New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-10
HIS REFORM MADE GOOD ?
Il Practical Reformer Challenges
assertion to the Contrarg.
JACOB A. RIIs. IN THE OUTLOOK.
eft a man IN The street the other dav


I met man on the street the other day whom
have known for years to be. in a General way.
mean that he was expected to vote the ticket
that stood for that if there was one IN opposition
Business" he used to say, "business!" AS though
Our talk drifted to the coming campaign. u
si ne Tia hy Is eomnfg oTsS II
were conceded fact reform has been failure
They haven't made good -.
1 propose to challenge to the proof. How haven't
they made good?-the reform administration. that
Let US see what it was it came to mend. and
promised. Two years is not so long time that
mail, the ruthless persecution of the man without
a pull who would not give up; the piracy OF
OF toll and treasure. that Tammany heelers might
The snser from Tammenv.s Navor when protest
was made. that ,vaudeyille for the masses de-
confronted once more at the end Of four years
Of Tammany misrule with an army OF ehl Loir1
the police rottenness. OF which We are stu PROB
ng the depths the dirty streets smallpox s5P Xs5 ring
its head defiant in the homes Of the poor, for had
it was ioyai 70 Jne Hall and 20 the pockets OF its
rulers?-these and the rest; the whole toul CON
York in his diocesan address. II two years have
made US forget that. it is time Tammany came
That was what reform came to mend Has as. L
Who believes that millions are being made out
Of il. as was the case then? Do you say there
even. There has not been time to get them all
have beaten
succession they will burrow IN the force waiting
for the turn that shall bring back their day
trayed the daughters OF the poor for price. and
offered organized resistance 20 the rescueTs OF
Vice that paid the backnail 20 police and poll
ticans? In jail Their organization Is gone The
/ sianced over the balance sheet for 1892 of the
ys law ts O9sr e 1aa ssns
sis sie q in 1901 the last Of Tammanys four years
time 571 suits went against the city. involving
s5il $40 % as asainst an average oil lgi+ lost
annual loss TO the city of 81 ,9S5 46. That
Corporation Counsel's office as a political organ
zation just Tammany club 70 coerce men
Henrv-st block whose ideals had been high
by WaT a eSnteptuous GO to- Your block
is not drtier than the rest and IT was true. In
lions of the city by the subway diggers the Street
Cleaning PepaTtmTR5 gnae5 REFORM sp6ne5 5 fbe
harbor with garbage. and made With the waste
ferTed the fails and the hospitals on Blackwell's
Island. which may then Be made a PUBLIC park
the Greatest Of all public improvements that touch
the lives OF the people direct IN N 1T , years
Cleaning. and Warnings dream be realized. Have
They fed ne poor IN the almsh9use on dry bread
speech. but fact proven-starved them. for so
earned The old and the helpless vent i'll clad
and shivered in bed in cold weather. upon the
Il
bsfore he went out Cor better. clothing and more
blankets that they might not freeze. Reform rut
years OF patient labor in charge OF the city's
Charities To-day he leads in the effort TO give
al last we may fight effectively the white plague
s e 1oo all as me ne Of s ea e t dH Of
! should be willing to rest my claim that reform
did make good upon the showing OF the schools
alone. New-York has spent thirty,seven mi'lions
census of the first reform government showed US
what after that does IL signify that reform
tried and dismissed one-fourth Of the dockmasters
s5s9e5 Iv Tsmma9v On the sbowine tSaf tSey
turned in revenue OF, In one case only SO year.
cost the CITY s245o each and that. with tbs ' Te
cuction, = per cent more wharfage was collected?
any other question than what can I make
That that IS. what Tammany is for hun
dred years has not changed It's plan: nothing ever
will You cannot reform Tammany: for that pre-
surposes that there IS something else than fraud
II exists frankly for spoils and spells in politics.
with annual budget of a hundred millions.
There Is stiH Jerome Has hs made sood7 I
think ] should be willing TO rest my cfsim for
out In the open; We can al see what be is doing
and no need be IN doubt about what he means
There is the new Tenement House Department
Reform pledged TO the protection OF the peo-
PIES homes. When last winter all the forces
House law witch vas bad we were told wPoiIy
had we heard from the people themselves in tones
IN ma hurry get il alone was the msssare ana
II was let alone. Reform had made good" there
sis9: ara good enough w dsra bo Ss t t
unload Tarunany for good and all when the gen
a S 5 1e9t pub B S sd 'as ed
settlemsnts comes 20 the rolls.
,bTe 9 Ssa 9 1s1o- sfronr nat as the pr i
OF our country Tammsnv Put the district leadsr
splendid machine Reform came back. swept out
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