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The News of Brooklyn
THE GREATER NKW-YOKK.
VIEWS FOR AVD AGA1X8T IT.\
BROOKLYN PBOPUB DIfatCM AN JMPOR- j
TAXT MATTKH.
WtUrKXOWS l/A.v 8J??4l FMBBLT
* CAUit MBPAMOONATl kkvm.w OT a BOTUBWT j
IN wiiHH B0TH CITIKl tU viTM.l.Y
INTERES*TKI> IOKI PPDatlXKlfT MKN
wori.n HOt txi.k m "I" TU! ma
joritv <>k THOfll WHO WO
PAVTMUCD k?:sii:missi. N
The Tribune to-tlay ppaaMta * sympn?ium of
lntervlew* Wlth upMIOBUUwo BrookJpO m.n
on the ?bJbiI of oaaaoMdatloa, vMcb wtn bc 1
read with int.rost by ptopta OB BOtB aldes of |
the Baat R?v? r. The raptdlj a\pproachJnfi 0*- j
aion of the LajtotetaN wlili h will be askcd hy J
consolidati-nists and BBU-TOBOOUdatlOBiBtJ tO j
paafi measuivs lOOBJag, 01 lb? ?M bBB* ;" il !
aj.e.dy annexnttoii of Brooklyn and DOWlMy of I
towns adjaoent U> the BMtropaltS, and. <>n the
other. to 1 ifsul.mi!?si..ii of th. qutattM W
Brooklvti v .t.rs bofota :iny furth.r ;?. tion is
taken. make* the eubjer-t one ol vital latereal
to BrooklyaltM Th. gtrl teal Impartlalltjuhiai
been aimt-d at la Iba lataoriafi "f th.- l?t?r
views. In many instaiie.-s Hrooklyn m.-n of un
queatioiiable pnMBlBMM WtM Tt-.t inteivlew.d.
?01 thn.UKh any fatilt of tlM r.-|>oiters. but be
cauKr th. > pr.f.M-.'l not to Utlk at BfMMt As
? rule. ho??Wr, the dlMVSftoa BBI been en
torod upon rroety. otaioat eagorly if thaw ta
8 pr.Hoiid.ran..' of anti-rons.-Ihlat'or. vb-ws. it
is bocaaoe more repreoenUtlv cltlsena wfco
are atfainxt aiin.xatioii bappvoed to be H en
than IkOM of the oppooiU bottof. Wh.r.-ver a
eowoMotlonloi m ?poaan wlt* "** uas re"
ported at len?th and with uivbu.bted aeruraoy.
The alm of The Tribune in Rath.-rin* the In
larrlowi waa to |ct the calm, raaaoaabk and
foreefal Mpraaaloaa of mon who have thought
i.ver the subjeot of >- ns.lldati'.n Pltb d.libera
tion. and- VhOM promlMOCC in the bOailMM
VorM Of eoanoctloo with th" annexation |ft?
U .:.. r?ff or BffalaPt, VlH*flV? emnhasis tO their
utterance?.
A diMCUHsion of the poUtlcal |.has'? of the
fMotton wh not lavltcd, aar wai li fart*4dea.
Th- poHtteal phaaef oia "uro to eoaio later. at
whtcb time they arlll racelve due coaaMera
^-?n-_
WHY IT 8H0ULD P>E.
fJUBASOMI ADVA.HCET BY THB PWBND1
OF OONBOLIDATIOK.
riNANCIAL ANII OTIIKI: QUBSTIOXI CON?
i:i;kl> bv wki.i.kmuvn mkn N" I;1 ?
SIBMISSK'N NKCEPSARY.
ib?MM ?M*ii>>? ?nali?l of the Consoli.lation
L*ague of tirooklyn. B?i?:
1 am BiaHlfj in f?vor of connolUlaUon, anr
?lwav< have bm !t rtiouM have been nroufj
!bout tw",tv-nv- leor. ?o. TVt ????<?
two etttM afa ?>?? and the , irrytng 011 uf tht tjw
munlcUMl fovernmentu l? m-t harn..11. ? inj
conaotOatton a large number of n?]. ??\- tn.-. - ?hiei
would be for i:a- food of the whole conroaattj
coul.J be accompllahe.1 Th? Question o ?n???
atroetlon of brldgeii 1 m Itaell one ol the moti im
J, r an of Ibeae mM.un a. With better ??om??oda;
ttoM in thU reanect. whtch could be easilj ?"o?h
abvuit with a Jofet municlpal joyernmi nt, l.t woui.
iTpHcUea] forbualneai men ?f K'W-Y**. w",?, "?*
?o ovar 10 N*w-Jer?e> tu th^it homei tkere. to n\?
ln the Itatc wbere the> do bualneai, and th- neom.
th-v now pay to another Btate would be cpntrltaitet
to N "w-Yorli. The bffl for the ooruolldatlon cf th(
two cUtaa wlll ba Introduced. i am eonvtnced. eorlj
ln th- m( . a?d wtH I h?ve r... Joubt. b.
BaaMd The KTOWth of aantiment in favor of ?n
ii-xation wlll foret tha L^ialature tu adopt ?<
martrara Tht blll wtH provlde for e.|MHi taxatioi
anJ ?-.|uallt\ ln valuatlon. and the people of New
Vork h.ive never anneied any terrttorj n an> othe
teim- v iu cannot Bnd one peraon aho can flve i
koo.1 reaann aBBlnat the propoaltlon f'<r annexation
,-x ??;>* th.? Idea f itentlment and old .i^- ? lation
1 am a nativ ..f Brooklyn and hav< alwayl beei
identtrl?-l arlth It. l beltave In Ita InstltutkaM o
learniiiK. its achool Ryatein and it-* churehe*. i Th>
laml lles w^ll f?r the bull.llng of a healtro .:ty. an
th?-rf i- Kt>i' ro ii for frowth. 1 have n-ver ye
8"en a <ii\ ao well ahaped, and *o wrll l..rited fpi
thorouah. efflclenl dralr.aae. Near-Yorkeri wlll m
Ba prood to hav- . for thli Clt> i- largelj
Maina !?? uu of people of New-Englan?l lewent, an.
Hfwhen conaolldatlon ln brouxht aboul X?w Vorker,
^F wlll be the flral lo p ? ? ? I in i here <' <n* lldatioi
? ^ :: !*? f.-r the beal li lercau of merchanta li Brook
l\n Thli <i:\ i- daatlneJ tu u. th< <r*-ai i talllni
iviitr.' of th?- freater metropolla. New-Yorb wii
ha%v !h- trholeaale trade. Retall dealers ln Bruok
lyn alM h.\r Ihe tiaiv of NVw-York - 'paclall:
frum :h;ti aectlon aouth of Tarenty-thlrd-st., nn.1 th
coatoaien from New-Jwaay who now ro to N.-w
York wlll coane to ibli aactl ? <?( Ihe jreater rtti
tnjr atorea ir<- wupplled with every varlety of k<jo<i
|ir.#.lno^l by h.imr .ir foretftn marketx, an i the faolil
tie? for reachlnj th--.ii adll be bettei under a uniflei
Kovernment than they are at preatnl Thj one grea
alm of BrookAn merchanti i- to l*a<l. an^l not t
follow. It wlll be to the murf-sts of merchanti
bti?ln?-(>? m^n, flnanrlal men, property-owaera, tax
parcn anl every oat to brlna the two eltlee unde
a jotnt ROvernnMBt, and thln I beliew wlll b* ac
com{>lh?Si>-! a: the neal aeaalon '>f the LeaUhitare. I
wlll n>>t ij?- ncctaaarj t" reaubmll the queatloa fo
vote of th. people. for when th* rote was taken th
auhject ha?'. been fully dtacuaaed a:vl every one ()t*
!ntelllgent',>. if he voted at al!.
