New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-16
CALLS MAYOR EGOTIST.
District attorney Holly Attacks
Citizens Union.
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Lakeville, Conn. Sept. 15.-The long expected
'Jeromiad" has been promulgated in a bitter
letter addressed to c. C. Nadal, of the Citizens
Union. in response to Mr. Nadars request for
his views. but written for the purpose Of ex-
planning his position. All the intimations of
Mr.. Jeromes bitter hostility to the denomination
Of Mayor Low are confirmed in this letter
which proclaims the intention of Mr.. Jerome to
fight the nomination of Mr.. Low 10 the finish.
1t contains. however. the reassuring intimation
that the District Attorney will not sulk cry
baby If his opposition fails TO defeat the Mayor
Startling charges made in this remarkable
letter. Mayor Low who is caustically attacked
for his "egotism, compliance and consti-
tutionai timidity," is accused of attempting to
claim for himself an Endorsement Of President
Roosevelt, and doing it at great injury to the
President The Republican party is described
as banlrupt in its treasury, treacherous in its
purpose and bent on the destruction Of the
Mayor by wholesale knitting. The Citizens
Union is accused Of conducting its affairs on
machine lines. Of not daring 10 hold open
convention, and, finally, of supporting May
or LOW with braggart words on their
question OF his own candidacy Mt. Jerome
lips and shame in their hearts" The
dismisses with the Indignant remark that "peo-
PIE have been considering whether 1 am a crank
or a fool or a knave candidate" The
whole letter closes with the remarkable chal-
lenge 10 all those cited in the letter 10 refute
the charges i. contains.
JERoME's DELAYED PROTEST.
The real question" Mr.. Jerome concludes. lis
not whether l an. crank a fool or a knave
candidate but whether what I say is true"
This letter is the first public utterance in many
days Of thought: it is the delayed protest Of the
man who believed Mr.. Low could never be NOM
mated. and was absolutely dazed when the re-
nomination came Mr.. Jerome did not enter the
list earlier because he was put to sleep" by
his frienos Some OF them nursed boom for
their chief II in spite of all the passionate pro-
test and denunciatory TRADES contained in his
letter Mr.. Low is renominated, Mr.. Jerome viii
not bolt the ticket He will not take the stump
against the MAJOR. He may even take the
stump for fusion, but on his own terms and
with the express privilege Of being allowed to
run wildcat" But until the nomination he viii
fight increasingly.
When he had handed out the letter. the
product Of a morning in his grove where he
worked alone. MI Jerome declared that he had
nothing 20 add Il have said my say" was his
sole answer 10 all queries. Asked about his
brother meeting Controller Grout, he returned
the same answer The fact is know here how
ever. that Lowell H Jerome was not an ernissary
O, his brother. that no emissaries have been ar
work
The truth IS that Mr.. Jerome is still wonder
fully in the dark as 70 the details Of the situa-
ton in New-York Within the last three days
he received and declined invitation TO run
on q third ticket lis declnation finally put the
kitchen cabinet" out Of business. and neither
Nj Jerome nor his friends longer regard HE
candidacy as a possibility. One other thing is
certain Mr. Jerome no longer has the siightest
intention Of attempting TO make scene In tn
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