New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-18
PLEA FOR FUSION TICK EFT.
CROKER CONVICTED OUT OF HIS OWN
MOUTH.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SAYS IN FUT-
IRE YEARS. AS IN THIS. 1T WILL
AGALNST TANIALANY HALL.
AGAINST TAMMANY HALL
An address to the voters Of Now YORK Cout


was issued yesterday by the committee Of the
Republican County Convention which nomi-
mated the fusion county ticket The address
contains long irraigment Of the present Tam
many administration. and contains a pledge
/ that the Republican organization Will support
plan for revision Of the city charter the re-
port of commission to be appointed by the
Governor. It announces for the convention that
next year. in this. and in years thereafter,
when local officers to be elected. the Repub-
lican organization will unite with all the forces
Of good against the forces Of evil, against I'M
many Hall The address follows:
To the Voters Of the County Of Now-York:
The Republicans ~ the county Of New YORK.
+ by the nomination Of an absolutely non bipartisan
/ ticket present 10 their fellow citizens OF every
/ party tho opportunity I'm this impending cleo
tion 10 cast vote in favor Of honest and in
/ telligent local government as against the I'M
moral and oppressive administration Of Tam
many Hall While tho only county officers 10
be elected are Judges Of the several courts and
a Sheriff. yet as this is the first purely iocal
! election since 1891. judgment may we'll be
! passed on two years Of unrestricted Tammany
rule i'm this city.
II IS furthermore If the utmost importance
! that the citizens Of this town should be able to
say there are still Judges in New York
Tho bold declaration of the leader ~ Tam
many that he expects the Judges upon the
bench to at least be friendly" i'm view
! Of his blunt refusal to renominate an UP.
right Judge i'm 1898 upon the aVoWod
ground that that Judge had refused to sign an
order directly affecting that leaders own pocket.
and had refused 10 remove an accomplished ana
faithful clerk 10 make room for a political fol-
lower Of that leader. brings sharply TO the at
tentiOn of a good citizens the vital Importance
Of an honest and fearless judiciary rather than
ono nominated. controlled and terrorzed by
political boss for his own ends
1NDoRsED BY LABOR PARTY.
our ticket has been indorsed by the Tnde
pendent Labor party. whose strength IS drawn
directly ana almost entirely from thos" Wn"
/ have heretofore voted the Tammany ticket II
! has been indorsed 10y the Citizens Union AMI py
| the city club. organizations representative OF
the independent sentiment Of the community.
il goes before tho public therefore. with such
strong and general organized support as ~ GIVE
tull assurance that if it shall he voted by all
those citizens If the county who oppose Tam
/ many fl must receive handsome majority
As Republicans We have sulordinaied every
| uurelv PARTISAN interest in tho construction OF
this ticket In tho belief that government oi
great municipality should bc conduc''d upon
purely business principles In co-opeIa'IhE ,D'
the election Of this ticket We ask no man L" sur
render his convictions upon stat" or Nau"hai
politics We have considered that the l,Su'
/ upon which the voters of this county ous"' L"
divide in this election was their approval or as
approval Of the principles Of local government
which We're announced by Richard croker 'he
leader of Tammany Hall. on April H. lN>'' N
his testimony before the Assembly investigating
COMMITTEES The precise language OF ms t''"-
mony follows.
Q-You are the ',ader q tho poqcai oreaniza, va,
tion generally known as TammanY Han are S'"
0You are ron scneraiIy conceded to b. are You
not? A.-Wcn. amt talking for inYsel II og The
par, faf and acuo~edrc it. and an ,hete pgop.o ,s,
are my friends aoD l 61 am agay ro9f from 90 'A t6em
! o. DO Won know Of another citizen WHO IaS ' ~.
eRay R ms bly not So much as me There
others who have their influences. but rrooaoy not
50 hat at ihe present time yogfr W @ naagbor as bc
politically is larger that the inIiurn,e 9' saw ANY so
won't contradict YOU
know ths at the b prcsSa ncs1y in| ali Of yGe ae
business OF Judicial sales? A-fes
Q You are hts ,Nr. Mcycro partner in that
''1SS Wbatryer fpye adtanisse Mr. Meyer gets YOU
share with him, doY,t youF A-i'S'
. These 1'fo judicial sales are sent there by the
"gFe7 he e' u1scs y ecioi by Tammany Han appoint
referees Who appoint anctoneers. a. l,., ,,o,n r',s
T5gteyer y'gt,c rs a,t.5''ioneer 1t'ii he pioa3cs
Judges have designated 1t as the Judl''"l s"''S-
Iou o7sSnzaiion 1ssr aTcaaS men e to throw h
ago far AS they coui - mem hri9"' rbst il vhat
" So',p snd DO YOU believe that IS what the ,eo9pe
meaHJ ~ ,,'.,rs %Ae4 s"'f II 'nGfs rO RE FRIENDLY.
DO you mink The Judge snouI aii,,a "'p'd ~ do if,
50 mai narticpating IN the selection Of JudSoS
rnenfs nat come from them IN judicial sales A.
fes @ !, COOS into your pockets? A-Yes. We eX-
,'!, h.. h.. HfG be- friendly to MS. W.
. And you got some Of the patronage
'G Then you are working for your own pocket
In ~ his i statement the Tammany loader win
..r.,, rlearness and simplicity defines to the
n.onlo Of New York the scheme ~ EoN''',''''," '
IN a,cordance with which their analrs are u'l'7
ar4nct.d There is no evasion or pret'h''
anout II He employs the case oi ms own "usl
MS arm only as an Illustration or IN" E'n't ~ a.
nlau OF government as ID Is maze /" '"'.u'.
through all the cit! d'par'm,u'S ,o,,,t ,i,9
thor. is no claim that Tammany Han Is ppl,.
cal party with principles ~ government "'''"'
,rhirh honest men can diner u Is ''''''''t
,,5od 4, is uroclairncd-iO be simply social
organization To plumber the puuH' .
The taxpayers of New York ana the r'nl
a,'ors ebould bear in mind that they are the
rrcaI ,avna,ors and that the man Who hNes IN
the meanest room ON me hls",9. ,,,,,,r
tenement pays relatively IN" lalEDS1 ,d,,,
,ior of fto taxes are at this moment h'ili-
r,ade to understand what this Tanmany m'de
~ government involves 10 them Althoush more
,bsn S311 f0n 600 have been added IN the Nal"a-
ZION ,pon which the real esfat" "i 'hr '"u'l's
- ~, york is assessed. tho rat" "f assess
,,,nt has also been increased from -"l ln 49,
IN . * I'm 1899 AM thus the burden ~ 'aNali"u
which each taxpayer must carry u ul"'" ~ ''''
,,,a., o,.ar before i'm the history ot NoW-l"rk
For n is not only the leader himself 4" no must
~. ,,hef,iendod" with public patronage. II -
The whole great army Of adh'ronis ana sup
norters So it turns out thar hundr"ds of ne"
It,ta,e have been created since Tammany
came into power. x, ,,
- annears from the sworn reports ~ the heads
, drrartnoufs excluding entirely IN" uni
% % - t,r,. - the Police and Fire departments
and tho teachers of the public schools that on
snntemher 1899. there were on IN" 'lNH pay
~ - ,be civ, over fourteen hundred more Off
,t. ,har ON Tulv 1895. AT which date IN"
raadusfmcnt incidental to consolidation haa
taken place. and that the salaries Of these new
EMPLOYEES have been raised. ana the very ma"g
,Iaasoe - salary which had been made added
~ the pay rolls 81 5N93N3 %
SPECIMENS OF NEPoTlsM