New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

tibly tell what would happen If Nj Hears. s De
pen: We still have the constitution, g-ld we stu
ss Ssxs hs an hohng ba s Mr.
siby DO will bring this city into innnedlste ola Tr
win ~sl be ns above Mr Hearst and all the Wild cons
osse eass sona Why he he IS Be
he comes to us f he comes at all aosoey @ ppoT of
the nteEence and conservatism of tnls nsnepify op
a ;,sI If h he s al in e w Erea Of s
community solidy against him What i can he give
vs. vepS BAD Administration but he cannot pro
duce revolution that some people are prea"b he
elected as sincerely believe shall BEL ddn
9e5sss be eete ssS i have Behind RePpbl,sa9
organization and all the conservatism, anu @ in
OF the intelligence and all OF the Independents
this town.
ASSURES INDEPENDENCE.
M ora knows whose advice Mr.. Hearst will take;
one nSw5 0sr wsose aa advice ice MP viii
take ! shall secure assistance etsr 49,, ,ha sugees-
lions wiser han shall eSe ssSs st Studied i' the
not very difficult problem edeed l1r n perfect
possession of his own soul and his own intell III
genee gth "a knoTledge be nj dse detail is
eerre doubt there is great eompeag a pes II
et d ne the IL IS he suSets Of It There subtle
Y In this problem at Iea a tassts b but You can't
have clean streets IL you are gong 20 nan, eesv
eeS esxa sood sn we managed Charities Depart
mont bat it can't be done If you select
or a plumber TO your Charities Co1niflssoiei ~
is perfectly easy secure within reas9nape Ife te
" wholesome speaking fog the w50,s
city. which includes Kings Sonnay nerfectiy s5e SIM
Die problem 10 complete our bridges and there is
deety IN ssds s6e See 5 sesGe as be- dis
posed of, SO that the great weaith & cfe be he re-
city for the 1b of gns es Gse
schools ana h1spsiS a nna of these simple details
and make the aggregate extremely complex py IN I.l-
rard possi noiR Gp nas and how punish POLITICAL
heS he g9p r Is 0s sOpg gsno4 10 possy to grow
richer then you introduce into me p19D,e pens
Now propose when elected, TO enter s that once once
IN absolute did not & Seek x ls tbs world
/ wanted was not prepared to take it | didn't hi
eeF ba Saf sS% strong she sppopnty here
bringing home to the people as have never seen
the question of divorce Of municipal government
s3 oP P@fsfS sStv seSen row forget how many
speeches in the last two weeks, have been preach
thousand people whom l have faced, and such "a a
p' had before i and have not failed at one single
meeting get precisely the hearty. sincere inteti-
he Which ifSPpI5s ! APPEALED ''pt''
ha & have S apply 55 tss eaSo
because was made that way, how a man can nave nave
have He wont come out OF New-York City
he wont MT come on & out Of 9es Sae or anvbe 1F m ~ else
j shall know superior whatever. shall know
dictates Of MY Conscience and the teachings Of my
experience aided by the best wisdom OF the COM
munity
/ want to make myself perfectly clear on one or
two points First although 1t is an issue That does
not properly arise in this campaign. l want to say
that n elected Mayor of the city of New-9ork
iegislature of the Mortgage Tax bill / think the
f had been in the Legislature l should certainly
have voted against it. caucus or no ei caucus ,e
mentary political economy. | think II is one OF
the worst forms of indirect taxation that know
Of and dpDfT hnfip
when direct taxation IS possible under our con-
stitution and the law
ABOUT MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
With regard to the question Of municipal owner
ship want to say where / stand; and If IN order
be elected it was necessary that should makS
rather be defeated than be misunderstood don on t
self clear My first study of municipal affairs was
begun long ago 1872, in Brooklyn. | 1rst @ be,
the fall of 1850 Mr.. Grace was elected Mayor, and
Of his first message and in getting together the
material which he was to put into fhat tbaf tine
had been making study Of the manner In Which 2
laid before him the material which resulted IN ms
making his first pronouncement to the erect tnal
cept upon terms and conditions which looked 70 70
far as / know that the first pronouncement
which had been made on that SUBJECT SINCE Govern
four 70 Years Of Mr. Graces administration
followed another Of franchises which YOU'D s aass
~eil have been reserved to the city In 1888 mace
a
berlaiI-or the returns OF the then outstanding
franchises of different kinds in the city, and l
city at that time owned the franchises which had
been parted with in perpctuity the returns 10 Ihe
the city directly but for the citys account IN soe
Tnauner), at rate those revenues those return
would have been large enough TO have reduced the
rate four-ffths- That wealth mad ail peer, peen
squandered and lost TO the city; we nave
precisely the same situation with regard I'd, TO to
TO fits future in the years from 1850 forward.
There Will be disposed OF during the & next &oT 1onf
wears by O Estimate and ApportOnnlellt
public utility franchises OF value Vallousy est-
mated from five hundred million 10 eight nun
talizable value The law is such to-day that those
franchises cannot be granted in perpetuity but the
law is such that they nevertheless he GRANTED
in practical perpetuity by making exceptlon1iaIiiS
absurdly long terms II / be elected saahi n IN IN
that II xos board m b 6Sr raeF OF Hee M fanhse only
FOR short terms the shortest terms for which they
be disposed of. offering at the same tune Lar
compensation to the capital 10 undertake their
operation. 1 should have written INTO the conTacas
easufne that ownership possession by the
payment OF the actual cost TO the investor plus u
Satisfactory addition the risk involved by him.
In other words. respect to that part of it, 1
would 60 precisely the thing which 1 beeVe was
most largely instrumental in securing 10 be done
in regard TO your electrical conduits in the streets
There was written into the contract the pro
vision that the conduits should be reacquired at
these cond,iits as part of its privilege under
isting contracts. and all the community has to do
to-day is pay the cost and 10 per cent in oruer
10 reacoure the electrical eonduits
AS TO EXISTING FRANCHISES
With regard 20 the operatC< OF these franchises,
that entirely different question and until the
city Of NewYork has infinitely better civil ser
vice than st has to-day until it is infinitely better
qualified carry out the details of work OF such
vast technical difficulty, the municipality is not fit
10 operate those great transportation franchises,
and l unalterably opposed to any such thing.
thing that could possibly be done | believe would