The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-25

sSS iTfs'; sa he o IN ,s'a e It
sssso %h hs The could I'D s sssr sss
into aas VIZ sss r sas. h u
F Sne fty there were certain poin Of natural
she present one.
AWFUL BRIBERY AND vInrUoUs BRIBERY.
.. IN word. that there are certain. municipal
but which. under go-as-you piease admins
ttration can be ignored for u small consdera-
th' which. In terms simpler still. means
ne can bride the officials: not that he would be-
,1sye IN that awful System Of bribery by which
virtuo,s system OF bribery BY which he him
SCI, sell, Is able more economically to do ipno-
Gent S e business by the eonnyanee Of The police
compromising with other people s bigofren ces.
anu az the same time to vote for TammHny
se%cretly Tor compromising with our small
And there is no reason 10 suppose that the
gentleman just mentioned Is enything other
tnan air representative Of thousands OF
Others who find q vicious system Of municipal
administration more to their personal con-
se srsa H'n AND and S ssn
the otSer seS Win Barter et tSeir con-
bao 0F hss tSss dsAG' pock
and that their soul damns. n we could count
tSsr. the tsa1
whipping out of sight the party Of the disrepu-
tables tables Depravity that feels well is less to be
The supreme mistake that Is being made
Of present indTere i is ~ 1arseratsd
has not ct d %ne' and af s ss
guate appreciation OF what 1t has done.
sa1ortsonins g get hundred times as much 1nIc
that an administration does not do makes
larger figure before the popular mind then iI
This is outrageously unfair.
GOOD THINGS DONE SINCE JAN. /, 1902.
Dr.. Parkhurst then went on, without
mentioning the Mayor. 20 praise the work
Of several OF the city depart ments. Some
of the things he said were.
s. a pound for alum. The present. Com
missioner pays two cents pound The
The death rate which averaged 20 and a
,ninistration. dfopped last year to is and a
In advertising. for. supplies the custom,
formerly prevailing in the Department Of Of
to the ses b Sde 70 and G in
the meat furnished the department cost
the city 1885, 900 more than It would II ne
Of" The III shest Theirs is no record q how
much of that SS5, 900 went to the contractor
and how much stopped with the CommIs-
sioner. The city's poor are construed by
Tammany .as Il providential conduit for con-
veyng public moneys into its own treasury
az" Ta mn pnSAe charged more for treating
paupers like cattle than the. present ad-
ininlstration charges for treating them like
iii recently the school plant of the city.
valued AZ $4,000 900. was in use only one hour
out Of eight. taking the year through ms
into a wider variety Of educational uses.
CANTOR 8 SECRET REASON Poh FIRING STEWART
The recent dismissal from office Of Build
ing Commissioner Stewart has called loIth
genera, CRITICISM The Precedent hssn KIND or ta as
to state to me in a personal interview the de-
tailed grounds for such dismissal. and It
the existing " tension Il he would state these
grounds to, the, general public in the same
fulness that he has to me.
CLEAN STREETS AND CLEAN TExEMEHTs.
II we are less conscious now than during
the administration OF the lamented Waring
OF what reformed govern nent gives us in
the way OF a tidy city 1t is because it is condi-
ton to which we have become somewhat
Injured and by which, therefore. We have ceased
Under The vice Ard sonsderate t treatsn,
to security. hesiiE and cSnyeniencs Is = better
orr sinal expense, and the tenants have already
learned 10 find in the Tenement House
u to qefer to /. as trusted court Of appeal anu
SIsad ,e = s,H ss
Tenement II ouse department. like every other.
will be worked. not as . source Of blessing,
still ii and lei the bur glars ia. be just enough
to curse yourselves and not the burglars.
old GANG" PUT OUT OF THE POLICE.
The real transformation OF the police
force and we IN! ght almost say its resenera,
the
regeneration by elimination. Tho great bulk
Of the higher police officials wero irredeema-
By Sis .sS From
%sadd Asss s shs 9 sbay seod Of
Of 1863 entered com amors into the
work OF official slaughter. The, town is red
with the blood that has been shed; Official
aries OF four INSPECTORS and thirty-eight
The rank and Ale Of the force is not, yet so
d d fpi I Ply rescued rem shs dsaIs-
mi i work has been fundamental work
and no one can realize that half SO well Us
those who during the years past, have ,s been
assets or rather moral Insolvency OF the
Police Department. The last Ave months
have been great, months. Any man who
at this stage stands idly, by and lets the tide
he is wicked: and not only wicked. but dis
Ills head will rest part Of the curse and
and abominable old times come back again
We are at thu. point now where, with the
two or four years more. we shall have great
lot to thank God and reform government
Tor, and be power for decent and righteous
Administered on to the utmost reach that
the influence OF this metropolis extends.
DR.. Parkhurst will sail for Europe on
Friday on the Celtic. He is going to Swift
zerland and will return In September.
tn SELL ROGERS Works.