The sun., 1903-10-19
If THE CITY ISN'T PERFECT,
VIE NEEDN'P VOTE ron THE MEN
WHO DRAGGED 1T INWN.
The Rev. Or. Sa,age's Advice to Ills Consre-
sation-NO Words Vile Enough. He
says. 10 Describe Conditions Tammany
Greateti--LOw's the Best Government
We Ever Had--Nhich Shall We Choose:

says. 10 Describe (ontiit ions Tammany
Greateti--LOw's the Best Government
We Ever Had--N hich Shall We Choose: ::
The Rev. DR.. Minot J. Savage. preaching
in the Church of the Messiah yesterday
on The Church and the City, said that
there were no words forcible enough. red
hot enough, vile enough to characterize
what every man knew was the actual con-
dition of things under Tammany. and
asked II we desire to return to them. In
part Dr. Savage said
We have 10 face tire fact that can have
good government in New York IL We want il.
There. have been times in the past history
Of the city when people have been justified
In becoming discouraged. in losing heart.
IN wondering whether il was worth while to
make any effort But we have proved dur
ing the las, two yenrs, not that we could
have perfpc, government In the city, we hive
proved that We can have great deal better
govern n,ent than We have had for years.
Ne hive proved. | believe. something more
than hat that We can have III" best govern
mento that We have ever had-lor We have
had it,
believe thnt ns much has been attained
as We had any reason to expect The admin
is,Fntion had to feel i's way, had to find ont
what persons could he trusted what persons
could not: had to study the precise condition
Of things. had 10 put in men 10 accomplish
these changes by way of experiment. not
being certain that they were he wisest or
hest men. In other words. to accomplish
Anything hopeful always takes time: and !
b., lieye il TO be simply true that any man who
will study carefully any single department
Of this citys. administration will 9nd that
there have been wonderful improvements
all the improvements that we had Il right to
expect within the limited time
TO THE MEN WHO WON'T VOTE.
DR.. Savage scored the men who have
the right to vote and don't Use it, Said he:
II the figures have been given me correctly.
in the year isos there were about 900 men
who took the trouble wonder why they
did tito register. but who did not take the
trouble to vote after they had registered
lido not know how many thousands there
were who did not even take the initial
trouble to register
| wonder what man thinks OF himself
who has not self respect enough ana respect
enough for his Gr the rosn %sfa,e re
believes Believe Z to be be right ! am ashamed Of a
b. an ovsrsome no m Keep kim FROM t votns
hrd my way and there was n man in New
York who did not vote Mt the coming election
who had right t to % vote 0p wona n haXe ,a MN nun
IT, his excuse was not adequate | would have
him warned, and il hs repeated the offence
raken away from him; | would have him
branded as an unworthy citizen and pub
lishsd TO the whole OF New York ns man
ofthe city 70 take the trouble to cast ballot.
If we wish good government In the city.
then We must vote.
Politics SHOULDN'T COUNT.
Another thing We mus, do, Dr. Savage
saiI, is to devote ourselves to the welfare
Of the city without regard to questions
of national politics. Said he;
1t is absurd. 1t seems TO me. to raise anes-
tion Of national politics when we are dealing
Who cares? ! do not want any Republican
sidewalks; do not want any Democratic sys-
tenn Of sewerage; do not want any Republican
police management; do not want any Demo-
cratic management of the Health Bureau.
Who does? Ne want these things done right.
I'VE WANT HONESTY iNGsvBRNMESr
Now what do we want? In the first place
we want honesty in the mana cement OF It's
poney aairs Eyssrybody Tho n nss siuaed daiH
the last fifteen or twenty or Twenty-Five
wears knows that under the ordinary rule
there has been almost no honesty. The
public rights have been disre egardcd and men
have used their off'cisl nositions almost uni
versaly for personal and private ends. They
have simply been thieves, thic'es oil the most
Outra geOus KIND 49,
What are we going to do about IL II am
working for myself. first, last and al tn.
response There has hardly been a depart
ment of our city's affairs that has not been
full OF this which we -langily, and half
anusedly call graft" but which means
stealing .. ..uu,,., ,,o.. ,,,, :.
the first thing we want
MURDER IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Another thing haven't time TO go over
the whole ground want TO refer 10 the
fact that We want wise and honest admins
tration of tho Department OF Public Health.
For deliberately. showing inst what | am
"n shst not only o have they been S' " heves. they
have been murderers II men in authority.
managing great public institutions. do i in
such. way that instead of making things
safe and sane and sound and healthful as
they ought to be. they are using their position
to. waste and steal tn" public, money that
hundreds and thousands Of people die a.
the result and they saw it. and they knew it.
and they didn't care they only wanted the
monsy-what is IT but murder?
Tverv man who has studied the manage
n,ent' OF these things in tn" CITY Of New York.
from. the tenement houses TO Blackwels
Island and all over the city. the mana cement
Of precautions against fire and u hundred
different things knows that am limiting At
CHASTITY fact
EEFP THE CITY CLEAN,
There IL one other thing We want: We want
the moral condition Of the city to be made
as clean as possible. Now. am no visionary
in regard to this. Humanity has been here
on this planet some three or four hundred
Thousand years, and We are not very nenr
pcrfectio got. ! snppose that ne long as
any large number Of people wish TO gamble
they will find II wny, they Will gamble.
Tive sociai evl always has existed. and !
have 10 idea that this century will see the
end Of it. or the next. lntemperancc has
always existed, ] have nc idea. then that
anv government ran suppress, blot out OF
existence, either one Of these three great
they shall he limited that they she'll be
guarded that the pow"- for evil shall be made
ns small "a possible
We, have riFh, =" expect that the streets
of This city shall be safe for ! woman alone
any. hour OF any day or 1ny night. We nave
q right TO ask that. and i is possible, We
have right 10 ask that ,he police and the
governing authorities Of he city shall not
discriminate shall not foster these things,
shall not make money out of them!
THE INDI%'alpABLE TAMMANy.
Think OF ii, Coming a mans integrity,
coming a woman's honor. md getting rich
and driving in thu avenue and going. into
good society on this kind Of devilment' There
are no words on The face Of the earth forriDla
enough, rcd-hot enough, Yic enough. TO
charnCterize what every man knows was
the actual condition Of things under Tam
livery man knows II who knows ANYTHING.
who hns ,Mid any attention 70 ". Evefys
hody kroTs thar AZ these things cOsd he
carried on 10 almost any extent " man hhd
money and was willing to pay, They hav"
bcrn Inadr the soUrc" of income FOR these
of the morals, ont oi N" heaIis. ont Of the
brains. ont Of the lives rs well as out OF the