The sun., 1901-10-25
IT'S JEROME, ,'RAH HPOR JEROME!
EAST SIDE IN A FRENZY OVER
THE FIGHTING JUDGE.
Four Meetings Jammed 10 sun scstieo TO
Hear iiim-''Thats How You'n Land
In the District Attorneys Onic~r'
crowd Wells wh~n He's boosted TO tho
Platform --Heiterates Ills Promises.

Justice Jerome spoke at four meetings
on the Past Side last night The number
of persons present AT each was regulated
apparently only 10y the strain that the walls
would bear But the meetings were a.
big as all outdoors Ia frenzied enthusiasm.
A. one meeting tho Justice had 20 Jump
from the floor five fect up TO the platform.
becaus.s the crowd was ~ great that he
could not AFFORD time Ia get to the platform
steps At another meeting ho stood on
table and NJ the third b" was his own chair
man and called the meeting to order.
The first meeting Was In Apollo Hall In
Clinton street. in = J Scullys Twelfth
Assembly district az the 2.oo men who
had jammed themselves into the place
In one way or another. at least 800 were
Jews. There were Jewish members of tho
City Vigilance League on the platform
and a. Mr.. jerome approached they
reached out. grabbed him by the shoulders
and arms and helpcd him 20 leap from the
floor He landed on the platform with
both feet firmly planted
That's the way Won arr going 20 land
In the Dist riot Attorneys ofhce.' yelled
some one from the gallery.
i will " all of you give me such Wig
orou- lift n these gentlemen did just now,
answered the Justice. rubbing his shoulder
The chairman said something about
introducing the star candidate and the
talkative man In the gallery yelled we'll
yot. for him. but we'll never vote under
the star again Then thor" WAS s"ason
Of yelling and waving 81 hagS and Jerome :
Autographs, which hundreds oi men had
brought with them from their homes.
Justice Jerum" began with that argu-
| ~ the one IN favor of modifying the sun
day law. He ~aid
| can fairly XIV. YOU tho promise that you
will be allowed tu soil your wares uu sunday
There j. one other promi-" which has EN-
deafcd Justice Jrrume {" th" people ot the
Iasi Side and which be- repeated last night
| In Apollo Hall In "a speech uptown II
! would not attract special attention. but
on the Ia-t Sid" almost every man l. "a
J victim Of 1ammHuy hlackuall in one form
| or another. II has b"cn greeted with a
| roar II approval every tim Justice jerome
has made II. That promise L.
II am elected y"u will u"t have TO go
10 your district leader 90 get the lu-tic" that
belongs to you Ia the Dlstn't Attorney
Ofiice
Tho Justice TACKLED MIR, shepard at this
| meeting. lie said
| Mr shepard ~aid last might ~ hi 1smmany
friends. Including Martin Eng" ana tha'
gang You haN" "uiWiurd NnG. .r!N's ih
| ,rne. tI"n thr heart. ii tie PLAIN people
have drupp"d down into th"ir p"'A"t- mt y
| tu. only pltccIu which that bunch ui criminals
ever .ntNtn-d itself How good they ar"
| tu max. YOU buy uDkrt- 70 their outhg, Z,
| and then rob vou Il what l"ii AZ the ct1"k"i
| gambling stm"- after you got T. IN" p'.nl,
| That's the way they cutvln" T. on" way,
| at least lh"y y" ju-t - iwin"d thrni sly - ,-
! around th" poo krt- uf tho UushcHrt men
m Martin Eurrl'- -,lonn
Rut When tFc gushi,Cart HGn I,.. set m ~ thaf
Il Ia. BF
| elect u,. / n put han out pi business Their"
H. uo room Tor shnkc-down- IA Am"iI an
Institutions
| Then MIR Jerome talked about vic" and
| declared that " thariie Kramer had done
| to him what he did 10 the poor cap maker.
he (Mr Jcrumcl would have put him where
the dogs couldn't bite him, even " ~"
electric chair had been the penalty Tor
doing IL
You all know about Charlie Kramer
down here he said You know what ho
| did 10 tina, cap makers daughter
lie described Jake Hertz a. tho most
Conspicuous dealer IN hou-ee OF Iros'tu-
tion.
Why. Jake Hertz soils dlsorderly houses
a. YOU sell shoe strings or cotton cloth w"
| bought one ~ him to see how the business
eu"v muchs- We asked him
We'll I've r"t very me one with thuV
seven bed, for $1,000
How about ID" girls' .,,
| -Oh they're all right Just m II so they II
never have q cent or their street 'lpthrs'
| then they can't get away from YOU
And we agreed 81 take the house and We
caught th. gang IN th" Dry Dock iot"l mhk
| ing the transfer Hertz took t!vo down
| and the rcst IN notes
The last thing before leaving Apollo
| Hall Justice J-rutn" said
If you vote IN" Iammany ticket you
| are only ht to nuCk with Jews like lk"
Fromm" and lngor, and they are dir
| grace 20 your race
Al l5S Grand street. which u vacant
| store about Dig .'nnugh for cigar counter
| and a chair Ju-tir" J"rpm" had 10 stand
on a table He told thc crowd that they
| would H. protected at the T"llS ~ siHt"
| Of Tim SulliVau's threats 81 what b" would
| do to the fusion watchers "" add'-i:
| Those watchers will %" protected right
| M ~ tho handle and Wr VIII not 10 defeated
| hy fraud let Bg TIN t"m"'nh"t Ihht.
| n defeated | will still b" a Juig" They
| are hghtlng hard nov tn keep ont ~ lail
From Grand street Justic" Jerom" went
| 90 th. Christodora House IN Avenue u,
| followed by thousand Fast Side folk
| cheering him ~ they chased his carriage.
| Thence he went 10 Beethoven Hall, wher" b"
| hogan by reading a letter addr,s-s'sl 10 a
Tammanv offiCsholdrr. who had given II
| to him, no said. tn Use against Tammanv.
The letter called Tor campaign contribu-
| ton IN violation of tho C1vIl Service law
|