New-York tribune., 1919-10-22
.lo9 or other court orders is not one
10 inspire confidence.
Political Pull Dominant

tlon or other court orders is not one
20 inspire confidence.
Political Pull Dominant
Under his administration the mo-
!aie OF the Police Department has van
lsned. Political pull has replaced eff
nclene service to the public as means
" advancement. Efficient officers of
iiong service, such as Inspector Costigan,
have been eliminated or ASSIGNED TO-
posts of little Importance.
IT is no wonder that under these
ctonditlons felonies have increased that
ourgIarles, robberies and 'hold-ups'
~ the public streets are of daily oc-
cHrrence; that gambling clubs are run
nlhe openly, some under the patronage
and at the headquarters of Tammany
district leaders; that resorts owned bv
ex-convlcts are brazenly violating the
law, and that in the recent Brooklyn
trolley strike the preservation of pub
nc peace and private safety was a
scandalous failure.
IN the disposal of the city refuse
py the Street Cleaning Department the
present administration has returned to
practice discarded long ago, and once
more the fleets of filth dump their
cargoes outside the harbor gates, with
the result that the neighboring
beaches in New Jersey and Long Island
are covered with offal and refuse.
DR.. Days Efforts Scored
The administration of the Depart
ment, OF Markets has been public
scandal. Quantities of food have been
bought and have disappeared, leaving as
,heir only trace obilgations to be met
ny the city and, what is more sinister,
claims for large commissions.
"According to the report of the
Mayors own Commissioner of Ac-
counts, the head of the Department of
Markets has extended special facilities
to favored organizations, in two of
Whlch-the Plaza Community Club and
the Mutual Finance Exchange-he has
himself been interested.
The assets of many of these organi-
cations are fictitious. Subscriptions to
their stock have been solicited openly
on the grounds that the city admins
tration was interested in their success
The personnel of the Department Of
Markets, chosen without regard to the
civil service rules, is composed of po-
lltlcal hacks. none qualified by training
or experience for the duties thew are
supposed to perform.
"Mistrusted by those to whom he
owes his nomination and election,
openly rcpudiated by many of his own
party, quarreling with those with
whom public duty brings him in con-
tact, the Mayor of New York presents
pltiable spectacle.
Reviewing his administration to date,
it is not too much to say that the
government of the City Of New York
has not made a single step forward
since the Inauguration of the present
regime. Not a plan has been de-
veloped, much less carried out, to deal
with any municipal problem. On the
other hand there has been a distinct
trend backward.
Progress made during the admins
trations of Low, Mcclellan, Gaynor and
Mitchell has ceased and retrograde
movement has set in toward those con-
ditions that made American city gov
crnment rcproach to our democracy"
Given Roosevelt Bust
On behalf of members who subscribed
to the fund, Ex-senator Nathaniel A.
Elsbcrg presented to the club a bronze
bust of Col. Roosevelt, designed by
William Ordway Partridge. The gift
was received for the club by Former
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Her
bert L. Sattcrlee, who served under
the Colonel when he was President.
The report of the committee was
adopted unanimously after seconding
speeches were made by Henry w. Taft
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler and others
Memorial resolutions for Colonel Rob
ert l.. Bacon, Lemuel +. Quigg and
Lieutenant Commander Charles O.
Mass, were adopted.