Year: 1874

tion.


We have little ruffie in our city politics.
arising out of the odd notion of MIR. Lain
beer. This gentleman is o member of the
Board of Charities and Correction. Among
bis duties is the safe keeping of William M.
Tweed. Mr.. Tweed has not been well kept
He has been SO badly kept in fact that MIR.
Laimbeer has not been able to sleep on ac-
count Of it. He has been afraid that Tweed
would escape There is no reason why ne
should not have escaped long ago, Mr.. Lain
beer thinks, and we are really surprised that
the fallen Boss has not availed himself Of his
many opportunities 1t is possible he thinks
that it is better to be in New York in prison
than to share the lonely exile of Harry Genet
and Tom Fields We do not know but that
the old Boss is right; for the spectacle Of
Fields and Genet and the remainder Of the
Tammany braves thrown upon the resources
of q French or Belgian town, amid
strange faces, notions amusements and
customs, is about as sad as our
fancy can conceive. B!sckwells Island and
an occasional call from the boys would be
heaven to it. So perhaps the old Boss does
not want to run away. He knows New York
law, or he did, if matters have not alto
gether changed, and anything may happen
But if Mr.. Laimbeer had any such fear he had
his remedy. 1t was and still is his duty to
remain at his post, never to lose sight of
Tweed, to take as many precautions as he
pleases about his prisoner 8 security. As
true and honest servant of the people Mr..
Laimbeer should have remained on BlackwelIs
Island and taken his own measures about
Tweeds safety. He has the power, and it is
his duty. This resgning his duty and clam
oring in the newspapers and beating about
among the Bohemians to be interviewed, and
making himself so much more virtuous than
the remainder of the world, convinces Us that
Mr.. Laimbeer is good deal Of q humbug and
mistakes cant tor duty, and cares more for
notoriety than anything else. Since he chooses
to resign, the sooner he is allowed to 60 the
better. Put man over Tweed who will not
run away.


Mr.. Laimbeer, however, gives us an ex-
ample which some of our ruling city chiefs
should follow. The coming Boss-we mean
John Kely-ruler Of free people by the
grace Of God, and may God bless him, already
begins to put severe pressure upon some
of the heads of departments. He intimates
they had better 60 without any further noise
We think an invitation of this kind, under
the circumstances, is about as effective as that
of pirate captain who suggests to his captive
hat bah ho1 hatkn IL tha 1on6 E1ro
q gentleman and not wait until he is pushed
into the sea bya couple of resolute cutthroats
Mr.. Vance is q conservative man and will
probably give his whole time to making
pleasant impression and showing how much of
a real Mayor he could be whenever real
Mayor is wanted-and leave the bloody busi-
ness of decapitation and plank-walking to
Mr.. Wickham. He will simply keep the
helm steady and look out for fires
and leaks until the new Mayor steps
on the quarterback But at the same
time it would not be bad idea tor Mr.. Vance
to discover what the new programme will be
and set matters in train. The people are i'm
patient for the new regime, and shrink with
popular aversion from its interregnum and
regency. We do not profess to know what
the ruling minds of the Tammsny party want,
but we can tell the leaders of the new admin
istraion what the people expect


The first removal should be that of Mr..
Stern, of the Commission of Charities.
There have been scandals enough about this
officers management-a belief in the exist
ence Of corruption and incapacity that makes
his further tenure calamity Mayor Wick
ham does not want an administration of soiled
doves, pets Of Tweed creatures OF the old
Ring persons who are neither in exile nor in
Jail because they are too obscure to be pros
ecuted. Wherever there is head of depart
ment who holds his Office directly or indirectly
from the nomination or procurement of
Tweed and his plundering Ring, off with that
head! Mr.. Wickham may well feel that from
that root no good, no wholesome efficient
life can come. He must strike the men
who robbed the city and the men who have
stiaed it. Having disposed Of Stern and
the class he represents, and Of whom we shall
speak more at length as the time draws near.
be must then turn to the remnants Of the ad-
ministration which ended so solemnly at
Greenwood yesterday. OF its errors we shall
speak gently, as becomes due respect to the
dead; but it lives in the person Of Andrew H.
Green. This oficer-the Comptroller Of New
York-is more responsible for the misgovern-
ment of the metropolis than the dead Mayor,
who trusted, sustained, and, in essential
things, obeyed him. Mr.. Green's policy Of
stubbornness, imbecility and conniving at cor
ruption makes him as inefficient and danger
Gus an official as Connolly, who named and
created him Comptroller. Mr.. Wickham, in
conjunction with Mr.. T1lden, can remove Mr..
Green. If he is not removed we shall feel
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