New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-21
THE MAYORS TEMPER AGAIN.
p.,1s AT THE NEW PRIMARY ELEC-
TroN LAW AND OTHER THINGS.
opnrss THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO FIND
WAY TO DEFEAT ITS PRovl-
sIoSs- ANOTHER ATTACK ON


WAY TO DFfEAi 10
sJoNs- ANOTHER ATTACK ON
HIS PREDrCEssoR.
,,.,or Van Wyck declared at the meeting Of the
po,rd of Estimate and Apportionment yesterday
,not he was not willing 10 have the new PRIMARY
rl.ction law carried out in this city and ne gave
,i.o NJ his intention 20 defeat the operation OF
-" ,- nv withholding the necessary appropriation
=. roorsv for the primary elections II such step
I'D he taken safely. He took the ground that
.ha new law was intended 10 make the city pay
",h. nrice OF peace between contending Republican
..n,ions " and he was following the lead OF Rich-
srd croker who recently made the entirely untrue
tenement that the Primary law wos passed
Cav the purpose OF ousting Senator Plat from the
,>odarsh,p of the Republican party. Other ofciais
a, the City Hall declared that by his peeVsn OPP
so, 10 the new law the Mayor would make ad-
Si,iona, enemies for himself and for Tammany'
He was angry. sarcastic and defiant when fresi-
ANT Work Of the Police Board asked for an extra
sppropriation OF s7sS6 to the cost OF the pri-
mary elections TO be held in June. Mr. YORK ex-
planned that the amounts included in the estimate.
with few small exceptions, were nNeo ny In" ""A
could not be changed
so this 20,9ss is the price the city OF New-ho rK
is called upon 10 pay for the favors which Re-
publican Governor extends 10 the mugwumps OF
his party?' said the Mayor with sheer ana wheh
Mr. York went TO explain that the Police Board
Rad no option but carry out the provisions OF the
bill the Mayor said loudly:
II don't know about that! Let us refer IT TO the
Corporation Course. 10 ascertain 4 there is no con
st!;utional means OF killing this horrible measure
1 want 10 say that Il is infamous 20 have the city
pay this amount the price of peace between con-
tending Republican factions. We are sitting nero
day after day trying 10 save the city a re" NOV
sand collars We are ryins 10 pf0isft on the
last Mayor. II re had paid the same attention 10
the AFFAIRS o. his Siiee tnat ne now mryHIed It's
Thing say it is horrible. 1t is iniqui,ous That a
should be called upon TO purchase peace between
these same reformers ana mugwumpS ana their
Mf. Yorks request for an extra appropriation for
the primaries was referred 10 the Coz poL aoh SGs
as 10 the possl utility Of deieatng the OF era,ions
Before the Mayors anger had time to cool it was
Jurors fees in brooklyn. The original request was
for % eqi at she Gr T., meeins al
Whalen. who sent (; over the Brooklyn bureau.
poration Counsel jerks had Increased 4, 70 1900
We DID not ask NJ JemTs ior ,hat, ss s;Sc IA" a
4 viii not vote for tina, amount until We oar, are
furnished with an temized statement. said Pres
ident Guggenhemer, ,os ooo Gotta ,ho
Mayof ana toda S' the an Ha Sho some
aye on their way TO the y Wha + da ne
that The men who were supposed 70 care Tor me
9 okes We oh Pq' wah int Anything Of that Kind
happen during this adminssrati0n. S5oa save US
from what happened IN Brooklyn IN lesI! ,,..s,.
Then he stared at Corporation Counsel Whalen
and continued Anyway, that bureau OF your ONCE
IN SfG0sy for na the Gsish0S anu never
NJ Whalen who he'd Just got orders TO try TO
find some legal way OF defeating the operations OF
the Primary Election law, said he would look into
Son foS fees esp as again referred
The estimates for teachers salaries IN the aier-
Manhattan and The Bronx. s279,2o II for Brooklyn,
S37 T5i 50 for Queens and ss.6e3 10 for Richmond.
The Mayor said that the whole budget not
passed upon because the bill INCREASING the salaries
Of teachers was now before the Governor
The sum OF 81 2os was appropria ted to level and
fence in the two rev East Side parks.