The Monte Vista journal., 1897-10-02
GREATER NEW YORK.
IMMENSE powsRs oF,rsMAYoR
WIN Have the Appsintiax Power Ovss 1ss>
oes city Enpssyes, lneisdi.g assAs -
Ill QepaItmAAtA.

rhe no.t imoortsut election that win -
hssd In the coming Ncven.ner v ne ~ ~
that will take place N New 1osk' vors I. ~
s. selected. II il not often that munictpas
eontest overshadows state elections IN n. sen.
:r =, Il in eS' s::s '1s .
Greater New York election viii decide me
government foe the next four ysans q e
that Of the thirteen colonies At the time Of
the federation, greater than that Of any one
among forty OF the forty -hve states - tss
Woo" uRS !. e so 'ns ssusis sts.sn. .ns
the metropolitan Income greater than tn.s
.,;ed for ,i.,s parpo.ss. By .hs she mlIIons
which the city must annually spend r9r ~
own maintenance. It 10 of supreme inter
dreds Of important positions to be nlled en0
an immense amount Of patronage to oe 1is'
tributed-more than accompanies any eiec-
ins ny tie He prrsid.nsy ~ sns is.sif Fiasiy,
vast interest to students OF politics an%
tAoushtfnl per.on. everywhere. because u
area 20 vast and 4 city population 40 great
snSsr aro9a, ~ K. csa
In New York the mayor 10 to he the pivot
about wl,'rh the entire city standardization
90. Which Is -Silemeiy iriss for an eiee.
tive odice In the United statea AmonE the
duties specifically Imposed upoa him BY the
sig heads Of departments; who Will contro!
the police. the public worke the docks. and
n. r # The .nn. ,ss .:s :ns
Justice. II will he his duty to All nearly 2Di
SSove hsif fi . Milton. liz viii iY be the bead Of
.ometh.ns like 1900 "s0 mem. % NOR. .h:i;
On the iesislsiive side the mayor HiiI have
astrong check on the acts Of the city coun.
eli by his veto. which eau he Overrtden only
BY two-thIrds vote Of the municipal as.
semhly. In any case involving ''the creating
Ing q franchise. a ave.sixths vote shall he re-
quired" to set aside the veto Thus the
mayor ls given practically the power :"
the legislature relating I? the city Will also
come to the mayor for his confederation. %
that he has wilde latitude In legislative. as
well a. executive functions.
As the charter was nr.t -, drawn. even
greater power and responsibility was placed
IN tho mayors hands. He was to =. al: ~,
giving csuse any head Of a department. The
object Of th!. arrangement was rs Mt. i,c
that there might he only one head for the
people to hlt la cn.e Of corrupt or inemcient
IN: "f u uoH y
stricted to the nrst SIX months Of the
The mayor of New York will he . more
powerful oficial than the head Of any other
great modern city. His control Of . region
containing a popuia tion greater than most
Of the Union, will be more complete for the
four years Of HIS term than that OF any
other man holding ONCE under . popular
government. But at the end Of that time he
must give up his sway and become q private
citizen for the next four years nt least.
Under the provisions Of the charter no man
can hold the position Of mayor for two
terms In succession.
In spite Of the far. .rcacllnR powers which
Il grants. the plan Of government adopted
for Greater New York is distinctly an Ameri-
can system. designed TO meet the needs and
versal suffrage. To show how the scheme
differs from that In force In other countries
II II only necessary to compare the position
Of mayor Of New York With the name DO
sition In the great European cities.