New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
WOrLD CONVERT SHEPARD
10 cTYLER SAYS HE HAS BROUGHT
MORE THAN ONE SINNER TO
REPENTANCE.
REPENTANCE.

14,h the utmost courtesy. and yet with the
., biting irony and effective sarcasm, the
= Or Theodore L. Cuyler last night exposed
-. Inconsistencies Of Edward NJ Shepard in ac-
ling the Tammany nomination for Mayor,
"a rebuked and chided his friend (for DR..
.,er knows Mr. Shepard welD for the stand
= bss taken n this campaign. II at
-.s,ing al No lO4 South Oxford-st.. in hall
acre Dr. Cuyler for many years has always
'.,rsssed his friends and neighbors on cam
paign topics
,be venerable minister in conclusion. for dur
,-r nv long ministry I have been enabled 10
ming more than one sinner TO repentance"
The audience laughed and one man said:
yves. If Mr.. Shepard had been here he would
,sve been thoroughly ashamed Of himself
This is one Of the most important elections
t, recall in all my residence in what is now
--aster New-York,' said DR.. Cuyler For the
,.st four years the foremost city in the land has
bssn under the despotic control Of an English
rsbob. who resides in Vantage. in the southern
,.rt Of England. Here he poses as q Democrat
:, England. where he lives. he hobnobs with the
,oblity and tries TO pass himself of as an aris-
,oc-st He has not one legitimate trade or call
eng but as he frankly stated. is in politics for
his own pocket all the time. Tammany Hall is
vast political trust. the stock Of which is con-
trouea by Mr.. Croker.
THE English nabob. a few weeks ago, came
N our city TO look after his Tammany property
He came back-I am not speaking satire. but
the simple truth-to select the men who he
wished should be the officers OF this great city
for the next two years
.Ee did not select a resident OF our own
,or7r1r-ri irv-the Cortroller-for the ticket Oh
no because that gentleman some time ago had
t--a ll-lscreet eiu4ga 70 write an article about
the true condition Of affairs. No. this English
uabob selected his Controller, his President OF
the Board OF Aldermen. and the others Of his
:icket-and then, as q sort OF sugar coated pill.
he gave Us that very eloquent and brilliant law
yer. our neighbor. Mr.. Shepard
Dr. Cuyler then proceeded 10 praise the mem
bers Of the fusion ticket, and give his reasons
why every honest and self-respecting man
should support it.
First" said Dr.. Cuyler, these men are the
only men who can deliver US from the disgusting
despotism Of Tammany Hall. In the last cleo
ton heard Edward ". Shepard say that Tam
many was the most burning and disgraceful
blot in the history Of municipal government
Those were the honest convictions Of his heart
! shall not take your precious time 20 give you
all the invectives OF Mr.. Shepard against Tam
many Hall Has Tammany Hall changed one
whit? Has a single stripe OF the tiger been
erased? Il is the Tammeny Hall OF four years
ago. whose leader, the English nabob, asks the
city 70 continue il in ali It's power and corrup-
ton. When men OF the same party-Judge
Peckham. Mr.. Horublower, John De Witt War
ner and many others-condemn Tammany Hall
in all its horrible ugliness. 1t needs no argu-
ment 10 show that the leopard hasn't changed
his spots"
Then the speaker started In tc dissect Mr..
Shepard.
Isn't il astonishing" he said. when men
want TO delude themselves, how easily they can
do il? He says he wants 10 reform Tammany
Hall Well well. well! He accepted the norni-
ration from Tammany Hall. and stood up there
IN their headquarters and said he would do
nothing 10 dislntegrate Tamnany Hall Can he
turn against it, On, no, an OK knows his own
ers and al ass his master He wouldD,-
against them He couldn't do il LIT
promise.
Mr.. Shepard four years ago said that the
best Of men in any Office is in measure the
creature OF the conditions surrounding him
You know who would surround him. From his
Own lips / indict him. They say II a heavy
weight is thrown into Niagara near the brink OF
the fails i viii not sink but be carried over into
the depths below. don't care how much char
Scler Edward NJ. Shepard has II he casts him
seE into the current OF Tammany Hall IL Will
carry him and his administration over into the
whirlpool q destruction"
Dr.. Cuyler then dwelt al length upon Seth
Lows ability as q non-partisan executive OF
great city. as shown in his administrations in
Brooklyn. DR.. Cuyler is a warm friend and
coIndant of Mr.. Low and related several per-
soma incidents 70 show that no considerations
could swerve Mr.. Low from his non-partisan
loea IN the conduct Of his Office.
- Ihe duties Of a Mayor" said DR.. Cuyler,
are not those OF a speechmaker. 7 yield 20 no
ka bril- ie enr
powers Of Mr.. Shepard. Erskine. the greatest
tsNyer IN England. failed in Parliament Ha-
snepsr1 shown any remarkable executive
sollty2 He has never been tried, you say. Mr.
Low has been tried"
Again. nr Cuyler quoted Mr. Shepard's ut
and added
:, Mr.. Low has never changed front in all Of
MS public career-to use z homely phrase, he
mas never Wabbled I sometimes write in boys
e-lograph albums, and Il is always one SEN
tehce II M Shepard should lay MS auto
e-sph album before me would write: No man
Wa ever lost in a straight road do not wish
70 say anything unkird Of Mr.. Shepard. I wish
he were mere I would say 10 him: Your po-
Auea4 career in the last few years has been
eccentric. ! remember when you opposed Nc
--augh-in I suppose now you and he are as
cordial as David and Jonathan
- Ny Shepsrd's career leaves 10 doubt If
me pretty speeches he is making every night
nov viii be carried out if he Is elected. Is he
good man2 a good man Yes. good man;
sut the world has suffered awfully from the
n.9ncers OF good men. II you want something
eVl done, don't get a rogue 20 do II. He will
excite suspicion Go 70 a good man and appeal
- - MS pride Tell him he has a chance 70 have
rs ambition satisfied The tempter has his
fnare for all
Mr.. Peabody has embarked in the same boat.
11ter election ! hope 20 be able TO grasp Mr..
shepards hand and say; congratulate you on
sssoaplng the responsibility OF attempting an
3npossibility'
There are two Edward ". Shepards in this
.lshL One Is in Brooklyn. the other in Tam
Aely Hall In Brooklyn he gratifIes the Demo-
las OF Mr.. PeabOdy's type over in Tammany
s..6A the other Mr.. Shepard says: III do moth
- ,,-e 10 oisintegrate Tammany Hall The Eng
-sn nabob smiles and says: Let Shepard rope