New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-24
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Mayor Lows arrival at 8; 30 p m. accom-
panied by Marvin Field. was sisnalized by
perfect hurricane Of enthusiastic yelk. catcails
and frantic cheering
Three cheers for Mayor LOW" yelled some
one IN the audience, and the cheer was given
with right good will Hats were waved high
and the deafening cheers that followed lasted
for several minutes. No sooner had Mr..
schieren introduced MFR. Low Seth Low,
our next Mayor" and That's no lie. either"
from some one at the rear. produced further
outburst OF enthusiasm. The band then crashed
out THE star Spangled Banner" all arose ana
Mayor Low advanced TO the front OF the plat
form and began his address He was listened TO
with close interest throughout, his remarks be-
ing interrupted by frequent and frantic APP
plause He said I'm part;
I am glad to zee that the people OF Brooklyn
nTe T Tamm SIi eAppisuse Men speak OF it
as Il it stood for the red light system ana 70 70
system that deed our city nm me- a chance
IN one department eu. IN many p5nyy, v,s, Commits
sioner Lederle INTO Office he found thousS ss
complaints hung up. What oso that mean orsi
the laws made 70 protect The hes s,erce
Sne shs f ,noney SUCCEEDED IN hsyng
the law suspended in their interest lax !. a. sns
neane 20 who H We're selling bed milk and the chill.
eren OF the city were being fed upon IL TO sTea,
Ssn allow i Such things to go unchecked because
II means little money or o,ss tas Ro,tenf 1t is
rotten 10 the core. Now, what has conlmissiener
COMPLAINS but he has acinaiiy sent out e
the farms. into NewJersey and into the sts1e q
and. in cooperation with the STATE bes,os ,s %
Health has s :, =, that s ths of the city
getting to-day-the people of the city-oetier st ,
Health Department you have now government OF
law not government by money, lats What
did the Tammany system mean there That nep 9e
I Ie SCI ,,lees Ne nata large Commission
man by the name OF Marks The flIe Dep Par,
rnent buys its material cheaper now because ,hsIe
is no Mark. between the Commissioner and the
What does II mean in the Tenement House De
partmen;? II man could give 2 or ~ w 70 an 1
speesor ne mlght iar , fse sewers were pouring
their gas the houses the death rate or mos
p eTs Of Health That is what money means
when money interpre5s the tenement i aisl e
sbles the landlord TO leave his house IN VIZ So.
, tae S MIL houses means that when conditions
bad they must be corrected no
costs rs, Lst me give you very s'riAihs
The present Tenement House Law is compare
lively new but there were laws concerning tene-
ment houses long before that. Iney We 10y az
I am not speaking of old ones-of the new buildings
erected under the old law under the IarnLh ny 5
mnistration only per cent conpnee VIII VIII, tle la
conditions OF that law, What do you think OF an
allows
ike that? And that is one reason why there are
so many dark rooms occupied by human beings IN
think Of it-occupied by men and women in the
city OF New-York which have access 70 the air
no access 10 the light. and even. in many cases
no access into rooms that have access to the air!
CHANGE IN LAW ONLY EXCISE RELIEF.
PAYMENT Of money, determined also the admins
iratisn Of the Excise law This was the system tt
was elected 20 ofe f up II +ha9 MAN. Of You do
not like but am prepared 10 say. after my eh-
rerience Of the last two years that no other aoIn
lstrataoh 81 NJ tis tis from, which the eitv has
had not come close contact with the conditions
ssnnot allow money 10 determine the degree of en-
forcement Of one law and prevent money from de-
rerminng the degree Of enforcement OF every other
j must frankly say that there Is no relief from
s.hanee Of the law itself. tApplauseD In view Of
our Citizens in this respect. the Mayor ought. s.
M judgment to ksep hnseM entirely a MIMI unoomIn MAJ
say. however, that the ultimate solution Of the
appeal the principle q home rule CApplsnse
on a question affecting the habits and customs Of
our own People I think the wishes Of the ma jority
should be ascertained and that their wishes should
The only safeguard against such conditions. the
2a.F 40 Sest 5fst -o o1 n f ~
saw. That is the SORT Of government have tried i
give again ii you re-elect nc Mayor applause
WORDS OK EXCISE APPLAUDED.
importance TO the excise question, reaching back
for his notes at this stage Of his address and re-
citing II carefully from the manuscript in his
hand. At AriOn and Schwaben Hall the con-
Niction he expressed that in the settlement Of
the Sunday question home rule and the viii Of
The majority should prevail vociferously in
dorsed by his auditors. After a further tiger"
that marked his departure Mayor Low started
for Schwaben Hall, where he arrived soon after
D. Here. both IN numbers and enthusiasm
his reception fully equalled. il il did not sur
pass that accorded to Mcclellan on the pre-
cedng night
While somewhat briefer in duration. Mayor
Lows speech mere followed largely along the
lines Of that delivered only few minutes be-
fore. Henry Deck. Of the German-American
League. presided In the course of his speech
Mayor Low said:
In the course OF my political life have had
many controversies with Mr.. Mclaughlin I'm
the old days in Brooklyn. ana since then. l am
glad 70 know, however, that la this campaign.
where much is at stake that rranscends ordi-
nary political questions Mr. Mclaughlin stands
as / DO, for protecting the Borough OF Brooklyn
against being Tammanyized, with all that that
implies.
II would be politically the most profound
misfortune that could befal the city in my
judgment IL the independent Democratic or
sort OF vermifOrm appendix Of Tammany Hall
u would be disastrous to the postics Of our city
and to the politics OF the United States.
LOWS PROMISES REDEEMED.