Have Patience

New York, 1895

The tax-payers need have no uneasiness that the Supervisors will not do their duty toward them in the matter of reducing the cost of keeping the prisoners in the County Jail, nor in their determination to have the prisoners kept somewhere else than in the County Jail. The board has made as much progress with the subject as it consistently could, and there is no serious division of opinion about what should be done. What is to be done will be soon done.


Vacheron

What is Assemblyman Vacheron holding a seat in the Legislature for if not to foster the interests of his district? He is not doing that even a little bit. He seems to have become a full fledged Socialist. We have not seen one bill of real merit that he has introduced, while of bad bills that he has introduced there are a number, and the bad bills that he is supporting are more numerous still.

THE FARMER prints this week in the Albany letter the text of a bill that has been introduced by Mr. Brownell to steal the Normal School from Jamaica and give it to Binghamton. A more outrageous thing was never heard of, and every citizen who reads it will boil with indignation. It would be a monstrous wrong to rob Jamaica of this school after the town has given $10,000 for a site for the building and deeded the site to the State. The deep interest which the people felt in the school was shown by the hearty unanimity with which they voted the money to buy the site.

THE FARMER is not afraid that the robber bill will be passed, for Governor McCormick is a tower of strength at Albany, and Senator Childs has a large influence with the law making body, and Counselor Van Vechten is full of resources, and such a team it would be impossible to overcome. But while basking in this security the reckless indifference of Assemblyman Vacheron demands the severest reprobation.

The introductory clause in the bill reads:

Introduced by Mr. Brownell — Read once and by UNANIMOUS consent referred to The committee on ways and means.

What was Assemblyman Vacheron thinking about when this bill was read that he did not object to it and make a fight against it? The bill shows that it had unanimous approval, consequently it had Mr. Vacheron's approval. The people can have but a poor opinion of a representative who is so blind and neglectful of an interest so vital to Jamaica, and, in fact, to all Long Island.


More Vacheron

The Brooklyn Times is not pleased with Mr. Vacheron's course at Albany. If any one is pleased with him, he should stand up and shout. The Times says:

Assemblyman Vacheron's course in the present legislature, especially in regard to the bills affecting Queens county, is not increasing his popularity in the county. The Assemblyman from the third district is known to be looking for Senator Childs' seat in the upper house, and apparently with a view to bettering his chances he is found in opposition to almost every measure introduced by the senator and having his support. This may be only a mere coincidence, but it is certainly an unusual one. From the expression of public opinion, there is no question about the fact that Mr. Vacheron is on the wrong track, and is not covering himself with glory. Such tactics cannot weaken Mr. Childs in public estimation.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 1, 1895, p. 4.