Sandrrs Slianks. atcratary of th?- COMOl imio
Lm|M of Brooklyn, Mtld:
Th" aaatiswnt in Brooklyn, ai far as i hava no*
ahl* to ani'i'itain. I* morc atronai) m favor of th
Qraatar New-York now ttian lt ??? wh?-n UM voi
m tak" i oo tha ?uhject. Blnca than w?- liave aaa
llie affalrs of thr city admlnlatered by a Mayor. wh
is admitt<d aven by hia opponanta to u- ai>?olutel
i>on<'st. and aii iha dapartmi nli hav? i?-an conducta
on hii Konomiral Kasis Buch an axceptlOltaJ ai
mlnlMration lias only aarvtd 10 show that Brooklyi
a.? a eorporatlon, has not sufnYlt nt Incomc to hut
l>ori such a govarnmanl ai her rltlaana dt-sire an
demand Th?y Inalat tinnn flnely pavad atreata, a
ampl<> wat?T atipply, adaquata trhool accontinodf.
tlons and the bast of pollca and tir<- protaotwa f<
o\?r on- mtlllot) paopla. and thay have l>-?? tha
$l.^.<ton.r?Hi a ycar wlth vhJch lo pay for thaaa thln*-:
Tha annaxation of tha i-ounty towns haa iii^rt'as*'
th*> demand wtthout addlna anythlna. praotloaJljr, t
Iba anrmal supply of fund*. The only way lo ir
creasr ttust funds la to run up aitbrr tli<- tag rat
or tba anfn-iwl valuatlon of real proparty, and Ik>i
are now 100 hlnh Kor parmanani lni|iro\ <m*iif
i?urh a* the < ontamplatad brldgc aver tha Ea?
Rlvar, twmds must l>e laauad. and tha clty la no'
-Ol ithln ahout 12,000,000 of lts < onstit ntional dfl?t llmi
If-avlriK oul of ronalderatton tha new it=?tue of rertii
citfs of lnd?btrdnc*a. S<i tliat rallaf frona thu
aouroa i* out of tha guaatlon. Pw>pla dld not rcaliz
ihe tru<- oondltloti <>f affalm whan the ConKolldatlo
L^agua lii'tan it* work thrac yaara ago, 1um x
thhiiv of th?-m <lo nol raallxa now that th* antit
wainr front <.f Brooklyn. vmluad at IXOdO.OOO ?..
Imitrs abaolutely t-> Nn V.ik. and that every pl<
)n Itrooklyn I* I<tii 11 on land purchaaad or It-.ise
from X'w-Y(Hk Rvan tha nrhiifif* of oparattn
the ferrfrs to Brooklyn li leawd bj Sa? Vck. an
HANDBRl SMANKS
that flts 1* uald a iiercr'ntage of tli* rec*i0ta of ?
ItMM f.'rrle*. Kvary da arltnaa??i the di-partur
of ovei one hundrad and twanty-tlva thou?and pef
pl* from Hrookivri. and av? > i i" apanda hi? or h#
monev in N.-w- Vork and adda 10 Hk- au?lii?'an of tha
i lt\ Tii<- abacnoa nf this ?jr?-at amount of Imalnai'
<ornpel? th#- indivlilual rant-pajrar and taxpayOT t
l?-ar all tha bttrdana of Kovammcnt
IVruliarly anou^h, ?rn '-rmf of Ma\or Sironi
Alavor wvratar, of Brooklyn, and Mayoi <;i?a?oi
of ixnjr laaand Clty. all < xplrt- th* sam^ da>, Jam
Bfjr 1 Uf.ts Thalr mirc-aaaora iiniht al! hc elact*
on t!i>^ auiTic <la\ In No' <i. .'???). I?>" Now. wh
rould nct 'h<- naw ??! arter provlde for u conaaMdl
ri<n <.f j o\ < : nin?-nt? to .!:<- iilao- on Janwaiy
!>'?, and far a (olnt elaftlon for Mayor o\t-r th
?hole tarrilor) in Noranbar, IW? Thla condtOM
ttOK ci,:t> ' J.ial .->! th<> ri*;lit i.rn< Kadi of tl
nraaaai Hayara fan mn* ont hla taras and M
?kca tba y>- pla i'?t whai ba caa da Tbaa tha oi
who awakaa th?> best abawini ean be renoaalnated as
Mayor of thc nntr clty, or a n*w tnan can La takcn
up, Siich a oouraa wili allov tlnaa for yi<- prepara
tton of a propcr charter and for thc due oorsldera
tlon of all ktai/l that may aa presented. It wlll nllow
two vears in Whlch to providc for a solution of thp
financlal problama praaantad by conaol!datlon. \n hat
iv |o baooma of th.- bondad dabt of Brooklyn and
of \. w-York.' Th.> fot mer bas o\*r fM.O0O.O0O out
stHiidlng aud tba latter over tlfJO.OlO.090. My fJlan 1"
-?> have tha n! w clty provMe for fundlna tnane
bonda and thoaa of tha other communltie* that wlll
ba hrought lnto New-York. It can be dpne at flj
par oaol latareat, and thp ncar bonda rouid !>?? datp.i
Janoary I IKH Thc antl-cotiaolldatlonlata hava no
put.i ox<pi>t ona "f obotrwetlon. Thay ins *: upon
anogher vote aolely bacauae thay hallava thay can
defeat, or. at laaat, deiav. a tinlon whwh thay puo
ti.lv admit is bound tw ooaae. Ona of Ibelr ableat
and trost raapactcd ?dheranta, the Rev. Dr. Rirnara
.-; Btorra, praaantad thaatrongaai argumanl In ravoi
of Immedlate actlon whan hi aald lhal ttala graal
?ork ahould ba dafte by tha next genaratlon. ria
aaaroad lo forgel lhal tlna h.?d tooehed !im, ano
that. as far aa 1m waa roocarnad, it wja tha n.-x:
generatton that was trj ing to do tha work.
.1 I. T STBAXAHA.VS VI?Wi WKI.I. KNOWX.
An a't.mpt was ganda to spp J, S. T. Stratiahan.
prrbapa th- foraaaaai eonaohdattoalat la Brooklya
\* || pratty generally known. Mr Btranahan ht>*
beaa conflaad to his bouaa ataoi eariy In Pabruary
last. For naoatba oaly a faw of l li privata bualnata
aaattara, and Ibay of the utmost importancp. bara
i. .li brought to his attenttoa, ard a coaalderatlon
of thcm in each InaUnce ao affeeted h'.m H 10
alarm l>r. II. C. Ttirn.r. his physxian and his fam
lly A Tribune raportar aaked K.toh Btranahan. aon
of tha faabla "first citizpn." to expreaa aa neany ai
noealble his father's vlcwi on eonaondatlon. iie re
fuacd and alao dacllnad to try to aaeartain rrom
hi* fathpr if hp 'haJ <hanged h> oplnioim as i con
- .11 latloniat. This leavaa tba eonaolldatlon a'.de o
the argumanl niinns thc vlewa of a most Importani
factor In thc altuatlon, but nnd.i tha e rcumgtancea
ll la wholly unavoidable.
QBNERAL KINO'S VIBWB.
