New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
.rr.cKs DEMocRATs oPPosEp 10 HIM
HE DEFENDS TAMMANY.

HE DEFENDS TAAIMANY.
NJ sbepara declared that there had been
instrumentation Of the Tammany administra-
,o. ana that the city was not 50 full OF vice
and crime as some Of the speakers on the other
side asserted Then he continued:
Il you read the papers to-day-or. rather II some
ono not living here were 10 read rhem-you would
believe thar crime and vice were broadspread IN
every avenue, SiTeet ana aLeE OF me cit3 hoE
would believe that there was not a single honest
oaiceholder. You would believe that there was q
thsr no taxes were used for the purpose they We're
Intended for You know all OF that 10 De gross
and ! NAV say. an abonlina BILE perversion Of the
facts peryersiOn utterly useless For Il the criti-
there might be campaign useful 70 the city. fair
o. their side. and then, II you please. our SIDE
Now the story IS that crime, knaNery ana 10, TOP. %
berry run, y you please Rampant through an me ne
done so for The last three years; that there
IS complete and unlimited alliance between those
that is The charge year ago the District Attorney
Of New-York County was removed and in his place
was appointed a reforner. appointed by Governor
Roosevelt The retorTner was received %llh ne Ihe
press and he mas enjoyed that praise down 70 The
ten months He has had all the machineTy o.
he grand jury he has eontTol-ed comP1se-Le!y pa s-s7
s ayH ~ =, F ~ z t6 az rs ,,is I'll Mi have whether
Re be the Republican or Democratic candidate
Now remember here Is this Borough of Manhattan
@ ocA th,D-s3L1 t NYto~ sIl,aTSs f45een crime
and vice everything that ought TO make the city
You Please angel Of light with iaming sword
of Justice in his hand panopled with an the power
Governor every iota OF the machinery Of the ad.
mn nas ,stlop q lz bI,r nv 5icqrent against
the administration were true. Wnat VIII you say OF
sor 9 1n S resarf q moment How many convic-
lions have there been? one wardman!
QUOTES COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Mr. Shepard criticised Nj Lows promise 10
remove Murphy and Devery If he were elected
Mayor. saying il was made for electioneering
purposes He went into another long argument
in excusing himself from making any such
promise. Then he continued:
viii give no pledge OF promise limiting ny
complete responsibility upon my cath 70 the peo-
pie who have elected ne and 20 God Himself as 70
what should be done. Are We without precedence3
ms is SAID 20 be casl5stry and my qisuIg u.led
He quotes the famous observation OF a New-Nork
.rlenes aai Is, indeed the sworn lnotpsiiueilce
OF great elective CfCer between friends or for the
ago this very month. curiousiy enough, this same
question arose and was treated by very dis
politics. Eor viii remember that in the campaign
2, sse ne De-locrai MADE what tney Seened ,d 10
sI5ys5e1 st ,iGl 5ilIef 81 enjsSJe was b-uited
from c1s end of he iT, 10 the Cher The Repub-
hcar emo Iare for Governor n Ises who. whatever
other accusation might be brought against him,
n public N give a pledge II what he would do
VIZ Ny AlcrdEe and with Others when he was
Ny. Shepard said that HIr. Roosevelt had made
no promise except that ne would investigate
and do justice
PETTY LARCENY AT THE WORST" SAYS
COLER.
Controller Cclers speech was directed against
published statement that there had been in
cresses in the salaries under the Tammany ad-
nlnistration amounting TO several millions. and
That The administration had sought 10 conceal
such Increases by improperly paying them out
Of the proceeds Of bond accounts Mr.. Coler as
serted that al payments from bond accounts
Aad been legal and regular He added:
Now when our Republican friends talk OF salary
increases running up in the millions. they want 10
sA@Se you believe that they refer 10 increases Of
alltlou2' salaries. The total individual salary in
vetses curing the last four years. outside Of the
,i5oafG ot Education and the changes in grade Of
ne @els Ponce and Fire departments which are re
= ess than One-halT Of per cent Of the present
.oeeei and the average annual increase during
sech of these four years IS about one-ninth OF !
~ cent n the budget. So that. IL the whole OF
s-ls increase were without JustihcatiOn-which IS
~ rue-.t would stil. al the worst be but petty
..SSosny q very petty kind. compared with
N-'e colossal briRandage OF the Republican party.