New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
JEROME WILL KEEP AT SHEPARD.
THE JUSTICE SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE
TO ASK FOR AN OPINION ON
FROMME AND UNGER

Justice Jerome was welcomed on the East Eide
OF Harlem last night by large and enthusiastic au-
diences at meetings, which were held
Under the auspices OF the regular Republican or
ganizatons in the XXXIId and NNNINth Assem-
bly, districts.
At the first of these meetings. which was held in
tho Harlem Lyceum Hall. at Thrd-ave. and One
hundred a -seventh-st Justice Jerome intro
duced as "a second Teddy" and some one in the
audience yelled. Hell do better than Teddy did
IL he gets chance
He'll get the chance. all right some one yelled
in reply. and the crowd that literally jammed the
haH cheered long and loudly.
They call this something of a German American
meeting said the justice. German American.
Irish-American and the like all the same to
me To they mean Democracy. Democracy is
a principle. not a name. And when l see gentle
man masquerading around Mr.. Shepard has
been and posing ii Democrat l don't know what
to say of him. lie may be Democrat but don't
think ne is.
There is just one question l want to speak to
you about and it is a question that am going TO
continue To ask until / get Mr.. Shepard in place
where he Will answer II, and II he does not l VIII
keep asking 1t until Election Day. Now, every
man the fusion ticket is proud of every other
candidate on the ticket. All of them have said
kindly things about each other and all consider ii
an honor to he on the same ticket. And the ques-
tion / have to ask is. What does Mr. Shepard
about Ike" Fromme?' Will he say that he is proud
stand the same platform with Fromme? If
he does then will read some of his own speeches
delivered in 1891 when he paid his respects to Tam
many Hall in understandable language
Has Shepard said that he is proud to stand on
the ticket with Unger? If he will not
il. why not? II he does say 1t then we can judge
what kind of a man he is And | am quite sure
that there is constitutional reason to prevent
him from answering those simple questions
the other meeting, held in Marion Hall. at
Lexington-ave. and One hundred and twenty
St. Justice Jerome said:
There is one question that ! want Mr. Shepard
to answer and ii is, Where did they get it, In
stead talking about partisanShp and the
stitution let Mr.. Shepard tell us where Van Wyck,
Devery. Carroll and the whole bunch get the money
they have Let him explain how IL is possible for
public officer $4,000 year IA $1,000
salary. IL is IA mystery to me how man get
rich of politics, and the question is, Where
did they get it?'
has had at his disposal 10 eXpend in Keeping the
city clean?
II have a sneaking notion down in my heart that
the question should be answered An answer Is far
more important than all this 'hifalutin talk on
philosophical politics.
it has been stated that a great has been
collected from the gamblers for the purpose of
defeating me. | know that the gamblers have been
shaken down very hard, but about one-tenth of the
money for which they have been shaken will he
used for politics and the of it sticks to the
District Attorney, for there will be lots of trouble
for me- ii / elected, when / cross some trails.
But | would just stand with the good
people of New-York. and would just soon go
down with the good people of New-Iork. IL is
much more important that keep skirts
clean than win this election. | believe that
keep our skirts clean. believe that will keep
our skirts Clean and believe that we will win this
election
And if we do then God help the other fellows!"