Year: 1873

A MoRN PROM EsoF


Is there not reowcstzens obv4eos ground of srin
ciple at once intelhge and just sanctioned by expe
ricnee and oonrnet by the examaes of many States on
which ap can safely stand, and the cause OF Reform H.
self find shelter end security I mean by giving inc
power Of appointment TO tho Mayor, and me power o
confrmat toneId rejection 10 the Board oi AldernS,n'
and there leaving it, without any cunning clauses ] U u
viccs 10 nury or obscure its meaning II nas %1T
seemed to IRE that the particular friends OF the nSutt
and the Republican Committee were equally distant
ron the true POSITION in demanding on the one side
inSyc,i ,Eitbont restraint with the Mayor alone OF
with Che Board Of Aldermen alone In view OF tne dsT
tn1t he present ncumbens of those offices are IN as IL
were by mutual invitation ana by the confined actOn zion
of all The Reform organizations 1hose % & o d the
sOrk, which, doubtless, you all rememDcT. Ihey VIZ
very goo4 ie % YOU Siner cru and She came with her
long beak shaIpened ana her appetite Whetteu lUi %
and shallow platter which master fox Tapped up in fve
minutes urging his guest all the time TO fall 10 WIN
the utmost pohtene~s; but the poor sork couldn't
gather a drop in her pointed bill, and had to
20 away as hungry as she came. THIS is the pan @
very foxy il Isl for while il 10 leave the ds open
aud give the Mayor chance, II provides That II ne
doesn't agree with them In seven days the bHaIS VII I
Aldermen who stand for the fox III the IaOie An1I
"gobbe" Il all up as u he were nor IN e2enee & "g b
compliment invited the fox to return te Vislt an9 hau
vase, into which she could insert heT bi ana lee IA
her way, but not noTsel cOnld Master hey ynuu
touch And this is the plan Of the Mayors trends VINO
wouldn't even give the Aldermen 20 much as the Odof or
the meal any voice IN the appointment oi the puphc
officials.


This question Of the distribution Of the power Of ap-
pOiutmcnt Is IL has been subjected 70 e&-
perience the result has been in every well regulated
government, which was made not for day Dut t9r @
permanent thing that the power of appointment mas
been given the chief executive and the power OF con
frHNOn rejection 10 the legislative BODY or 10 the
higher branches of it, If IL divided into Two bodies
1t has stood in that way for nearly century III the red
eral Government and for generations in the Constitution
OF this state OF nearly every other State and Ol al
most every considerable city IN the Union ana nv az
ways worked successfully and well and may be said TO
have the sanction and the support OF the unanimous
Judgment OF mankind.


But when you find the committeeof party cOntriving
n novel and deceptive scheme, which departs utterly
this principle aud at the same time says one
Aldermen at the expense of the Executive, completely
aunihilang the latter so far as The power OF appoint
goes, you be that II means mlscDeI, ana
its advocates do not hesitate TO admit. They have
thrown off the mask and openly cOncede that they have
devised this scheme not for the good Of the city but or
the purpose OF party and they propose to act upon e
pnncipe that every department and Office IN the cy Is
theirs by the tight OF conquest as party sp0s ana party
patronage. Iii other words, the temptation OF the accl
fare has proved strong the virtue OF that handful
OF Republicans who are running the party machine III
this city, and who have devised and now hope 10 per
petuaJe tnis scheme.


PAST PLEDGES REPUDIATEn.


Thit wasn't the way they talked ana promised before
this power within their grasp They have forgotten
the pledges they made in the days when they were ont
1t is the old story which has been gone often
before.


