New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-17
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THE MAYOR ON THE STUMP.
HE MAKES A LITTLE SPEECH AT
WALHALLA HALL.
GUEssEs HE HAS ALJENATED THE PoLrrfcIANS.
BUT IS GOING TO KEEP RIGHT ON IN THE
WAY HE HAS BEEN DoING-RoosEvELr
AND WARING ALSO SPEAK.


WAY HE HAS BEEN DoING-RoosEvELr
AND wARING ALSO SPEAK.
Wahalla Hail. at No. IS Orchard-st, was
packed full Of members Of the Independent CHI
zens' Organization OF the With Assembly Dis
trict last evening, a rnass-meeting Of the Or
ganization having been called to indorse tho
fusion ticket. DR.. Leonard Landes. chairman
OF the organization. presided at the meeting.
Beside him on the platform were Theooors
Roosevelt president of the Police Board, and
John De Witt Warner, Of the State Democracy.
10th Of whom had accepted invitations to make
speeches Mr. Warner was making an earnest
speech when Mayor Strong and Job Z. Hedges.
his secretary entered the hall shortly before
o'clock
There was much cheering when the Mayor
appeared, and he was soon called on to speak
He said:
I came down here tonight to hear RooseysIIt SIt
Colonel Warng He is one Of the Tritns ,asb,sr
thought I would get some amusement out OF II. but
also agreed to say few words as did year eso:
aiienate ali Of the politicians 4 carried out q.
principles Of the platform on which w ran S. l. ddn.
% mean to go right on and carry out the principles
Of that platform. and will continue to carry them
long (ApplauseJ / have put into office some Re-
but no rank % and and somf am as
G ad % dp o do s oTe f an would
make the same appointments.
am glad TO know that there is being created some
Tbere should m be no pocs in the local campaign
but every good citizen should work for the cause OF
plause)
Colonel Waring the Commissioner OF Street
Cleaning. entered the hall while the Mayor was
speaking.
Theodore Roosevelt was greeted cordially
when he was introduced He said that under
the Tammany regime complaint against .
policeman who was ''Sheehan's man., or VINO
had been appointed on the recommendation OF
Senator Sullivan, was sure to come to nausht,
while under the present regime bad policeman
was sure of punishment, even although ne hau
the recommendation Of the Governor OF the
State and the Mayor of the city. As to promo
tions he rected some cases In which the COM
missioners had promoted men for bravery
without regard to their politics or their re-
| ligon In continuation he said In part;
In the Tammany platform they find , fault with IN
"unintegent way in which We enforce the law
Ths %o1a aRe s b6s of SIS for shut;ns
eyes 10 yiolation OF the excise law at one saloon
and the US r Enforcing the law fairly and
squarely. The law was framed by Ia,mmsany ,sa IN
in the hollow OF It's hand. 1t was not called blue
then II law s not 10 bs sO1s as best way to
/
one question that is dear TO us Is that OF honest
| elections The repeater and ballot-b stuner are
| the worst foes of the citizen; We shall hold the
police 10 strict accountability in the prevention
! Of repeating and ballot box suffing and In the
preservation of peace and order at the polls
| Colonel Waring, when he rose to speak, said he
knew nothing of politics, but was an engineer and
| a workngman. He had been brought from New
port. r. l. to clean the streets. he said, and then
he proceeded to tell the audience something OF his
methods and plans. He said in part:
| There is not a street In this district which s not
| cleaned every day. Some OF them are cleaned twice
| a day. and Hester-st.-God save it's cleaned nve
| times a day The streets never could have been
| cleaned II the Mayor had not sustained me. am
| going to make a proposition to Mayor Strong about
| the pishcarts I would like to have two whole
| blocks. one near the Bowery. and one near the
! East River swept clean of buildings and properly
asphalted / would have some of the space reserved
| for market stands and the rest for the pushcar.s
/ would allow the push-cart men and their custom
have free use of the space for the best part
| of the day. Then / would turn the place over TO
the white angels" 1ayshter); and have It made
| perfectly clean. Then l would let In the children
and allow them to play there until bedtime. Ap-
| plause)
Other speakers were heard before the meeting
| closed.