New-York tribune., 1901-10-16
SHEPARD ION THE ALTAR" "
WHEELER H PEcKHAM POINTS OUT THE
TAMMANY CANDIDATES. ILLUSIONS.

Cooper Union was packed by another fusion mass
meeting last night. The meeting was held under
the auspices OF the City Vigilance League and was
called to order by DR.. Matthew Beattie. president
OF the league DR. Beattie introduced WheeIer h.
Peckham chairman OF the evening. Seth Lo"
and Edward NJ Grout unable to be present
DR.. Beattie made a few remarks. in Whlcn ne
said: "Mr. Croker is mOnstrOsity-the incarna-
ton OF devtry, the quintessence OF everything that
is corrupt
Mr. Peckham said he had been for thirty years
fighting municipal misgovernment He continued
am humiliated that in defeating Tammany Hall
we are also called upon TO defeat my HIeioh T a.
Edward NJ. Shepard. But we must do IT, tor II is is
not only Mr. Shepard who would be elected. but the
very man whom he and We have been denouhGiilhgg ( (
10 nominate respectable man. Mr.. Croker realized
that TO nominate any one OF the Van Wyck order
their knees to the who was one of their
most active opponents
Mr. Peckham said that Mr.. Shepard would have
been much admired and applauded IL he had re-
fused the Tammany nomination But. my poor
friend Shepard to think he went on, that
he reform that depraved organization ana mas
laid himself upon the altar as sacrifice, beleVlhs
honestly that these wicked vaSabonds can be re-
claimed. these thieves made seraphs, because Ed
ward NJ Shepard. an honest man. is made Mayor.
II do not / confess, understand how he, Shep-
ard. walk into room and sit down win the
man Croker whom he has spent his life In de-
nouncing, shake hands with him and hobnob with
him
The Rev Dr. John p. Peters next intro
duced. He said in part:
Suppose Mr. Shepard for whom 1 have great re-
spect were elected Mayor, what could he do with
such man as Unger for District Attorney? You
must have in the District Attorneys once Il man
like Justice Jerome. (Great cheerlngD
otto Kempner devoted most of his speech to an
attack on Richard Croker. He followed by
the Rev. Thomas r. Scer. who said:
1t is the business of minister to hear lots OF CON
fessions but this IL the first time have heard a
has been famed People generally confess tlelr
sins. the evil they have done but Mr. Shepard CON
fesses for his past virtues. There isn't first class
at the head of the departments. Are they gong
Vii they % elect G Mt Shepard to the oce Mayor
10 have him turn Themselves out OF ohiceIInen VINO
man but he will have only three votes out of twelve
in the sbe6arS B94gd Of must P qna e to this
good allow him TO destroy himself.
/ Was in a meeting of cergymen who much
interested In the fate Of Miss stone as is the whoe
civilized world. That is tragedy, but IN the city
of New-York within the last year hundreds of
and the men who are at the head of Tanmany Hall
live by the profits made thereby
When Justice Jerome entered the crowd and
cheered again and again. Justice Jerome spoke at
once, saying, in part;
If this campaign question OF politics you
would find Mr. Peckham afiliating with
Republicans. II is merely a question Of whether
this city shall be ruled by gamblers and crooks or
by honest The average man when he goes on
the police force is honest and 80 per cent Of the
else. but it is difficult for him to remain so.
know sergeant in this city who was five years
in the army. eighteen years on the force, and who
respected from the day he went on the force
and who earned his promotion by honesty, and not
by paying for it, He charged with falling TO
report for duty morning. He had good reason
for falling report and he had words said to him
by the whose double was found drunk in Jer-
sey yesterday which burned into his soul. and
he bowed his head and took il for the sake of the
wife and children who dependent upon him.
He went see "A friend of mine and told him OF
his struggles and OF the difficulty with which he
refrained from crushing to the earth the dog who
insulted him, and he told of it he bowed his
head and Wept.
How glad the police would be If they could feel
that promotion could be earned by honesty and
efficiency. How these who walk the streets
despise men like Glennon and Bissert, Where are
Glennon's medals for bravery And Bissert-wen.
he has his stripes Qaughter) and will soon
them.
yield TO no man in my respect for the Sabbath.
but I know that liquor will be sold on Sunday
whether like IL not. and think II preferable
that II be sold under proper restrictions. "a Voice
I'VE with you that's the boy.'D
Frank Moss told Of experiences clients of his had
had with the Building Department. One OF his
clients went TO the Building Department and asked
why charges had been filed against building in
course OF construction. one OF the clerks wrote
's20O0' piece of paper and intimated that that
amount would removal Of the restriction
placed the building.