New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-24

public enlightenment. to specify q single toern
for which the Mcclellan administration can
justly take credit
The letter follows:
The Hon, George B. Mcclellan .-o,, ,otr+rz,
Sir On October = letter IN Wo Outlined the
course I intend to pursue # elected I invited q
similar public expression from you, and indicated
joint debate upon the municipal Issues H9u nLe
sible the graphic comparisons which would foI0w
the presentation Of our views from q single plat
IN an interview published in The New-T York
that you and your administration are on trial BE-
fore the people ana you S9i s Claim credit
For the Sake Of furthe; PUBIC n 1afinns
Ffrst|You saw in YOUR Interview that you know
Of no city where municipal ownership has made sueh
and You oan the staten Island Ferry your wit
soT, anti-Tamulany Mayor ana Is II LLe - os
rnTnicf-aifze7 Nv vo1ir predecessor. it has taken
you and your administration nearly Two years ~
seSoEdEn he same interview you seek TO create
the irnnrassion that your administration should be
given credit for the electric lighting plant when
you say is about 10 be opened anu tie 80 re
public outcry which has forced your adInnist55a-
ton upon this work. was awakened by ye t , con-
tracts with the lighting monopoly An4 Is IL u Iii
or not that YOU, nevertheless, did nothlng ullyi1
the public scandal Of the notorious OAKLEY 0'-'
tracts compelled You 10 act - o,o,,-,,igeioner
Of Gss and i ygster supply Mr. Oakley, was dis
coveTe5 To have signed a renewal OF those very
Comets ~ =, Iszen Contempt Of the public rights3
And is IL true or not, that Sor sun hose act you
were forced 10 repudiate as soon as II was US
FouT4hGIn Your speech at Tammany Hall some
nights ago you said that on taking your So rre+eT
famine and boasted that now onpaTtls4il OIL ~
mission IS engaged in procuring M HIaToT nearly two
years ago You found lying on YOU, 80 a, eddi-
f,oTs5 lie eIIrnIyt for Nev-York appolntea ny
your professor Iid S0u man Oakley 10 get up
devices OF his own for spending Sl5o,VyI9 After
Oakley had made his report were you n9t nd an
throw II aside because II WIS I'll his occupy
the frEt wear Of your administration 10 IN
then through dfstrust Of your own suooro u. ace
though the charter gave you ample ponTa geousIy
this question and attempt 20 to create an ad
apply 70 Republican leg5i;al.lT -, work? And did
ditional department 10 DO tins tion Of the futy
Of expecting under IaIIrlyt 5yed in the best in
structve work TO be Per- pen The Republican legts-
lature should make il Impossible I2[ aL depart-
made a report substantially -, commission ap-
pointed v Your predecessor? Is not me cre@ aInine
Sou IoE fe9enS ding the plans Of your preoe
cessor, throwing down the pla,b7 he legislature to
devise law that would enable COZ seeing this
Competent commission adopt the Pl ods e, happen
ETedecessor9 and again ask. how doeS ~ rf6lent
tFat NJ 02s ro r. s the fights the public?
PRIDE to the large number q geho9js wA VIII
been built during your admli1S' sI1e the schools
built in your adminisration out OF slg
than those appropriated by your pr go called
S1tb-Eoyy that your attention mas DSSI1 that
Il by these questions may mo- 3Tredecessor the
credit for the municipalized staten toward
adegnafe water supply and the new Sc ecRisve-
that you VIII no longer claim Ihe a. interview in
your 'rannTIanv Hall speech and '1tlo en-
Ssyentf-krd now. in the intent OF pL ~ three
Hghtenment viii you not specify TWO VI