New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
MAYOR ENDS WITH BREAK.
SLIP IN List SPEECH.
Also Winds Up Campaign zcith
First attack on Hearst.

,fsvor Mcclellan led thousand people last
.,~nf in singing The Star spangled Banner" and
=, told them that he did appeal to honest
-, IN his plea for reelection. His exact words
were:
IN those men and women who honor the com
@ The real Climbers in civic life, with no heights
50 great thst -. TahSv b TeS mem oat aieg g
cossrnrnunisIn. They will not steal
A; this remarkable slip of the tongue the audi
.,oe looked wonderingly each other and tried
- ssure out what the Mayor really dio mean. The
o,,asion the grand wind-up and hurTah OF
,ts campaign at purlsnd's Riding Academy, eeth-
= near Central Park West. He came in twenty
eve minutes late and found the hall packed with
:, euthusiastic audience which cheered him for
.snty-tcur minutes continuously The early
o-,ars had been entertained by such men as g e.
p Wahle, Herman A. Metz. the Tarnmany candl-
sot. for Controller; Patrick F. MCGOWAN. cardi-
s.te for President of the Board of Aldermen, and
- vse1ator Towne. OF Minnesota
.Aar Mr. Towne Corporation Counsel Deiany
.saved a talk but the parade, which had been
o-cbing through the 18th Assembly District, began
:, enter the arena until then only partly hed Inc
s.,ds and the marching men made such an uproar
~, Mr. Delany had to give up his attempt at a
sscb and take his seat In ALL there were
60 districts-ihe 18th, 18th, 18th. 18th and Nst-
:, the parade and when the marchers were
ii ,n the hall il was jammed to the doors. After
1sIe
oud. Mr. Delany got a chance again to talk about
~ daht limit and why Tammany had not done
.,rtbiag about restoring to the people their own
-sbin of public franchises He was destined not
:. 4n,sb his speech. however. for just as he was
...tng red in the face the Mayor came in
ua was no sooner seen than The entire audience
rs in chairs frantically waving the flags which
- been lavishlv strewn through the hall and
,o,,tnr itself almost as hoarse the Republicans
-i1 he on election night. Mr. Towne, who had been
osed On the left OF the rostTun, rose and crossed
- the right where he took place by the sloe OF
Senator Thomas F. Grady. who was Immersed IN
such deep thought that he gave outward evidence
of intense pain.
The Mayor stood unmoved for four minutes, with
his right foot advanced and his hands clasped over
MS coat tails Then he drew his foot back, whlie
Alfred NJ Downes who had until then been busily
snrsged distributing copies of the various speeches
sn6 mourning of the reporters II they coming
fast enough, from directly in front Of the plat
form gazed with rapt admiration into his leader
face, and T c. T. Grain. OF the soft perennial
smile chairman of the meeting, gently waved a
flag over the Mayors head.
The band broke into The Star Spangfed Banner"
and the Mayor led in singing Then it played My
Country 'Tis OF Thee" and the Mayor pub his
hands in his pockets and once more led the sing
ing All the old songs were played TO keep
the crowd it. And the scheme worked splendidly'
Meanwhile the Woman's Municipal League was
rapidly distributing Jerome circulars among the
audience. and a man across the street. for the
benefit Of the crowd outside. displaying Hearst
notices on sheet by means of a stereoptcon-
THE MAYORS SPEECH.
When II was evident that IL throats Cf the audi
ence had reached the limit of endurance, the Mayor
rnotioned energetcally for silence and began his
first real attack Of the campaign on Mr. Hearst
and his followers He said in part:
regret that for political expediency the opposi-
ton has sought 70 procure verdict on issues other
certain elements or soclaI antasonsI ao OF PoilLi
cal prejudice and unrest-forces which We shall
as mankind is stimulated by ambition or depressed
by despair It is no consolidation: it is SO old
by j,
against progress and prosperity. Principles that
cannot be assalled, and that viii nor-cannot-be
deviated from are on one side. Promises that can
be ful1iled-whoSe eXpounderS know that they
cannot make good-are on the other.
Two spirits are IN confict-the spirit of New,
York and the spirit Of Tnongrel socialism And
cialism. but the half-breed creation of the dema-
gogue VINO cloaks his personal ambition and hatred
best ne can. showing the threadbare wool
OF the impossible and again the flaming cloth OF
on the Issues which have been injected into the
campaign. then you are asked as citizens TO choose
4stbeTs Of the republic and a form of government
defiant of the Constitution, Indifferent 10 the law
and wholly reckless of consequences.
future in the past, subordinate every personal
seriously Of the Office which your call 1 stand
ready TO assume, because 1 appreciate both the
honor and the responsibility OF the trust When
therefore seek to make il appear that
hunger and thirst for any other honor, they do
not understand the depth and the intensity of my
gratitude this city, the motives which guide
my life.
l have no fear of what your answer Will be next
Tuesday I do not believe that you will vote this
the greatest richest and most progressive city OF
the world-into the hands of men who traffic in
the lowest and vilest of human passions. be-
leve in the greatness of New-York. in its civic
spirit in its patriotism, and in its certain destiny
Before going TO Durland's the Mayor made
brief visit 10 Carnegie Hall, where small and
enthusiastic audience of Irish Americans, with
large sDrinkling of Hebrews and Germans, heayd
his appeal for the Of the ''ould sod the
Strength OF his ancestry.
nr1rn D1rU AND nCDnpNE