New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-23
CROFT TACKLES JEROME
EspeciaHy Attacks His Bills for
Tice Suppression.
AUTOMOBILE TOUR IN BROOKLYN.

C,aoree r. Mcclellan took leaf out OF the
fusion notebook last night. and after speaking
AZ Carnegie Hail. Manhattan visited the East
ern District, Brooklyn. in company with Con-
troller Grout and John j. Delany, in big red
automobile. After crossing the river they
visited Schwaben Hall, at Knickerbocker and
Myrtle-aves, Eckford Hall. and lastly -.
Cecilia Hall, at No. 1O1 Grand-st- Some 2o.V~
persons awaited them at Schwaben Hail. Tnere
Mr.. Grout attacked District Attorney Jerome,
saying in part:
The man Of whom will speak tonight MlIam
Travers Jerome. owes his political life 10 Richard
Croker. who procured his original appointment as
4 few days ago Jerome broke into this campaign,
unlimited by Mr. Low. who refused TO SIT ana
man mann would repeat before his honest wife Mr-
Bruce the chairman or the ne, tb1 on basI po
his bugle horn were worth 1900 men, The night
pen and men by hundreds hurried from the han
while ne spoke. Why? Because they knew that
behind that bugle horn: not a man Of sound jIds1
aSitator whose sole idea OF public discussion Is
create mob, 10 arouse that moo 70 frenzy ana
Two years ago Jerome was called hs ,n,
sword, voice crying in the wilderness the Prince
Rupert OF reform. He brought into the campaign
things never before discussed at public meetings.
and Sbidren of this CITY words phrases and mean
ings which heretofore it has been unanimous pub
his course since then
Mr. Grout quoted remarks made by Jerome
about Mayor Low. and continued
It was the unanimous opinion OF the community
at that time that these words OF Jeromes were
chiefly actuated by AHe ueep cVhNIcuoh on MS part
that the fusiOnsts ought TO have nominated Je-
rome, and not Low.
NV action in accepting unconditional indorse-
ment from the Democratic party. having aroused
bitter enmity OF the Republican leaders Jerome
saw an opportunity to rehabitate himself at my
expense by Joining IN ber anS an ana mas hns s,
he has succeeded In again getting somewhere near
the centre of the stage which he loves so well
His idea OF the universe is that II revolves about
Jerome.
Iished records illustrating the inside workings OF
the policy of promoting vice in order to suppress
it. During the period OF a few months the city OF
OF the District Attorney for the purpose of obtain
Ing evidence against gamblers and immoral women
/ paid the bills only under compulsion Some OF
these expenditures may be classined as follows:
To women TO induce them immoral acts Less
Room rent (for immoral purposes). ......... .ss
Bets on the s2a
have not undertaken. in what have said. to
have simply shown you Jerome as ne exhsbirs
himself In his words and acts. IL / were to
that Jerome is species OF New-York Dowis.
Elijah ~ Elijah the Destroyer. Let me give YOU
now Jerome's utteranCc. made within n week be-
fore the Democratic convention. IL is not partic-
uldrly lucid II Is, indeed. somewhat ClOuded in
may "a silly Imagine the thiCllened tongue same
times caused by undue Indulgence. 1 quote from
his spseCh before eN-COngressman Timothy Camp
belts Oriental Club:
Hail convention on Thursday next OF the sincerity
and honest am going TO stand by tt, and II those
men are men handled as they should be. ana IL
support and people will say, We have honest
movement | win encourage IT.