New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-27
MISS BROOKLTN'S PERIL
Long, Lean Person litter Her. Says
COler. Onset by Crime U1a1c.

Mcclellan Metz. McCarrea and the Brooklyn
ring" still the subjects which Colers Bu-
letin'' chiefly expands on Here are some Of the
bright short and ''snappy" sentences which OK
press Coler's opinions in ;o-tlay's issue Of The
Bulletin:
There is long. lean person wooing Miss Brook
lyn with ring Metz is the gyroscope that keeps
McCarren from falling Of the tight rope. Looking
backward at his future. Mayor Mcclellan may veil
wonder what his past will be like. Sweet are 'ne
OF adversely McCarren. who never won a
victory. does pretty we'll thank YOU
Colsr * dead the ring" after his
scalp, and the rest Of him. TOO He says:
We have attacked the McCarreu- Hester Wood
ruff Dobson Republican, Democratic Newspaper
Combine. Think OF such men daring crit-
else any criminal. from murderer sneak tulof.
We know that no expense viii be spared. or moth
ing "fl undone, administer the stiletto or poison
10 US; but with this staring Us in the face
sin mindful OF The fate Of those who fell the
Alamo. They left their enemies the field before
them and the great State Of Texas after them II
the Borough Hall should prove our political Alamo
those who put there assured that whom
fall dead bodies viii he many times out
numbered by those OF the enemy, that the present
Republican ami Democratic bosses VIII be busted
and that their newspaper scribes' and Pharis-e
partners Will be found residing in other sections OF
mis- or some other great and glorious country. We
do not want to face the situation. We are pre-
pared to 90 so II We must
Here is where Mcclellan figures particularly:
'Oh. but II smites Heaven, the of the right
eous,
a man has heen accused Of sin-n.s own or an
others what matter-and there is more ioy among
the 'unco guide that one thai has fallen than
over the ninety and nine that have not been found
Mcclellan sits in his seat-his own or anorher's
what matter-the shipper OF hypocrte on bis face
OBrien, the racetrack familiar. supporting MS LETT
hand. and McCarren the Standard oil saint. his
right hand. and all the vrtuous. who sell ferries
and real estate to the city, fawn his feet
A picture, citizens Of greater New York. picr-
ure"'
Really. the most respectable figure in the tabeau
IS Mc'arren He. al least, is real if "A
bad man. And. behind his sallow, evil intelligent
face there is great contempt for his playthlngs
the petty poser in the Mayors chair and the sal
arlcd reformers.
When Will the real leaders Of New York the
men OF the type OF Schieren. and Grout. and Carl
II. De Silver. and Charles II. Fuller and dozen
II they make mistakes men OF real power and real
honesty-when viii they Join together. for the
honor Of the city Of New York, to drive out the
sham and the shame OF our politics.
And again
We would call the attention Of the city club
the Tact that tho MAYORS report Governor
Hughes concerning the Borough president; = Man
haitian is n confession on his part that there
playc acts Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In the bureau OF
public buildings Offices extending
period Of five years. for three and raf OF which
the Mayer either knew or could have known OF
their existence that the Mayor Is responsible for
tn proper administration OF every department If
rh- city government. That the quarterly examna-
ton OF the books Of the Borough President by the
Mayors commissioners Of Accounts was either
farce, else the commissioners had knowledge of
what Superintendent Walker doing; that the
Controllers office has auditors and examiner who
supposed 70 investigate all city bills, and that
Of these examiners testified under oath that
II Was the practice ~ the Office to allow n profit
Of 3G per cent contractors doing business with
thu city; that the report, now filed with the Gov
er, or h, the Mayor haa been strained in several
respects in order to serve the Mayors political
purposes.
Coler likes the members Of the commission which
Governor Hughes has appointed to revise the char
ter After explaining their good points. he ADDS.
Above the pygmies who govern New York
CITY this commission looms like Colossus IN an
= atmosphere heavy with intrigue and humbug II re
freshes like a breath of pure air