Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-19

beled, 1t is probable that tine exports
for the last ten ear are accurately
stated.
VICTIM OF sPo1LsMEN.
Tammany Officials nave Plundered
tho City Treasury.
New York, Nov. 19.-New York,
shocked and spurred to action by the
exposure of protected vice, is also the
victim of official spoilsmen. who. thru
the aid of Tammany and it's party allies
in the. other boroughs. have raided the
treasury and increased the cost OF gov
eminent for the territory embraced by
the greater city from $50, 100000 to sss,-
100. 4l3.43 in this budget for 1901.
Mandatory legislation in behalf of po-
|licemen and school teachers and fremen
is responsible for about l2,0O0,00O of the
increase. but by far the greater share is
Ichargeable to %cunbrous n useless dual
government, to legal footing by street
opening and site acquiring commissions,
to a riot of salary raising in all the city
departments, to the retention of many
bureaus extravaganza, if not worse, in
the purchase of municipal supplies and
to the addition of a vast army of demo-
cratic spoilsmen to the city pay rolls
since January, 1895. Careful examina-
ton of the pay rolls reveals the interest,"
ling fact that in the race for party loot
Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond are far
ahead. In fact, the two smaller Dor
oughs receive in salaries alone nearly as
much money as they pay into the treas
ury in taxes.
An investigation OF the records of the
compiroller's office shows further that
while Brooklyn, Richmond and Queens
enjoy lower taxes under the greater city
the assessors have piled the burdens up
Ton Manhattan. In short, old New
York. is paying the piper OF consolida-
ton. and will continue 10 do 80 for years
10 come unless there be Legislative inter-
Nention.
When the budget for 1901, demanding
Sas. 60,4l3.43 for the conduct of city gov
eminent, was submitted to the munici-
pal assembly on Nov. 10. the members of
that body We're appalled, by the increase
They had known that the Davis school
law and mandatory legislation in behalf
of policemen and tiremen would insure a
/ substantial addition TO the budget. but
that the figures should leap to s3S, 5000
beyond pre-consolidation expenses Vas
unexplainable.
An independent investigation into the
cause of this immense increase in city
expenditures leads 10 the revelation that
many thousandaEo Of men and women are
drawing salaries from the city who give
little or no return for the money receiv-
ed. These employees. if removed, would
never be missed. This conclusion is in
dorsed in the main by the comptroller of
the city.
Altho the civil service laws are pre-
surned to protect the municipality from
the raids of spoilsmen, a great army of
machine hacks and party ward-wcrkers
have been placed in the city service on
the salary list. Not a day has passed
since consolidation without the addition
of n score of democratic henchmen To
/ the pay rolls, and the charter has been
construed with such liberality thai hum
dreds of village justices, constables and
political hangers-on have been trans-
formed into well-paid. If moi we'll
trained, clerks and bureau chiefs!
To emphasized h raid on the city
trea sury nearly every number of the
City Record since Mayor Van Wyck as
sumed office has contained scores of no.
tees of increases in salaries. 1t is
charged, TOO. that the heads of almos,
all the city departments nave eNaded
the civil service laws. Certain it is that
every head of department, many OF tho
bureau chiefs and nearly all of the dep
uty commissioners have private score
taries who draw large salaries and have
escaped civil service examinations.
Comptroller Goler believes that il the
useless employees Of the city are Topped
off millions of dollars can be saved. Hi
and other members or the city admins.
~tration are one in declaring that either
the council or board of aldermen should
be abolished; that the borough presii
dents and their STATS are not needed
! that many bureaus in chargeof aepu
ties should be wiped out and that hun.
dreds of supertuous clerks, Inspector,
! and laborers should be discharged
Proper safeguards around the city
purchase of supplies, it is asserted b,
the comptroller, will insure a great sav
ing, and the charge is directly mad
that the city has been victimized ii
these purchases to the extent of man,
thousands of dollars during the las
three years.