"Tha consolidation of thp pRhM of New-Torh and
Broklyn." said Ganaral Horatlo <'. King, "i? in
avitable, and oaghl tj hp hali?-d with aatlafaetlon
i.\ avary Broeklynttt wba *aalrai ll?a aubauntlal
arowta and pragraaa <-f oui fair rity. My ?*lawa
upon this aubjaet ha\<- .n aa aftan axpraaaad lhal
all I may say now la llttla moit- than a rapatltloa
of wi.at i hava alraadi apakaa an.i wrlttan. it n
a pceulbu raatora oa our alda >>i tba rtvai ihat thp
grpater :'m- p.mph: of aur popuMtad tarrlUiry, tba
poor?r wp bacoota, baeanM thp hotiaas arp chlafly
raaManeaa <>f smaii pratanatoaa and do not a.i.i gr.it
lyto tha taxabla raluas. At ih* s?mc tinip. to tha naw
tairltory nauat ba alvan all th<- espanaiv^ fartlltlaa
of aawara, Ibjht, pavemanta and pollca and Bra pro?
tectloa Wi;h tba r.miy annaxad dtotrlcM wa
now bara an ai.-a of M.OO0 acraa, a llttl ? ?ore than
double that of Naw-Tork. and tba pntire aaaeaaabld
! 1,1
i QBNERAL HORATIO C KINO.
vali.- In ai! this raal tarrltory la not gr*?ater than
that i;i a alnffla ward in >hp lowar part of t'.ip clty
of New-York. The revenua of the lat:>T clty la
prartically unUmltad, whlle that of our own clty is
very near thc .nistitutional raatrictlon. And yct
no onp wlll cintcnd that our pollcf and flrp depart
mer.-s arc adequata; that our atreata ar^ properly
pav<d, that our watar aupply and aeweraca a;p
suffl. init. or that we liavp all thc facllltiaa whlch
proi?crly hplong to a lirst-CUMa i Ity, whlch Brooklyn
elahna to bp.
"Wlll wa raoalra this assistance from N'pw-York?
Ihatoubtadly, ycs. Thc bletory of anncxatlon or
cona.<l:datlon thc country ovpr i? thc hlstoty of 1m
provpiiit-nt. l.ook at Boston, Phlladalphla and Chi
cago, and It will be evpn morc striklng bara than In
tho*e cltlea, bppause Xew-York naadl our tinoccti
pied tarrltory to rallava its orarcrowded oondltlon.
To furthpr this pxodus. morc l.ridgcs arp Haedad.
The oiip we have is taxed to Its lullcst capaclty. A
second one i^ under way, and ihraa more can be
fulh utilizoil in Ihe ncai futurc; one fr-.m Bouth
Kan\ acroaa Qovernor'a laland, anothcr acroaa
BlackweH'a Island and anothcr at a polltt ahout
midwav between the BlackweH'a laland brldaa and
thu' now in progrreaa. Brookljn cannot bulld thaaa
al?n.-, and it is not likely that'New-Tork wlll tax
Itaeif for further brldge conatructlon al preaenl un
leaa the two cltlea beconaa thc Oraater Naw-Tork.
It aeema to mc that avary one mual >?<?<? al a flanca
the Immense advantaaea to Brooklyn to follow from
oaasolidatlon. Nor can l parcelva that Brooklyn
lo?es anythlng but bcr nanic a conoeaalon whlch
lavarj brlde makaa whci! aha aooapta the care at;d
? aupport of her Imsband. I think my frtend, Mr.
Bcnarmann, anawered this aantimental plea amn-<
intrlv al a dlnner of thc Brooklyn Club not long
?agS'.n r> ply tj the lam<nt of Mr. Berrl, who, 'bav.na
been born .n Brooklyn, wantad to <ii? there.' 'And,
sald Bcharmann, 1 had a simllar dealre some \ear.<
?ngo for l was rataed In Wllllamaburg, whlch wa
(alb-d Dutchtown. I want to achool in Dutcbtown.
1 i marrled In Dutchtown. l Hved in Dutchtown an.i i
warrted to dlc In Dutchtown, but, Mr, Praaident,
Uhev took away the namp of Dutchtown, and 1 have
? beeii compellcd evar slix-e to llve in Brooklyn.'
Brooklyn mad.- a mistakc in ever s.-tting up houae
. keeping for ltsplf. It ahould havp been New-York
?always. and ln the consolidation It simply icturns
' to lt>- natural aaaoclata and partner."
WOULD BE PABBED ON BT TIIK PEOPLE
A Tribune raportar learaad yeaterday that Alayor
atacl Wurater waa out of town, harlng pone to
Lakewood, x. ?'?. laal Baturday. Aa eatract from
ht* letter of acceptance, bowever, shows tnat when
he uttered it he took a conaervatlve and guarded
porition on the consolidation queattOO. The extraet
ls ia followa: "Regarding the quaation of eoaaolida*
iton i have alrt ady pubtlely taM that any biil pa^Fej
by the Legtalatura Iboukl provlda not only for equal
taxetioii, bul for an eqnal rate of taxatlon. and
that Brooklyn ahall have its full share of all the
?Meya for local laprovetnenta Buch a biil befora
it* imai anaetaient Into law ahautd be aubatitted to
ihe people."
??ABOXB WHY THE CITIBfJ BUOULO r.MTi:
OBorgi W. Chauneey, tba well-known real aatata
deil. r. aald: "i am for conaolldation, Brat, last
and all the tlBM The raaaooa in favor of the
prapoaltlon ?.??? on< hundred to one agataial 11. ln
the iii-i place, th< iroai of runnlng the goverAmen!
of the clt) of Brooklyn mual unevenly diatrlbnte
rlch.-. The graatar proportloa of tba wealtby men
of Brookl) i do bualneri Ia New-Ycrh Clty. Thatr
h\r. i work i" donc In their placha of boainai
tht.i capital li Inveated Ia NoW'Tork. they oecupy
afBoes there, they kcvp th*tr bank ? ooa ? Ihere, \i
ihe number <>f men dotag buatneai ln NeW'York ln
oraaaei \.-.t: by yaar, i: na-turally leadi to lncr< ti
the r. i.t- in th.it clty, requlrlag the erectton of larjc
ofllei buildtaga Xlne-teotha of tha avallable water
from of Brooklyn Ia owaed by New-Vo ? eapital
BB4 .1 toi nlna>tentha of tbe targa factory hitaraoU
in Brooklyn Ia owaed i>y Ntw*York ?anafbctarara,
All lha proflta from Ibeaa latfoatrtea ko to New>
York Brooklyn raeatl i a eriMl) prnpirtlon of th>
proin- and hii*ir of the people wbo <lo biminemi
here. Uy poaltlon ia founded on {>:?** fa<-it>. and
the tentlotent that h.m baaa ospreaaed many tlmex
bf t>"- large Baercbaata of aai <By und the pre*l
j--nt> of oui Aaanclal iri?tit.ittons, tii.it. awtag to tba
draln upon tba pbyaleal an?i Rnaackd raaaarBM of
the r;:y. Brooklyn I- be'-ominK iioorer and N?-w-York
ri< iie; every yaar
"I btfl'.eve t..<- Ij.ii orovldiaa for ooaaoBdatlaa will
becomc ? law earlr In the Btx1 aewlon of the Legiu
laturp. Tb? only fu I have In ragard to Ra PM?
aage is that It mty bacoraa no mtaaa an m pollflcal
comblnatlonv thil Itl gOOd B'.ntime n?s Ijat.
The queatlon as to wbT. -? aoUtteal Pf*}fhuleotn
trol Of thc gr.alfr <-it\ is .1 matter of Indlfferenee.
