New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-17

make no appointment at the dictation OF any
party or any individual IN any party puI l sns ,
do the municipal business precsely as uo ny
" BUSINESS within the sG t'pn Of politics or
| ligion or of anything except the quatiiio " W
which 1 have spoken
! complish the 1,,rnose of really making the
municipal business everybodys business, JUS Si
ness pure and simple, ana not nrt, orpanfza
tiles, not matter of relation 10 pu' 1o,,.
tons, national or in the State. but shaIt d" o.
prize and shall always endeaVor III essiS q ~
OF my acts to live up to the best stallaaIu " t1
best Republicanism historical and actual. cap
| plause) - -
| There is another thing shall try to do ana
| that fs NOT n overlook the fact that there are
several boroughs in this municipality ana Iiot
| to distinguish between them go IhiousH a. -
city of Brooklyn and tell you, gentlenleh' ~ IS
a shame that that borough shouid nave DSot
neglected as IL has been neglected In penalI ot
other boroughs. Brookiyn rs n Iea 9vsef to
find for Brooklyn and for The Bronx ana LOT
Richmond and for Queens an aosoluteIy p [eClto
equality in the opportunities Tor oeVelopie ~
and viii not If it lies in my power. permit the
development of one part OF the city at the eA
pense and to the overlooking OF any otner par
of the CITY. (Applause) In a word, shall en-
deavor to be the Mayor of greater New foik
and not the Mayor Of Tammany Hail Ioca'eu III
the Borough of Manhattan. (Applause'
R1DIcrrT,OIIs SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING.
Now I have talked to you good deal Longer and..T
than 1 intended (Voices, 60 on, go aheaa;
No 1 have talked to you longer than inIeliuI I
and I don't see at this time and under these CIR
custances that have anything furtner 70 say, say.
I might talk along awhile and dwell on one thing
further which l will, namely, TINS rae, lHaI
have to-day in this city the most ero'eS St+ha.
most absurd the most ridiculous ana alloesCuei
the most unspeakable system OF PUBIC account
ing that was ever devised by the nina OF man .
When the great awakening came IN France II
was made possible by Necker's budget, winch
for the first time showed the people wnet was
being spent and what 1t was being spet NJ ipr most
can look into your faces and pick out tne l t
Intelligent man in the room, and dely tndi
man aided by all the others in the room, 10 zen
what the meaning Of our Controller report Is
at any time in the last five years, If he devotes
his undivided attention 10 it. daughter.2 u.
But the worst of it is this Impossible report oa
does not come before US until year OF d Seel
and a half and sometimes two years aIter me
fact and in such way 1T is utterly lnpos s
for US to tell whether our city is oolng wen
a financial point of view, well administered or
not. l SHALL therefore. struggle TO haEe SUI SUI
a system of financial accounting that tae me, WIZ
be a perfect responsibility, that there wiz pe
wav of putting our finger on the weak Spots III
the municipal business as we do IN the mat
Of priyate business which balance sheets snow
emnIv that he who runs can read it and 1T will
be no more like the balance sheet of the city
to-day than it would be like the balance Shee1
of the Equitable Life. Applause)
A ROUsING WELCOME FOR WELLS.
There was prolonged applause for Mr.. WINS
when he took his seat. Then Mr.. Brown intro
duced James L. Wells, the Republican candidate
for President of the Board of Aldermen. who got
another rousing welcome. Mr. Wells showed that
he had the spirit OF war horse. He SAID ne hao
accented a nomination when all the newspapers
in the city said he was sure Of defeat, because ne
thought 1t was his duty to aid the cause OF good
government. He expected to be elected ne saiu'
and he did not expect to have to take the once
of Mayor because Mr. WINS would never de-
sert his post after being elected Mayor
you can rest assured I'll stick, said MT.
WINS.
Mr. Wells said that as President Of the Board
Of Aldermen it would be his right to cast three
votes in the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
trent and turning to Mr. WINS he added MT
WINS will have no f1rmer supporter than shah
he in the reforms which he undertakes
Mr. Wells said he had had experience IN pub
lie office and was not afraid to refer to his rec
ord 1t was a pledge, ne said. that he would
devote his best energies to the cause OF soou
government.
Mr. WINS allowed several newspaper photog-
raphers to take his pictures at his headquarters,
in the Hotel Bresn. yesterday afternoon. ana
after the ordeal over he delivered snort
lecture on trials of a campaign.
"A man who is candidate for an once mas
to do some odd things" he said. This IS the
first time have had picture taken in fifteen
years There is just one thing wish, and that
is that YOU were dentists and not photographers,
for YOU see, I have to get my teeth liked, ana
present indications are I will not have time TO
do IT, I only wish it was easily accomplished
and had no worse results than posing before
camera"