The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-31
.]EROM INJURIES
REFORM CAUSE
He is tbs Distric; Attorney Of
Greater New York.
MAKE WAY FO2. SKYscRAPFR.
MAKE WAY FOR SKYscRAPER
Former Home of the Union Club is
" To Be- v.eated-s ome.n,ns About
"Jake" Cantor-New York
News and Gossip.

|
| Correspondence of The TinesJ
Ira vers Jerome was judge of the :ooult
OF SPECIAL Sessions he attracted public
| attt ntion by maaing onslaug..ts on p, OIL
| rvclns- There Was something vel AID
f"rcefui in his attitude. The rec, r,1s If
his EXPLOITS became good read.us and
| the puol.c was amused just as IL would
/! be by reading of the anlics of a hull IN
| CHINA shop. He te.ams the Fusion
nc nlinee for District Attorney, and vas
cieo by a great majority. Those who
| elec1ed him believed that he would Ge
!, il the lu.ure the prosecuting att.r..ey for
| the city. but tliey nave d.scose. cd Tat
! he en.o,S meIod. AHA more than ne 90
,ce !.e.e p.acLl.e OF law. The hche
| pubic Is more than Weary of tne me.o-
| ptiueu u nc. .eo..A.o $780,
dramatic District Attorney. No.h-ng has
neiLed 10 lie. else TINS ieelirs or wa l.
nes: as mucn as his de.e- ilI..ation to
| drag inGivluu1ls Lefo.e tie Er1nd J~ry
| ana cause tl.e.n to give testimony uten
which tnat body can find indictments
a:2 INST the gamblers. mir. Jerome IS
! an o..clal thai makes no disc. i.l-i n
be1y cen tie Application OF tie law TO Inc
rici, a..d to the poor. his motto y. ~
pa.en.ly: lie. ui,n whom lie cap h.s
| wear IL He sees no uliler- me- cetwec.
the petty eamDle4 a.. d the gam Ii naii-
KEEL. the poor wh-n PRESSED to ooey t'le
law mr. SO .e-Lly mat ley a.e scarce
" heard, out 1t is not so win TIE llc.i.
Mr. jerome apLar- mt beiie- es thot II Is
as much & VICE to gamble Wnet.'el the
play er is rch man or pos man. "a
Gel laln set OF W -altny men aoou. eo"h
| d., not gree vita Jerome. Ind t-.ese d e
he men who Target, ntr,o teu u us
election. The vots pol.ed last fall show
! cd very distinctly t.4at tie peope OF NC"
York city a. e tired Of REFORM lie 4e.y
pee PIE WAC would oppose tne poo ! ''in
and The policy game as resorts I'M! iotS
to persons of smaii means asIos 49,. -. -
thems lives the right to sGuander thou-
sands at faro and roulette. MT. 'ez
rc,ne,s attit, de has done much to reta-o
decent government in the city. NO man
can r.ght.y say that he has not &c ed
ii operly; but whether he mas acteo "i'e-
~ OF not can be questioned. oiiis u.a'
" enough. Mr.. Jer mes unpopu.arly
grtater n his o%n social Cirr-es- tan
elsewhere in the city. Tho VINO coli-
denim hin most are men VINO nave oeeti
his soc. al com panio.s for yea anu .''e-e
ne TO be found in the lest strata Oh So
cial life. The resu t CT MI jerome
attions TO sup ress 6 ,mbling in t city
VII nroI ablv he q platform and cry
The brownstone building on the cor
MR. of Twenty-first S rect and fll.n
A:,en,le. for SO many years the home or
thu Union Club. has been vacated Il
VIII be RACED to make way LOT Say
scrapper office structure Inc ne" oi"o-
house Is on the east side OF filth ave
nue. at Forty fourth Street. In Keeping
with its social pretensions as the lead
ing social organization or It's hlna IN
this city, the Union Club has Kept pace
with the shifting of the Ia mo ave
centre: The sites of its early homes
south of the recently vacated Fifth Ave
nue corner are now occupied oy hght
manufacturing concerns. and the twenty
frs. Street house surrounded by tower
ine office buildings. During the last
twenty wears the entire city has oeen
Transformed and nothing more prac1-
cav illustrates the many and varied
changes as we'll as the shifting of the
home Of the Union Club. Not only has
II been forced to change Its residence.
but It's membership. At one time the
I-nion was not a cosmopolitan club but
an out and out New York L stitution
The members were not only New YORK
ers but came from fathers who had
been more or less prominent IN the IN
dustrial or social .-.e OF the CITY. IL -
not so to-day Among its members are
men who have only recently established
a foothold In the city, and who are moe
conspicuous for wealth than for breed
ing. But in this 1t Is not unllne the most
representative society of ..e city. which
is made up of those who prove their ell
giEility by the length of tAeir list OF Sc
curities. The Union cub Of to-day Is
no longer the representative institution !
that it was twenty years ago.
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