that III at, Eyery,,hi,nC goes and with the exception
went on the statute book: In the interest OF
orderly legislation, in the interest of good gov
burdens will be increased. this slpshod method
of procedure Is greatly to be regretted.
REPUBLICAN, PROMISES uNREDEEMED.
They promised to pass more satistactoryex ex-
else law to supersede the present reasonable
prove the Civil Service laW l they PROMISED Sc % to
search the session law. in vain to discover any any
of these enactmcnts. They changed the present
which no one is opposed. but ali would gladly
welcome but their new law is declared by lend
Ing Ing ne,Wsnapers and by those who have given
seems to be some question whether its provisions
IN regard to illiterates voting does not violate
the organic law OF the state. trust the law
may prove satisfactory. but am suspicious of
ised legislation to aid the solution Of the prob
lem of better municipal government, but they
sistent. bipartisan. and partisan measures Of
doubtful eonMStitutionnlity. sit with which nobody
tive aSe hms S
leads to the suggestion that 1t is the duty OF the
Democracy In tho coming fall to nominate for
the next Legislature its ablest. best, and purcst
men. The time Is ripe for change, and we
should improve our opportunity.
THE MAD LEGISLATURE AND THE FRESH YOUNG
HEFoRMERS.
what this great city needs is u reformed
plan OF municipal improvements and then re-
formed expenditure and administration. and not
mere indiscriminate party removals on the pres
ent plan. Reform cannot be ccoInpished by
reckless expenditure of more money and heavier
taxes. as it has been attempted by the recent
Legislature and the city Street Cleaning Bureau,
under the broom of Col. Waring of Newport. X.
reform we shall be doomed by taxes. Real Dem.
ocrntic municipnl reform can come only OF
here iG BY s of
the Committees of Seventy and of Ten has Just
been in vain because it met no adequate re-
parliament,m 'san,in. The recent fesisiature ] Sre
should have been called the mad Legislature.'
the beginning of which by the elected or
appointed officers consists In overtures
apostrophes appeals through newspapers 10
the pit and gallery You. gentlemen of the
press have brought ruin on many promising
reformcr by giving so much publicity to his
kittenish and callow donGs. 1t is to be hoped
the rather fresh young men who have recently
undertaken to reform the police force of this
city will have a thought of that and OF the fate
OF that well-meaning but rather gushing and
very expensive reformer from Rhode Island
who has endeavored to teach New York Demo-
Gratis II thing or two. Genuine reform has been
illustrated in the faithful. economical. and
honest Democratic administration of the State |
Government from 1883 to 1895. During all this |
period of twelve years not dollar OF the public |
moneys of the State was stolen, sQuan-
dered, or misappropriated. every trust was exc !
cuted with scrupulous fidelity, and the people |
enjoyed an era of good government quietly nd |
ministered without fuss or feathers, the beating
OF drums, or loud prOclamations OF official |
virtue. That was Democratic reform-not Re- |
publican bipartisan or non-partisan reform, |
In Justice ought also to say that despite mis- |
and calumnies the financial |
credit OF this city never stood higher than under
Its recent Democratic Mayors. and no city In |
the Union possesses to-day "A better. more able |
more conscientious Comptroller than that ex- |
cellent Democrat Ashbel T. Fitch. Even Mayor |
Strong now comedies that Mr. Fitch under |
stands tle finances M n cit brf tart ba,