New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-14

Fusion launched its campaign IN cooper
Union last night in a ratification Of the entire
city ticket. amid the greatest enthusiasm
Mayor Low and Nessrs Hinrichs. Sulzberger
and Trautmann appealed to a crowded hall, and
received in the loud and long continued ap-
pIause of the assembIage the pledge of loyal
support But, besides the candidates. there was
another speaker. who reused the enthusiasm
and the fire of the audience in a manner re-
calling tho old ''whirlwind" campaign of 1901
District Attorney Jerome reaffirmed his earlier
declaration that the present city government
was the best the city had ever known since it
became a city" pledged himself to the fight for
fusion. and attacked Tammany and Grout with
an Oldtime bitterness.
Political prostitute and traitoroUs renegade"
were the phrases he used i'm referring to the
Controller.
Cooper Union crowded with the support
ers of .he Fusion cause With the simple dec
grafton Of American flags and the presence Of
hundreds Of women. who wore their eolors in
buttons. the hall resembled rather a lecture than
a political rally. Nor were the women the silent
members When District Attorney Jerome had
pictured the situation and assaulted the decent
citizen for apathy. one feminine voice answered
to the rounded question of the speaker;
.'Tammany wouldn't come back if the women
could vote" little fellow greeted Mayor Low
The appearance Of the Mayor on the platform
was a signal for the first burst Of applause and
time and time again the hall resOunded with
cheers. The voices i'm the gallery We're partiCu-
IarIv happy. and when the Mayor read from Mr.
CIRCUITS letter of acceptance TO the Fusion lead
ers the whole hall convulsed by sturdy
Celtic voice which shouted:
He won't say that in Tammany Hall to-
morrow night"
Enthusiastic as it was at the outset. the Gull
minatlng moment of the evening was the ap-
pearance of the District Attorney Invited 70 sit
on the platform. NIr. Jerome. who had been de
tanned at the orga nization meeting Of the In
dependent Democrats arrived Just before the
close of the speech of Cyrus l. Sulzherger. For
a few minutes he sat on staircase. quietly
smoking a cigarette and unseen by the crowd
At last when the speech over. he started
quietly for the stage. Some one discovered him
and instantly the pandemOnium began Hun
dreds rose to their feet cheered and threw their
hats in the air. The band attempted to Play. ana
was silenced. Cheers for Jerome were followed
by calls Of Hit EN- again. Willy" and
'Jerome"'
JEROME-S EYES FILL WITH TEARS
Time and again the cheering slackened. and
then broke out again. Mr.. Jerome walked to the
front of the platform and stood waiting for =
chance to speak. When ne realized the extent
of the greeting he was receiving his eyes hlied
with tears. and for fully five minutes ne STOOD
facing the wildly cheering crowd Not all were
his friends.
How about Fulton ?" came from one corner
While there were Kisses and jeers OCCASIONALLY
heard the great majority. realizing oy MS hrst
sentences the meaning Of his presence angrhy
silenced the hooters. When he finally obtained
,-ofra hrOIr
by emotion and several times when he was
interrupted by applause his eyes again hiied
with tears.
But Mr. Jerome dramatic as his appearance
was by no means monopolzed the applause
Starting with the first cheers for the Mayor.
Messrs. Hinrichs. Trautmann and Sulz0erger
all received their share. The Mayors arralgn-
ment of the Tammany methods; his appeal Tor
-partisanshp as against Tammany lures or
party necessities; his quotations from Controller
GrOut; his humorous play on Mr. CIRCUITS dennl-
ton of Tammany stencil IN which he
called it a revolving stencil: his description
of Mcclellan as "stenchblind." were greeted
with hearty applause. Mr.. Hinrichs's descrip-
ton of the old Red Light conditions and the
work of the Tenement House Commission were
cheered loudly and Mr. SuIzbergers demand
for more registration work was hailed with
cries Of Good Good"
Mr. CUTTINGS REMARKS
The meeting was called TO order by r Fulton
Cutting. who before introducing the Mayor
made a brief speech lie said in part:
Gentlemen. We just at the begin
ming at the threshold Of this good government
movement. The last two years have been largely
occupied with what call reform. a very tedious
sort OF thing. but very essential one The admin
istration has been laying foundations broad and
strong upon which 20 build the superstructure that
will begin 20 rise when Mayor Lows second terra
begins January Z. 1905.
We are working for even something more than
the deverance OF the municipal government IN this
city. We working for the principle OF popular
suffrage. Now the student OF democratic gov
ment he reads his history remarks always
that in those municipalities which have arisen In