New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-06
f.Asr CHARTER HEARING.
a,cNIFrcANT STATEMENT BY THE
MAYOR.
,v GAYS THE COMMISSION GAVE PLENTY OF
u,,v, no PREPARING THE DOCUMENT
FURTHER ARGUMENT FOR AND


AGAINST IT BY CITIzENs.
,,s hearing before Mayor Strong ON the 1reS'er
work charter came 20 end yesterday AFTER
Ne" hor tho onnos,,ion TO the charter appar-
IT, nod talked itself out and some frienos Oh the
,or had declared their intention not 10 waste
,,ro r defending II or excusing IT, m"'o' ouo"s
"a n speech which was Regarded 10y many AT
W. Nearing as an indication that he taVors the
..r,cr q, A whole and may sign IT. although he
's no was opposed TO three OF its chapters lie
.,,, q, send the bin hack to the Legislature by
-, either With his signature or with memo
..s,n, stating his reasons for interposins veto'
~. n,.,,,r besr,n the final hearing In the Chamber
-. ,ba BOARD OF Aldermen At p m and A H.
,,.nt,r,. nrcsldent OF the Third National Bank,
- ,ha first speaker In opposing the charter Mr.
,,o,ur, said that those he represented did rot
n.sa consolidation, but they did OPPOSE putting
~ severn, cities and other parts OF the greater ter
,,,-r into a blind pool and causing confusion OF
srrnent lie declared that while the members
20 the GREATER New-York Commission were men
a. ability, the charter had been prepared by them
IN too much haste, and the ablest men Of the
Community werc agreed that more time Tor the
nrs,iers ton of tho charter was needed
r,Oo roxt speaker, James Is, Lynch, of No Wall
=, was IN favor Of tho charter The mon opposed 10
=, he said, were big landowners who were oiraio
~ n,pal taxation. That was tho truo opposition
~. charter would be to the advantage of the COM
tee, Of the few people who were opposed 10 IT,
ce,t tina. II pla ced oil on the same footing Con-
o,,5o,,on without equal taxation would DO hoN-
entity, he SAID .,r.o,,. f,om
colonel Rogers read letters and kilograms i'oui
rsors who were unable TO DO present ana apeah
=. themselves James c. Carter telegraphed from
,T.h,r zion that he regretted his inability TO attend
~ hearing and speak on behalf Of the Bar Asso-
,.,,on in opposition to the charter Saihuei ~
pah-ock In a letter. expressed the hopo 'ia' -" ~
.,avor would veto the bill for the char'er' as II
49, ,asse, the influence Of the people within the
"oI'I S,on.-york William B. Hornblower wrote
At length in opposition TO the cnarter saying . q.
~ neonle of the present city of New-York would oe
,trrously affected by the passage OF the Dill
carard Rarbeit of Long Island City, spoke triei'y
., favor of the charter and said that Long iSdiu
q,v had plenty to offer in the way OF water irontus'
"a other advantageous interests for a greater
New-Yo7k , ,,.
p W Gibson. an architect. said that the provision
- .ha charter relating 10 the Department OF fuOh'
Buildings was defective. ,,
CHARLES Stewart Smith said that he had received a
communication from Alfred T. White. or broohiSn
70 the effect that the latter was TO obtain the 'e
tiers Of three Representatives in the Legislature lo
Prooklyn who admit that they violated their pledges
in voting for consolidation -
Mayor Strong said that the Greater New-forf
Commission did not intend TO be heard before MN
b1, AS Mayor Of the city of NewYork. he desired &c
contradic, the statement that the who drafted
the charter did not give 10 the Work sulISedt e,
Mr. De Witt and me a,e Asss{ GaYs IN conside
Ing the draft of the charter and the work or Mr
Dean mad been so intense that his health had broker
pratt the Mayor said. worked from September unit
a. Nr low w Judge Dlion Mr De Witt and Mr.. Gil
row az well the others, did not give tu1l con
s.deration 10 the matter under consideration WoulC
be Nl-tmed II would no; be TOO much 10 say INA
the charter had been drawn up by men as Drlsht, i
not brighter. than ever drew up similar uocuneiit
The last speaker Dorman b. Eaton WIT
spoke against the charter and made some remark
OF a political nature that We're listened 10 with un
usual interest. He began by saving mat the adSp
would result in great disaster The Mayor did no
have 10 consider what was hest for Staten Island
Brooklyn or Long Island, hut what was best for tn
CITY OF New-YOrk as ii was at present This fac
OF 10 sneak of what had been the attitude of the
oponositjon with The exception of the Two Immediate
II doubt not said the speaker. that It was thei
abuse OF their public power Whe IN o1 T ma 1e(
should be rushed through with such haste wer
minstered by Your Honor. They were opposed t.
Your Honor retaining good men in office irrespec
tive Of their party affiliations, and they wanted III
party lines tightly drawn and they wanted 10 crust
you. They thought that by hurryng this charte
through they the dominant party would be II
the majority. and they thought TO hold over undo
the new scheme Did not the men who ADVOCATE
York was TO capture control Of the State of New
York for many years TO Gomez"
marks we're warmly appauded. He laid stress upoi
his opinion that the undue haste of those who wer
soT Gorical purposes In fact IL was their be
lief that they could carry the Greater Newly ork a
the next election that was their sole purpose TO
At the conclusion of Mr.. Eatons address Mayo
Strong announced that the hearing upon the Create
New-York charter was closed