New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
LOOK OUT FOR SHEPARD
He Defends Bryan-Keller,s Rap at
CrOker's Club.

I.dz,ard NJ Shepards mayoralty nOnnina ion boom
csrtatnIv will bear watching It recei, ed a gener-
90 boost last night at the Opening of tie new
clubhouse Of the Jackson Club the suIar Tam
roanv organization in the XXIxth District at Nos
tz1 and 133 FIfty-ninth-st- What with the weather
and the naturalness OF April as an incUbatOry
nerfod fhere is no telling just how big and formd-
abIe Mr. shepard's boom win grow before ;he fall
,ax,oraltv convention is called 20 order. That il
has an early start IS beyond question Mr.. shepard
was the principal speaker at Borough President
Haffen's dinner in The Bronx on Monday night. and
warned his hearers that the fusionsts would not -
easyr to defeat next fall and that Mayor Low vas
doing we'll and that it would need strong candi-
date to win. Last night he gave David Bennett
hin and Frank Campbell state Democrats chair
man sharp raps the knuckes for pitching into
yyiuiano r Bryan Mr. Campbell said IN his speech
on Monday night that Bryan the fellow that
killed Coler last fall Mr. Shepard last night took
il upon himself to say:
.I regret when. at meeting OF Democrats.
hear II said that former candidate FOR President
Is responsibe for this or that. man who has
received the votes OF FIVE or six million Democrats
in a national campaign. and has twice been the
choice of a National Democratic Convention Is en-
titled to respect and Difference. and I look with
aninnosfty at any suggestion Of contempt toward
any candidate who has received the anectonats
support Of the great Democratic party as a whole"
Mr. Shepard was warmly applauded for this But
that was not all Ex-City Chamberlain T. O. 7.
Grain paid glowing tribute 70 Mr. shepard
Mr. sbepard argued for the righteousness OF
political organizations. asserting that u was eos RI
70 assume that they could be dispensed with Hs
caused bfs hearers to laugh when he said that
Ia1-ver who last fall elected % the supreme
Court bench on the Tammany ticket had the year
Drevious been chairman Of al orsranlze tlon tnat
had pointed out how Wlcked ~ 80 7ptl rpt.3
Tamnany Hall. This playful thrust Htted JHstics
but the gentleman has grown wiser. said AIr.
Shepard. In the same way. Re FeIeFIe4 20 Ny
CIRCUITS election on the fusion Jlckst la "a saia-
pafgn when he CroUt. had decla- ed that an 80
ceptance OF a nomination from Ismm9ny HaH
was a serious Offense to good gOVeTFrfalt
"Rut continued Mr.. Shepard i observe that
u,ban II fs bruifed about tKat Mr. GrOut NAV re-
ceIve the Tammauy nomination this tali. ne 10
longer seems to consider IL ofeEse- but on the
other hand he points out he is democrat. and
that HIS political independence VIII De preSeI Ivei-
This but illustrates that men become "i7@r ss Iey
grow older .-,-- - r-,..-,
ties presided IN closing the meeting ne said
This is a democratic club. There are no Fltth-
ave airs about II. There Is no one az the o2or 70
stop YOU when you come in You are Welconle III
the old fashioned way -, r--,,--
1t so happens. although or course 3ir- HrlT7
didn't mention IT.. that The Dem0cTaIc Clus--
C'ro[er's-is Fffth-ave- CLUB with Ftfth-aFe- airs
and that there is always some one 70 stop people
at the door.