The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-27
MAYOR LOW RAPS AT CIRCUIT.
BJDTCTLES CASSIDY IN HIS OWN
BOROUGH.


ply ana tno Ol0 UocA Uoefo.
Mavor Low made a trip through Queens
asst night and the reception he got in that
borough went long way to refute the as
serrion Of President Cassidy's friends that
the only opposition there to the Tammany
ticket is confined to a few kickers and two
or three old women Mr.. Low travelled
about thrty-fve miles in an automobile
and spoke at Flushing, Corona and Astoria
Al all three places he received cordial
welcomes The largest audience he ad-
dressed was at Astoria. This is one Of Mr.
Cassidys strongholds, but a crowd OF at
east twenty-five hundred persons gathered
not only to hear, but to cheer Mr.. Low.
L. his speech at this meeting Mr.. Low had
something to say about Mr.. Cassidy, az
follows:
| understand that Mr.. Cassidy is going
around telling YOU that he has got money
tor this borough from the Board OF Estimate
hy his single arm. ] understand that he has
Il vas very hard to get money for Queens,
and although he has only one vote out Of
sixteen in the Board Of Estimate Mr.. Cassidy
has that have siSen 20 h
borough,
He reminds ME Of the man in the civil war
:.
Asked by his oficer as to how he had managed
20 take them he replied: Faith. ! surrounded
EN-" Mr. Cassidy would have you believe
that he surrounded the. Board Of Estimate.
when, as matter OF fact. the Board has
tried 10 be fair to every borough OF the greater
city without regard TO whether the borough
president was elected on the fusion or the
Tammanv ticket.
Ii ought to be the personal business, of
every citizen to see that the money voted TO
used by the Borough President. l heard
tins afternoon that there are opportunities
~ This direction to which you might profit ably
Told that there is a sewer inspector in Long
Island City who is blind. Laughter and
IL is difficult to understand how such man
can see whether. the city's money. is
properly expended in sewer work but perhaps
he Borough President thought TINT he could
Laughter, ] But that is a most uncertain
organ. as is attested by one of the candidates
on the Tammauy ticket. who only two years
ago said that Tammany was stencil in the
uostrils.
suppose TO that candidate Tammany by
This time has become "A perfume. Laughter
and cheers. Now. II such a high official
as the one to whom have referred is subject
to such alteration OF smell as that how can
Won expect the nose OF Il mere inspector OF
-ewers to be always III working order?
But there are issues at stake more funda-
mental than these merely local questions.
want government that will administer
the clty's affairs in the interest OF the com
munity or for the benefit OF somebody's
speaking ct Flushing Mr.. Low said that
the administration over which he had
presided had aimed at giving to the people
finpuished from one in which money de-
termined what the law should be. He
pointed out that in every department Of
the CITY the cost Of supplies was for the
most part so per cent less than the sums
charged under the last administration.
Another illustration of the way lam
many conducted the affairs OF the city,
said Mr. Low, is shown In the fact that on
the very last day of the Van Wycls govern
ment the Dock Board. Of which the present
head Of Tammany was member. gave a
dumping permit on the East River to the
finn Of Brown 4 Fleming for 81 900 year:
That permit was revoked by Commits
sioner Hawkes.. but the revocation was
held up by injunction proceedings for
cided that the company should pay to the
city for those seven months q rental at
that this city ought to trust the manage
ment OF its affairs to a man who has been
chosen by one OF the members o! that Van
WICK dock board?
"Don't yo1 suppose that the Tammany
candidate will be dominated by tho leader
who selected hm2 The whole conception
of the Tammany Hall organization is that
IL shall be hlindly guided by the leader
and ask YOU if that leader. who partici-
pated in such q deal as have described To
YOU. ought TO be allowed to DO Entrusted
with the government Of this city?'
NO" was the response which came
from the audience. and Mr.. Low. amid
cheers, added: Nor I either
Mr. Low said that the return OF Tammany
would mean that vice would be allowed to
flourish, because Of the setting aside. by
tho payment Of money, Of certain laws.
And" he said, -the setting aside OF one
law will mean the bnrying OF other laws
Where one law is disobeyed other laws will
I've ignored for money. This system OF
Tammany is like the bite OF a rattlesnake
The viper bites you and the poison enters
tho blood and circulates all over your body
80 in the case of the Tammany method OF
government.
II it sells one privilege for money it must
sa other privileges and must allow other
avs to be broken. Tammanys system
moreover. is an Unsuitable one and. like al
elephants proboscis. it can pick up pin
or Saratoga trunk. Nothing rs too small
or too large to escape It,.
At Corona Mr.. Low said that since he
had been in office the old time Iammany
method of compelling police and firemen
to purchase promotions and appointments
had been wiped out and he promised that
If reelected he would continue to see that
appointment to the public service and pro-
motions went by merit, and without the
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