The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-14
JEROME SPEAKS FOR FUSION.
COULDN'T STAY Away, HE TELLS
A FRENZIED MASS MEETING.

Calls Circuit u Renegade and Political
Prostitute"-"This Thing" Says the
District Attorney Of the Comptroller
Its tho Same Issue, Civic Decency.
and He Asks II Wen Go Back To Cor
rupti0n and DishonOr-LOw Says He
stopped "Grabs' by the Metropolitan
keynote Of the Campaign Struck In
. stirring Meeting in Cooper Unlon.
District Attorney Jerome made his en-
trance into the fusion campaign in oramati 10
fashion last night. He suddenly appeared
at the big mass meeting In Cooper Union.
which had already been addressed by
Mayor Low and other candidates on tho
fusion ticket. and made speech while
was vivid reminder of the District Attor-
ney's .whirlwind campaign Of two years
ago.
Cooper Union was packed to the doors
bya crowd which, before the arrival Of tho
District Attorney, had shown no lack OF
enthusiasm. As soon as it saw Mr.. Jerome's
slender figure making its way through the
crowded aisle at the west end Of the build
ing it went into perfect frenzy Of cheering.
The scene that followed almost defled
description.
Stamping, shouting and hand clapping.
men and women got on chairs and on each
others backs in their enthusiasm. Hats.
umbrellas and handkerchief were thrown
in the air. Some men took of their coats
and waved them in their excess OF feeling.
1t was useless trying for silence till the
enthusiasm in them had run out.
Mr.. Jerome's appearance was entirely
unexpected. There had been no announce
ment that he would be present, but Robert
Fulton Cutting had told the District At
torney earlier in the day that he wished he
would come and speak, and Mr.. jerome
had said that he would come II he could
As he said in almost the first words Of his
speech, he just couldn't stay away. Before
he had finished he made 1t quite clear that
from now on he will be on the stump just
as often as his services are req uested.
LIKE awHIRLwINp CAMPAIGN DAYS.
Mr.. Jerome made much the same kind Of
a speech as those with which he warmed the
cookies of the East Side heart two years ago.
One thing he didn't do, and that was make
the slightest. personal reference to Mayor
Low. He said one thing of his adminstra-
ton, however, that pleased the audience
immensely. In a campaign OF this kind,
he said the talk of a man standing on his
record was all nonsense. At the same
time, he declared, he knew the record OF the
Low administration from one end to the
other, and he wanted to say for it, that it
was the very best record made by an adj
| ministration in this city, since 1t was
| city
and therefore wasn't in the hall when Mr..
Jerome entered.
The District Attorney deyoted quite q
the more he tore the political character 81
the Tammany candidate for Comptronel
| to shreds the louder the crowd yelled foi
more of that kind Of medicine. -.
This political prostitute and dishonorct
renegade" Mr.. jerome said of Grout. ant
there were shouts of "Give it to hin" anC
soak him, Jerome"' from the audience
"His name is not fit to be spoken by de,
cent man. he said a moment later, ano
then he continued. with infinite scorn: :.
"And this is the thing that wants to die
| tate to me what is Democraoy-thls man
who has been in and out OF every pohtlca
! move in this city for the past ten years
| taking care always to get in and out at the
exact psychological moment.
| There was another frantic outburst when
| Mr.. Jerome said that Grout had betrayed
, Shepard in Brooklyn and was now betray-
ing Low in New York. The District At
| torney went on to remark that he knew
| few honest men in Tammany. and he re-
| ferred to former City Chamberlain Pat
Keenan, as a fine old Irishman who would
| find it difficult to walk in the same procession
with renegade like Grout.
This is what the District Attorney said:
= COULDN'T STAY AWAY" SAYS JEROME
Mn. CHAIRMAN, AND LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN: 1t seems rather strange III some ways
9 }o pc a nsrs nf" sta H't away Iaughter You
realize. | couldn't stay away. and God help
me- so long rs live in this city , OF ours; u
that could not stay away, ! can't and won't
ICries of food hoy" When the tine comes
men for decent things then ] will have 70
stay away. because there won't be hnyDooy
to come to. ,,,A
thank ,iod-and ] suppose in one sense am
butting in because this is ratification meet
ing and meeting Whrr" perhaps o haIn c9 from
s SPEAK ' a word, IApplause ] cant see
things, perhaps, going agar, to where ! know
they were in the old days; cant believe NJ
can't believe that the people Of the city S,S Of
New York are content TO go back to that which
was. and until YOU tell me on election DAY
that they have done So the faith tfat Put %s
in them still. Applause. ~
I have come here not to endeavor to dis
c,lss the thousand and one things that can %
said about the present situation, ana what
is the plain duty OF every decent law-apioing
Sef-respecting man in this community. !
have come here more in earnest and good
faith to show you that the trust which have
put in you and which you nobly respondcn
to in the old days. | still have IN you ana IN
the cause for which we fought then. and the
election will be, we will stand for those same
old decent vcrities, until the end OF time
and against all corners. Applause
WHAT DEFEAT WILL MEAN.
] feel that though the last election was
that this transcends il MANIFOLD OFTEN
and often have the decent people OF this state
gone to defeat and il only meant another
battle. but what does ii mean TO go TO defeat
this time? II means that when you had one
clean and true administration and when
Won had however many mistakes have been
made YOU have had 1t 7tShon you have had
in substance what vou demanded ana voted
for there was not enough energy ana love
Of the right left in you to come forward again
and support government that mas uoho
what il ought to do in this city
DO YOU think that the election the last time
only meant something for he city OF New
York? II meant somethp for this whole
hope in thousands of peopl" who cared moth
ing whether rammany Hall was in power
in the city of New York, but who cared more
than they could believe that the Godfcaring.
law-abiding, self-rcspeotlng decent cltizens
of the greatest city of this country should
take into their own hands the administration
of their own affairs
The blow that this city would deal TO decent
things throughout these whole United states
If they allowed once more 10 80 back into the
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