New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27
MP Woodbury. AND THE ALDERMEN,

II.
! ,rno aldermen who think that they are serving
so,,o ,1orsoral or political interest in withhold
ip,r necessary appropriation from the ,oii,-
! ,,issioner of Street Cleaning had peter liiiiiA
again The denuucatiOn of DR.. NooaDu'9
which they put mp a voluble SPOKESMAN !" -
! tho other day and the adverse ac'loh ~
/ followed hare been unanimously lhleIple'Iu o.
the first open movement in campaiEn - -. -
a., rstirer,ent or removal of the Commissioner.
Fnt they must he aware already mat inc ui,u,l
taking is certain 10 prove melancholy lah"Ie'
,F,,-or Mcclellan who can be retcent when H0
,;cases embraced the earliest opportunity 10 an
! 1orrca thar Dr. Woodbury. would not ne le
moved uuder any circumstances. WINE hopouH
,ybo knows DR. Woodbury. imaslhes IhaI He IN"
,ba slightest idea of resignng on account VI
aldermauic opposition ,,,.,- ,,no-
one reason assigned but not ptpliciS pr
claimed for the hostility which. after simmer:
ING for a time, suddenly boiled over on IueS'"s
Is the deep conviction of Tammah! "l"el I"e',
49, a was an outrage 20 keep an appolhIee Oh
NToyor low in an office To which comlorthoie
salary and n great amount of patronage axe NJ
tacbed. and that is probably the real eAli"n'-
ton There j. a rank flavor Of inSincerity IN 'he
declaration that the Commissioner docs MOI
clean the streets we'll and that his manners arc
offensive 10 the aldermen; for on ule ono
hand II would never occur to them 10 make lne
a.
10 interests. and on the other hand, he got on
with them remarkably we'll for two years. IN
deed. they used 10 confess Il great liking 1or ms
don't-cara-a hang way Of dealing with them VI
course, IL is preposter0as 10 base complaint Oh
The allegation that he called them AAleIa'e
rum soaks" His denial that he used such laii-
arace was superfiuous. lie may possibly nave
said that they had uneducated taste TOY inc
Gun which cheers, but it would have beeh Ior-
liz IN 70
for the theory that the aldermen cherish lasting
resentment against the Commissioner because
tLey inadvertently lost their grip on the appro-
,riation OF $4,000 for chateau stable IN
Rrooklvn. we put no stock in it at all They
nay have felt momentary sense OF chaGrln on
that account but nothing more. The lnsuhc-
tive admiration for n slick performance must
have inclined them before now to set mat lhcl-
dent down to DR.. WOOdbury's credit
The aldermen are clearly playing a losing
game The hold-over Commissioner will con-
tinue 10 hold over. 1t is also dangerous game.
The whole New-York public wants and intends
TO have refuse promptly removed and the streets
kept clean In that respect, at least our civlli-
cation has made decisive progress within the
last ten years, and not even Tammany alder
nan with perfectly regular views onbhe SUD
feet of patronage can afford TO make hinlseiA
responsible for a retrograde movement The
Commissioner promises 10 do his best as long
as he has one broom and an old horse left, and
we assume that he VIII be as good as his word.
But if three million people, just starting on
long. hot summer, are compelled 10 suffer be-
cause he cannot get the equipment which no
needs, they will know where 10 lay the blame.
Most Of the aldermen have lately made them
selves ridiculous in way which It is not neces-
sorv 10 recall. We earnestly advise them 20
be as wise just now as their limitations permit
and pass the appropriation for the Street Clean
ing Department which the Board of Estimate
has sanctioned