New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
NAY EVEN NAME JEROME.
rs DESPERATE.
District attorney Not 1uerse to Re-
nomination from H'igzcam.

1t does not seem rnIikely that District Attorney
Jerome will he nominated by TaInnaav Hall TO
succeed himself. Ills nomination would he one
Of Tammary's war measures" Air Jerome. as
a Tammary District Attorney. would be a spec
tacle to make the average voter hum mAdita-
tive tune. aut that seems to 10 part cf The
music on the political bill for next fall Tam
many is in distress. The Gas Trust contracts in
cident. the detection Of the Hearst men and
the militant strength of the Republicans under
The direction of Governor OdeII arc three fac
tors which these DAYS are worrying Tsmmany
men close 70 Charles F. Murphy. Mr. Murphy
has declared publicly that Mayor Mcclellan IL
to he renominated. \ year ago the suggestion
that Tammany would nominate Jerome for
anything would have been regarded as pre-
posteroUs. No such idea haTbored IN ths
late campaign. The change in the situation has
ccme quickly. and. greatly to the surprise of ths
politicians themselves. the mayoralty campaign
is already under way
District Attorney Jerome would accept Tam
many nomination if there was no string 70 it.
and If the Tammany leaders next year showed \
disposition to retrieve the mistakes Of the Me-
Clelan administration.
There is one contingency which would prevsus
The District Attorney from accepting Tam
many nomination. II Murphy should attempt 10
reward certain of his friends by loading up ths
ticket as the sulIivans loaded up the county
ticket in 1901. with unpopular and discreditef
foioWerS- Mr.. Jerome would not accent a uoul-
mation OF any character from Tammany Hall
The District Attorney said one Of his PER-
Sonal friends yesterday. would prefer 70 con-
tinue for four years more as District Attorney.
He has his office thoroughly organized. and for
the first time I'm three years feels that he is mas
ter Of the situation at the Criminal Courts Build-
ms ETo y--r.
before he became Disarict Attorney and had a
good equipment for his new duties. but il has
taken him three years 10 get things IN his offcs
in the shape that he wants them Now that hs
has them that way he would rather continue IN
office another term than accept a nomination for
Mayor, il that should come to him. II neithe-
of the big parties considered that he deserved
a nomination for District Attorney he would nos
feel sore over it. because he would lust about y,
soon take up the practice of law as continus In
public office"
Would the District Attorney accept Tam
many nomination to succeed himseIfe-- Nh Je-
rcme's friend was asked.
IF Tammany next summer should be IN such
a bad way that only Jerone's nomination would
save it; that is to say if certain scandals should
develop along criminal lines and it should be-
come apparent that Tammany ought 70 be
turned out Of office, then Mr. Jerome would not
for an instant consider a nomination al its
hands. But if Mr.. Jerome's friends in Tammauy
Hall should ask him to accept nomination be-
cause his administration Of the office OF District
Attorney warranted his retention in office then
he would be likely TO take H. as his present
duties cOngeniaL"
What if he didn't get the nomination for Dis
trict Attorney from Tammary Hall and rhs
Citizens Union wanted him TO head its ruayoraIty
ticket
In such case" ssid Mr.. Jerona's friend he
would take the nomination If it should develop
that there were fragrant abuses that would not
he corrected by either the Republicans or Tau7-
many He has been saying IN speeches bafora
CoueSians and at public dinners thai n is the
auty OF the citizen to take hold Of abuses and
help right them. no matter how diSa EreeahIe or
unr9munerattve the task After taking along
that line for three years he could not cry well
refuse nomination by the Citizens Union il IL
should become apparent that h vas the strong
est candidate the Union could name. and ha
would make the fight. whether the prospect OF
victory good had. He proha bIv would
Side. For about three years he has Na0n living
on the East Side, seeing psOrle AT Night after
office hours, and CoUDseiLnS them in business
and legal difficulties he las come 70 know
thousand men and women have been 70 his
house in Rutgers-St. since hN moved there three
years ago. That kind of work coUnts cor a IsS
in n local election
The Tamm4ny Iea de-s believe that C;O,-sr-oy
Odell would refuse to allow them 10 obtain ,rv
credit for the introduction or the massage Of \
bill 10 regulate the Gas Trust They aIvaa ~
predict that if any such measure became Inv
it would be introduced bv Republicans an
passed by Republican votes.