New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26

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ST. CLAIR MKELwAY.
II mistake not. such States as Ohio New-York and
NcwJersey voted to retain the word wnne an
b afe aG m yd on o at last N UNDER the force Of
submission Of the question 20 their Vo DC no Deco.
raios Of pam Tnd H by the convention which
adopted IT was only reached by to9ssms f. on
the @fand Of "f Br
Resubmsson or referendum Is an 1mmemU is
Of na high rsmsy Wherever there
grievance there Is hearing "nereV rlsbmission
1t only local question now Therefore; pe' yet
grant IT, for the locality affected Soye's Question nTs
decisive ri i've Of State and National contentious. q,
~ish 'Hs R"
hood the labor and that ADMIRABLE ss, Ss ,hey
own. They own what they buy. They are there eI,,
fore not real estate stat & or bmy but who are hy
phenaed vibrators for commission or I1r III.
sheraton between the property Of actual 9Tnees
are these plain people legal or other users vi
companies they do not lay down do not recognze
the right OF bank officers to sign away tnsr SEM
when those officers yS1 every man
is in Brooklyn the political peer OF every p, dis
or of ,hS S. S" Hss'c
the prosperity they have received shoIlu .eah No,
|
believe that Network will pay our debts or bear
our burdens and they know Of no manly man o anu
their responsibilities for dirty money no mater aver
how high II be hcapcd. Manhood counts TOT more re
r hin we are neither for conqest sale
said on another and In lesser crisis of l;rookyn
| life when brooklyn magnncently responded 70 my
words rookyn for the rGht ana me Broo ok
lyn Tor and by Brooklyntes forevermore!
MR.. UENTZ HAS NO USE FOR COLD BONES.
Horny Hc,tz. ex-president Of the New-York
Cotton Exchange said during the course OF his
remarks that he voted against consolidation In
1885,, as he UNDERSTOOD as did many other citi-
zens OF Rrooklyn that the vote was merely
| informal and not intended to be considered as
| binding lie did not think that consolidation
would help the city in the least Brooklyn was
doing very we'll alone. and could just as well
| continue 10 manage her own affairs. Il nope
said he. that the Legislature VIII not make
us unwilling citizens OF Ncw-York Give us
! another chance. We VIII not kick on tho re-
eult | am pretty cure that consolidation wouIo
ma, hiring the progress here that the friends
NJ consolidation expect. We would get stray
! hone or two thrown at us from New-York, and
! that would be- about all" Mr.. HentZ SAID mat
| ne did not agree with the argument that con-
| solidation would necessarily lower taxes. lie
uos q taxpav.r Of Eew-York and such was
! qualified 4 Judge
William A. Short. Of Richmond County. and
| Joseph f. Kochor made short addresses ana
were followed by Franklin Woodruff. who made
o., o,,cucnt nrotest aCaInst consolidation I'M
loss the peoplc had another chance to express
,heir will He said that had the 1894 vote been
understood 20 be final not 1900 voters wouiu
| have cast their ballots I'm favor OF H. say.
he continued. 1T IS mistake 70 say 'na. ~,
! is no politics IN this bill 1t IL far better Una
| rather than have II passed and signed py "
Republican administrations war be deciarei' lnu
We be sent down to nght in Nenezueia' -, hn
! assure Won MIR Chairman thnt III tnis pin y.
cnmns n Ia,y ,he next Republican candidate
will be buried under 10000 votes
LEXow OBJECTS TO THREATS
Mr. Lexow here Interrupted and gave MT.
| Woodruff n mild calling down for bringing sueh
| a threat before tho committee Don't You
| think" said he that any legislator who wou'd
he Influenced By threat such as you make
would be a coward" There was applause aa e
| cheers at this and when 1t had subsidized III.
! Woodruff sail sarcasiicaly that ne war 49,,
| hanlinr on any threat but simply stating
| his views on the question. IF you DO pass thi'
act" said he Il think you viii find my state
| ment prophetic. roou, oa ~
whether he thought he was using good judgment
in dragging politics into the dscuss'o'' 'i''
Woodruff said: You can't keep IL ou''
MAXWELL PRODUCES STATISTICS.
Superintendent Maxwell OF the city schools. In
dulged largely in statistics. cndeavorinS 10 sho"
a strong comparison between the scho's Oh
prool,lvn ard New-York In favor OF the former
! city He wanted Il understood that he ala not
c,uc as 4 representative Of the Board OF Ednca-
| ton He took the Health Commissioner repoi ~
on the last census and showed that New. orK ;
popuation was l9lO395. while Brookiyns was
| 100 900 The register Of pupils shoMeu -, ''"s
| Tew-york on october 81 last had 1878. as
against lle ri for Brooklyn. These figures, Mr..
Maxwell said. showed that the ratio Oh 'hi'"ie a..
| the public schools Of New-fork was onr ~ ~ a..
| and ON the contrary with less population IN
| Brooklyn the ratio was only one - ne. ,n nro
shows said Mr. Maxwell. that me scmo2i
! of Brooklyn is better than that OF Ne"-io'n. ..
Senator Grady said: "Do you leave out or
that tho parOchial schools ,,- .,,.
Mr. Maxwell created a laugh by rcp!i"e '"''
he did but as "A matter of fact there Was
| greater proportion OF pupils In the parochial
schools OF Brooklyn than New-l orK .,e 81,
Mr. Grady: "Supcrhcial circumstances s''"
Mr. Maxwell said In reply: That may De-
but we do not require super"cla, ca -, .h !,
stances In the same breath ne ,n. ,aor than
| Brooklyn had bull; more schooiS iaat wa, .ha 1.
| I'm any previous year Of her existence ana tha.
the school system of New-fork was me lilos,
| ontouated one in the country ana the wo.ee
| .vsten, RIGHT here a sharp tilt came out oe-
tween senator Grady and Mr. Maxwell IN re-
,,ord 10 the relative systems prevalent In brooA-
| Ign and in New-lork.
TALKING FOR CONSOLIDATION.
Silas H. butcher. president OF the Hamilton
Trust Company opened the argument for the
consolidation side. lie said that wheh ne
came to Brooklyn thirty-hve years ago. ne De-
! came n unionist and had remained one ever
| since He argued that he did not zee how:
~, r,o,ar the CITY OF Brooklyn cuuld
hope to attain the Importance which her SIZE
| shnud guarantee her. and for that reason II
seemed to him that no sane man cou'u reaSo"
| otherwise.
RES EMISSION UN-AMERICAN. SAYS LYNCH
Mr.. John Lynch. a builder said that he was OPP
posed TO resubmcson because 1t was entirely I'M
American lie opposed referendum also on me
ground that any question arising ia'er which
! might work harm. would be taken cure oi Dis ''e
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