New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
JEROME SHOWS EMOTION.
DEEPLY MOVED AS HE MAKES HIS LAST
SPEECH OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Almighty,
Justice Jerome before audience OF several
thousand German an-Americans in the Graho Cen
trail Palace last night, closing his last speech IN
! the campaign.
! His voice trembIed with emotion. his lips
! o,,iyered and his ewes were suffused with tears
He had spoken with more than his usuai earh-
estness and he seemed to be almost ready "
break down from the effects OF the ioiis 'oi
tinued strain of campaign speaking. his spe'o
/ produced a profound impression on the large
audience which had received MIN win ''N
widest demonstrations Of enthusiasm "he
he ceased the audience rose TO its fee'' cieei
vigorously and began moving toward 'he oooi
| The meeting was held under the auspices oi
the German-Americen Municipal League din
haeinnine at o'clock the audience listened Tor
nearly two hours speeches in German oy Ca'i
schurz Gustav H. Schwab, DR.. Gustav 9choie,
| .1bar+ Jeisel and George Won Skai. jacob "a
| Cantor had made a speech in Eneish' OH"
Thomas A Fulton the secretary OF the Ni'iZeAS
| Union was speaking. soon after lo oio'A'
Jerome entered the hall and MADE MS way Wv"
ard the platform Immediately theie -
q yolley of applause that coh'iiueN -0
minutes Half the people in the mouse e'o'u Np
on their seats and yelled the name oh
until they were hoarse- GUSTAV II. 80,
who was presiding, broke the top OF tne reaoins
desk in an effort TO rap 'ie
silence. Then he said: :, .-
"Gentlemen, all l have to say is mere -
,axt District Attorney. Mr. Jerome
Then the audience rose again ana cneeieu 'o'
two or three minutes more while NM 'el
| stood waiting to be heard Nheh ne " "'' ~
! to nroceed he said, speaking Slowly anu Win
| great earnestness:
yyo have come to the end of four weeks tp.s ngmI
! We have come to that end-eNery iIait ~ +and-
IN me ticket on which nave the honor TO s ith
each and every man has come 3hing 70 whether man
holds an Office not. Ii is thing hSa SuI w Course
OF his life whether or not ne ;% can Eo with his own
strain and stress OF a great campaign Will ms ~
W. nave come 10 the very last Of this fampaign 1
and day and every ga htsmS Whether or no the
',re1Sa3 citizen could trusted to do the Cen, t
hng There her has 5 been en- H the a fason ticket whether
he native born. whether ne & mas lev who has
Gemeaned himself hy appealing 10 any ] ]eteGtee Of Of
religion. (Applause' have oee nrv ilr a.. varety
in nv whole career is that have had nothing 10
appeal 10 but the PIite & 0I an h domination OF
thief. .,, .hocbo,t this
II YOU 99u'd nG GoK could ' feel that every person
whether foreign born or American born le,t 'tae h
this election test Of whether the ruin, , me
right and patriotism 10 prevail or not hdf xhfGe
could not be shadow Of doubt IN your yd ln m Per
sonally ] have absolutely no doubt Personally, i ,
10 nsnrne go ~ a that is worthy to be called
the feeling that what we have fought 1of Is SIMPLY
T It 1sSIss has been bold sToke eampaign Managers
It may be SO. do not believe it yet nor do do !
believe that shall believe 1t on N9vemoet . asn INA,
6eopie whom Abraham Lincoln loved and trusted
believe that God AlmishY LAID Id dorn INN snd Pu5
right and wrong and believe that when yoc put
that rai viii i've thousands Of years after you and
have passed away. the heart OF the great thshsh M
spea king people the whole face or this haoit-
able globe may be counted on to respond true and
Now this is the wind up, These the last
words that may be spoken in this campaign: /
have said that faith was large in time and Him
who shapes 1t to perfect end. have no reason
10 believe that that trust is misplaced believe
and whatever your verdict at the polis may te.
will still believe. and be found standing and fghting
for It, that right truth and honesty is the very best
thing that any man can tie up TO- Great applause
And now we come to u conclusion The cam
iutey nothing but Gods truth and for right
eousness There comes to me out OF a thought OF
fields in the old days of chfvary used 10 Introduce
the coInbatants When zach man ~, had J. closed M, hs
each man had sworn before the ever living God
that his cause was the true one. the marshals Of
trumpets: God Almighty. show the rghtr And
ieng SH that the o4 voice at the polls viii not be
equivocal God Almighty, show the right Great
applause)
With the exception OF Jerome. Carl Schurz
the speaker who claimed the most attention
enthusiasm. Mr.. Schurz said In part
] shall appeal not to your prejudices or to your
party spirit but to your reason and your sense OF
pending election: To sit in judgment on the past
and to provide for the necessities Of the future
The counts in the indictment which have been
drawn against Tammany before the tribunal OF
the people set forth with such distnctness and
sustained by so much actual evidence that
denial would be in vain. In fact. the chief candi
date of the Tammany organiza ton has not denied
them On the contrary he was formerly mum
cusers of Tammany, and he tells us that he does
not take back one word of that former sweeping
intenfions Even If this we're true it would hardly
Of our city 70 notorious criminal. merely because
But Is Tammany really repentant? The skull
that harbors such belief is thick enough knock
p6s m OF ByP keen and noble
as his mind Is in other respects, he has with the
sions, which have led him into dangerous paths.
He actually imaglnes that Tammany has nomi-
| mated him because the tiger has experienced
serious change OF heart. II such had been really
the intention OF the Tammany people. they could
could have given MI Shepard on the same ticket
a set OF associates whose character and public
career we're a fun guarantee for their ability and
willingness to assist Mr.. Shepard Loyalty In the
work Of reforming the government. As matter
shadiest kind of Tammany faithfuls evidently Sc
lected for the very purpose to thwart. In of
devices every attempt reform the part Of
Shepard: If such an attempt should threaten
It not stand out bright the Of day
that Tammany is using using this good man Mr. shep
deception, its own existence against the uprising
pals who constitute the rest Of the ticket? 1t
makes my heart bleed. to see my friend the
thy citizen that he is. used for unworthy
BY the election of the fusion candidates" the
future The candidates of the fusion stand upon
platform whose first demand Is: No more slavish