The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-24
STRONG TALKS FOR DOCKS.
sATS THEY ARE NEEDED MOST BY
GREATER VEN FORK.

Tells the Independence Hail Democracy That
ne Always Has Favored tho Greater City
ana Worked for It-Tho Crowd Thought ne
HAD Como to Denounco the RAines Law.
Mayor Strong drove down to Jackson square
last night with his son TO have what he called q
love feast with " the boys Of the Independence
Hall Democracy of tho Seventh Assembly dis
trict In Caledonian Hall 1t was said that IL
was tho first time within tho memory Of the
oldest inhsbitant that tho Mayor Of the town
had attended or talked to o meeting OF voters
of the old Ninth ward, and tho boys cor
tainly gave him a rousing welcome. Tho hall
was packed, and q big crowd gathered outside to
get q look at the Mayor. A brass band played
when the carriage drove UP. and a multitude Of
rockets set tho air ablazc.
The meeting was held to agitate tho repeal Of
the drastic features of tho Raines law and in ad-
vocacy Of personal liberty. Martin Kelly pre-.
sided, and former Excise Commissioner Julius
Harburgor and Ernest Harvicr explained that
Col. Strong's views on the question were as lib
eral as the most liberal-minded citizen could
desire, but that tho laws wouldn't give him a
chance to show just how liberal these views
were.
Col. Strong said he had come downtown to
talk about docks, and he went right at it. The
association had prepared resolutions com-
mcuulnk tno pTOpObeu expenditure Ol plltUOO,-
600 for the Improvement Of tho water front
from Charles to Twenty.third street.
I'm going TO talk freely to you" tho Colonel
said to the boys" because you belong to the
same class that I do, and that's the hard work
ing class. ] have been q hard worker all my
life, and I never worked harder than ! have
since I have been in the Mayors office. Now !
am q Greater Now Yorker. I have always be-
neved In that. I worked for 1t and I voted for
it and I supported 1t, and I think the
charter to be a grand scheme, .magnihcently
York. l think. will become the greatest city in
the. world, and that's what we all want to
mSks 4. ia W ~ siv 10 r., RsC ss%msr to n maRs i f,d the
been throttled for the want Of these faclli.
charges were reasonable and the docks adequate
port charges and increase our docks. and we
have planned an Improvement that the next
a9 Tbs Mnyar d.c T I se iS So,n b ? mSs to S. SsGTy Tyt in
favor Of spending the 81, 100000 Of fees yearly
collected from the docks upon dock improve
city would be better Oh Il only a portion Of tho
paid the interest on tho debt instead Of can.
ceiling it, He urged the building OF a great
a ana d desiar rSi the Fs sRs aSsen of 0 Ct sne ite a acct;
" You see that my ideas are probably different
from what you expected" no said; that they
are broader and more blase. [L.aughter.l At any
rate. believe in doing something. even II We
sometimes are, a little wrong. A man isn't
worth u cuss who can't make n mistake. I'd
rather damn a man for doing something and do
Ing 1t wrong than to praise him for doing moth
ing, and that's just what We have been doing
for a long time In reference to our commerce..
Now. I'm not going to talk TO you about the
departments Of this Government, You know
all about the departments better than I do, so
what's the use OF my defending them. If the
heads of the departments don't do right, make
them. That's what l try to do, but I'm not
always successful. / propose to go ahead carry.
ing on business during the rest OF my term as 1
have in the past
Somebody got up and moved three cheers for
the Colonel as Tho Mayor of the Greater New
York" and they were given with o roar. There
was a similar rousing outburst Of approval
when, earlier in the meeting, Mr.. hamburger
spoke in condemnation OF the sermons preached
by the Rev. Drs. Morgan and Da Costa last sun
day disparaging American womanhood in laud-
ing the virtue OF the English Queen.
1T would be bettersif these ministers" he
cried, attended to their religious duties instead
of going out their way 10 decry American
womanhood. 1t would DO better, too, for the
growth of our institutions and The spread Of
patriotism Il they attended strictly to their own
clerical business"