New-York tribune., 1905-04-14


be named by the Republican or Democrats or
ganization by itself. and the Union. IL 6oroaa
into that position. win name such ticket ana
fight for IT,"
He declared thai the Unions candidats fsr
Mayor must be one who would undsrtaks a
prompt nom partisan investigation into Hzhtfne
telephone and transportation rates.
SAYS OAKLEY SHOULD 60.
Mr.. Cutting said IN part;
The Citizens Union enters the eampairn OF 1saz
with unshaken determination 70 contend for the
Corporations should be managed upon their - -
merits. irrespective OF state and national pOIiticS'
partisanship in the best administration NeW-YorE
ever had Even an IN; aoIni9isSration az elected on
necessity of nOn-partisanshp IN handling some al
the appointment OF a non-partisan Commission ~
undertake the work Of obtaining increased
Upon The initiative Of the Cfyn Service Reform
Assocttoh chaIslns thaI tne Slyll service Com
ends he dismissed them promptly. He has public
Committee Of Nine. OF which the avoWed purposs
was to devise measures to take the police out OF
partisan control His creation OF a nOn-parCiaan
Commission Finance. Accounting and Taxation
that there were some questions too important a -
treated in "a partisan way.
His commissioners Of Police and Health seem 70
be animated by the ambition 20 put the pq9lic IN
teIest 9eiofe t6aH & OF me P@ISy- me ne Wei Hnoyn
chargeabe TO the subordinates Of the CoUHis-
In other departments. however. the Mayors
system and with his eyes shut has produced tns
1t{ l 5Insstdner G sItIyvs.s iTact u ~ ~,
matter OF the impending water famine, which finally
ia itseIf % SUFFICIENT reason for dismissal 6Us wss1
to this absolute jndeIence 70 the S eitys Is interests
rights In public lighting, there remains no 5ust-
The conditions existing to-day IN nearly every
department OF the cIsy S g9yJIhIaenJ exs1plIy tns
chief executive where its interests are affected to
Decohse z ne 49,, az ~ CoS a.. =. ~ 20
and sacrifices honesty to the greed OF men who
The Mayors campaign manager. who collected
campaign contributions, IS appointed his Corpora
ton Counsel, and in many Instances his advice and
c0rrora+io3s The coming issue IN american etieS
the relation of the municipality to public service
York before it resolves itself into struggle in
which passion Istner man reason eCLr14S aeI1on.
cised far energetically than at present 20
secure for citizens the return they have right 70
demand from these corporations. The interests OF
the city require hat It retain complete eontTol OF
its streets. and that every e1ort OF tndlVduas Or
corporations to such control from the people
petIaI rights i'm our highway. special privileges
franchises issued without adequate Protecting con
city elements OF real danger IN our municipal
The law requires that corporations enjoying fran
chise privileges To the public streets must IN
ProPer Tf5qrT facilities @ II rigid no-Darts5n vss
cation into the question OF TeaSonaDe Gnars9 oy
and telephone service, discloses that they are com
Py3gS Tltn d me fSat a tbeT m bsve bee6 un5ti per
cised the other hand. their charges are found
the public will be incalculable and the result Will
Go9tiroi all fgtuFg 1 ,neTiay 65a5sd and The
unions candidate for Mayor must be one who viii
The Citizens Union insists that as a remedy for
intoerable exactions OF public service corporations
must have power 10 own public utilities. 30 that II
may lease or operate them as occasion may de-
The citizens Union is Ioath to critcise the chief
executive OF the city. It would like 70 discriminate
srffssn berween his Aspirations and the iimita-
~. be ~; fsaIty 10 Tar9r1anv T4arI T. F15s
him. however. apparently fettered by Obligations
candidacy Jhcir support and to organization
stands for the sdcrnce OF te interests or te peope
to the personal gain OF its leaders To the extent
~ Tissnsbip i'm his appointments and has
treated public questions with q broad view 10 the
the pecunary advantage of party leaders, the
Citizens Union is glad to recognize the merits Of
70 the extent. however. that he has recognized
cOmpulsiOn of the system with its consequent
inefhciency and graft beneath the surface, the
citizens Union crlttcises and CONDEMNS
If by securing the cooperation of other organ
pared to take that course II viii not heedlsssly
easy victory of a machine candidate by insisting
on separate nomination
But the union is not committed TO alliance with
any state or national party Whether ~ Joins
Of the canddates SrT What thew stand f5r T5eTs
IS no Disgusting the fact that the government OF
Republican or Democratic party would be iniTuical
to the city's best interests.
The officers OF the campaign COMMITTEES are
as follows: Temporary chatrman-John z. Eus-
tbs The Bronx Permanent chafrman-Frederfc
w Htnrichs. Brooklyn Vice-chairmen-Cyrus
l. Sul7berser. Isaac n. SeIgnan. Arthur Won
Brtesen. Calvin TOmkins J. s Lehmaier, Man
haitian. Henry Hentz. j. Hampden DOugherty
Frank H. Field. Brooklyn; F. l. Marshall The
Bronx: John ". Weed. Queens; Arthur NJ. Har-
riS, Richmond SecretaTy-JOhn j. Murphy
Honorary secretaries-AugUst H. Stebbins. Al
fred J. BOUltOn, Edward Goldsmith.
John F. EuStic. the temporary chairman, made
comparison between the Mcclellan cOuTnis-
siOnerS and Mayor Lows. He cOntrasted Nc
DOugaH Hawkes. with Dock Commissioner
FeathersOn, designating the latter as a "schem-
ing politician" Commissioner Woodbury. was
different commissioner under Tammany from
what he had been under Mayor Low. For Com
missioner McAdOO he had the greatest respect.
but he believed the police force Just "as bad
as under Devery
'"The other commissioners are district lead
ers." he said "and you know what that n1eans."
Mr. HinTichs said in part:
That which in my judgment Is the greatest evl
or the time Is the encrOachment or the pOWer1u
franchise corporations upon our streets without
paying adequate compensation for the privileges
enjoyed. and IL goes unchecked either BY Tam
many Hall in this city or the Republican machine
at Albany. The government or our city at times
seems seems 20 oe government or traction e9InPa
cratic and Republican. tempered occasionally bY
the force OF public opinion
The convention condemned the Leggstt Mag
ara Power, Leggett Omnibus. Bedell-G GoodseN
and BedeIl- Raines bills. now pending at Albany.
as we'll as the Mortgage Tax bill
OLD GUARD RALLIES AROUND DYER.
Colonel George r. Dyer. commander OF Ola Gazra
Camp. No 1s. the largest camp Of United Spanish