New-York tribune., 1896-01-08


ADDRESSES p'EX-MAyoR BcopY TIE
ONLY SPEAKER To FAVOR TIE
JOINING or THE CITIES
rrsol1-T!oNs ADorTeD
,hor, eighteen men. including Two of Brook
,....s ox-Navors. the others being prominent ir
..o,r ualke If life. last night met in rooin
., tho Art Building and. after ar interesting
- a onen discussion. pass ii two resolutions pro
,oe,irr AGAINST thc enactment of law unquali-
eo5,v accepting or rejecting consolidation
measure in the legislature The drs, resolution
IS ss follows
Whereas. Several bills have been or are heng
prepared for introduction in the present Session Of
sbe Legislature OF the state of New IoTk the ?r-
,oses OF which are TO seriously mOdif'. TO aMidSc
,r TO supplanl the present charter OF ne ciiN ol
BBrooklyn. with existing laws affecting the public
interest Of the city. therefor.
Resolved that it i the sense Of this mee'ias nat
should he enacted which will accep' or reject any
charter or other measure Whr1 shar, ne
or ,o terminate in any way The individual corporate
existence of the city of Rrooklyn
The other resolution was as follows
Resolved Tha, Exeeutye CSnnitGS Of ;r,an <S =,
be appointed by % Chair, Of which the chairman " o'
the Governor the Senate and the AsSonrN lhe -
oucn here adonteb anG 20 doyi % Ihs 1oeeiS
Tho meeting was Impressive because it was
composed Of some Of the best-known men in
Brooklyn.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT
Among those who responded to the caii for
the meeting were ex-Mayor Schieren. eX-Mayor
Boodv. the Rev Dr. Richard S.Storrs. Henry
Heniz. II. s Snow. Colonel J. H. Eou. John
Vinslow. ex-Congressman Coombs. q. Foster
Peabody. l. H. Cary. G. \. Pine. eX-Park Com
missioner Kennedy s l.. Woodhouse and II. w.
Maxwell
These men got to the room shortly after
o'clock and talked. in groups about the Green
measure recently prepared.
Ex-Mayor Schieren was made chairman OF
the meeting. and took his seat at round table
in the middle Of the room with the reporters
grouped around him. The other men. who Nad
come to discuss the prospect of consolidation.
sat on chairs ranged around the walls
WHAT Mr.. sCHIEREN SAID.
In opening the meeting Mir. Scheren SAID:
For wears | nave favored annexation TO New
YORK perhaps from the fa.; hat have larse ousi-
ness interests over 'hcrc. put ne on 70 lock at
,atbsr i nrobIernaiic and doubt very much whether
BROOKLYN will gain anything by mere anneNat29h,, 9,
Certainly the bill proposed by Mr. Green nid HnTd
no, he considered for a moment We do not want
consolidation in the dark: we mus know ans9'prN 3 wy
voice in the matter The mere name me- OF 81 Ne" e"r
York will not add one dollar to ma me Vasus Vi o'
The name Brooklyn IS dear TO us, ana afonnn @ ! - =,
clusters memories ana fae we'll as her neigh
tor New-York. 1t is by no means ctIta.i e'n, az
Brooklvn will gain financially. The TAX rave oi
Nsv"Yo,k is steadily increasing. and with sucA pro,
posed large territory added. comprising NOR ' 1
Create New-York will have tremend2us h1rdSn len
!, carry which may prove rather expensive 10 1ne
have
gree in our newly annexed wards; 'lSS .rSi i"te
e'sTy sr ' 6,,iinpy II is Questionable whether ths
city will gain anything. Brooklyn en}oyS s"sci S"o
cca sacB s. pfospeSts C do not
themselves in NewYork on the con'rab1s' tbs ormey
Tammsnv regime. / am sure the people Of BROOK "F,
Iyn cannot look with favor at such p'oSi'' ~
uesire to be ruled by Tammanqy.
IDEAS OF DIR. STORRS.
After Mr. Schieren had finished MS auu' e,'
Dr Storrs arose and presented the hrs' Vi ~.
nesolutjons printed herewith In speaking OF '"e
question ne said in part:
We are not here TO antagonze measures sars onn nn
snen especially but are here TO eompare r Vt yerv
ions The people Of New,York koNla G1y he AR annexa
Ion New-York the bigger city. ana OF sYua AZ -
me peop' when IS one hing NewYork would gain
nv annexation. There is large nufhpei u. pv"P. %.
II Br09Sya r02Soyae wTG rgns ars ah4 existence their
and there is arge number OF 'hVse no onnion and
Manor each class for the energy & has shown in
'rfnS & ono Of those who are ready 20 hear further
on the subject. There should be vote on the ma, ma
md infelligentiy The general purpose Of this meet-
ing take it. is to hold tha we must hsVc "a, we pc
Tore ~ we permit the extinction of the ctys corpo
rate life Brooklyn s too big diy y sny 10 Dg
q, nolitical game whatever With our large real e.
tate valuation VIZ u o % ieScheTs m With our splendid
Mark system and other municipal adyan,as@s' we
of too much imporagcs Or ro"rnment 20 other
ees Of the land. We have ac"antages Snd Pre- pTos
ltss the progress made during the last ie"
years shall continue
DR. Storrs spoke Of the love ior nrooH's !"
,chich inspired his efforts in any puphc anars
in which he might take part, ana OF 'ne oe"u-
,es Of the City OF Churches. He audeo'
city Ike this is to be treated seh.d Iesinnenden, vi
tfe or prospects can't see Why hn}4 nn}49iir sreoi 81
rs insist that before come to 'ne me Ssi
measure merging our indiNidlanty W., W. ,ac ~, the
ie5pie New-York's population Is asd yyj,
The city IL like gridiron one nfs So, 70 The Har-
There is more wealth IN New, oiH' n,a Du
!. corruption TOO, oy,er ~ roHH' in 'NewYork ard l.
for one don't want to pace myseh unue' '""' WI
'Ip' nsIa, hat We have an Intelligent vote on ',e
subject, The vote Of 1894 was no Vo.e "a ,ha, il
mater o. o, ,a' I'm, simply an expression Of op.nio
ard The Greater New-York Commssi11' There we e
same thing in the circulars It Uttered, re that
t@o many propositions before the peope H a. so m%.
.,. ~ .ma"' fnst vote on half dozen or so M
snlS That vote on consolidation was no' piop''
vote.
4 LIGHT VOTE CAST
He then referred to the fact thai the VOC o'
the consolidation question wac hs"t No''' "1
said that the vote OF the old city oi hrooN'S y
was 1000 against consolidation "ni'e wv, ~
only majority Of "a FOR conSoioa' '''' ,,.1,,
:, .,,~ .,,h,r,s lie thought the vote shouldn't