Tha adVantag?. kataed by Brooklyn wlll be ?o
anonaoua that we ar- arllUna to ojartook??-"JK,ir
i,. .1 ,..,?., t. Thc needi of Brooklyn foi netiei
;,'; ilr, aarvlca aro as great, if iwl grrater.
fhan NeW-YoVki and unlform holth ivguI. ..,,a a e
imperatlvely ne< aaarj ' h,,,f" '" "', ' ,. ? ,te
New-York ahould dump Ita refuse oo the water
from of Brooklyn Brooklyn akW M ;ma?.le tO I
ror intelrlgani gorernment ".i^JMCl^iS ..
partmaati muai be conaolidateJ. r urth* rmi?re. tne.
iv.ngc value ol even hooae In BrooKiyn a <i
crMalng evary yaar. and thc aaMMed w, h- ofani
houlS li New-York. InHudlng he large ' ?'e i.ti 1M
mgs i- incraaalng eveo *?*-. In ao nnow. r.
number of wealth, clttnena movlng nrwaJhwaMyn
fc"!a^-1SSWGa?SsBK?
thc raae la eaaetly oppoalte. Capltal la v >'".ng in
an the tlnu for the purpoaea of Inventaaant
OPP< >8B8
Bdward M. Orout,
Mayor at ihc racanl
solldatl.mist. sald:
Brooklyn, In prop ?rtlon to her a
is th. pooreai munlclpaiuy 01
\ RBPBRENDUM.
th p.mocratte candldate for
ele 'i 'on
., j j,.-, , .? ii.-s; I '.)ii
and'p ipulatlOB,
:he blg cltlea of
./.??
BUWARD M. OROUT.
th, 1'nlu i Btatea, and we wlll never hava the good
chi governmeni I would lik-- to aee bera untll a>
are beneflted bv conaolldation. There baa b? en
i conalderabh depreelatlon In Brooklyn real eatate,
aaahown b\ th. ngurei of ihe Board of Aeaeaaora,
and it Ia natural lhai thei -i.Iri b beraua*
140.000 i.rople dally go acrooa Ihe Brldge an 1 o -
eupi rooni In New-York bulldlnga, caueing n
greal galn In vaiuatlon In New-York Clty and a
correapondlng loaa to Brooklyn, Buppoae that New
York Clty were divided i>y a rlver ai ronrteentn
st You can aee hoa upper New-York Clty would
loae ln eomparlaon with r--..' eatatevaluatlona, wnlle
the part below Rourteenth-at, would appear lo be
,ii..i-i i il vuluabte bo the large. proportlon of
Brooklynltea, who havt th.-ir otn.is or atore.s
acron* tht rlver, 01 who atay there dunng tn>- ,iay.
naturally, by occupatton, help lo k;v. a \?iue t..
New-York real eatate that by ritjht ihould he at
, (ached to property here, anil whoae loaa keepa the
i prlcei of Brooklyn real eatate down and decreaaei
I the volume of avallable taxee By conaolldation
I Brooklyn ..* a munlcipallty would particlpati ln
the taxei rialng from the value parth made by
the realdence of Brooklynltei !n New-York during
lh< day, and tba "onaolldated munlclpalit) would be
the aolutlon of the preaenl difficult queation 01
aupportlng ? proper munlclpal governmeni here,
caueed bv the loaa l have apoken of. rea, I Ihink
conaolldation would In aome meaauri check the de.
preclatlon of Brooklyn real e?tate. A nnmber ot
New-York truai companlea and other financlal in
atitutlona cannol bn t money on real eatate outalde
of New-York <"lt\ BOW, and if th'- cltlea were <on
Mili.Uted mmiey eould be aecured from the.-.- ln
atltutlom on Brooklyn "-.'i eetatwj aalea wou.d be
?tlmulated and the general cbaractei of real eatate
bualnaai Improved, even if prtcaa dld not imn-.< i
dlatety advance. The ?ntl-conaolldatlonlata aay ;
that rent? would nol Increaae. w.n. renta, as yeu
probably know, are not an accurate Indlcatlon of
the value of real eatate, and valuea are nol d
cided that way by the courta; and the: ? ara a
si..it inanv rente.i eatatea in New-York Clty th
rental proeeeda from whlch Indlcate valuea away
;.. ow whai the land Ia really worth. ln cltlea
wh.te real eatit. i appreciatlng In value, Ihe de
terloratlon of a bulldlng on Improved property Ia
mora than mel by the advanc In value of th. land
! itaelf. ln many parti of Brooklyn tha revarae af
thi? ondltlon aet nu lo prevall.
i am rntlrely oapoax I 10 ? reierendum 01 to ra
| aubmlaeioi;. A reierendum as it is properly under
' stoo.i abroad meana aubmltting broad and general
j queatlona to the expreeaion of popniar oplnlon, and
i not mattera of detall it would be abaurd to aubmlt
the Intrlcate maaa of detaii of conaolldation to a
derlslon by a Kr.-at body of averaae cltlsena llow
many would read the detalla, and how many who
read thoaa detalla would underatand them? He
aubmiaaion would be even mon- uaeleaa and inex
pedlen' than a referendura.
Ex-Congreaagaan Pellx Campbell, prealdenl of the
Paopla'a Truai Company, Of Brooklyn. and a well
known Democrat, said:
My poaltlon on this queation is so thoroughly un
deratood and i have expreaaed my vlewi ao often
on the aubjecl tiia' I do not ihink it is ne.-essary
fnr me to aay anythlng further at this tlme. i am
a most earneal believer ln rom lldatlon, and hava
conhdence that the Incomlng Ijegtalatura wlll draft
a law whie/i will bring ahout th ac 'ompllihment of
this unlon of the two > it|e? whlch are already
praetically one i have boor aii atong In favor of
conaolldation, for the reaaou that. as a taxpayer
and a realdent of the clty of Bronkhn. I belleve it
Is for the beel intereeta <>r the people of this com
munlty. In facl i mlghl aay it is the only aalvatloa
for th-- people of Brooklyn.
WIIY IT S1IOULJ) NOT BJ\
ARGUMENTfl OF THOBE WHO OPPOSE
CONSOLIDATION.
TIIK LEAOl'E of LOYAL CITISBXa HEARD PROM -
MlNIBTKRl and OTHBM IOIN IN TIIK DBBATB.
Williatn C. Radfleld, thp prealdant of the Laagnaj
of Loyal CHIgena of Brooklyn, the jnti-consolidation
organlaatlon, aai I.
Tha broci queatlon of good governmeni is thp main
grounu upoa whlrh I oppoea conaolldatlon. J am
thoroughly In aympathy witu th>- modern movement
for municlpal reform, and cannol cloae m> .y.s t..
th. fa.t that wp havets'i yel iii thi.-. country gov
arned anj one largs clty weU for any long pe
riol. it la preclaeiy in our lar^-c <-:ties t'lii our nm
nicipal Inatltutlona may t>- aald. if anywbere, t>
have failed. in .. taak wlth whlch we have lll-eoc
ceeded, la it tenalble to aaaumt a problem mora
dlfflcult than ??? havi ever faced? I atand here
wlth oui Publlc Worka Commlailoner, Alfred T.
vVhlte, when he aaya: "It haa baen found dlfflcult
enotigh to aecure good governmanl In New-York and
Br.ioklvn whlle aeparato." How an any one hopa
lo aecure ll when thi two cltlea ibould be uatted?
it hai bean said thal aentlment waa 'he controliing
elenenl la thc oppoaltlon la conaolldatlon, and also
that offlce-haldera an the ehlef opponenta of thi.**
who wouM unite th< .i:..* Neither ..f thaaa aa
aertlona is true. The men l hava m-1 who objecl to
annexatlon have hard, practn il facta to Influencs
tii.'iu, ,in l I do not recall now muny offlce-holdera
who are openlr lightlng conaolldatlon. whlle I do
knnw many wno favoi li The objectlon to unlon
wlth New-York is wMispr.-.i.; among ihe p'-ople of :
our clty, and reata wlth no claaj or cotaria Br."..*
lyn la nol tn the leaal cotnmltted to conaolldatlon by
the recenl vote taken, and when wa objecl to thal
vote iis flnal, we do so wlth tba beal conaolldatlon
l*t authorlty, For Rldward P. Ltnton, of thr Con?
aolldatlon Comn . ... i iid publlcly on Pebruary
ifi. before thi Cli ?- Commlti.>f thc Benate, re
fc-rrlng to Ihla ume rote ?'( |SM, that if they had
obtaiiipd only SO per eent ..f the ballota caat, ihey
woui 1 nol have .'epted the ballota caat ai conclu
alve, but wouid have tried agatn. But apart from
this, I a*k you I" nol ? .1 emall pamphlet publlahed
by the Conaolldatlon Commlealon on October i."j, imm.
and 10 obaerve tn>- following worda:
"Electora wlll plaaae obaarva that this vote
atnounti to nothlng morc than a almpla expreaaloa
of opir.lon on the general eubjeel of conaoll latlon. it
la merely thc gathertng of the sentiment of the ,
electora of each munlclpallty, advlaory as to futura
proceedlnge. if avary balloi In a clty or towa wara
eaal In favoi ol conaolldatlon there wou:d be no I
wii.i.iam C. RBDPIBLD.
nnallt) iboul It; no ronjo.i.lati.<n wouid raaull untll
i fiiither a.tiin by thc Legfctiature praacrlblng metb
1 ods, t^rm ? and indltlona?'
Is not this Itaalf a ptadge tiiat tha balloi ba* no
hrallty. and thal HMthoda and terms wouid be glveii
b> the Laglelatura bafora conaolldatlon took ptaeal
But tba vote couid nol lawfully i?- mandator) ar
otbei than tnere optnlon, and waa noi repreaantatlva
at thai Of tha \.,tcrs only ona-thlrd wara favor
ai.ic, ona-thlrd advaraa and ona-thlrd allent Con
s. iidiiiii.nistr en whan thai epntpara thin v?t% with
1 ..1,.- for electtve offlc ra. The Uttar 1* laafniiv da
inaufflclenl to expraaa the (P^"?pKoVw?;??o
Indleatod m Ita ?r,ll? rf"! ,, ^ ' , -: BhfW
! aolldation flAanwi ".??" '? ??? *h?' vo",?V- ?*at
cST.h'o^
I v-.i.-s. it is cuatomary to place mattera of gr*ai
Sportance twlce before the LfBtobUoro a'. po?
Hc. that their n.tUore declalOO Hiaj DJ na ' ,
much raara Importanl Ia thla prew t.t ??',-?" ", nk
tu on- of l.ooaJWO i.pie i" concerned? I do mna
h)n-is-e?S.M:,oiu:.^-.ha..he,:eO,;eO BrOOk
iv? have changed their mlada on the aubject ?
eolldatlon ln the recenl Maroralty ?< ?
the candldatea fovored r. aubtnuaion ? ' " re?Ub
although he agread nol to oppoaa a IMll ror reauo
mi-?ion. This tht.d randldate waa an m< ' ' ,
. ",,nsolida.ion Leagw, whl.;h open nj *jgff%
: aupported hlm ln the eanvaaa, whlle th i. ?*
uffal Cltlxena dld nol enter na Mayon i > ?v
Wh.-n the votea were counted he waa n ? m
,;.";,!,,,, I2.M0 ofall the votea caatfor ktapor^ ia
WIiiks t'ounty there were aevenn on ? ,v
for the Laaiafatura: *?T*Jtt;*:*SJaWve conteel
? m favor of re.'ubmlaalon. i '' > f Mv,.,?v.
? re^ilted ln the rholee of j d gi i jono
Mphl Benatora and Aaaernbl> n ... twaa_ ,??,_
wi.om favor rcaulmkwlaa. two ra . ,,,.,..._.?.
an-l the other two nh.de by a -7 ';'.,. ihro?Kh
i ,lOI, poeanol Ihfca mean lha .,:'',,,..., , ...
LwSSSSa^wsra:
? ,,',,:,tl?n of 'conaolldation to the people
Ufrad P. Brlttan. the vlea-preekb nt of the ,
of Loyal ClUaana, and a wall-known kwtr. ??.
would he nu'.IUIed or offaei If N ?"", .'...r ?.????
i^^flferwsssas -.'? i ???"??'.
, .:, Pr?/ubmia.-lo.i and uae every h.>ne*l effori to
aecure Ita paaaage.
jamM ?,. Cleaveland, a real eaUte dealer. and
rbalrnaan of the Bxecutlye Cotnmlti.I tba l^agua
of Loyal Clttaana, sai.i
| ,; ],.? SIllUII ...
.,,,!.-..' he, Indlvlduallty, and wouid d.?|..,
.uburbol the largercfty. If M ??"?""I**
in the i.-ipid trani t
^Si-^.i'^.^oi'k'ri.y.
r*rt.cu..ri,;_jntera.ted f^tSJjg
..,-.,itiv Intereat. d; awl I be
-ird Fort llamiltoti
In whlch Brooklyn i
ihe Titlc 'iuarantce and Trual c.mpa
ll tha- the conaolldatlonld
from beina miid conaolldatlon!
ard.ni Greater Brooklynltea
B1SHOF I.ITTI.K.IOHN POR OOOD OOVBRN
MKNT IN BROOKLYN.
ThaRlgh. Rav. Dr. A. N. Llttlejohn. Blnhopof_tha
Prataatant Bplacopal Woceat ol tiong isiand. aaM
to a Trlbune reporter, a few daya ago:
i am oDDoaed to conaolldatlon. Naw-Tork Clty
haaTuoh't.. galn b> i?. "ndMBr^k,^dwn0"." L?d
inu< h bv it Brooklyn wouid loai? 1 dcnt.t\ itnn
"a n< that ar. hlatorlcal and of whlch Brooklyn?
ltea ara nroud. Moreover. it aeema to mp that tha
??mm .;
ijulpmc
dependent Felf-B
? laatlcal. eharltabl
i nlria communlty; it haa Ita own
icatlonal and aocdal In
har
ofthoae fTnancTai reaaon."whlch thc? conaolldatlon
latauaa In advocatln? theli pcheme. Mai > m< n, well
,we to Judge ,-ay that the probablllty ol galn or
inYa in taxes and municlpal burdena la an open
queation. i am oppoaed to conaoHdatlon roi
reaaona; prlnclpally becauae ol the i ffi?? t conaoiuia
||0n wouid have on tha soci.,1, polltlcal and edu a
tionai phaaea of Brooklyn Wa
CONBOLIDATION WOULD Bl INJURIOl'B,
A. AUgUBtUi LOW said:
Conaolldatlon wouid ba vm Injurl ?? to Brooklj n.
in the iir?t place Brooklyn la a thoroughl) Amerl
can clty and the Amerlcan aplrlt l? developed hen
as it la nol daveloped in New-York pty.
iirookivn. it may be aald, haa a plece of Plymouth
Bo-k in H Bong Isiand, you know. was partly
aettled by Now-Englandera, and tha aturd: Amerl?
can aplrlt l? stiil prevalent amonn thalr deaoend
ant- and laavana and in pari aeapa pure the
Long laland communltlea, Including Brooklyn. New<
Yo-k t'ity, on tba othcr hand, la talnted by tha
forelgn ewmenl whlch haa .ne through tha chan
nela of indlecrlmlnate Immurratlon, and tha Amerl?
can aplrll of Amerlcanlsm doaa nol prevall there,
The blood In tha velna of the communlty acroaa tha
rtvar is talnted; it doei not run pure. and i thlnk
thai naiionai a- weii aa local Intereata requ ???' thal
by tha atde of thal greal ooamopolltan clt) ol New
Yorfc, a sister <-it>. thoroughly Amerlcan, ahould re
maln autonomoua, aenarate and Indlvldual. It la a
good thmg for the whole country thai the talnt ..i
unpatiiotlc forelgn aentlmeni in t h- llfi -blood of
New-York ahould ba corrected, la ? way, by tii
purar AnaarlcanlBm of Brooklyn. lylng al her rlank.
Th>- raaull ol conaolldatlon wouid be, flrat, the loaa
of a power to correci polltlcal abuaaa affectlns.
Brooklyn. Brooklynltea wouM hava ta atand by
powerleaa and nnablc to st,-m any tlda of oorruptlon
From New-York Clty: thay wouid have t.i aue : n
conceaslons, and wouid be puahed aalde if they .i<
lempted to rlghl polltlcal and municlpal wronga;
and thay wouid eventually i"- round acheming and
meanly aaklng for coneeealona, wlth a conaequeni
ioi*s of aelf-reapecl and power. It wouid ba Infamoua
and outragcous to force conaolldatlon ipan this clty,
and Ita Innabltanta ahould have an opportunlty to
signlfy the raaull of a soi.et aecond thoughl on t!??
queation The atep wlll ba an IrravocaMa one whan
11 shali ba iinuiiy taken, and 1 mn atrongly In favor
of reeubmlfwion. It wouid i.e unwlaa for the Repub
li. :iiiK to pluy into the hands of thc Democrata, aa
they wouid be doing if the Republlcana In tha Legts
lalure altowad 1 conaolldatlon meaaure to be paaaed,
1 thlnk that Oovarnor Morton, howover, haa been
siiown, and is ronvtnced. that a greal body of aub
atantlal and rapraeaauuive cltlaena^trongfy pr.ai
agalnal any aoneme to forre conaolElatran upon tba
paoplo of thitt oR). and the L'overnor wlll al ail tlmea
oonaldar that fact. There ara two claaeea of men in
Brooklyn who favor conaolldMlon. Tba real ratate
daalera, obvloualv baranaa ol <eitish int<
the chuia awayed 01 aentlmeni merely Conalderabla
s.-ntim .' 1 al .st conaolldatlon was amothered
when the rott 'vaa ta1'. ... an.i outalde Influi nce waa
uaed by fhooa who had power in our bualnaea In
Ktlttitlons. "i o\,r IndUldi.aN The \ot,- i.ikcp dld
not ha\e .niighi. iip.i pubiic oplnlon back ol 11 here
In Brooklyn
Thc Btate and the wh.de coiiBtri Is in ,1 nwasure
Intaraated la lh? flghi ?.? ara maklng agalnai cer
taln alamanta, whlch 1 wdi nol aama And v.m may
d-pend upon th.s: Thal we shull not i.hi uuiil \sc
haxt faught In tba laat iruuli, and h.i\ . ODDoaad
coaaobdauon m the rourte, If a*otaaary. ?nd to the
laat rcaort.
BROOKLYN IHOULDKOT COMMIT imCH*
I;i,r,,imln ,>. BBIImaa. who H f^SJSS
?,,, h?s be.,, eattad "tbo Naate* of the Sew^Yora
Uai,. a,l haa wa.chcd Jffff^SLSli
,?. ?id ta rawreaaiH ttat dtatriot ahd i? ? /<"?
,?.,i to Bnaah of Brooklyn'i paat, praaan H"
,BrtrdrtothaquartaaofaTHb?narapartai? wld.
..mnotdlapojedto ftggU*tfBM&^
v:lW%^r^ i:,,,,,a^Tr,.;,V^;;ne".,ak M[ JJJJ.'B
commli It. ._ >aw Mtag on the
As i undaratand tha <?o ,w? ?* ;,ot ,vidanca
.ubjaci oaal al tha laot elec lon wara "o h
?r rdaalre on her parl for the aeif-aiaugni?r^
.ubjavi waa realiy uh?? oned '? ^ J,tJ? ?
??:>? 0| tne votera ra. ajbMtoi on wa^q
;:,ua.:'v;:':Iv:,';'-;;y,a1;;i;K.1i:.ioJa.o1:ccoI,s,i..n.d
r \
BENJAMIN D. BILLIMAN.
52 WUSTiJ. BGSiB V ?
ihrow away their autonbmy and to be. omean*
derve pSnal eonaequenci from be.n* known M
r enta of tne large*. It) n tne land Ia hardly
..,,,..., , i?rii 2 ; he <, i at'.on ol mer ing "t <o-?.
"' , New-YorK II dlatinctl) ???????%,*'??,.?
!? .,.?.,. on higher and l.rger grounde -the.chljf
.?1.lyi benefti expected from the prop'aedan
nlhllatlon of Brooklyn as an liid 's- - nt, ?? > .
. ,. .,: llU. : ; ixea on real eatate (whKfci ln
parta of ir cltj ar. exce?*lve>. and in* conae
!,?..?? rlae In va'.ue of auch proper j Bmw Bi ?k
iVn rentlemen whoae oplniona alwaya recem i?u
g, tnttle? to gre*( reapec. ihink: thataucb would
be the effecl ol puttlng an end to Brooklyn; ?? ?
neparate munlclpal govemment, but aa an ">?{*
pendenl Juror" I cannoi eoncur n he.r urtW
!?.,; Brooklyn ahould attemp to ^^'F^not
taxatlon bj aulclde fo a yle il aul ld< ?? '
extravagant, for au?h li will be f ahe decIdea to
pul an end lo her Independen exla ence. <''.".
maina" will In auch caai be ome an outlylnz wai i
of th" clty o New-York detached from .t b) the
?,Vei gnTbavlng no longer Independ'nt pow.r or
?ciatonce Of ate yeara we have heard mu< i ??
?? ? \;,i.. - Would nol the proppaed aurrender
by Brooklyn be an alm al Incredlole renunclatlon
tf thlaTcardlnal rlght? We ahould nol cmly Ihrow
awaj our Mdf-control, bui place oureelyea undei
fhe domlnlon of New-York, whlch would hava twa
hlrda of the power of cl j ?fvf.rn.nJ?niu.hIM
onl) motlve for thla prppoaed ? *aawJir-aaJatiughter
iieema to be, aa I have aaid, that of reduced taxea.
But what aaourance would there beol auch reault.
Brooklyn'a repreaentatlon ln the New-York com
rnohSuacIl w-.uld be tbai of a powerlew mlnorlty
Bhe would be aubje I to auch rule aa tna forrtgn
,. ,dj mlght be pleaaed to exercSae Bbaanoukl jaj
rearfully taxed to pay, not only her P?aant dcbj.
bui a large prooortlon of th- enormoua debtfeffaa.
enl and tuture) of thal clty. Have we iliiook j t -
Itea) any rellable atatement ol wnatthal djoi ia
and how mui h of taxatlon on li would bo added to
0,Tli?WproBpectlve further Indebtedneaa of New.
fork wlll, li Ia belleved, be very great for worke.
edlBcea and othei Improvementa from whlch btooa
'vn ean derlve no benertt, bui ror whlch sn.- woiii.i
be heavlly taxed. The nea Clty Hall and other
munlclpal buildinga of New-Ycrk, her vnst iine of
olera on rhe North Rlver, her propoaed worka
around the new parka ln Weatcheatar County, and
other worla at the end or Maunattun leland and
eiaewhere wi'i Inmi a debl or Kt-eat magnltude.
Her own ofaclala ao regard It. Take. for Inatance,
the alngb Itcm of the underground rallroad from
the Battery to Harlem Rlver, the proposed .ost of
whlch wlll be 155.000,000 to a?,000.000. Brooklyn
would pay a very baavy tax on thla New-York
?rork from whlch ahe eould derlve no possibie
ben BI On Ihe contraxy, i! would .lr:tin to Har?
lem and Wentcheeter County mu.-h of the popula
tlon and bualneaa whlch would otherwise ..-entre
here. ? . , ,
We hava had i pure and efflclenl munlclpal k"v
ernment here durlng the preaenl adminlatratlon, and
we are aboul to have anothei good one. I trust
,,,.1 believe, Doea any one belb-ve tlnt the pro
poaed change would glve ua more honeal rule taan
we have hai durlng thal of Mr. Bchlerea and sh.ill
h ive under thal of Mr. Wurater?
Prioklyn Ia a Ihoroughlj American cl?y. \> ho
w-lahea to change II ln thal reaptet? Naw-York
Ia f.'-t ceaalng to be auch. If you paaa up Broad
a-ay from Trlnlty Church to L'nion Square and read
the algna hardly one ln three beara an Amerli in
name. i,arn.- ''quartera" of tbal clty are almoat
.\. lusiv.-iv popula:-.i by other racea?people of
other laniruaxes. creeda and aympathiea than our
own We may well be content wltb our condltlon.
!?,,:. aeema to be no wladom Ia tba propoaed
change.
BROOKLYN IS OOOD BNOUOH POB UAYOR
BCHIEREN.
Mi.'.or Si'hirren. who, after buay adminlatratlon
of tha clty'a affalra for two yeara, wlll on Wednaa
dgy be aucceedad by Frederlck W. Wurator, aald
of conao IdaHon:
Blnce the electlon of IM3 thera haa been a iteady
levelopmeni and a marked Increaae of civlc prUe
in this clty. Altbough al thit tlme the queation
CHARLEB A. BCHIEREN.
of annexatl ??? l> J a favorable v.i-e. by a
amall mujorltv, wbich waa largel) due to th. pre
vaillng i on ??:? n of our local affalra, li by no tneans
repreaented the true aentlmeni of th< pei?;.:<?. Brook?
lyn waa under a cloud, and the people were Indif
i rent, and aeemed to take litti,' uttereai ln tba
welfare i f the clty. But the rrsmt of tbal e.ectl >n
made ? parceptlble change ln the minda of tba
people. Th.- entlre preaa of the country aounded
th pralaea ..f Brooklyn. the eventa of that tn-uii
orabla electlon were proclatmed averywhera, the
proaacutlon an.i convlotlon o( McKane, whlch fol
lowed, waa baralded far and wlde, and Brooklyn
,\,m looked upon as the ploneer clty of reform.
Bver) rlrooklynlte wh.> travelled waa proud of the
dlatlnctlon that bla clty had at:aine.i. Xaturallv
under these clrcumatancee civlc prlde would de->
Velop 1'iei. and tba s.ms and dauyhtera of Biok
lyn do nol wlah that th<- naate ..f their falr clty be
so summar.lv extlngulahed, and that feeiing' hai>
nol lapaad, bui galned atrength, The aucceaaful
adminlatratlon <>f our local publtc affairs added
mateiiaiiv to tha;* feellng; th.- practical raforma
Inatltuten are admlred and appraclated by other
eitles. and th'> n itin- ..f Brooklyn Is ev-n mora
popular abroa.l and recaivea mora fam.- than ever.
Many of our people m i.mi.inth reaenl the tiiotizii;
of annex.it on They conalder :t u threalenlng
cloud whlch hanga over our cltyt .'n.i i? a conatinl
Ibreal t" them, and I doubt, if a popular vota wara
i.ii-en to-day. thal the people would favor annexa
tlon Bealdea, Ihe beneflta to ba darlved are Largely
broblematlc. The re?ult of the last electlon ln
New-York Cl'.y, with the proancci ..f ? return of
Tamman) rule al tba end ..f Mayor S:ronx'? a.i
Rllrabla admlnlstration, has not alded the move
ntent. but, on ihe contrary, makea even enthuai
aatic conaolldatloniata waver and haaltatt Brookli i
would cartainl] gatn nothlng, polltlcally, i?> auch
u change, Her polltlcal proapecta for malntalnlna
and eontinuinu roo.i governmeni are brlghtar than
New-York'e. Plnanclally, dttle >?atn. if gny, would
be made. The s.. much lalked-of loa tax rate is
ateadllj ircreaalng In Naw-York, wher.-** wa have
ui leaal checked u> advance here in Brooklyn witn
a fa'.r proapeci to roatlaua in that way,
THAT DBBT IJMIT.
The boaatad margtn of doM iimit of Bow-Yorb ia
not so lar^e wh.-n the prajoetad Improvementu, aneh
aa the bulMtBf of the underground rallroad. are.
eonalderetl. When thOM are eompleted New-York
wlll he pretty well up to her llmlt. and If the ltn
m. iib.? praaooad undavalopad tarrltonr ia to h?- ?u
nexed. theae arvat eitles wlll ba burdened with
another heavy axptnae, baeaoaa country towaa hava
llmited mean-., l.nt when onee annexed make un
llmltad deme.nda. They wlll Het up a loud elumor for
all elty |o>pro\ementa to be mnde upon nilleH of
epuntry k?ta Buch has baan our exparlence ln thbl
Clty. W'.iat, than, Is tha henellt? Slmplv the name
Hrooklvn enbus a- att a name and reputatlo* aa
her hih er .>tv Hiei uuleu s..in.- niutiiai aubatantla]
K.n?a? cnn he dartvad by the unlon, wby*
*Rln ?nr,fon" it i.b-ovcM the r.ext Lagtalatura tl.
annaxatlon? t i n > oarrfuU, ,ind go ?iow. |t
conaldar tbM projoci very |( ()
,., wry mportant ?' ? ? ?,,,,,., fK,r,f.,i, ,0 ,?)t ,
?l";:"opl i n,?r2ui ? KTeal deal of confualon. I
?U1*-' anl u ?, a^n'ion b- v,pcn theae two cltlea fot
vr^'iargeiv f?o he faS that my buatoaaa m
yeara, ,Hr*p'y' ,'. in Nww-Yorfc: bul upon a mov
' ^-"rfWlS ;,u..tion and the dlffTrulttaa
caraful ?''?''> "' ' f'm my practlca expertenoa
?urroundlng K. and f''"" ,.r\,m,e, i h?-? <oma
?,'n7 a'n.PdOUbtM."J w.,.om of It for th.
! to haattaie an !lf,vlRP fU-nt eantlon before d?
prMi nt. and woiJK ??< ^ " Altbourh a rlver
"'*H??||S 1M . 'c"t^' clt.cs. there seems to b. ?
only djlvldaa ineae rharactarlatlca. cuBtoma
i marked ?ilffer?n' '" , . ?- that reepeet they
: and baWta of thtpM??? ' ' A BrooKjyn,7
j might be hundrada ? f mii i ? ft, n,, |p
1 t;as Baparate and ' .,, ' \ i" ncighbor acrea tba
aceord wlth l*^~vew.Ywker knowa llttle aM
i rlv<"'- t EVai rooklyV whlle all Brooklynltaa ?d
IftXXX: own"Ht;?bcV,er and ,.*.lof her
arhlevamanta. I>ftn,rnm,.:i. f?r toch n large m-t
T^a a?ieatlon ofgovemm^nwor , ^ prr?rif
:':::;;.'^r^v.^!dn^-?i.M.-.1.
; tcring large pcblicaffru
?? ?'""''?" jstrT'K|:N "AR,:'
Sstw&v*,?MafSBasii.
THE KK- DK
RICH ?RD I BTORRB.
bla to l- I le
u<h a 'horongh
ar.d unjuat: In
tnrf> thfV vote should I""' ?? .
