The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-04
The MAYoR-ELECT OF GREATER
8EW YORK OUTLINES HIS
POLICY,
ONLY DEMOCRATS ON GUARD
NOT A PLUM WILL FALL OUT OBJ
THE REACH OBJ TAM
MANY
HONESTY AND ECONOMY PROMISED
Dollar Gas, More Schools and the
Other Pledges of the Platform
to Be Kept.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Judge Robert
A. Van Wyck, mayor elect Of Greater
New York, In an interview, said:
LAS we begin this year Of Greater
New York, there Is much to do. Lib
erty must be restored to the citizen,
the protection of his rights must be
resumed, the pillage Of public money
must cease, extravaganza must be dis
contenanced, waste must stop, schools
must be built, the streets must be re-
claimed from chaos taxes brought to
a proper level. Private interest has
too long governed this city; 1t must
give way to public good. The gov
eminent of q city, as I understand 1t,
has naught Of sentiment about 1t. 1t
is the merest business. We must get
the most good for the least money. No
man must be oppressed; his liberty
must be protected, the broad progress
Of city government must be carried
out, the greatest good to the greatest
number must ever be the star to steer
by,
"City government is the merest bus-
mess, and to make 1t successful and
to reach the ends at which we aim all
the officers of the city, whether they
be mayor, Judges, police or what you
will, must serve the city, not rule 1t.
The people must rule; the officials must
execute the peoples orders. To make
the business of city government tri-
umph to the citizen. it is further
needed that every officer, however high
or however low, must be honest and
fit He must know his duties, he must
bring probity and faith and honor for
ward in their discharge.
1--WE are overtaxed. This must be
looked to, and the taxes trimmed
down. When every city's need is met,
of the comforts and the luxuries we
will get what we can.
There Is nothing in the line of i'm
provement that can make this city
better to live in that the people are
not entitled to and do not want. The
New York public is not niggardly, not
parsimonius; it wants every benefit,
every advantage, and is willing to pay
for them What the people do object
to is waste, extravaganza and rob-
berry.
1.-The efforts of trusts, of monopolfes,
of combinations, whether corporate or
private, to control trade, choke COM
petition and fleece the citizens by false
high prices, will be withstood and
beaten down.
Every child must have the right
to go to school. Nor shall the school
system cease of enlargement until
every possible pupil can find fullest
accommodations.
ITO such rights and general bene-
fits as dollar gas, [ have in my letter
OF acceptance, as we'll as in the plat
form, been pledged from the first.
Those pledges are not to be forgotten;
those promises are to be carried out.
AS to such public outrages as flourish
ed under the Raines law, with all the
spying and sneaking and mendac1ty
that under it grew up, I cannot add
syllable to what I have already said.
These crimes against the people must
disappear; the entertainments upon in
dividual liberty and private rights
must end. These are not the middle
ages. nor Is the city of Greater New
York Venice in the days Of the doges.
A city must have a city government;
it cannot be controlled by village rules
or run on village lines. The sooner
some folk come out of their dreams
and realize these facts, the wiser, bet
ter. happier folk they'll be.
1.-THE eight-hour law should be en-
forced and, where practicable, resident
labor should be directly employed. In
all cases the prevailing rate of wages
should be paid.
CAS- to the men I shall call to fill
office under me, [ will be frank and
plain. Put none but Democrats on
guard shall be the motto of my ad
ministration. Fitness and honesty
and worth as a citizen shall make up
my first demand in selecting man
for an office The man I appoint to Of
flee must own this trio of requisites. I
must have proof that the public is to
be honestly, faithfully, efficiently
served and that no call Of duty on the
part of an official is to be denied. I
must know that the man I name will
do his whole full duty to this city.
But to find such a man for every place
of appointment under me I need not
leave the ranks of the Democracy, and
I will not. That is my idea Of city
government and by that idea l will
guide. I do not do this on any to the
victor belongs the spoils Of the enemy
sentiment. The sole proposal Is good
government, according to the express
ed will of the people. These latter
have declared for the Democracy. I
do not understand the policy or Justice
Of going to the enemy to select your
officers.
"While I shall call none but Demo-
Gratis to places Of trust and power in
the carrying forward of the city's
business, this administration is not to
become in any sort partisan. In doing
my full duty to the public in that be-
half neither 1 nor those over whom, by
my office, I have control will know any
difference of race. color, creed or poll
tics. AS all share the burdens, so, too,
shall all share the benefits Of govern
ment and find even, equal protection
under the law"
TIGER VICTORY DEPLoRED.