The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-03
BELMONT SELF EXPOSED:
CROKER'S LITTLE CANDIDATE SEEN
IN MS TRUE LIGHT.
Over His Own signature the Exponent OF
Bryanism In the Thirteenth shows the KIND
Of Man Who IL Asking the Voters OF tho
District to send Him to Congress


The people of the Thirteenth had still an
other opportunity yesterday of taking the
measure of the queer little person whom Mr,
Croker tut M as the Bryanite, free silver can
didate for Congress In the district. II was
reasonably sufficient for all purposes OF hs
opponent that Mr.. Belmont personally appear
and make y eeChes at political meetings Bu'
he was not satisfied with that. lie saw III
10 take his pen In hand and compose "A letter
IL was addressed TO George L. Eustls. who
|. perhaps had and perhaps had not written and
sent to Mr.. Belmont IA decent enough note
the general purport of which was that while
lac. Mr.. Eustis. being in the opposite political
camp. was going TO make campaign speeches
adverse to MIR. Belmont, he trusted that his
action in SO doing would be construed from
the abstract question Of politics and as IN no
sense personal to Mr.. Belmont.
Whether Mr. Eustis did or did not write
such a letter il of course entirely uncertain
After the fictitious letter put forth last Wednes-
day a. coming from the Hon Jefferson Levy.
the authorship of which Mr.. Levy at once in
dignantly denied, there l. no reason TO suppose
any letter presented a. being in Mr. Belmonts
interest was ever written or heard OF by tho
person under whose name the Belmont cam
paign managers issue il. But whether Mr
Eu.tis did or did not write the letter in ques-
ton il of no particular consequence " Is not
the alleged Eustis letter which has become OF
interest "a an amusing feature of the campaign
1t i, Mr. Belmont's reply to II, which he elee-
fully paradcd Yesterday as a choice contro-
vcrsill document and which is generally ac-
ceutcd in the district as "A standard specimen
Of epistolary bad taste.
Mr.. Belmont snecrs at Mr.. Eustis as seeking
either financial or social advantage 10y opposing
him; he flourishes his poCketboOk and oilers
to pay Mr.. Euste'S cab fare To Republican
meetings. Then. speaking Of going into per-
soualltles, he advances this renaThaple selti-
ment:
much from virtue Us from the fact that my
opponent has - little personally to attack
MIR Belmont's reference to his own personal
virtue a in any way bearing upon his abstcn-
ton from making his campaign one OF person
alltlc, has struck the, pc pc OF the nhlrtcenth
a. humorous. just A. does his dreadiully sarcat-
tic insinuation~ that there is nothing in Mr.
saii' Mir wiiic?x has stadlo9,sly retrained
ing Mr.. Belmont otherwise than on purely
political grounds although b. haS meyer
cause there WAS nothing in, Mr.. Beinonts
personality that could be issa'led bpt whIt-
EE@innSMart' himself 'nR"ns iiuTrnisHod'' And Of ali
the exhibitions lac has gwen of the makeup
% %ni 81, , 1Wm pG " s'T"nrIr T n,Sdd N nPT iis aHs" on nI Tis
Of gc,ty 'nma'1ice in. tho + is letter &C..
! ne SlllnIFlf lIblIl D'lill'lN VI NV ~
element in tho district has aroused much I'M
casinc-s among Oh" Managers OF me Tree SILVER
G n.,yi6 ,., SsmP a. al.-e mi alton of II iaIsseh osds
among the Hebrew voters. Thousands OF
circulars have been put out among them CIV,
ocSurrcd in isas in a CLUB of which Mr..
Wilcox ,E n,caInS a In aesa s II Re- pc-
signed from the Union League Club four
vrIr, before MIR. Wilcox ever Thought 81 join |
ing II, the Hebrew voters are eXhorted 10 vote
cndidite for Congress. How successful this
silly appeal IL shown by. the Tact that Isaac
Jas,a Srllsma:. aud both residents Of the
Thirteenth, arc among The ardent supporters
of Mr.. Wilcox. Under date Of oct. 10 2 formal
printed appeal was issued TO the, voters Of the
district. II wis signed by ncarlr q hunLred
OF the loading sound money. men OF the ,Ihlr-
tcenth. conspicuous among the@" siGners being
both Theodore and Isaac SeligmNn. II read as
We. the under-lgne residents Of tho Thir-
doree the candidacy OF MIR. William. h, Will
Cox for Repre,cntst,vs in c0n " Eich i ISaro tbs
and a lawyer Of integrity and ability. lie
i in ever wny WORTH Of our SUPPORT at
that tho liJhe.t interest," 81 the. country at
iarte. and especially a." ,gf"r@; T. 81 me gGnrtG,-
will be bet served and promoted 10y ~" cleo,
ton Of Mr. WILCOX. and We hoI,o that he wiz
i frc|rcctI f9S Of f'T psrty . s9hN}iSrI' "' '''"'''
Several Of tho fal-ehoods which are now the
last remnants of MIR. RelmOuts campaign
stock In trade sueaked into print for n time
In Mr.. Cookers Y,ioGrnph. hut we're SO quickly
dubbed ont % sight that Mr. Bclmont'- mana,
them a. circulars distributed in the streets
aud mailed To- voters at their homes. Among
these Is the highly improhahle statement that
Mr.. WillcoS, with many Irish voters in his dis
trict. had publicly insultcd people Of this
the purpose of winning their votes.
Another is that he is n lawyer. for
the Sugar Trust. n corporation from
none of whose officers or hencncinries. unless
il he Mr. Bclmout himself, would he know
If he met him in the street The trouble with |
these fctiuu-. as with all the others the Bel
mont bureau l. circulating. iSthat they are based
upon the broad general assumption That the
voters Of tho Thirt zenith are born fools And
this m in itself IL not one that IL rou--
ing the district to wild enthusiasm over Mr..
Ralmont's candidacy i