The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-04

end 70 greet them, not as neighhore, but as fellow
ssy City. HobSfsp, and Bayonns.. Which are but
ths sIpansion Of New York, WIN, follow the *:
EorS on each side Of he Hudson.
sy.. g s sss SlSaS SSSn p So ss,s f mat VII VIII S ]conir ont
Re e leEislst4E s.. Lsrso PhsT ,eS o, ,hs S SmS sges Of Of
brookiyn. cd essenllaIlv country districts; and
Iet these dHttiSts VII hereafter pay city taTes
and improvements: This e but one Of The many
esrious questions that will demand our thought.
tis an effort TO solve tho demand for home rule.
,1sss years; the legislative M H, aiSp1 "sinsI p OF onr
But now this Is greatly altered. powers that
formerly were vested solely In the Legislature
enc eps s Other ef covers arc 20 shared SsS aH iointls between nssS% thsS
Municipal Assembly and the Board OF Estim to
sTs.. A pS %e4s esrSiiullJ II a %H w SssFSi'' IL o %c
Rhow that tho framors OF this charter were wise
p 1 I,S;s,,nS this IBIS greet great "ubt asy ih IN the Ven bands aUn 9 pos :
NeeuEed that our powers will be added to and
~ curtailed. because the sentiment Of home
thIthe hearts OF Tho people.
L.Tho tax, question. is one OF paramount I'M
hortAnce. To meet tho yearly expenses OF I'D.
@inistration we have seen the ynlnatiSns on
larger. The Indebtedness Of the city, caused by
the issue of. bonds, has. In the opinion of some
$onal limit. The most, rigid economy
SsnditSrsss 70 not alone. demanded. but some re.
lief should be accorded to our property owners
ANIMATION and REQUIREMENT upon. sound
principles OF our methods of taxation. Wo know
bhat under the present system industries have
been driven out, corporations seek a foreign
Gomicile, estates are. managed by nonresident
out Of our city that they may avoid our taxa
fon; We have, besides, a contest of long stand.
tween i US and nc L rS%' parts Of the state we ss are
S SSiaiss.'y that et's shis hSsor.S sfSi Body. I to ' %ho@ thss
people have conided this great question. can
fsirIy adjusting the conflicts between our city
end State, can at the same time adjust that
formation of domestic corporations, will pro.
mote home Industries. will bring back many of
where. and viii remove tho ineouaiitiss CON.
pectod with personal taxation and at the Same
portion Of the burden which now bears SO
heavily by its, constant increase on small prop
orty owners"
MAYORS MESSAGE READ IN GREAT SHAPE.
Councilman Allen (Tam.) Of Manhattan was
Feoognized and offered a resolution appointing a
$5oDnoiI sss Of ready siT to to d notbd ayih nss Ma x res tess w sns
haasSn While : ,S, th Mr o9 %ngdsnS WAS ims- g e ne .n It Name Hsms
moment. the Msyor's secretary. Mr.. Downos.
appeared with the Mayors message. The Coun.
Sounced tho arrival Of the message Of the
Mayor and handed 1t over to Jossrlin Johnstone.
q young man with o big voice, to read. Mr..
Josselin tombstone is an elocutionlst; he is also
Q Gesticulator. He handled the Mayors mes
cage in great shape. punctuating IL with ges-
{fssor'S Sn @es s%Uab had a lot Of t a1H@si in it, Mr..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of every million he threw out
hip right hand to Impress the greatness Of the
price (Tam.lo Of Manhattan, who said that the
% GS notify the Boafd Of A i'd that the coun.
OH was ready 70 do business. The reading vas
6rice (Tam.l. Mr.. snlzer (raml,. Mr.. French
Reml. Mr.. Hart tTaml. ana Mr.. o'Grady
!fhere was more applause when Mr.. Josselin
yohnstone; At the end Of one hour and a half
man Goodwin TamJ OF Manhattan moved that
100 Il 30 printed in the CITY Record. This was
TCounoilman Allen moved that the rules of the
Council for the present, and that a committee
81 81 seven pc appointed TO draw up new ones;
y Vas % ss so s!SlsRssa. o eaf ss' STam.p ssd aGG9 eoa~ia
S SE1Pi III Hf S.ssf gRsS: van ana S %sI5is$S % %sS: i IsS
Queens. and Bodine tDem.) for Richmond.
10 MEET EVERY TUESDAY. BEGINNING oNpAN.11.
GouueilT MAJ, Murphy TAM of M.nhatsan
Ordered. each Tuesday at i O'clock r. NJ. begin.
ning Tuesday. Jan. II. and that when the Coun.
Next, Councilman Doyle. DEM, of Brooklyn.
clerks Of ali the cities. towns. and Villages in.
9orporated In the new city turn over all tho
sIsrf q ~ shss s eIsy Of 4 New sRs Yo PGS fsr aiins 70 g! 81 s @s.
zion Of Councilman Goodwin, Tam. OF Manhat-
edopted es the seal Of the new city. Councilman
Cassidy, Dem, of Queens. next proposed a reso- |
tie city. His resolution also gave to the Mayor
s sassn So Sns in 9t th sPP barean at h fna ale ehe rem TSi.
va adopted. So was the next ordinance
land. Tam. Of the Bronx. requiring ali Of
Sfn 6O6 Sfi 1S E r., OF o the new " city to give the same
give, for similar places. Councilman Oakley OF.
fered q Eesolption. which was adopted, request
SSgdtEsnSes Of the various towns and cities in.
TaT nEsad IN the iSo new " city Ky end and to publish Thd 81 them and
vidss that all the ordinances in e]Sistenee shall
, SSS'i eSeot 70 w fS N e f6a tereito and t. i9m be Of 6 fo tSs
1Cs1ncIiman McGarry on behalf of the Demo
s ss:siSn %i aas bs ypf IF tss i hoard sss B BSSofIv that Ea ,hs
g Manhattan moved that this be referred to tho
Sara- PnfSn and the Broeklyn Times to be
e money It would be necessary that the matter
axe tho course prescribed by the city charter.
That wound up the business of the Council.
SESSION OF THE ALDERMEN.
1t WAS twenty minutes past IL when Michael
u Blake, the new Clerk OF the Board of Alder |
mon, arrived at the Aldermen's chamber. He
carried ? leather bag with him chock full OF pa,
psrs and with a brand new ivory gavel on top. |
He raped for order, directed the police to clear
he fioor. and then announced that by virtue of
his place as Clerk Of the Board OF Aldermen, TO
which he had Just been appointed. he called the
board 70 order and would read tho declaration
Of the Board OF Canvassers showing who were
eputled TO seats in the board. When he came |
70 tho Nineteenth Manhattan district he read
the name. Of John J.. Geagan Tamj in
place OF that Of Howard p. Dixie, the Cit
candidate, although the court had on Friday
directed that the returns from the Nineteenth
District be canvassed from tho tally sheets in
the various election districts. This, when done.
VIII elect Dixie. Geagan was present and was
not molested. After reading this list the roll
was called, and IL was found that there were
three absentees. They were Keahon ITamJ of
tho seventh Manhattan. district; McInness
lhopJ Of the Eighteenth district, Brooklyn; and
etefke fTam) OF the Ninth Manhattan district.
PROGRAMME WAS ALL READY.