New-York tribune., 1901-10-17
STILL ON THE SAME TACK
SHEPARD TRIES TO MAKE GERMAN
AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT LOW Is
PARTISAN CANDIDATE.

Edward NJ. Shepard. the Tammany candidate
for Mayor, spoke at two ratification meetings in
the Eastern District of Brooklyn last evening
Ills main speech was delivered in Arion Hall.
near Broadway and Myrtle-ave. where an au-
dience of nearly thousand. composed mainly of
German Americans applauded him in modera-
ton, and raised a terrific hand clapping when
the name of Conrad Hasenfiug the Democratic
candidate for County Clerk was mentioned. H.
B. Scharmann, gray headed German. who
the chairman of the evening. did his best to give
the candidate for Mayor a good sendoff
As old l am" he said. Il believe I'll live 10
see him in the Presidential chair at Washing
ton"
Mr.. Shepard began his speech with argu-
ment intended to show that Seth Low must be
regarded as Republican partisan candidate
for Mayor. Then he said in part:
We are told that there is only one thing intended
in the campaign. and that is the destruction of
great political organization in Manhattan What
you to be concerned in this election in putting
n Sn end @ to d this or that P9e ra, % tRa T
Lows speeches in the campaign. and have noticed
made in 1897 d certain organization. and I never
have taken back what said about the organiza-
tion or about this or that politician How much
time is given to discussing the welfare of city?
sonal liberty Of the people? All Of that is subordi-
mated TO campaign cry that everything is TO turn
that the Major is vested with power 10 destroy
this or that political TO The @ Mayor
break down or destroy any party or any political
the interests of the whole city, the interests
OF any faction
The audience did not become greatly enthusi-
astic over Mr.. Shepard's promise to destroy
Tammany Hall and he proceeded TO deal with
a subject in which there was more reason to
exoect more appreciation-that of personal lib
n, rio
blood, and that early in life he was taught that
the cardinal principle which the American
government was founded was that of equal
rights. Having been born in New England. he
said, he knew that the Republican idea to
the power OF government to enforce certain
ideas of morality, religion and social life Then
he continued in part:
My honored adversary talks about personal lib
erty. but he more escape from the Repub-
lican idea than from the air he breathes. He says
he means be liberal. and l believe he is sincere.
upon the books the laws that interfere
with personal liberty am fo oppose % Sd rG9T I and
stand with inlexble hostility to the whole code Of
the citizen As Mayor | would use all the power I
had to bring to an end the practice of using the
power vested in one set OF men 10 make other men
adopt their code of morals
The audience expressed its delight over such
talk. although some of the auditors did not seem
to understand its meaning fully and were heard
later lamenting the fact that he had not gone
further. Mr. Shepard went to talk about
the Brooklyn schools. and declare that he be-
lleved in borough autonomy for the schools.
whereupon a part of the audience appeared TO
he inclined go to sleep At the end OF his
speech he declared that he nominated for
office on the record of what he had said and
done. When he was approached with the inti-
nation that he could be nominated for Mayor.
he continued, he had asked If the men who were
willing to give such a nomination had read all
he had said in his speeches attacking
ganzation and politicians in Manhattan, and he
had told them that he would not retract what
he said but that if he became Mayor he would
stand for the principles which he had advocated
in his speeches.
From Arion Hall Mr.. Shepard went TO Win
ter's TeutOna Hall. near HarrisOn-ave. and
Bartlett-st. where he found several hundred
more German-Americans. The candidate there
pleaded that his voice husky and that his
time was limited. He remained only few min
utes, repeating some fragments of the speech
he had delivered In the other place. At one
point he said:
No political campaign including the welfare OF
the city should be made to turn on any political or
factional purpose The Mayor should have only
one motve-to treat the whole city fairly, not TO
build up or destroy any faction.