New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-23

ball exhaust all efforts to prevent any betraya
Of puons ,t,, ~ avery vesige of graft Clear
mis- CITY of every vestige OF graft inns was
a great promise and a dangerous one, II 10 UVo
- for Mayor McClellans administration III
"a, of his own character for honesty has
come TO be known as the era or Srait; m, ne
Herald" calls it the carnival OF graft lliihIaS s
has reduced it to a gospel IN ms oooN atls
Nf,,rrhv has Endorsed it with a preface, and
reverv has declared for Mcclellan
The Mayor also promised "a sufficient pro-
,,ieioo for the education of every child living in
fbe city" He complained bitterly OF Mayor
Lows failure to have supplied suleient seaDlNs
exc,,se no splitting of hairs, no apologies from
NJ low or his City Superintendent OF schools
LII or can be- accepted by the people" How
s-as5 fI,Ilv the Mayor has fallen short of the
spirit of his criticism. as well as that OF his
promised -,.,.. ,.....
rlx- Of wholesome water" Go to Brooklyn and
see what he has done. Ask how Brooklyn Is
situated not only in respect of supply, but OF
wholesomeness.
The MAYOR promised us clean streets, and the
streets have never been dirtier. They have prac-
tfcallv been surrendered to private interests,
which have made large districts in the city prac-
tically impossible
yERITABLE SINK OF INTQUITY
The Mayor promised 'the extension of i'm
proved tenement houses Not only has there
not been such extension he led the people to
expect but his Tenement House Department be-
came q veritable sink of iniquity and he him
self was compelled to remove his own coiIlIllls-
eioner: hut only did 1t after year of pressure
and compelled thereto by the realization that his
failure to remove the commissioner would re-
suit In scandal OF the first magnitude.
He unhesitatingly promised free bridges
Where are they? Instead OF bridges you had
series Of engineers quarrels about eye bolts ana
steel bars. and we are pracucaIly no tor"arue.
than we were two years ago in the matter OK
actual presently utilizable means OF crossing
Pthe river. ,s
treouire Of our carriers sufficient and rapid
transit Ask Brooklyn about the sufnciency
ir,zd of he
for supplying the wants Of transportation OF
lBrookIyn and OF enabling Brooklynites to get
into and out Of Manhattan is an injury TO
Brooklyn and Brooklynites which cannot be
adequately characterized in terms of speech
Even in Manhattan. so soon as the subway took
The strain off the elevated roads, the latter de
creased their train service and our community
is still riding in crowded cars. as If they were
cattle. and hanging by straps in precisely tne
the subway. How well the Mayor has Kept ms
Ipromisei
Use made by the Mayor. however, was: II am
elected Mayor shall be responsible to the peo-
lsninistration" AS a matter Of fact, the Mayor
has been responsible for his appointments ~
nobody but Tammany Hall, and his promise IA
this respect has fallen as ludicrousiY snort IN
performance as his promise with regard 10
graft and water. and free bridges. and com
mon carriers The Mayor must begin to realize
by this time that promises like hens, come nome
20 roost.
EASY TO MAKE PROMISES
, Promise making is the easiest Of businesses;
classification Of ones promise is another story
I think the Mayor will DO well to devote more
time TO explaining, if explanation Is POSSIBLE
en- -. e tI 1S eona The nenn1e expect candidates
to tell what they expect to strive to DO, but the
man. who. having made promises is elected on
the strength Of them, is In a dl1IereIlt anu Tar
more difficult position from the one who has not
iyet had opportunity 10 fulfil II Mayor NC
Clellan will look after the justification OF his
administration in respect OF his past promises,
Will take care to make no promises that do
Mayor Mcclellan was a good promiser two
years ago He now has a chance to make
promise that he can easily keep If he is elected
Mayor on the score of his character and ability
VIII he promise to place that character and
ability at the service of the people for the full
term of four years and not abandon the people
of greater New-York in pursuit of some other
political ambition?
Mr. WINS was asked If he had anything to say
about the organizations and the money power.
He said:
I have heard and read repeated charges that
certain group Of financial magnates who control
valuable municipal franchises own and operate |
for the benefit of their private pockets the local
organizations of the two great national political
parties, and that the government Of this city Is
in effect, the private preserve Of certain capital
lists. It is asserted that whether Mayor McClel- |
Ian be elected or whether be elected the city |
viii in either case be the helpless victim of |
the private owners Of transportation and |
lighting interests. I no aspersion upon the !
make these charges, but desire to express, in /
the most unequivoca1 and clearest possible man |
ner, that neither the property of any f1nan- |
cial magnate of any political machine. 1 am |
absolutely free man. pledged to do my duty I
fearlessly in the interest Of the whole city, and |
without reference TO private or personal inter !
ests. Of any financial political group, or to the
private personal interests Of any individual
I have always owned myself; own myself now |
and shall continue to own myself if am elected
Mayor. Let.the people vote against me if they
like, but let 1t be for some other reason than my
supposed subservience to any political machine !
or my emenabilty to selfish and sinister capi-
taiistic influence power I am now as I have /
always been, uncompromising opponent of |
both irresponsible machines and irresponsible ,
greed for money
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