New-York tribune., 1901-04-19
PRICE THREE CENTS.
MAYOR VETOES CHARTER
SAYS PROVISIONS SHUT THE DOOR m
THE FACE OF THE PEOPLE.
CALLS THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF
THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE A RE-
TURN 10 TWEED TRICKERY


Mayor Van wyck yesterday afternoon vetoed
the amended charter bill and sent it with
memorandum TO the Senate last night by special
messenger The Mayor objects to the change
in the formation of the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment He says the borough presidents
are misnamed. and that they are properly Com
inissioners of Public Works He SAYS relative
TO the composition of the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment under the new charter. that it is
return 20 Tweed tricks. and will result in the
robbery of the city. The Mayor declares that
tne new charter gives the Aqueduct Commits
sioners life positions. with power to begin Of
their own volition any new work that thew NAV
deem necessary
Inc section relative to the Police Department
'he Mayor says, is violative of the constitutional
tion.
Inc C1ty superintendent of Schools is by tbs
ne" eharter. in the opinion of the Mayor. mads
d" autocrat' while the so-called local boards
are praeucaily without power. and from begin
'iiS 10 end. the Mayor says. the charter pro-
VISIONS smut the door in the face of the peo-
PIE The provision giving the Board of Educa-
uoh permission to give city money to other than
puoHc schools. the Mayor styles raid on the
ei'E treasury" and he says it violates the plain
PROVISIONS of the State Constitution
THE MAYORS MESSAGE.
MS veto message is in part as follows:
40 change in The proposed charter is so far.
oGGat4cter as the change made in the composition
Under tb .sodrH is OF Estimate and ApPortonment.
fri1 rII Apbortionment consists OF the Mayor Com
SCI and the president os the Department Of TsSez
stantiaily mi. I IBIS DIS BOARD has existed in sub
years. '0''ON VI '"sh'y-eisht
The new charter strikes out the president ~ ,ss
Corporation i Counsel from this board and in their
place flye commissioners OF public works mis-
h3med 1It boroush presidents, are added
past is Is radGal m departure from the present and
st t system OF government in this city in a mat
IN ISl William NJ Tweed. alarmed by the rise Of
pubic Indignation. and desiring to perpetuars his
system OF extravagance and wastefulress in public.
known as the Board of APpoTtioId a0T BOARD
with the making OF tax budget and the ISSUING
OF bonds Tweed's charter made this board con.
sist Of the Mayor. Controller Commissioner Of Pub
nc nc Works and the president OF the Department o.
PARKS. Tweed thought well of his cTeation and
Commissioner of Public Works aPpO'i'eu as
w WnsIi those eminent citizens Samuel J. Tilden
1 1rG 1Il|.rles y Conor undertook TO check the
@ oraVaSanee az ana corruption which then prevailed
t Ter a19 20 Iubstitute new charter which took
This new statute provided for Board of Estl
ma diate ana ApPortonment, as the Tweed Charter
Controller president Of the Board Of Aldermen and
the president Of the Department Of Taxes and AS
fb fon C0unrsl sci II lsa rs meH6ershiP has remained
Iic SdHlc AOE a pStiGO or CWenUy-eGnt
CALLS 1T RETURN TO TWEED SYSTEM.
! IF any believes that such a systsu, will tend
70 aRything except wasJefuihess and extravasance.
ne IS indeed creduious IL is return TO a system
which ii resGited-of riotous disposition of public
The new charter confines and perpetuates the
tenure of office of the Police Commissioner of the
lattve of the constitutional rights of the city reIa
tive 10 local administration The legislature has
now gone one step further and removed from the
Mayor all control over the commissioners of public
wersS RS or ne city charged With the admnistraIion
their removal. and the hearing and redressing OF
ments of Pubic Works which tSav adn1jni=ter
haoitants OF the city than any other of its ad- :
The proposed charter sbolishes the school boards
IN all OF the hve boroJgnS as they exist TODAY.
and in their place establishes central Board OF
Educa tion This CT itself is a radical move in the
of the past which show t5et this Of al dfbeT de-
p&r7ulents in the city government has always been
Superintendent is made ep autocrat. He issues
licenses to teach. and at re end of two years he
work Of the lcensee is satisfactory TO him He
eTePsT b lTGe ns nrs f II,d @ 81 5i
factory" 70 him He receives reports from dis
OF study. methods Of teaching. discipline and con
he may consider necessary or proper.
throgghoGt h1Sf the city, % and consist Of five members
appointed by the borough presidents district SUI
bosr1S utterly devoid Of substance and authority
sssctior ! 10 is so amended as 70 aythorfze any
private school in the city 70 share in the com
as the common schools in the CITY CT New-York
This provision Is violation Of Section 10 OF Article
of the constitution, which declares tnat no
county city town village shall hereafter give
to or in aid of any individual association or cor
poraton.''
ground for an manner Of schemes & which h have been
take money from the city treasury
SCHEMES THE MAYOR HAS DISAPPROvED
TIE Mayor then tells of various features OF
the charter which have hitherto been dfsap-
proved by him. the provision giving eighs
nevspapers 100000 a year for corporation ad-
vartising the Mayor calls "a harefaced and
outrageous Iooting of the city treasury. done
after tba local authorities have refused to coun-
romance IL and disgracefuI distribution OF
the public funds to benefit private interests
The Mayor says with reference TO the new
single headed Dock Commission
60 hastily and inconsiderately has this change
been made that absolutely no provision has been
appoint deputy or designate any person 70 act IN
his place. He cannot. therefore. ae aosent rom
70 be taken III the entire business administration
of his department is brought to complete stand
still
The provision relative to city magistrates IN
Brooklyn. the Mayor says. makes provision for
nine and possibly eleven city magistrates in
the Borough of Brooklyn, in place Of the eight
holding office there to-day"
After reviewing ths provisions OF the new
charter relative TO the Police Headquarters
squad all of which he criticises. the Mayor
closes his long message as follows-
In times past Mayors, OF the city Of Nsw.York;
against the numerous statutes passed oy the leg
quently in the interest OF partisan or private
scnenes -. ... -. -.. ..,s.