The daily sentinel., 1899-02-28
GREATER NEW YORK.
POWERS BESTOWED UPON ITS MAYOR
WILL Be ALMOST AuTocRATIc.
IAs ANNUAL 1u1ning Expenses Of the New
Municipality WIN Exceed o55. 600. 900.
Its Employees win Oatnumbsr the
United States Army.

Its Employees Will Outnunbsr the
United States Army.
The mayor to be chosen by the halt
million or more electors of the Greater
New York on the first Tuesday of Novem-
ber will be at the head of municipality
the annual running expenses Of which will
exceed $75, ,O00, 900, while the roster Of its
employees will be larger than that Of the
United States army. The term Of the
mayor will be four years. extending until
Jan. l, 1909, or nine months beyond the
present term of William Mckinley, the
president of the United States.
The powers Of appointments and removal
bestowed upon the next mayor during the
6rst SIX months Of his term are summary
and sweeping. No municipal officer In
the history of the United States has been
permitted to exercise such powers before.
The mayor, too, will be influential in or.
ganizing the new olty government for all
time, many Of the details having been left
by the charter makers for determination
and adjustment in the esta blishment and
subdivision of city departments.
The voters Of the enlarged city will be
more in number than have ever participant
I'd In any municipal election In the United
States. and they will be called upon tc
elect a mayor who, whatever differences os
opinion may have divided them in the
past will come before them upon an Issue
practically new and all Important to q
successful administration Of city affairs.
After Jan. /, 1898. New York will
have, more than ever before, the control
Of the financial affairs Of the whole ooun-
try. Whatever question there may hava
been of New York's supremacy In oom
meroial, manufacturing and productive
interests will exist no longer. The Greater
New York will be foremost in all branches
Of manufactures, a. has been well illus
trnted in the documents published by the
Merchants association. 1t will be clearly
and permanently at the head Of all Ameri
can cities. Long the largest among Amer
loan ports and in the collection Of customs
revenues, the enormous and increasing
concentration and consolidation Of f1naD-
cial interests here. Of the interests Of rail-
road companies, banks, bond and trust
companies, savings banks, benevolent and
fraternal orders, and the life insurance
companies and other institutions, will put
New York 20 far at the head that there
will be no possibility Of rivalry.
For the safeguarding and protection Of
all these interests and Of all those who are
represented in them 1t IL imperative that
the man chosen ~ mayor shall u the rep
resentative and candidate Of q political
party of principles justifying the cond-
denoe of property and civilization. Hap
PLY such a party is now the dominant
political organization In the Union, and
h predomipance ut last years election
Affords promise that II will bs put In pow
q and on guard ovor these tremendous In
terese This II simply the dictate Of COM
mon sense. The Republican party will
represent law, order and financial security
and honesty against the foes of property,
of law and Of commercial sta bility. The
choice Of the people Of New York will not
be between two men candidates for II ayor,
but between the two parties-two theories
Of government.
On such an issue az this, the only issue
Of tho canvass, the party back Of a candi-
ate Is Of first Importance 1t Is essential,
moreover, that the nominee shall be in
full and complete accord with the party
which, on clearly defined platform, puts
him in the field and responsible to that
pArty.-New York Sun.