New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-06
TAMMANY ARRAIGNED.
CITY CLUB COUNSEL STRIKES AT GAR
DINER AND CROKER.

e. BUTLER DENOUNCED IN STRONG
TERMs-wHAT 1T SAYS AS TO
THE RAPID TRANSIT
FRANCHISE.
The City Club Of New-York made it's last an
nual meeting in its old clubhouse. No. 81 Fifth
ave-for ii moves about May to more COM
modious quarters. at No. 10 West Thirty-fourth-
st-memorabe by a vigorous arraignment or
Tammany Hall and it's methods. This arragn-
ment was contained in the report of the out
going council Of the club. and was enthusias-
tcally approved and accepted by the large num-
Der Of members present. The report was read
by the secretary OF the council James w.
Pryor who was frequently Interrupted by ap-
| pause The report ended by recommending
that the following resolution be adopted:
Resolved. That the incoming council for the city
club he requested to provide for. or to cooperate
in an investigation OF the relations between tne
municipality and Franchise nr o assist in
publishing reports from time 10 time OF 'he resu9
OF such investigation
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Horace r. Deming then made a spirited ad-
dress moving a resolution that the club COM
denim most emphatcally the action OF Dlsulc'-
| Attorney Gardiner for procuring the secret IN
dictrnent an a charge ol criminal libel, Of Pro
f. Nicholas
Charles Holt for writing and publishing
jocular criticism Of j. J. Little pieSnen' VI inv
Board Of Education.
MR.. sIICER AND THE DIsTRICT-ArToRNEf.
The Rev. Thomas r. slicer, in seconling the
motion, said:
Just in order to show You how ,eriousH ,.n, tne
District Attorney takes himself VIII relate 10 you
how I made his Acquaintance II happenedd.oo-
|
at recent public dinner die nor AZ IISC h,V 10,
| which he treated all the dishes set before him
took him 10 be judge. asked him II tnat "'rf
so and learned that he was the Dstrct-Attorney.
| He straightwav proceeded 10 give list o. all
the societies 10 which he belonged. He also told
me that General Grant mad retained him as legal
Regular Army that his family was one or me
much more of the same self-audaory stuff. drank
this al IN like a Spartan babe; that Is. 9quirmed
but did not cry out | thought OF 'ieorg. WASH
ington who could not tell lie who was structural
E in h1 Tespec % brsa apd 6gsbSr sHrSrd all the
grapes within his reach. and wrapping them IN
Tissue p4pf 9Efhe & win IoS oT S2"fS@ tSH Dsre Nt ne
| Attorney has me indicted for saying he stole can
| only said he stole away Before going the Colonel
| dld ask me why did not take some grapsS ! dId
| that they dld not happen al the proper time for
eating grapes-it was about the middle OF the
Rttorrey had I@ft no grlocs The third reason
that did not care to get my front feet IN me
mention this incident only because it shows OF
! what stun our Distric-Attorney Is made
Jacob W. Mack a former charn Of the
| Finance Committee II the Board Of Education,
| speaking 10 the same resolution, said that,
| much as he condemned the secret indictment
| procured Icy the District-Attorney. he could not
! help thinking that the language complained OF
! by President Little was. to say the least, III
| chosen. President Little had been called "a fine
1 q ra.l1f
| was nothing fine ebout him: he not Old
| neither was he educational except for tempo
rarv connection with the public schools. Mr.
| Mack thought that "dodo' would nave heen
better epithet. on the whole
Nr Deming's resolution was carried without
| a dissenting voice
AS TO AMSTERDAM-AVE.
| w c. Verplanck next presented resolution
which was also carried. regarding the Amster-
dam-ave. grab. The meat Of It was contained
| in the following clause:
| Resolved That the City Club ~ New-York IN
| rcservedlv approves Of any consttutional leelsa-
tion which shall restrict the portion or Amster-
dam-ave available for the operation OF Stfge dire1
| roads that Dut car may pass IN "lther uH''-
| tion at time.
| The following new members ot the councll
were then elected r. r. Bowker Nicholas Muir
l
ing F. r. L. Gould. William c. lie Gendre, V.
Everit Macy Adolphe Openhym. Wheeler II.
Peckham. Thomas r. Sllcer and Simon Sterne.
Members Of the Board of Trustees and other
! officers were also chosen
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL
The report Of the outgoing council previously
referred TO. is strong one in many respects.
Regarding the District-Attorney and the mas
todon" indictment. it says. among other things:
The people OF this city have notice. Therefore
that a citizen may not criticize any Tammany off
cal in good faith, without exposing himself to the
danger Of immediate and secret Indictment at the
behest Of tho Tammany Dlstrlct-Attorney. with all
| the CONSEQUENT annoyance and expense. This Is
| intoerable persecution. This is striking at tho
| foundation Free peoples DO not submit TO tyranny
of this kind The District-Attorney Of the county
OF New-YOrk has announced. in effect that ne VIII
use his power as prosecuting officer 10 set the
| criminal law iH motion against any cltlZeh VINO
ventures to criticize Tamnany officials IN language
that hurts their feelings. more direct ana OUT
raccous att; * upon the right or IRE, speecn mas
not been made in this country for many a long
dav II remains to be seen whether the District
Attnrney viii be justified by the supineness OF the
reople under this assault, upon rlght whch ue
American citizen is supposed to hold dear ABOVE
almost every other.
COMPLIMENTS TO MIR. CROKER
Turning It's attention next to Mr.. Croker. it
has this to say:
Mr. Croker gives forth pronuncamentos on mu-
nicipal and political questions couched IN the IAN
guage Of dictator ne assumes iegslatlye lunc- tt
zens who waited upon me- that number OF Sena-
tors and Assemblymen should vote as the citizens
desired The "boss'' has come out into the open,
where he can be attacked with some chance OF
success. II s not improbable that his avowed
off ara