Evening journal., 1901-11-02
HUMOR ENTERS lNTO%THE
CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK CITY
REFoRMERs AS PUNsTERs

Trademark" This is designated thu
"Crow-cur" trademark.
REFoRMERs AS PUNsTERs
The reformers are given to punning
The Mother Goose" series, adapted
from a common advertisement finds IA
vor with both parties. In the Tammany
set Jerome is represented as Carrie Ma
tion. with a scroll marked blue laws
and an axe.
In one Senator Platt is represented
with a knife in enc hand marked For
Seth Low in 1897 and in the other
hand a bunch OF flowers marked For
Seth Low in 1901" The following accom-
panics the picture: IF You Do Not Want
a spoilers Town Vote for Edward Nj.
Shepard"
This smooth old Gent is Thomas Platt,
It's hard to tell just where he's "at;"
Last time he helped Seth Low to down,
Now he'd turn New York to Spoilers
Town."
With Seth Low in it's Mayors chair
To do the TOmplatt biding there,
So he cries Reform" because, you
know,
Thomas Platt could USE SETH LOW!
Seth Low is represented in the absurd
costume of a merry monarch, accom-
panied by clown and followed by Je-
rome as Carrie Nation and another, with
a bucket of mud marked slander and
abuse. The verses with this are:
Seth and Frank, and Abe their Clown,
Would turn New York TO Spoilers
Town.
Spies and sneaks around them swarm
To poster Us with Fake Reform"
Their Carrie Nation is jerome,
To smash the dOOrways of your home.
If you more of their ways would known,
Take their advice and Use Sethlow!
Another of the series bears this verse:
Hurrah for the Forger of "Spotters'
Town.
To fake Reform he adds renown.
\ splendid pal he makes for Moss,
jerome, Seth Low and the Easy BOssr'
A typical case of Republican use
OF Falsehood. Crookedness and Abuse;
a little lesson that goes to show
Why decent people won't Use Sethlowl
CROKER AND DEVERY
The anti-Tammany cards similarly
prepared in colored print, and posted in
all parts of the city, are devoted TO
Croker and Devery. They use the word
spotted" instead of "spotter" town. In
one Croker is represented with a crown
on his head, big cigar in his mouth, a
ilashy diamond in his shirt, a red checked
suit and a coat of ermine, standing in
mud marked "Deverism," Crime,
Vice" and attended by policeman
carrying n grip marked Dough Bag"
The verse that goes with it is:
This is the Ruler of Spotted Town,
And known as such the world around
He doesn't care for such repute,
For all he's after is the loot;
But will he get the needed dough?
Well-hardly, for Wen vote for LOW.
Another represented Devery in New
York rs bullying the police, and a figure
obviously intended TO be identified as
him. in Jersey City, having a marked ap-
pcarance Of being drunk and disorderly.
One of the verses on Devery is as fol
lows;
The Bully of Spotted Town you see,
Who gives good cops the third degree;
This bully man has only laughed,
With cops whose goods are loot or graft
From Mulberry street he's sure to go
When we elect our Mayor, SETH LOW
These "SpOtter" town and Spotted
town posters. which are seen at every
turn throughout the city, cause the most
intense indignation on the part of those
at whom the fling is directed. The
puerility Of the thing might beeXpected to
render it ineffective, but such is not the
case. Passion is excited to the utmost
and the city is in a state of intense eN
citemont. almost to the danger point in
some sections. The people are hystericaI
and anything seems to be sufficient to
move them.