New-York tribune., 1901-10-18

When quiet finally was restored he spoke in
part as follows;
Ladies and gentlemen. fellow Democrats: No
E6icb M, na9 accepted the nor nomination Win Win
9nS 9Teq N me ~ than stated my special wish TO EPeak
Han. For il is wei known to You. and it seems
70 De chief part of the capital Of my
TmmsnPS enPecY % four ago 6sn h9f Stint to
Noice, You're all right now. Ed not
here 10 excuse or recede from anything that l
II may not have your votes except by conceal neal
OF political life then must go without those votes.
Inc o history Of your ancient 9rga9izaL0n Is fu H.
Loco-toco days and many many times Since; me
NeW-Hork have aVaied themselves OF me organ @
izaton, or at least Of the support or Iammany
necessity Indeed fellow citizens. if YOU will make
list Of the citizens OF this borough whether @ Seaa
rendered the most practically benehcent. endur-
citizens who whatever anger or haLred Lhey IN IN
in the quiet retrospect of to-day regarded with the
greatest OF public gratitude and Yeneratlon you
deed the majority Of Them. have, at time
cs6 or @9of With Tammany any % Fl % on accped for
and patriotic service the pohIcal leE"rage age ana ana
given them.
DEMOCRAT. THROUGH AND THROUGH"
am. as told your committee of notification,
Democrat through and through. ana ! nave ac.
chided, and with bitterness. by newspapers whose
Do ~ rcyeo or IN iba 1emocratc err character Of nv
no11iDatio11 Of which l should be ashamed / re-
peat that I am a Democrat through and through
among other things / am nominated by Demo
1t has been well said that it is their democracy
which has made the American people more human
tender and scruguous regard for the desGIste and
on tTsbulation. n means therefore, the sacred
right OF every child in the city to seat for e the
lighted. strictly sanitary school.
Mr.. Shepard touched on the sanitary code, the
parks, the police courts and taxation and rapid
transit.
WATCH THE OFFICIALS.
Continuing. he said:
doubt the people there f rests & one plain plain
will not be served speak OF that Jea.6usy, % I'm IN
father of Democracy, commended 10 his fellow
@ y for m you he lePW c21ios an Jealous
of US who on the platform Let there he stFict street
or is political leader; must frankly say TO YOU
shis LSI So not sito9ether Jenrecate what
is extravagant unfair in public criticism IN II
me for saying So less the safety OF the Demo-
beg YOU 10 observe one deduction from what
have said of the meaning of Democracy-a deduc-
Republican adversaries are inc9rrlgIbiy hostile,
Tpen2 cran 81 nome means here II is the rule of greater
New-York by its own people 1t means hostility
upon US by the Republican party without regard to
The cosmopolitan character of our populatonLa
coercion most productive. however scrupulous the
administration. of corruption and blackmail.
FOR HOME RULE.
The Democracy stan stands and stand for ,iS6pe home
in 1897 the votes OF Tammany Hall. more than the
votes OF any other political body, intrusted the
TO Controller Coer-has pointed out that s. per
determined bg legislation at Albany dictated by
Broome County or Tioga County or Orange County
The partisan oandidaey of Mr. Low seeks to put
into Political 7i1 harmony With Albany and washing
ton. / respectfully put to the conscience and
lion ySefher nn he Whole he tirHs that the evils
here. whatever they are. are to be cured by
iIGnal iheon party no" dominant at Albany ana WASH
administrator And at the end Of each Of them |
Tarmany Hall returned 10 a power as great or
what promise have those who would destroy your |
%Is;nn Movement vii be more efTectiye? Is not all
This lamentable and shortsighted? Is it made more |
psncy. with which Mr. Low entertains US?
ATTACKS JOHN C. SHEEHAN.
Mr.. Shepard then dwelt at length on the al |
legged nsincerity OF the fusonists, declaring that
Senator Platt and John c. Sheehan had manipu- |
lated the anti-Tammany conferrees like many |
puppets. Then he attacked Mr.. Sheehan and /
Jacob a. Cantor, charging Mr.. Sheehan with /
large degree Of the responsibility for the police
"wiu any Citizens Union man, with his hand |
on his heart" asked the speaker, SAY that Mr.. |
Cantor was chosen because, without any refer |
ence TO party faction, he the best |
fitted for the Borough Presidency? Does not |
every citizen. whether in out of that union. |
know perfectly that he was chosen in order that /
by the patronage and power of his Office he (
might build up for Mr.. Sheehan rival Demo-
cratic organization, by means of which he might |
compel Tammany Hall TO make terms with /
him?'
Commenting on the report that while the Re-
publicans had sufficient funds for the campaign
the Citizens Union in financial straits. Mr..
Shepard said:
These smaller organizations" are. of course,
10 say, there was provided for them-"what
required TO cover the expense Of organization and
they have raised more? II never was intended that
they should conduct campaign.
no place, from the Mayoralty down. the fusion
ticket Tor the whole city or in any important place
there any nominee who was originally proposed by
Citizens f-non 1othep Than "oST it @ nonnat9n me
membership Of strictly partisan Repubncans) con-
In some casec believe that the sentnent l,I pan ,
which they yielded was of disgust and shame |
AS TO VAN wYCK'S ADMINISTRATION.
Dropping theme which did not seem to an
peal strongly TO his audience, Mr. Shepard
said:
suppose that the present administration requires
The mere lapse OF time makes this necessary
campaign assertions of immacuIste nrs,y orteFy ny
When you yielded 70 the request Of the Kings
you did so with clear understanding that in INV
opinion, the adminstration Of this city should be
tand no doubt like other political adminstra tons