The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-05
Brought to Book.

The New York ice trust has afforded
great deal OF entertaining reading In
the way OF disclosures of It's Ubiquitous
character. 1t involves Mayor Van
wyck and several Tammany leaders,
and connects them with most reprehen-
slble and illegal acts. The Tammany
mayor and his coparceners fought
about being examined in court with re
gard to their connection with the
trust, but yesterday Justice Gaynor
handed down decision which compels
these gentlemen to testify to all they
know.
in speaking of Mayor Van wyck's
connection with the ice trust. and the
part Tammany has played In the mat
ter the New York Times says:
It is In one point Of view great pity
that the municipal election Is not 10 be
held this year. The revelations already
made about the Ice trust and the pop
ular Indignation over thocc revelations
make It fairly certain that "the plain
people" would rise against Tammany
more eftectually than they roge In It's
favor last time. and that the organized
appetite which is "the organization"
would go without alIment for the fol-
lowing four years.
The facts will be good next year. but
they Will not be so effective. Doubtless
even the mayor and Mr. John F. Car
roll now regret their investment in ire
stock, even though 1t should have cost
them nothing In money. but only con-
stltuted n mortgage on their "lnflu-
ence." The trust Itself may be regarded
as already beaten by It's own hoggish-
ness. It Is not likely to be in i position
to Cypress the people during another
summer 1t is on all accounts deslra-
BILE that the utmost effect should be
given 70 the revelations already made.
and that the new Tummany ring shall
be recognized next year as clearly US
the old Tammany ring was recognized
after the exposure OF the court house
frauds.
There is no dispute that the mayor IL
stakeholder In the American Ice
Company. There Ia MISC no doubt that
the mere holding Of stock by the mayor
IN that corporation Is an oRense under
the charter. The section OF the charter
which defines the ofrense for municipal
officers OF being Interested In the prof.
IT'S upon any supplies sold to the city
fits the mayor az " he had been meas.
ured for II. Moreover, It seems that
his offense Is not merely technical, but
substantial At least It Is distinctly
charged that he used his power rs
mayor to veto bills which we're ih the
interest Of the public and correspond
lngly opposed to the interest OF the
American Ice Company, after they had
passed the legislature.
The ice trust hag already furnished
occasion for consideration by tho gov
ernor, through two separate proceed
lngs, and by the grand Jury None OF
these opportunities should be allowed to
escape We have Il right 10 expect Of
the governor that he will act as firmly
and as promptly In the case Of these
Democratic culprits as>he should act n
they were Of his own party. We have
no need to aRk for moro, The facts In
this case should not be suffered to fade
from the public memory before Novem-
Der Of next year. II they are kept be-
fore the people. In the meantime they
afford good hope that the oppression
prlctlcel by the Ice trust may BE- In
slrumental IN driving from the offices
they disgrace the whole troop Of pub
Tic plundercrs whose conuiynnce In that
oppression has been 80 clearly exposed.