.'when the devil was sick the devil monk vould be-


Bat when he go, we'll the devil monk was he





ferring with the Republican Committee and when they
soliciting the votes of the citizens for their eandi-
dates. il upon the most distinct pledges on their
part OF hdety to the Reform movement Ihey agreed
with that the administration OF the city affairs should
he removed from politics. that new charter should be
devised aud enacted not In the interest of party
faction, but for the general welfare OF the Whole city
and OF al its citizens In those pledges and professions
the people-the friends OF reform-tr9sed zpnd gave
them their votes And the election OF eye~ Repubn-
traceable TO the Independent Reform vote That vote
cast, such pledges was more than double the
O
ddate, aud, If gVento bis adversary would In every
instance have elected such adversary by about equal
majority. And Is this scheme cOntrived by this


tle bevy OF politicians, whom the Assembly in its wis
dom seems to prefer to Hamilton and Duane ana Jay
and all the other wordrenOwned trainers of constitu-
tiOns and charters-ths scheme by which few party
all the Offices OF the city, and the spending OF
its twenty thirty millions of annual taxation to be the
sole result OF the nhnte pans ana eHertons ny Wmch
the people OF this city have for The last two years ss


will not believe it, The Republican party, still be-
heve will stoop to no such meanness me men VINO
have cOntTved this scheme are but handful. You can
count them on your fingers Iney 90 not represent the
republican party any more 1nan ISeGb e no anu S%Seng
party Tney misrepresent it. The Republican party IS
in the main party Of fair play and has established
its success on broken pledges violated faith II
called into existence for the very purpose of reforming
OF the greatest evils that ever existed In human So
ciey, and has always protessed devotion 10 pure gov
eTnmeut, Federal state and municipal II can afford,
only be JUST but to he very in its deal
ngs with tne reform o our n1Lolha ahaiIs; we nave
come into TINS great power IN ths cy on Ac iai OF our
loud professions for Reform, and we shail be tried and
condemned sustained according as lWe are true or
false ~ those pledges.


SHALLOW APOLOGIES FOR THE rLoT
Now, the same handful of politicians who running
the Republican machine given out at Albany, and
especially the members of the Assembly, that
everybody here is in favor of their pan that there
nobody opposed to it who is worth considering that all
the Republicans approve it, and that everybody else Is
resigned 10 the idea that the Republicans the vic
and TO the vctOrs belong the spOs The object OF
this meeting is to correct so lar as we may thls false I'M
preston which has been so studously disseminated and
Legislature and in the State that not only the
Independent Reformers who have had tho magnani-
ty out of their party lines for the sake OF saving
the city from cOrrapton, but also the great bulk Ohe
Republicans who are out OF office and expect TO remain
So who do desire to feed at the municipal heshpOts
in other words, that the party here as dis isngushed
fromits managers and we-puers are n1e1lby opposed
TO this scheme, TO any other scheme by which the
Mayor whom they have chosen, shall be shorn OF his
fair and legitimate share in appointments OF city
officials, for whose administration of Office he chiefly
responsible ana they appeal TO the Assembly to recon
slider its action and 10 the Senate and the Governor who
have not vet acted TO rescue Us from this project Of par
ty aggandizenent at the citY's expense.


And now what are the pretenses under the cover of
which these managers apologize for their purpose 1
have heard only thrY. First, that suggested by Mr..
Opdyke in his letter. that the giving the power Of
moya to the Mayor and Governor cOnointy is in some
way compensation for the, total excelsior Of the Mayor
from the power Of appointment What feeble aud shall
low pretense that when the power Of removal which
in the nature Of things can rarely be invoked, not
accompanied with any power to fill the vacancy but the
improper officer supposed to be removed is simply to
give place 70 new creature Of the Board of Aldermen
VINO made the improper appointment Let me answer
Mr. OPdyke's suggestion by brief extract from the
annual message OF GOV DIX Wnch comes IN mere very
the Governor, for uprootng the existing system OF
municipal government, much doubt whether the evils
which have grown up with IL, and of which cling
20 il STILL be e1ectually eradcaed without giving
the Mayor the power of removing municipal officers,
and appointing others in their place,
think necessary for the purpose OF carrying the
reform 50 distinctly demanded by the public voice."


THE DEADLOCK BUG-BEAR.


But again. they say in extenuation Of their plot that
TO give the power of appointment to the Mayor subject
to confirmation by the Board OF Aldermen will inevita
bly, lead to deadlock and stop the wheels Of the City
and this fearful word deadlock