The sun., 1903-10-22
CIRCUIT GETTING AFTER JEROME
"I,D LIKE TO CATCH HIM SOBER"
SAYS THE COMPTROLLER.
That Tammany IL Good Now and That
Deveryism 10 Dead the Burden OF the
Mcclellan Orators Last Night-Party
Purged Itself. Mcclellan Puts II.


That Tammany is good now was the
| burden of the song of its orators yesterday
Mr.. Grout enlivened the proceedings at
one point by saying that he'd like to catch
Jerome SOBER" and by promising to deal
| with him tomorrow.
Some fifteen hundred Tammanyites OF
| the Thirtieth Assembly district took turns
| in listening to Mcclellan. Grout, Fornes
and others at the -Old Homestead, Ninety
first street and Third avenue, last night.
The Old Homestead has room for 500
John F. Mcintyre, in the chair only got
sufficiently far in his speech to accuse Mr..
Jerome OF having. contrary to his pleds ,s,
failed t, disclose a single dishonest &C.
by Democratic Official" when the Tam
many candidate for Mayor squeezed through
the doors. Mr. Mcclellan had three other
meetings to attend and began reading his
speech at once, He read:
To-day the shadow Of the old fusion move
ment presents itself to the people Of New
York. asking for verdict upon it's record Of
two years. The substance OF the movement
has disappeared. The Democrats who gave
1t aid and comfort have returned TO the fold
OF that party from which they strayed. con-
fldent that non -partisanship Is a failure. con-
vinced that the old hope for good government
in New York lies in an honest Democratic
administration.
II am elected Mayor, i shall be respon-
sible to the people and to po one else, not
only for every appointment | may make
but for every act OF my administration.
I decline, however, to be held responsible
for acts committed before my time whether
under Democratic or Republican supremacy
The Republican candidate for Mayor. for
getting that he lives in the year Of grace 1908.
tries to deceive himself into believing that
he is living IN 1901.
Many OF the old professions and many
OF his former promises are repeated again
and again. The old vilifcation and abuse
ia resorted to. This is all done despite the
fact that he must know that scarcely pro-
fession OF 1901 has been lived up to. or n
promise kept, and that the Democratic pnrty
has purged itself Of those elements against
which he inveighed two years ago.
Mr.. Mcclellan declared that Republicans
had got all the good things in the city gov
ernment and that the Democrats got none
OF the fat-a contrast with the Republican
view of it. He repeated his speeches on
the tax on liquor sellers, on the inade-
quacy Of the school buildings and on the
failure to enforce the Sunday law -lib-
erally," and declared that this law had
"become" an instrument OF blackmail and
oppression since Tammany went out. He
concluded with an invocation Of the issues
Of 1904.
Mr. Fornee. who followed. said:
| told Mayor Low the other day that II
were acting Mayor. | would make he police
take down those scandalous signs.
Comptroller Grou,. VIII got more real
applause than either Of his predecessors,
said that he wouldn't say word in favor OF
Mcclellan If he wasn't sure Mcclellan would
Civ. the city a Police Commissioner who
had never been at the head Of a corrupt
monopoly and who would not merely en-
force blue laws. Mr.. Grout went on.
Somebody has been TO Mr. Devcrys grave
and picked out his dead body and brought it
out TO scare the people OF the city With il.
"A Voice: "Odel is the RravedRger Mr..
Devery's whole effort now ia to get votes to
help elect Low, and stranger would fnncy
Police Commissioner.
Mr. Grout promised to give "a brief his
toric review of the jeering Jerome" to-
morrow night.
"I'd like to get him sober he added.
Asa Bird Gardiner declared that Devery-
ism was the result of forty-four years of
Republican control THE money for the
Devery campaign is furnished by the Citi-
zens Union he eaid.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, formerly Of Ohio,
also spoke.
Both Mcclellan and Grout spoke at
hig meeting in the assembly hall OF tho
Tammany Central Association at 2O7 East
Assembly district, last night. This is part
OF a statement read by Mr.. Mcclellan
There is no ouession as to how the district
will go on election day, but the larger the
Democratic vote here the more you will help
9s pS ali the Sg Sss that F in me
spare no honest effort between now and
election day, If we Democrats NIL Of us.
will come to it's own and New York city will be
redeemed
Comptroller Grout said;
Devery was buried two years ago and
again a month ago at the primaries, The
Republicans are simply trying TO resurrect
his dead body 70 scare the ,I innocent people
dead bones and dead issues
That's all YOU get from Jerome when vou
strip his language 70 common sense II yor
can 1nd any there when YOU do strip it-nnd
when you get the. ndecency out OF tin
decency that is not At to be spoken in the
And say to yon now that Il for n single
moment believed that the election Of George
Of unapeakabIe evil, / would walk from this
platform and out OF this hall ns fast as
could get ont OF it, Loud cheering
Mr. Grout ended by saying that the
Democrats OF Manhattan need not worry
over what "Old Brooklyn" was going to
do. Il tell you" he declared impressively.
there are going TO be some great sur
prises over there in Brooklyn when the
vote is counted and there are going to be
some equally big surprises in Manhattan,
too" Most OF the crowd followed him
from the hall TO the street, cheering wildly
Senator Thomas r. Grady referred to
Mr.. Jerome as "the rowdy in poltics-o,r
District Attorney
Mr.. Orout said at meeting of the Nine
teenth Assembly District Democratic Club,
that the fusioniats were trying to win the
election by revamping old issues and old
cries, for which there il no excuse this
year"
Mr.. Fornes was one OF the speakers at
the meeting. Like Mr.. Grout, he pro-
tested against the "scandalous tactics Of
the Republicans.
Mcclellan and Grout spoke yesterday
at the monday meeting Of the alleged
Commercial Travellers League" at 454
Broadway
Even at 30 easy going an affair az lunch
hour meeting. Mr. Mcclellan read his speech
The greater part Of the manuscript was
devoted to scoring Mayor Low for not pro-
for children. This was not exactly a SEN
sational novelty in Mr. McClellen's speeches.
Mr.. Grout, who spoke from the sane
platform could, had he wished. have in
formed Mr. Mcclellan that the Board Of
Estimate has this year given TO the Board
of Education every penny il has asked for
Mr.. Grout could also have stated that the
only objection any member has made TO
appropriating money for schools came