The sun., 1903-11-01
MCCLELLAN ON The BUDGET.
SOME PLAIN TALK, TOO, ABOUT
PERSONAL ABUSE.
He and Grout and Cochran Speak At Dur
lsnd's-Mayor Lows Figures suggest
Graft. He Thinks-The Comptroller
Blames Rives for or Millions Extra.

Blames Rives for or Q Millions Extra
Tammany Hall ratified it's nomination.
and Col. Mcclellan read his campaign vale
dictory at meeting in Durland's Riding
Academy last night. Robert E. Dow
ling, president Of the Tilden Club, presided
and other speakers were Comptroller Grout
and W. Bourke Cochran. Tie Democratic
candidate and John j. Delany arrived al
the academy few minutes before O'Clock
the hour for the speechmaking to begin
1t looked then as IL the meeting was
going to be a great frost and the candi.
date seemed worried. The great quad.
rangular structure was not much more thar
half full when the Colonel began to talk
In few minutes, however, marching
clubs from uptown and downtown came
trooping in. until Col. Mcclellan asked to
have the trombone players muzzled.
Finally they we're all suppressed and
Col. Mcclellan was able 10 read at least
two full sentences without interruptio
other than cheers.
Mr.. McClellan's declaration that no party
could be blamed for vice stIu,k a respon-
sive chord and from that moment the
enthusiasm increased.
Most OF Col. Mcclell-ns speech was de-
m. de public yesterd y. Before thet, j. ow-
ever, LIE Ia sonnet. ing to 8, y about NJ yor
Lows administration and about Ills fellow
C ndid ties; Here re two paragrf pi g.:
a, ,pnrlns the last two years our municipal
have shown, themselves TO- be impractical
and poorly balanced in Judgment most OF
qualifications for the task, have gone INTO
the offices OF the city government with an over
w91enins gonSeit that they are adopts in the
. our fusion brethren lose sight of the fact
that two Of the three that compose, the, city
ticket tI4 were two years age, elected by them
ofthe city TO the entire satisfaction of the pub
!lo and to the salts faction Of fusi ionists them
s Se sy hey and hsIe e.pssy essE1H1 rSsn he
placed them in nomination this year
Tie c ndid..te decl red thi.t it was not
I U to bl me f.ny tdministri tion for the
existence Of evils which are ,-nseparable
Now. I do not charge the fusion govern
nnent with having encoura ged vice. or with
having intended to encourage II. any more
@I t. y the sfs as sny
u @ fs SHn bss ss sFe Ss
rot only that these, particular, offences which
are so Objectionable have been numerous
IN the last two years. but. as matter of fact.
predecessors.
Alter leciling the figures in the budgets
Tor tie st four ye. IS, and announcing
thtt NJ yor Lows two years had cost $l6,-
600 900 more than the two years Of Van Wyck,
MIR. McClell went on:
But more serious still is the question, What
Is the situation that confronts us to-day2
thd marx, you. my friends, tnat, the budget
tor ttor 1904 only appeared ut noon to-day. Under
Low could publish it. | very strongly sus-
peGt that the reason why it was hell back
m before Th+ Esyo sy dayy le pe So hN
bt diffusion among the people of the knowl-
edge of the facts which II contains.
Col. McCleLa then took up the figures in
detail. with Hing ct tie increase Of 1872 AGO
i'd: Job hath not served for naught.'
We have heard great deal about graft
" natever that term may mean, but In the
'aeue way In whloh ! understand y II seems
conduct OF the present, administration. and
he advice which has been given 80 often
o them fit to take at least in part, md If they
'annot take the first part, they at least can
axe .l,, the last, ard they yin have chance on
Earlier in is speech Mr. McClell n fde
. person ples decl ring that lie held up
lis public and private life for inspection"
I'D that he oh? llenged amy mrn to bring
Onward single ct which would deserve
Ills st2teInent:
Bsf9rs :.9 close wish to express the sense
esps Thds ss o"s,, s the dseonp Sn pan a
oeop!le's vote at the polls. The name / bear
vas borne more worthily by another. who has
] iife which love to believe wa was one one Of unset
ish deyotion to his country and of loyalty
Tor ali the honors OF this world not % FOR any any
station. however high. would ,dishonor it,
hat haVe ap IT, has dared to
I rejoice, to say that. among all the faction
ste who have supported the cause of my
oul enough to add this atrocioGs slander % % and
could not, forbear. TO end this campaign |
sh9S s pa9sy nkPf o nv R0sSS Of hm to as
Whoever may have write Col. Nc |
made up its mird that his closir declara-
ior was his own, When he got to that, !
le threw his mar uscript aside az d talked
'lcllan seemed moved as robody had seerl
,im moved before il the campaign. When |
,c had fl, ishtd, his audiel ce got up al d |
anne to him. every man AZ d woman In |
he g eat T. hall, al, a, d they applauded ard
Col. Mcclellan left the buildirg ard Mr..
trout was introduced. Mr.. GIout said |
n part
! want to say. Just one. word in further
might, nment OF what Mr.. Mcclellan has
aid about this budget which was announced |
o-day Between 81 900, 900 and 100000 OF
hat increase is due to the ambition of George
!. Rives, the Corporation Counsel. who has
orcsd proceedings which have put that sum
n addition upon the taxpayers EeXt year,
nd the BOARD OF Assessment. had no choice |
favor Lows appointee In the CORPORATION
he past years, and want to say that ho has
zen doing 1t for months past In spite OF the
teady remonstrance which came from the
department. OF Finance against what he was
ding. [Applaus"
One other tangible fact about that budget
Or don't want to go into a general dis
ussion of figures the only great department
the city which neither askei nor received
ne penny OF increase in ts appropriation
DR. next year was the Department OF Finance.
The alliance between Seth Low and illiam
to my mind la storm OF hisses and boost
that is the way you greet Devery's name,
the Lords name what woul you do II |
aid anything about jerome? tAissesl. IL |
lere Ia anything evil In the name Of Devery.
r anything more evil in speech which is not
lmmed up in the name OF Jerome. where
nm you find it, | want to reiterate what !
hid in Brooklyn one week ago tonight, and
nat is that Devery is baing supporte in his
ampaien by the money OF our adverShries.
I want TO see government IN this city
hich AT no time will seek to affect the in
lvidual needlessly. which will never attempt
, restrain his personal liberty. unless y
. necessary in order to protect the rest of
le community against his license. And |
ould 20 further than Col. Mcclellan In his
as to the removal OF Gen Greene.