New-York tribune., 1901-10-17
LOW AND JEROME CHEERED
GIVES CANDIDATES AN ENTHUSI-
ASTIC WELCOME.


AsTIC WELCOME
A mighty throng of men and women gathered
in Carnegie Hall last night TO listen to campaign
addresses by Seth Low, Edward NJ Grout,
! Charles " FOrnes. Jacob A. Cantor. General
Henry E. Tremain and Justice Jerome.
When Mr. Low and Mr.. Jerome appeared they
received a greeting tnat will doubtless live long
in their memories. Men stood on chairs and
swung their hats as they cheered. The great
audience remained through almost three hours
of oratory. including hours talk by Justice
Jerome. Again and again it refused to let him
stop
Vote for the entire fusion ticket" said Mr.
Low. and then you may feel assured that this
thing that call Crokerism will be driven out
of this city. perhaps forever.
IF the people of this city want to end Croker
ism, and believe they do. isn't the best way to
vote for the ticket that is in deadly war against
that sort of thing?"
If you'll lay this case right TO your own
hearts," said Justice Jerome. and realize that
the responsibility is not Lows Grout's or
Fornes's Cantor's. but yours. then we shall
go forward with confidence to the 9TH Of No
vember and put the fear Of God in the
hearts Of certain people in this city who have
never known It,"
Mr. Low made a frank disavowal OF any in
tention TO misrepresent by referring to the al
| legged Carnegie letter read Tuesday night. He
| said in referring to IT.
| At meeting I attended last night a letter was
feaG o 20 sy an S6I FSm 0 b Letter
! before I went 10 the Meeting I s7pposed n su-
thentie until today. when | learned that 1t was
| not. l do know, but I believe it
now withdraw any currency I gave to it to-day and
| any argument 1 founded upon the letter
AS Mr. Low said this the audience listened at
! tentively. When he closed the statement great
wave of applause swept over the audience. Pro-
Ionged cheering showed the appreciation Of Mr..
| Lows frankness. In a campaign" he said. 7
want to fight hard as can. but want to
| fight fair
FILLED FROM FLOOR To TOP GALLERY.
| All the seats on the main floor were taken
| long before the time for opening arrived, as
! we'll as several hundred seats that were raised
! in circus fashion on the platform. The boxes
| had been reserved for members of the Republi-
| can Club. under whose auspices the meeting
! was held and their friends. Many persons
! crowded into the top gallery
! James w Halves introduced General Treulain.
/ the president of the club. the chairman. Cen
eral Tremain declared that it had not entered
= into the heart Of TO conceive Of the wicked
ness of modern Tammany
| Mr. Low, after referring to the fusion ticket
| in general, continued:
Now what Is the condition Of the ticket that Is
opposed us? One would suppose that II indorsed
the present administration and all that II is re-
Course in American politics But Mr., Shepard. who
four years ago bitterly denounced THIS admInlSJra-
ng Of n what he said His past and his admirable
character lend Importance 10 what he SAYS
of middle age. that there has never been case
fcan poitcs' with the single exception of the
nomination Of Horace Greeley for the Presidency
Mr. Low referred to some of Mr.. shepard's
utterances of four years age. He thought some
OF them extremely incisive. They do not
sound" he added. like the statesman who hid
behind the constitution when he was asked II
he would remove Devery." (Appause9 Mr.
shepard he said. had changed his position en-
tireIy while he himself stood for precisely the
same things he had stood for formerly This
brought out prolonged cheers. Those who voted
tor me then will vote for now." Mr. Low
declared
PLEA FOR NON-PARTIsANsHIP.
The speaker denounced his opponents efforts
to change the fighting lines from those of nom
partisanship to those Of partisanship. He con-
tinued:
In trying to change the issues he is doing very
great ana per- Psrhthps h yen close attention 10 the
study OF municipal government appreciates tnat
cities by partisanship. The overwhelming domina-
tion OF philadelphia by the Republican party IS re-
sponsible for the notably bad government or that
cfty while the overwhelming domination or New
York by the Democratic party Is responsible Tor
in CITY government clean out bad govern
rnent and keep good government
Samuel J. Tilden called attention 10 this IN May.
1s75 IN a special message to the legislature. and
since that time the feeling IN favor or non-partf-
sanshp has been steadily growing This rusion
movement is a step in that direction.
Mr. Low then took up Mr. Shepard's promise
that he would not use his power as Mayor TO
destroy or disintegrate Tammany Hall That
uromise" said Mr.. Low, was explicit Now.
there are eight Tammany district leaders who
are heads Of city departments. II Mr.. Shepard
as Mayor should undertake TO remove any OF
these officials Mr.. Croker would at once hold
hin, TO his promise that he would not try 70
disfntegrate Tammany Hall
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT HEADS A LIST
Mr. Low then said that Cornelius Vanderbilt
had headed a subscription list for money fight
Tammany Hall. Wealthy men should all have
the same courage to secure freedom from Tam
many Hall and with their means carry
war 10 that end He referred TO the fact that
the Citizens Union needed funds. as well the
Republican party and the Greater New-York
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