New-York tribune., 1901-10-30
JEROME TPBRAIDS RICH.
CALLS Upon PEOPLE ABOVE FOUR
TEENTH-ST. TO DO THEIR DUTY.

1.-The issue of this campaign is 20 remove the
city from the grasp Of grafters" said Justice
William Travers Jerome al the anu-Tammany
mass meeting held last evening in the concert
hall Of Madison Square Garden. under the aus
pices of the Madison Square Republican Club
Whether am elected not, viii face these
men whom ! have accused and ! am ready 10
stand FOR all the statements have thrown
broadcast. They were not made unthinhngly'
Every one was made deliberately. ana after
hours OF thought. and ] viii stand for every
word / have uttered"
At O'Clock long before the meeting opened
the han was crowded TO the doors. hundreds
were standing. and scores clamoring for ADMIT
tance. Ex-JudEe Henry Z. Howland preslceo'
When Justice Jerome entered deafenins cheer
arose. and the crowd got on its feet and shout
ed. General Francis Y. Greene introduced Jus
tice Jerome as the young whrlwind Of the
town the man with the hatchet who has heWn
Gown the doors Of vice
Justice Jerome opened hostilities by admins
tering a jolt to Big Chief" Devery. "Apper-
tainin' TO and touchin' on" the Big Chief" the
'unsophisticaJed gentleman" said:
No decent man feels like taking up. warfare
with rIthaus like peVsry and Sullivan. / have been
CIV and ID become cu t' for NET Crates on
me-to talk about them. The things that know--if
You knew them there wouldn't be any necessity for
SloAld ike TO inject some SlFJ into the t'tfiS
o. t!!e people VINO Tor years nave oee more TecIrI
in their duty American citizens than any others.
eVerv Voter aboye 5ollrcar,h-st is going a5ltomo-
billing go.fng Election Day. instead OF doing
his duty the polls. ] have not entered this cam
houses They send in a i!ttle cash contribution and
think that makes Them practical politicians You
bounded you You sit around in your Union League
ano your olHeT CUBS ana Nl.it '- D,l -, q i;
nothing about H. Go up 10 that htJle cro~d We nag
more they know about public affairs and politics
don't care. so far as am personally concerned,
whether / am elected District Attorney not. II
means four wears not on a bed OF feathers but of
hard work. But II means much 10 me as an Amerl-
can citizen.
Justice Jerome told of visits he had made TO
Mayor Strong, finding him with teapot by his
side. The Mayor had told him that the bankers
and wealthy men had refused to accept Office
under him, although they had all promised be-
fore election to stand by him. The justice con-
tinued:
top 70 bottom. II can be proved and II You make s
me District Attorney ] viii prove II, 3 res o1 %
be American citizens. You tax about the jews
s6 g 'e horn Ser dzsns ou When %' voa @ ow he city to
become so rotten thaI II inPressfs even nos n 1
e RnPea l 5 10 n j. m II vii b be eer 1ong Tesd }ie
''Dear Judge Jerome: l send 50 for the cam
paign. I am sorry that l can't send more ana
Russian jew, and Socialist, and NOT nat
uraliZed. / don't think YOU can he elected, be-
cause there are TOO many gamblers IN me clIy-
You have allowed things 70 come 10 such a
pass that even the Russian jew and the Socialist
Is Impressed with IL Why even ne messenger 3t niger
The people who are responsible for such condi-
tion Of affairs are type OF people who are before
now, and ] have said. you're not worth the
powder Il would take TO blow you up. The price
OF decency is TO be found in crttice. and
leave Il 10 your conseenoes 10 say whether or not
YOU are responsible for IL
There was tremendous applause when Justice
Jerome ended his address, He Immediately
started for another meeting, followed by a large
10 fill the hall comfortably. Judge Rowland
followed Justice Jerome with address.
According TO the bills posted around town"
he said. lone might think that Mr. Shepard was
the sole originator and promoter Of the rapid
transit system I wonder what Mr.. Hewitt and
the Chamber Of Commerce and the other men
who worked for years TO bring about the rapid
transit have 10 say about that Why, according TO
Tammany Hall all work the rapid transit
viii have to stop if Mr.. Shepard isn't elected.
They say il can't go without him
The next speaker was James r. Sheffield,
fire commissioner under Mayor Strong. He said
that the expense Of that department had in
creased 100000 above what il cost under Mayor
Strong's administration, that fire losses had IN
creased S6,O0O.eeO IN the last three years over
the preceding three years, and that there had
been heavy advance in insurance rates. The
other speakers were John a. Weekes. jr.; Charles
Y. Fornes ". A Elsberg and Herbert Parsons.
DENIES ATTACK on CATHOLIC CHURCH.
JUSTICE JEROME ENTHUSIASTICALLY RE
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