Evening star., 1901-10-25
Fusion Forces Have Active Support
of the Republicans.
INVADING DEMOCRATIC TERRITORY
Indications That Tammany is Trad
ing Shepard Off.
EFFORTS TO ELECT UNGER

| tial year, are the republican leaders getting
| together. After several hours of confer
| ence between United States Senator Platt.
| Governor Odell and others arrangements
| have been made for getting out every re-
| publican vote that can possibly be brought
] to the polls at the next election. Not only
| will every effort be made to bring out the
| full republican strength but an active cam
paign is being waged In democratic strong
| holds. The lower East Side is being In
| vaded by republican candidates and speak
| ers like Justice jerome, and for once the
East Side leaders who flourish as a result
| of the vice that exists in that section are
| thoroughly frightened.
| Not only are evidences accumulating to
show that the union of the fusion forces Is
perfect, but it becomes more and more evil
! dent as the days pass that E. M. Shepard
| has been put up by Tammany for trading
| purposes, pure and simple. Shepard has
| undoubtedly discovered the fact himself by
| this time He repeatedly loses his temper
| In his dealings with the newspaper men,
despite the prohibition that re has put
| upon subjects at all political. For it is
| one of Shepard's peculiarities not to talk
| for publication during this campaign upon
| the issues of the day. What he has to say
| he says in the public meetings that are be-
Ing held In different sections OF the city.
| He will give account of his intended
| movements, but when the questions COM
mence to bear upon matters political or
upon Devery, Shepard's jaws close with q
| sudden snap.
| Not Like His Former Conduct.
| This is not at all like the Shepard of yore,
who was accustomed to talk upon the
| slightest provocation. Undoubtedly his Sc
| renity Is disturbed by visions of a revenge
! full tiger And that the tiger is out for
| Shepard there is little doubt. Even though
| there were no object in view, the Tammany
| leaders would not be expected to take kind
ly to man who has said SO many mean
| things about their habits of grating" But
In this case they are able to Kill two birds
with one stone.secure revenge upon shep-
| ard and save the local ticket. For now
| that the power and the patronage has been
| shorn from the office of mayor 1t would
| be just like Croker to make trades that
| would bring about the election of the bor-
| ough presidents, the members of the NUM-
cipal council and controller, and above all.
| the district attorney. Once in office, Low
| would be so handicapped and harasseI tnat
! municipal improvement would be impossi-
| BILE. Then when anything happened to
| which the people objected Croker would be
| able to say:
does.' and the mischief of it viii be that
| even though the people here finally wake
| up to discover that the office of mayor Of
| Greater New York is really a second-class
office it will be a long time before the peo-
| pie of the nation at large will learn to place
| the blame where 1t belongs.
| Ex-Mayor Hewitt, though elected by Tam
| many. undoubtedly went into Office disposed
! to give the people of New York city fair,
| honest administration In those days the
| mayor had far greater power than the
| mayor of today. Yet A. S. Hewitt today
openly states that his administration was a
| failure, just as the administration of every
| honest man must fail because of the safe
guards thrown around dishonest men.
| Can Only Get at the Police.
| 1t will not be possible for Mayor Low as
mayor, to let any of his corrupt officials go.
| except the chief Of police. 1t will not be
tracts or get rid of Objectionable people who
| persist in hanging around the municipal
| troughs. About, all that Low or Shepard
can do If elected rs to shout whenever they
| stealing Is going on 1t Is. of cnurse impos-
| sible for one man to catch all the thieves
1t is stated that most of the trading will
be done on the district attorneyship. This
| is regarded as IN many respects the most
| important office at stake. Even with Low
in the city hall. Tammany's man. Henry
w Unger, would be able to protect the
gamblers. the vicious and others whose
contributions maintain Croker in power
There is talk already of an effort to trade
on Low votes for Unger yotes-that is. to
have workers approach republicans and
bargain one to scratch Shepard, the other
Jerome. The whole system of protection
depends largely on the district attorney
ship Unger is greatly admired by Tam
many men, who say he is the '.slickest ar
ticle' in the hall, and they know that IL
elected he would stand by his fellows and
clients While Tammany is trying to trade
| votes with republicans "a vote for Shepard
candidate for mayor, for vote for Unger,
candidate for district attorney the indie
pendent democrats, who believe In Shep-
ards intentions. are Intending to vote for
Shepard but to scratch Van Wyck and
Unger. Thus, what Tammany has gained
by putting up Shepard as a mask may be
somewhat neutralized by what it's county
ticket will lose.
| CrOker's SartOrial Ambition.
There is a different atmosphere about
Tammany Hall these days. Croker likes to
see clean shirt-fronts about him. The hall,
| unconsctously, takes little tone from the
club and while there is not the clubs at
| mosphere of exclusion, the free and easy
| atmosphere OF olden days is no more. Time
was when collar was not an essential in
the makeup of the brave who entered the
hall. Now a man without even the luxury
of a crayat is made the cynosure of unad-
Inlrlns eyes The demon of clothes has en-
tered the l4th street paradise. Among
other tnings- every leader is warned by
croker not to allow any of their followers
10 cheer for Elliott F. Shepard" This
was done at the recent ratification meeting
In Brooklyn, and considerably marred the
proceedings for time. The leaders are
| told that Elliott F. Shepard is no longer
living, and has no connection with tho nres
ent candidate for mayor
The campaign orator who invades the
| oAAN NiSulSt WttHouI special Knowledge of
the nationality of it's citizens will soo, find
that he has undertaken a task that would
strain the linguistic knowledge of a col
| lege professor 1t is probably the most
cosmopolitan district in New York. By
merely crossing street one may 90 from
one community into another which is diff
: ierent In language and customs China
Town IS located there with It's joss houses
, ana IT'S restaurants and opium Joints. and
not Tar above Is an Italian COLONY where
the customs of the fatherland are pre-
served Across Park Row is Greek col
ony. with restaurants which serve Greek
signs hung on the walls. There Is a He
Drew colony. large enough to support sew
eral Hebrew theaters and many Hebrew
restaurants. an Irish and a German colony
and many Syrians. The presence of these
foreign elements has a strong effect In the
Engiish that Is current. Hebrew Chi
, nese and German words that are partic-
uiariy expressive are SO well understood
a lish of the second district as slang. and no
old resident Is forced to ask for a definition