New-York tribune., 1901-05-21
CARLISLE WANTS UNION.
SAYS FORCES OF GOOD GOVERNMENT
SHOULD NOT Re DIVIDED.
TAMMANY DENOUNCED AT GREATER NEW
YORK DEMOCRACY MEETING-"GovERN-
MENT OF THIEVES BY THIEVES
AND FOR THIEVES" SAYS
JOHN JEROLOMAN


Tammany methods OF misrule were denounced
vehemently by resolution and in speeches in
Cooper Union last night when the organiza tion
committee OF the Greater New York Democracy
held its mass meeting there. There are over
one thousand members Of the organization COM
rnittee and nearly all Of them seated in
the hall at $50 o'clock when William Hepburn
Russell. chairman Of the executive committee.
called the meeting 10 order. 1t had been eX-
pected that John q Carlisle. the former Secre
tary Of the Trea sury. would preside a. the meet
Ing but he sent a letter to explain that he would
have 70 he absent from the city but was in
sympathy with the objects Of the De
rnocracy. TWO sentences from his letter are the
following:
There are three and a half uiIlops of people here
with their homes their business schools charitab bic
institutions social all dspeudsHt mainly
II IS no exaggcration - say that taking ali things
into consideration, the administration of the
tional goveTnment IS Of less Importance to the ci,i
zcns of New-York than the administration of the
tion OF their municipal affairs II they really want it,
but 1t cannot be secured by dividing the forces Of
among themselves.
John G Sheehau's appearance on the platform
the signal for wild cheers Mr. Russell
made the first speech attacking the Tammany
administration. Louis Hanneman. the lawyer.
Of No. 132 Nassau-st.. was chosen chairman.
and James J. Slevin and Thomas r. Duffy were
selected vice-chairmen Mr.. Russell then
read the resolutions which had been prepared
for the meeting In the beginning the resolu-
tions declared the principles of the Greater New
York Democracy in a nutshell follows
The Greater New-York Democracy stands frat
and foremost. for Democratic principles. pure and
undefled for economy, honesty and simplicity i'm
protection Of the Democratic masses against public
eXtravagance. public plunder official corruption
Then the Tammany administration Of govern
ment in the city was attacked in vigorous terms,
the resolutions declaring in part:
During the last three and half years the car
nival Of crime and corruption has been so open.
reckless and rampant under the present city gov
by the fear that to allow Tammany Hall to obtain
vite the financial embarrassment and moral de
generacy of the city.
Controller Coler's declaration that things
worse now than they were in Tweeds time
was quoted. References were made to the at
tempted Ramapo steal and TO Mayor Van
wyck's acquisition of stock in the Ice Trust.
Comments made upon the increase of the
city's budget to S9s, 100000 They led mp to the
following declaration;
In the face Of its waste, its plunder. its sys-
temattc public blackmailng. Tammany Hall is
Sion of the Greater New-York Democracy. acting
in conjunction with all honest citizens. to defeat
battle cry should be- Down with Crokersm crime
and corruptionr' Other issues urgent
should stand in abeyance in the presence of the
all absorbing duty of the hour to rescue this city
from the control of political coterie whose high
purpose is to secure public plunder and whose
highest education is the method by which they
safely accomplish II.
Ex-AssembIyman Lyman w. Reddington, for
merly a Tammany man. seconded the resolutions
in a speech in which he savagely attacked
Tammany Hall and Croker.
John Mullally. of the XXIst Assembly District,
made a long and fervid attack on Tammany
methods.
John Jeroloman, former president Of the Board
of Aldermen made a strong speech against
Tammany. He said. in closing:
Tammany is not Democratic. Its administration
is not a government of the people, by the people
and for the people. but a government or the
thieves, by the thieves and for the thieves.
After the speeches the resolutions were adopted
unanimously
Mr. Russell gave notice that an invitation had
been extended TO the Greater New-York De
mocracy to participate in the conference with
the committee of the Citizens Union on May
IS and the meeting voted to refer the invitation
to the executive committee. with power. John
c. Sheehan presented resolution for the ap-
pointment of a committee ways and means
The resolution was carried with a whoop, ana
the meeting adjourned Mr.. Hanneman said ne
expected TO name the committee called for IN the
last resolution to-day.