New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-02
HEWITT HAD A HEADACHE.
THIS EXPLAINS HIS BAD TEMPER.
ADDRESSING SOME OF HIS CITIZENS IN CHICK
ERING HALL-ABUSE FOR THOSE WHO
rArr no SUPPORT HIM

ADDRESSING SOME OF HIS CITIZENS IN CHICK
ERING HALL-ABUsE FOR THOSE WHO
FAII. TO SUPPORT HIM.
The theory, tcnacously adhered to- that therc Is
spontaneous and uncomfortable demand from the
responsibility of NewYork City for the reelection
Of Mayor Hewitt received rude and cruel SHOCK
last evening. The long advertised Citizens Mass
Meeting to ndorse and ratify Mr.. Hewts nomination
was held at Chickerng Hail. but in point OF numbers
II could not be called 4 success. When James "A.
Roosevelt took the chair at 80 p. IN there wcrc
many vacant chairs The audience was composed
largely OF women, and no part OF the house was az
any time crowded. OF the 135 gice-presidents ana
twenty-five secretaries the list read In very thh
room by Conrad n. Jordan, not one-foufth "ero
present The best known men upon the platform,
large portion of which was unoccupcd, although
abundant preparation had been made to accommodate
a great array Of eminent citizens. were the heads Oh
Mr. Hewitt's department. Like the candidates. a."
ministration It was respectable far as outward
appearances co. but by no means strong
James c. Carter and Dr. Howard Crosby maze
speeches before Mr.. Hewitt's arrival, and both
denounced Sheriff Grant and Tammany Hall, and paid
handsome tributes to Colonel Erhardts ability ana
genuine honesty of character. When Mayor Hewitt
camo upon tho stage the applause with which he was
received made up somewhat for hc gaps In the man
body of the hall. Mr.. Hewitt appeared much
agitated from the beginning OF the speech.
81 am not here tonight he said'
as candidate to ask for your votes, although being
candidate I expect to get them, and intend TO be
elected (Cheers) Good government, the Mayor
said. was in great danger Tammany Hall exists for
one purpose only the spells of office and the profits OF
contracts 1t making its last desperate effort 10
get possession of the city treasury. 1t had blind
following of 10000 hungry voters, anxious to fasten
their fangs upon the vitals OF the city Mr. Hewitt
offered the only hope of escape Colonel Erhardt was
H. Lodo Tba onv VI
the danger to vote for Hewitt. The speaker runs
tho changes on this condition which confronts u.s."
several times, growing pathetic in his appeals.
Mr.. Hewitt read from the Tammany Hall resolutions
and speeches of years ago. when he was nominated
by that organization which lavish in his praises
and said That's the kind of hairpin am" Laugh
ter and cheers) During the interval of four or five
days before he accepted the nomination Of
1886 he said he fairly deluged
with letters from Republicans asking
him to accept and he sorrowfuy wiped his eyes as he
told how they afterward " went back on him. and
nominated Theodore Roosevelt. This action, he said,
drove him TO promise the offices to the Democrats.
He obliged to keep that pledge. Now, the Union
League Club had made that fact the ground of charge
against him. He spoke bitterly of Chauncey VI Depew,
Theodore Roosevelt and Hooper C. Van Worst for
opposing him He violated confidence, he said,
in telling how they had to the Mayors Office and
commended his administration. If Erhardt could be
elected, he would be glad OF IT, Then in broken ac-
cents he said I" If elected will try to do as
well as / have done. l cannot hope to do any
better" After attacking what he called the partisan
ship Of the Rev. Dr. Armitage, he said: SO far as
Mr.. Erhardt Is concerned, / have spoken most cor
daily Of his high character and conscientious fidelity
duty, but he represents political machine There
is safety In this city for man who has behind
him political machine.r
Mr. Hewitt then euloglzed General Newton, Corpora
ton Counsel Bcekman and Mr. Bayles, of the Health
Department, and said that II elected he would reap
point them all He said that the Police Department
could not squander the city's money, but he made
sOnes leaving the inference that any wrong doing in
that department chargeabe to them. He would
appoint ono Republican on that board when the two
vacancies occurred but undecided about the other
appointment. In closing he depicted what model
city government this would be II he could have his
way and tcartay ipporcd Republicans to leave their
candidate and support him.