New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-21
JEROME MORE VIRULENT.
SAYS MAYOR rs FUNNY"
IdLLs LO1C'S denomination the
WickedeSt" Thing.
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Lakevllle, Conn, Sept. 20.-In the bitterest and
most violent words he has yet EMPLOYED District
Attorney Jerome tonight returned to the charge
and denounced the denomination Of Mayor Low
as the wickedest thing that has been done in
political life in my recollection" He declared
passionately that he would not go to the city
convention Of the Citizens Union under any cir
cumstances. whether elected or not Finally he
denounced those who are working for the re-
nomination Of Mayor Low in the following
words:
They are going absolutely ana with open eyes
to political defeat: and, what is more to a
revelation that after all the popular instinct
that reformers do not ring true is a correct one"
These last virulent sentences followed the Civ
ing out Of a letter to c. c. Nadal answering the
recent communication Of the Citizens Union man.
Mr. Jerome declined to answer any challenges
directed to him by various Citizens Union and
Republican leaders. He declared that the infor-
nation he had received was Of a confidential
nature, and declined to give any hint Of IT, Mr
Jerome plans to return TO New-York on wednes-
day morning. His letter to c. c. NadaI was as
follows:
AIy dear Nadal: Yours of the 18th at hand You
say As Understand your position, it is that
Mr.. Low shouldn't be nominated. because he can
not be elected. and you assume that ne cannot be
elected because you think he is ENJOYABLE, egotis-
teal. self-complacent. tnid lacks sense of hImor
that he has no capacity for leadership and IS IN,
fairly. Have l not done SOP You nave You Ike
substantially others whose quoted and written re-
marks have seen, plead in confession and avoid
ance II l remember my old common law plead
co1n1ryn other wofs go 10 the isrv on the
The trouble Is that it will break my heart If the
You can't follow the nag for the best fteen YeSrs
OF your manhood and not rejoice at victory even
II you thought ii couldn't be And with Low
don't think it can Do not let US be deceived by
Of Remember esti-
mate of Mr.. Low has been formed instinctively
during twenty-one months. and you are going out
to remove this estimate IN a campaign of a little
1 think no one has preached more than T. nor be-
ieyes more sincerely than in trusting the plain
issue. Has not my personal experience dore everv-
thing to justify such trust and to confirm such
this deep seated antipathy Neither tables of stats
tics. showing cubic yards Of dirt removed by Jack
Woodbury. from the streets a reduction in
the death rate from cholera mortus among infants
kind however important to one who calmly and
studiously considers them, not during political
Aldermen is an important body, but how infantile
the notion that popular enthusiasm be
aroused over aldermanic nominations!
SAYS HE LOVES THE PLAIN PEOPLE.
Way down in my heart am Democrat. love
the plain people" not with the kind OF love that
time, but with the feeling that makes Some of The
happiest moments in my life the moments passed
no ..Jeffersonian Democrat who fakes a respect
the platform and in his public utterances for
their keen intelligence and delicate susceptibility
and in his clubs and political committees devises
errant steps. The wholesome. honest Instincts OF
an American electorate are infinitely better than
their conscious judgments. They. hate hypocrisy
and shams, and too often go against US reform
ers." not because our principles are bad. but be
Remember that while the greatest man our coun-
that YOU can't foul ali Of the people 81 s ali h Of sa b
time" he also said You can fool all Of the pc 1pe
TO support Mr. Low in the Coming canps{s1 sfan9
stand. a vet 1hav
will, in my Judgment, be just fooled enough BY
their impressions OF his character formed during
the last twenty-one months 70 vote against him
in spite Of our forts to make them ses that II
would be under the circumstances. an insult to
their Intelligence to put up some other candidate
toward wh2rn they dld not nave an unconquerable
strongest, evidences have had that Mr.. Low is
get rid ~ In few gsys ne no, w,inJ nuf cant
such action as NAV then he ta1e ION VII TeSt
ocable. If words Of a seemingly discredited man
Low II is All nonsense ~ say, that IN "tbs srrsrb
city Of 375oooo inhabitants' there is only one man
yours. WILLIAM TRAvERs' JEROME
This letter. which was given out by Mr.. Jerome
ar his home in Lakeville at o o'clock tonight.
has not been mailed 70 Mr. NadaI There are
no Sunday mails from LakeviIe.
When will the letter be mailed?' Mr.. Jerome
was asked
4 shan't mail IT at ALL" he replied. He will
read it in the morning papers before it could
reach MN through the mails now. ana When
letters are written for publication what is the
Of feigning a delicacy about giving them
out?-'
Mr. Jerome's attention called to article
in The World" quoting stories told by Mayor
Low various public occasions. and defending
him against the District Attorneys charge that
he is lacking in a sense Of humor There seems
to have been a misunderstanding" remarked
Mr. Jerome Il never said the Mayor was not
funny"
How about the challenges Of New-York po-
litical leaders TO you 20 make good the state
ments you have nader
"A moments reflection will show from the very
come to me in confidence. and l haven't Yet seen,
in all the mass Of abuse directed toward
Gently. any insinuation that I ever violated a
personal confidence
will YOU 20 as ar alternate TO the Citizens
Union city convention on Wednesday night?'
Why. how I? am not member Of the
Citizens Union and II / was and had been
elected a delegate I would not go. They are de-
rermined to DO the wickedest thing that has
been done in political life IN my recollection and
shane or manner With an opportunity OF max
ing every decent self-respecting man throughout
this whole land feel that hope and heart with
regard TO clean political things have once more
revived, they absolutely set and determined
10 do the thing that a few OF them. in their
Imagined political sagacity. have determined
upon against the wishes OF the great majority Ot
the peoule whom they We're chosen 20 represent
with brighter chances Of a victory full OF =
significance which never before has existed 20
such an extent. they going absolutely and
with open eyes TO a political defeat. and what
is more to revelation that after all the popular
instinct that reformers don't ring tru. II a cor
rect one"