The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-24
LOW STANDS FOR HOME RULE.
THE ONLY SOLUTION, HE SAYS,
OF THE SUNDAY PROBLEM.
Tells Germans in williamsburg That He
VIII Enforce the Excise Law--Wsrus
Kings County Democrats Not to BE.
como Tammany's ycrmiform APPENDIX.

Kings County Democrats Not to BE.
come Tammany's ycrmlform APPENDIX.
At two of three large meetings which
he addressed in Brooklyn last night Mayor
Low announced himself in favor OF an alb
solute and rigid enforcement Of the Excise
| law. The audiences to which the Mayor
| made this statement were Germans, and
Mr.. Low intmated that he had selected
these meetings at which to make his an
nouncement for this very reason. He told
the Germans that he knew it was a SUBJ
ject very near to them, and said that per-
haps his announcement, made from sense
Of his duty, would not add to his popu-
larity, but that. nevertheless, he would
not ask them for their votes without max
ing himself perfectly clear on q question
of such Importance just now.
The Mayors announcement was received
in absolute silence at both meetings, until
he followed it with the decla ration that
he regarded it as one of the many per-
picking local problems that could be solved
| only by the application Of the principle OF
home rule TO the affairs Of this city. Either
| change the law az it stands on the statute
, book, he said. 4or allow the citizens CT
New York to make their own liquor regu-
lations by popular vote the ma ority pre-
vailing always"
At this point Of the Mayors discourse
in both meetings there was & reat applause
and it was quite evident that his stand on
excise, taken so frankly among those who
are the strongest advocates Of the Sunday
sale of liquor, had not lost to him any sup
port.
In spite Of the rain the Mayors journey
around Brooklyn last night was one Of the
most successful tours of his campaign.
With Mr.. Hinrichs and "A number OF the
local fusion candidates he started out In an
automobile early in the evening, and it
was after II O'Clock when he finished his
last speech in East New York. Every
| where the Mayor was received with great
enthusiasm, but the most cordially In the
Williamsburg section where he announced
his stand on the excise question.
| The first meeting, in Arion Hall, Broad
| way and Arion place, was attended by
! nearly ? 600 persons, most of them Germans.
! This meeting was under the auspices of
the German-American Municipal League,
and Charles A. Schieren presided. Mr..
! Schieren spoke of the splendid work OF the
| present administration and said that there
was just one thing on the subject OF taxes
that he wanted to mention before he in
troducel the Mayor.
"You all know" he said, -that live on
Clinton avenue in this city. Well, ten years
| ago the tax on my property there was II ,O75
year To-day the tax, although my prop
erty Is assessed very much higher than 1t
was, il 3597. If that isn't good housekeeping
l 7 knnU what
When Mayor Low was introduced the band
played "The Star Spangled Banner.
11t'll never wave over the land OF the FREE
again il Tammany Is victorious this year,
shouted man in the audience, and there
were roars from all over the house that
Tam,nanv would never win. When the
Mayor succeeded in securing quiet. he said
! The Star Spangled Banner has been bfavey
fought for, and men by hundreds Of thousands
have laid down their lives under its folds ia
you believe that such mer ever supposed that
they were fighting TO maintain in the greatest
money should say how the law should be
/ am glad indeed to see that Brooklyn
| manyize it, You do WELL my friends. to
fight with all your power against such q
calamity as that which threatens you; You
| all know that Tammany stands for the red
| light and all its horrors. but that is only one
Of the small parts OF ts system which has
%a our to e sSo iSr t so P bow tb. ramonv
There is the Department, Of Water supply:
able to get their water for. nothing The
rest Of the, people had to pay for this favorit-
ism mo wnh hs s s sort BY Of A shRnsy ss
Of the land 'l have bean made the instruments
Look at the Health, Department. Look
| at the way Tammany deliberately permitted
| certain milk dealers to sell for consumption
by the helpless children Of this city milk that
! was adilterated What do you think OF this
| kind Of government?
"Rotten!" yelled man in the audience.
Rotten to the very core, said the Mayor,
| and then continuing he said:
Under Tammany. II YOU had anything to
sell to the Fire Department t. was case ,S OF
/ seller and the department now. In the
| Charities Department now, as never before.
obscure obs e' that he cannot have the very best Of
treatment Under Tammany man with
money who was imprisoned for violation OF
friendless man had TO go to the Island or
| TO Sing Sing Our Department Of CorreC-
ton tolerates no such thing now.
| The improvements In tenementS and the
| change in the Police Department are also
| things that Won should closely study. In the
Police Department, money nn always; under
promotion That sort Of thing exists no
| longer. Do you think our fathers fought and
| died for the preservation OF country where
| public servants had to pay for appointment
| and promotion and where merit counted for
| nothing?
! All these things made up the system which
| was elected 10 break up and have done as
| much to break them up as could be done In
| the time we have had. In breaking up the
Tammany system the enforcement OF the
| Excise law was necessarily involved Now,
| you don't like this know, but want to tell
| you that there Ia no other way. The Excise
| Inv must be enforced. and not to enforce it
| is to restore tho system We have been so
| money or sentiment to determine the degree
| to which one law shall be enforced and ex-
| clude other laws from the same thing.
| frankly say that there is nothing else
| for VA TO do. unless We can change the law
| as IL is written. The nlt innate solution OF this
| puzzling Sunday question, II seems TO me.
| lies In he application Of the principle OF home
customs OF the people of this city. And once
| We get home rule. tn" majority should pre-
Vow. my friends, Under the Tammany
system gamblers and dives paid for the
| privileges the law denied them The minute
! we tolerate n system like this wa come to the
| red lights W here vice fourishes under the
CHASTITY, privileges that II finds 1t can Fay.
| The only safe guard against such conditions
as these I have described lies In a govern
ment OF law. That ia the sort Of govern
ment | have tried to give yon and Will keep
! on trying TO give you II you elect me Mayor
of the city again.
The Mayors second speech was made at
Schwaben Hall, on Knickerbocker avenue
He opened his speech here with reference
| to Hugh MCLAUGHLIN. He said Of him: