| Show SOME comparative POLITICS THE now new york world has made its first report since the park place lisas ter on the condition of the old build ings inge of that city six hundred structures have been discovered through the worlds agency which are little better than death traps if construct ed for the express purpose of ensnaring human beings to their doom they could not have been much better contrived but the most astonishing part of the report is the statement that every ode one of these places has been visited in some cases a long time ago by building inspectors and formally condemned as unsafe Noti notices cesto to that effect we were posted on the doors but instead of being heeded by the proprietors proprietor ej they were either torn tom down the moment the officer was out of sight or else something pasted over them which amounted to the same thing in the meantime complaints have been repeatedly made by the tenants to the city officers who in their turn disposed posed of the complaints much in the f 1 fashion that tho the proprietors disposed 0 of the inspectors inspector notices since the corruption of new york yorlli government first began to attral attract attention through the prosecution of tweed there has not appear afi in the official doings of th abate city anything more monstrous th thail this inspection affair Nobody NO 11 in particular seems tobe to be and that is the worst feature of it bed tape and a general habit of ty in official circles appears to be vw accountable for this show of I 1 tot difre difference rence to the welfare of the working people the important offices of the city see to be occupied by a crowd of lo 10 loafers loa fere who have sought them solely for what they would yield in straight n money one and in money getting and who have been select selected d solely for the service they would yield to th ward and state political lea I 1 c c bo sam their only idea of public duty see seems to be to go through the forms of their red tape discipline collect their salary and the ausink auxiliary ry proceeds of ofil office pay all political assessments without murmur vote the straight blaa ticket at the elections and cover up much as possible of the real pu duty which they fall fail to perform this is the reason why taxes in ne new york city are so much heavilin proportion to population that than those of a any other city in the world this is w whir hajt with all her vast wealth and the I 1 lavie far expense of her government she I 1 is atsu relatively one of the poorest gov governed cities in the world more than tb abin without a political awake nini her honest men she never was be any different though the baft of taxation were doubled ws ani 34 quadrupled with every department of the public service overrun with polity cat cal parasites what can avail from fromal 0 1 increase of taxation it simply ain ampa pA fles fies the resources for robbery and ln liko vites more pap suckers into the puw c service this deplorable condition of in new york would not be so in ing a tople topi except for the fact that effort is being made to introduce 1 8 same a me style of politics into salt L city the people have already hessed here enough of the attendants of such methods to ident iden them perfectly if with a full know edge of the situation the voters do n at the first opportunity set met their feet ow ciari the monster that has foisted itself u them we are not sure that they w will b deserving of much sympathy for may result |