Lcmly ton'ohdation Wltl *"?*
nderatandlng wouid be opi.fv<
ramoui taTfict. Thc municlpal llfe of a Mihaaunltf
ofamlBlon'.U c.nno. b^-touWnot t
out of exlBtenc. aa you wlpe fbruree from a i
wlth a wet Bponge, careleaaly and rapuxt)
EITHBR RWUBMIMMON OR A BKKKKKNI'IM
Cbarlea A M >re, tba wafl-known Republ aa and
prealdeol of the Monuuh Club, aald:
unquallfledly oppoaed to cons .iir'""
they were votlng for. A large numbai of routi
s
CHARLEi A. IfOORE.
nnierstooi that they wet- ,-. I ? mply to
preaa a general oplnlon, and dW ? i mean to d?c:
than and there for conaolldatlon wlthout | - o
that the partlculara anl deulla ahould be aatiafac
torv to them. What la a i Itj bui raBon.
In whlch the votera may be llkened to atockh -?
In a buelneaa corporatlon? Now, II It were pro
poaed that one corporatlon ahould aell out to an
othei corporatlon whlch was about to tbaoro it. or
course the atockholdera of the compan) to b an
nexad or abaorbed wouid hav. to be latuned tn?t
thp detalla of the change were beneflcial and ? -?
factory to them. Th<n. auppoaa a flrm were to
abaorb or annex an ?ther tlrm. wlth ita ofllcera,
man.ig.'is and employea; even If It werj decldert to
keep thp old heada of departmanta of thal flrm.
there wouid naturallv be an Inclination on th< pa .
of the largcr concern to <\^> away wlth th< N
In favor ,.f Its own men, if there eame a .h
tween them. There are two rlaeaea of men a ?
largely makc up the body of c inaolldatlonlau l
.11* the real cstatc men and a body ol p
who are echemlng, naturally. for aome aelflah i -
of their own. It Ib satd that consolldatloi ?
bring aboui an equallaatlon or adtuatment <.f taxa
tlon bui 1 can'l aa* lual how. i hav-. ,t frlend ? >
haa a houae n?ar Ptfth-ave. and Plfty-eecond-er.
in New-York, and the taxes on his property Mi*
on my home herc are nearly equal. In the ? B|
of r..nsolidafion the tax.ibie valuatlona wouid prob
ably diffcr. His propert) wouid be put up in valua
and mlne wouid go d. \n valuea couhU't be a*
they ai-.- now. PoUtlcally, l thlnk thal if a Repub
llcan Legialature crammed conaolldatlon down :be
throats of Brooklyn Republlcana, or declded t.. do
si tha cffp.-t wouid be tremendouely Injurloua i
ihe party, eapeclally In vtew of the approaih'.ng
Prealdentlal efection. It mlgbl mean ? loaa ?< W.OW
votea to the Republlcan party in Brooklyn Thera
woul.l be .< eonelderable io*s. at all eventa
far. I have not b.-cn convlnced by .i\\ the argu
menta of the conaolldatlonlBta that conaoildatlon
wouid be a henefit to this clty. There hava '???? n
? greal rnany promlaea and looae-Jolnted argumenta
in favoi of conaolldatlon. bui what guarantee la
there that they wlll ba carrted out? if I wera eao
vlnced that conaolldatlon might he beneflcial, and
th>r.> were reaaon to belleve tha: all promlaea and
agreemtnts wouid b^ honeatly, equltably aipl fully
carrled out, than I wouid favor conaolldatlon, but
l hava nol been convlnced by r in* II latlon arsu
ment? vet Even Wt'.Hamaburg ras not foond nn
nexation a be icfll unmlxed wlth Inconvenlenca,
As to polltlcal reaulta of a local k.nd. we have
.1 iwned the Mcuaughlln rlng her- ind !n aoaaa ra
spprts it was n? bid or wora than Tammany- .md
there is a poaatbtllty that ?( another ring mona t
covertng wnat la hoa New-York and Brooklyn
were to galn l foothoM In thi ?? maolldatad eltr,
with its tentaclea grlpptng everj part II wauld **
w. Hnigli ta i> atructlble.
In roncluaton, even although marv peop'e miahl
not fully eomprehend all thc detalla, l tnlnk thal
thay ahould have i chance to declde on the partlcu?
lara of any conaolldatlon acheme.
MH LAWRENCE AOREEfl WITH MR. MOORR
fhpster B. Lawranca, wn.-> auecaadad Magor-aleei
Wuratai as Plra Commlaaloner, agread with Mr.
Moora la aaoat of hbt aptadooa, naybig that bi '?
n.it >ct aaan aattoflad that. if oonaalktetkM wera
rushed throtigh. 'oa the plan and for the raaaooj
that have he. n enrrent. the reault wouid be hrt"
flelal to Brooklyn He thotight ranxoJtdaUOOJJU
ahould makc haata oarafu ly.
A VOICI PROM THB TW BNTI -THTRD WARft.
Joseph ('. Cabhle. of No. fior, ltadison-Bt., by reason
of hbt leadershlp In the Kepubliran Twcnty-thlrd
\\ard. has for some tlme t>cen rcKarxird aa a repre
aentativa eititen. Thi;: waa cm.maaisrd la.st w.ek
by his nfusal to allow his frlrr.da to ataxM B I
(lalma for a rommiawloncrahlp in Ma.vor lYafater*!
cal Inet, whlch It waa conr<>dad he might ht.\e had.
Rg rofused DOlltknil hor.nra bncai;se he said hp felt
that If he pMMM a puhlic offlrlal the ofn>e ou.ght to
have all his worklng hoiirs, and he could not afford
lo drop his bugtnaaaa,
"I ha\e no iieauatlcn In r.aylng that i am cppo?ed
abaolutaly to mtnamlHtrlaa." ?aid he to a Trtnune
raporter, on Tbaraaaaf nlght at h!s hon-.e. "I am
o;.|> ??. ,i to it, iii >t. beoau.-ie I am a natlve of Br?ok
l>n and lova Ita Inatltutlons. For that reason I ot\>e<*t
to sfelrg 'he naiita of a cltv honoresl and reverrd ty
r. graa>l majorlty of Ra UIM.000 Inhabltants wlped
Off thc roap of Naw-York Stato ln orxler to gratlfy
a aomew.iHt bombaatle daalra to keep New-York h:g
ger than some other olty. Armin. t don't thlnk ww
ahould be aaki-d to aurreodai *u- city rtghta without
knowing what we are golau| to g?'t in ratUCV. "'' ?*??
a homely llluatratlea, I don't I>el!era ln bnyinga P'g
In a bag. 1 raa't batp baHavtag fhut the arsutneots
of tha nonaclklatlonlata are fallarlous. wnli the ut
MBoat sauvhy the> aaaura the ant.-<'on.-M.'i'.ationlat
that hla proiv-rly wlll advan.^e ln rtdua, ahilc hn
taxaa wlll decrenae. 1 fall tn aee how 1 aui gotfig te
i>ay leaa taxea If my prop.rt\ Is aolng t" Ik- in "fased
ln value. Agatn. and parbaUM l fWM more strongly
on thla polnt thati on any other. we t>a>? . uat had
two ywara u.f honest govaraaaaail uader N'ayor
Bchleren two years ln whlrh this r.ty s affa;.c ha.a
benn oondurt??d In a inanner to exrlte the ia'rtirm
tlon of aiatar cltlea. In thla pericd. ln ne?rly .ill the
clty departmepiH, tha people have Imci ot.'c t lr?
aona ahowlnx how munU lual afTalra shnu'.o te ron
ductad. Sotnc of thc di I'ttituiei.ts ha\f m M'.'.'i rrod 1p
fHtlmable and laatlng l>cnet?is upon the . i> ny <*?
tabiiahing wiae praoadaata aloaa ihe m of t>?v:i
Oaay. the hraaklag away from Wbleh wlU be d::r.}^?r
oua to any iKilltbal |>?rty c tien. n :h'..? ?' ? I ??>,
we have aaqutrad by oaaaolMattioa a.l t<f .'.e oouatg
towns. and alartad njtother aet of municlpal offlclaU.

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