New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
.JEROME'S LAST SWEEP.
CROWDS CHEER HIM AS Justify AS
EVER IN VARIOUS HALLS

Justice Jerome wound up hard months work
last night at a mass meeting in the Grand
Central Palace. From the time he stepped out
of his carriage in front of the Blaine Club No
234 East Broadway-down where the voters are
thick and where Tammany lies have worn thin
from there around to No. 291 Bowery, where a
thousand Republican Italians crowded
the Germania Assembly Rooms to hear the
Fighting Justice" and then to old Cooper Union
and the Grand Central Paace-everywhere he
went it the thing, far as hurrahs
went. AS Mr.. Jerome said in his Murray Hill
Lyceum speech on Thursday night whether the
plurality is for or against him, he stands to win,
anyway. He can put in hts spare hours for the
next year or two writing magazine articles
about what he knows about campaigning, and
have lively time the year around. for he has
stored up lot Of experiences that come into the
lives of but few
When Mr.. Jerome stepped out of his carriage
at the Blaine Club the little boys were burning
red fire in his honor. and when he tried to press
his way to The platform the crowd surged after
him with much force that chairs were
crushed and clothes We're torn.
I'VE are now near the end of the campaign"
said he and there Is little left to be done but to
await the casting and counting of the ballots
OF the loyal support of every real Republican
in this city 1 never have had any doubt for one
moment Nor have / had any doubt of the sup
port accorded by of my political
faith-that is. the clean, honest Democrats l
want to tell you men tonight that feel abso-
lutte confidence in the result. SO confident do
feel that I would not spend cent to insure
success at the polls on Tuesday. l feel this con-
1dence for the reason that l have in this cam
paign appealed to the hearts and ConsCiences of
the American people. and no man ever put his
trust in the American people and had that con-
form what 1 esteemed to be the absolute truth
crucial TEST the doctrine of that great man.
Lincoln whose picture hangs there on the wall
I have pinned my faith to the doctrine that
Lincoln believed in all his life. that first. last
and all the time the people can be trusted. Cap
plauSe.) on Election Day am going to a quiet
place out of the reach of election bulletins. be-
lieving that the result will be what want it,
and that the plain people can be trusted CAP
plause)
AS the justices carriage rolled up East Broad
way 1t struck the fringe of a Democratic mass
meeting. and the boys the edge of the gath
At the Germania Assembly Rooms in the
BoWery Justice Jerome said. in part:
Much more to me than the high office l want
be elected the respect of the citizens OF
this great city and my own self-respect have
and / believe I have won yours by keeping my
own. tApplauseN This election Is more than an
significance than that. The eyes Of the people all
this great nation turned at this
time. and they watching to see II the issue of
And when the votes are counted on election night
will be that when God Almighty drew the
people of New-York. with the choice before them.
would choose right, truth and honesty (ApplauseD