The sun., 1902-09-26
JEROME LETS FLY AT SHAMS.
ONE THE ANTI-TRI ST HOWL-ONE
the UNION LABOR FETISH.
Gets Into a ColioQuy on the Latter Sub
Jcct at the East side Srttiement-Ssys
Roose, elt's Party Sold Him out In 1908.
hut lie Won by Fearless slap-Dash.

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Roose, elt'sPar Sold Him out In 500.
| hut lie Won by Fearless slap-Dash.
District Attorney Jerome delivered last
! night an address. or rather a series OF ad-
| dresses, on the good features OF trusts
and the bad features Of labor trusts IL
was at a meeting Of the East Side House
| Settlement at Seyenty-sixth street and the
, East River. Mr.. Jerome had been asked
| to speak on The Political Future Of New
| York" He mentioned the subject only
| 20 say that he was neither a prophet nor
the son of prophet and wasn't going TO
waste time talking about it. Here are some
| OF the things he said:
Under present conditions there IL taxation
| without representation, simply because the
| people who spend the money represent. not
| the people who pay the taxes, but the other
90 per cent of the population who pay no
taxes az all. There is no check on the fran
| chisp Your vote is worth no more. counts
| for no more than the vote that Tim sullivan
| or Devery buys for ~ In these invdious
remarks. | do not want to connne myStlt
! to the mention of members of my own party.
| There ar" gentlemen on the other SIDE VINO
pay more, ,., - ,,,. o,,,. ,,or ,horo
ever were in Jerusalem, We have more Ter
| mans than there are IN any but two OF the
| cities Of Germany; We have more Irish than
| there ever were IN Dublin. Yet We are tryins
| to govern this great community as We set
| out TO govern country which had hut !ittl"
more than half the population OF New iork
| to-day.
| Mr. Jerome said that he did not mean
| 20 advocate the adoption of property
restriction on the franchise but that people
| must get together and wake up to their
| responsibility as citizens, They must think
| for themselves and not be led by buncombe
shouters. He said,
| We hear lot OF buncombe talked about
| the trusts and about organized labor. IL IL
are not an unlimited evil by any, means
But no man Of ense ossyeT ihs' ihngy
great evils, very severe ones. All great I'M
| provements and economic changes bring
trouble with them, The introduction OF the
| out oi work When some shrewd Yankee IN
vented the chilled steel roller process OF max
| ing -four, 10, coo people of France who had made
their living picking erindstones were driven
| into starvation. That i, the tragedy oil
! civilization.
| In The main the trusts have touched scarcely
any article which they have not improved or
| lowered IN price. More than that, they
have aided the condition Of the laboring man
local oyerproducton All this buncombe
| talk about u rise OF two cents ~ the price oi
| beef isn't going to make any difference about
| the real reasons for things, We are gong 10
continue 10 have trusts
| We are going 10 continue improving their
| opportunities for doing good and to check
do have evils one of the most serious IL
| their debauchery OF our public life. thelr
| control OF legislation and their control 'at
| timesl OF the Judiciary. But II is the lurest
| nonsense to say that they are the root oil all
| evil ~
| Now to take the unions The laborinR
! men Of this country are too -hreWd and TOO
square and too honest 10 be- talked TO III the
| strain in which most OF the people who try
TO get the labor vote talk. 1t = UNFAIR
represent organized labor to talk a. they
| do They know that all this non-enH. i
| fraud. They know that II Is wrong that a
| man who wants to work should not he AL
loved to do 20 because he will not be COM
PEELED to tie up with some union,
Talk about trusts! have never seen any
plan OF monopoly expressed that was more
| unrra -ouahlr and tyrHnni,a al than the views
| expressed by come la bor leaders. believe
| in the Intelligence and fairness or American
| wOrkmen too we'll 10 believe that they want
anv such doctrine ~ that man shall not be
permitted freedom ia the disposition OF hi-
labor.
Dir. Jerome went back TO his assertion
that the only way 10 save the people from
being led astray by irresponsible and un.
representative politicians was to convinc,
every voter of his responsibility.
You talk about political liberties and the
What rights hay" tho people IN political
|
| has "A man who is asked 10 choose betwerr
two utterly inferior men? II is only when a
candidate wakes the people out OF their sleeI
| thar We get into the state of mind Ia which va
| ought 10 20 into all public contests
| lake the time ! -pea. as Democrat -
when President Roosevelt was sold out by
ernor They had him beaten to "A stand
-tiil two or three weeks before election
II" made up hi mind to hay. a good time
while II lasted and to tell the truth and smash
|
he was and he might gain He certainly did
talk more political buncombe than any man
studied ~tatesmanllke ntteranceS W. have
heard from him since. But fellows came to
the end of that car and listened to him.
he Is all right. lie may make mistakes
Dead men are the only m'n who never make
mistakes They saw that he was n true
gentleman lhel, elected him Since ther
they have put him where he is now. As fsi
a- my limited wisdom can see. and the natura
propensity that We Democrats have foI
| doing a-inine things can promise. they ar,
| likely TO keep HIM there.
Patrick Coakley rose at the end of Mr.
Jeromes remarks TO say some things about
the dignity and importance of the labor
vote Mr.. Jerome went right back at hin
| As follows:
day who isn't more afraid of organized Ia bol
than of anything 81 lse. When 4 man talk
to Organized labor from = public platform
| he does not talk sense. II is not popular tr
point out the evils of organized labor. il /,
| popular to talk n bout the evils of trusts. Now
tho evils of trusts others can dwell on
| have heard 'cm Gd nnusedm.
| II IL better TO point out the weak and offen
sve things about organized labor. There
are no shrewder men, no harder headed mel
| in the city Of New York than its mechanics
They should assert then selves. But they
| haven't time, SO lot Of iakirs and ne 'er
do-wellS and wire pullers act for them
| Another man got up and said that h,
| thought that capital was to blame il labo
agitators we're unit truthful and full OF wha
Mr.. Jerome unfeelngly referred to al
-poppycock." Capital said this objector
had ground the agitator down and raiseS
him in ignorance and filth and made hin
unfit to take high grounds.
Mr.. Jerome said that he thought hi
interlocutor was making great mist ak,
in assuming that the men who worked
with their hands were not competent {,
think we'll and truly, He went on:
The sort Of nonsense that has been talked
! has got to stop One of these days YOU vii
wake, capital Capital IL covardy, because
the slightest disturbance may cost II n Rrea
deal But don't so too far. You wake ono
that power that lies in capital. You hav
no conception Of that power. Think for
moment OF the power Of 500. NM. 200 Wax
them and they viii rlse and lay you low an
leave organized labor crushed and lyinl
| in the dust
You say YOU are organized You are no
organized You have never done anythin 2
| There IL not n single thing in the hist or
of this country that represents nm action h.
| leaders They sell YOU out and you know
IT.. They lie TO YOU. They betray YOU. The
make vou ridiculous
But look ont for the coward capital Their
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