The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-21

political PRINCIPLES from Morris Par k.' from S%a
Sheepshead Bay, from the poolrooms? II
burns my soul to think OF such thing When
Or do you mean to defeat such mem W
Amid cries OF mol no!".Mr Jerome and
his party left the hall 1t took over half
an hour for Mr., Jerome to get to his next
meeting, which was in Metropolitan Saenger
Hall, on Pitkin avenue in the Brownsville
section Of Brooklyn. This meeting was
attended almost entirely by Jews and was
presided over by Israel F. Fisher, one of
the fusion leaders in the East New York
section
In this hall, which was never meant to
hold more than 500 or 900 persons, nearly
and they gave him rousirg greeting.
Mr.. Jerome got laugh right away by
referring to Tom Grady of Tammany
Hall as the 4sanitarium orator. who called
Brooklyn a deiunct city and claimed that
there were no local issues in which 1t had
any interest. He said he thought there
were issues just now that Brooklyn had
very great interest in. Continuing, he
said
heads all this foolish talk about Republican
ism and Democracy. am a Democrat.
but look upon this situation as the same old
on one side and the decent common people
man ssSns, gang Of iootins s1afters
:. Coming over here saw q whole lot Of red
lights. Laughter But here they mean
they don t mean to you what the red light has
meant to Manhattan. The Jews of New
York showed their pride Of citizenship two
have done in the good cause, Are not you
Jews Of Brooklyn going to help in this great
hghta Its up to you to say n whether I'M fns
shall rule again
II you want the red lights. the poolrooms
and the gamblers over here you can get them
Do that and you have seen the last Of a Demo-
cratic organization in Brooklyn ,., han,
the racetracks and see if the kind Of men
to be found there are the men you want as
yoHr leaders. as your statesmen. DO not
Mr.. Jerome discussed the excise laws
much as he did at the first meeting. and
advised the Jews to put the same question
to the candidates.
But" he said, "don't ask Grout any
questions like these, for Circuit is dead
| man." Laughter.
A number Of men at this meeting who
were anxious to get into discussions with
Mr.. Jerome finally got chance to speak.
In each case it turned out that all the men
wanted to say was that they were Demo-
Gratis. but that they were going to support
the fusion ticket. The announcements
Mr. Jeromes next meeting was at Con-
gress Hall, Atlantic and Vermont avenues,
where there was mixed meeting of Ger
mans and Italians. About one thousand
two hundred were in the hail. nearly so per
cent. more than it was ever meant to hold,
and here again the District Attorney got
warm greeting. His speech here was a
combination OF his two other speeches.
There was one amusing incident Mr..
Jerome said that Mr.. Murphy had said that
all the German wanted was his glass OF beer.
A German in the audience rose to say that
Mr.. Murphy ought to know what folks
wanted in the drinking Ii line s.or,,
"Why, he's a saloon keeper now, isn't
he'" said the German. and didn't he used
to deal the stuff over the bar himself?'
From East New York Mr.. Jerome went
to the Clerrnont avenue rink, where he
found one OF the biggest crowds ever
gathered together in the the s borough ugh
rose az one man as Mr.. Jerome appeared
upon the platform The District Attorney
was very tired, 80 he contented himself
with a short speech. But he said few
things that he hadn't said at the other
meetings and whlcn pleased tne auuleuce
nightly. Part Of the rink speech was as
follows:
It's absurd to talk Of Democratic success
In the national campaign OF 1904 depending
on the election of Mcclellan now. What
possible bearing can this campaign have
on the national one of next year? Perhaps
when they say that a Democratic PRESIDENT
cannot be elected unless they elect Mcclellan
| they mean that to ma ke successful national
| election they must have the appointment
| of a Police Commissioner to do their bidding
| at the polls in this city.
| This campaign has many interesting, sides
Let me tell you one OF them. What DO you
suppose the old time Tammany leaders
| would say TO william Hep Russell and John
| c. Sheehan on Tammany platform again;
| What would they say to the spectacle OF
| James W. Gerard. GEORGE b. Mcclellan, >.
Sergeant Cram and Charley Murphy, two
| members Of the Union Club and two men,
| hers Of the old Dock Board, ut a Tammany
| convention together? Laughter
! have told three audiences to-nisht that
there is no Republican, or Democracy IN
this fight and that am not vet ready TO takt
| my Democracy from the racetracks and the
| poolrooms ! told them that 1t was the same
| old gambling syndicate we were up agalns'
| this wear as In 1901 with the addition TO the
| other side OF the renegade, traitoro GUS Grout
Tammany wants the city for the same ole
| purposes.
Mr.. Jerome left the rink at II O'Clock
and went direct to his Rutgers street home