The evening world., 1905-11-08
EAST SIDE CHEERS
JEROME 5 ELECTION
District Attorneys Rutgers
Street NeighborS Con-
graduate Him.
MESSAGE FROM WEAVER
Mayor Of Philadelphia Sends En-.
thusiastic Telegram-Many Mes
sages of Goodwin.

Dlstrlct-Attorne. Jerome kent open
house for his neiVlbors all the fore
noon to-day I'm his Rutgers street house,
II was a very different sort OF recep-
ton from the one ne had At the head
ssuuarters In the Gilsev last night All
pthe other dwellers In the tenements
= bearded foreigners mostly came with
| ther wives. their children and their
klnsmen from all over the quarter TO
congratulate "our man as they called
him.
The parlor OF the Jerome nat was
crowded. Nearly every newcomer In
sisted on recountIng what he had done
20 contribute to yesterdays victory The
proudest man Of all was a man with
black eye, earned in service on the
Ghetto firing line as jerome watcher.
lie wouldn't have taken a good deal for
that eye.
Congratulations by Weaver.
In the midst Of This neighborly Jubila-
ton telegram from Mayor John
Weaver. of Philadelphia, came for Mr..
Jerome. The Telegram m read as follows.
Accent nv h,arty congratulations on
Your yel-earntd Victory The hearts OF
L., ,ut..cdn people are all right
",Slgnodl JOHN WEAVER"
This, generally speaking, was the SEN
tlment expressed in dozens Of telegrams
which came to Mr.. Jerome to-day from
all over the country Some voiced
note OF surprise that he should have
been able 10 so completely beat the
forces that were arrayed against MIN
Surprised at Plurality,
A feeling Of surprise at the size OF
his puraliiv has likewise passessed
majority OF the admirers OF Mr., Jerome
in the campais1 that has just closed.
They knew how good 4 fglt ne hah
fought as the clndidlte Of the people,
and they believed he would win, but
not in the sweeping way he did
Hopes Jagged
At ole time after midnight hopes
sagged low IN the Jerome headquar-
tiers at the gilsey House, East Side
districts, v Wiich had apparently been
held back were sending In their tai
lies of big Democratic plur1lities. In a
little willie Jermne's lead was shearcd
down from 1000 TO less than 1000, and
before the bombardment eased up II
, began 90 look as II Osborne might be
the mex: Dist;ict-AttOrney
But the etblng tide Oi votes switched
the other way, Helped along by the
determined wor gers who went through
lower Manhattan ard compelled election
judges t1 send IN district totals that
had been strangely tardy II wasn't
very long until Jerome led by 5000.
ma meant his election,
For hours Jerome people had hlled the
lohbv " the Gisey 10 the rib-crackng.
t1c-mlshing point awaiting some I'd
Inv. which would tell them what had
rr1uv happened Finally the news came
from upstairs that the Jerome managers
no llngcr fcl, any doubt, AZ that psy-
Cnl1gical moment band iunned up,
pleying The Star Hranglel Banner"
ana the crowd went crazy In a lump.
Had TO Make a Speech.
Jerome had to come down to the land
Ing of the staircase aud make a speech
OF thanks. He didn't say very much,
hut what he said meant good deal
Hts wife stood at the head Of the stairs
and heard hundreds cheer her husband
as "Our next Governor" and our next
President" After that came an ovation
N the headquarters which lasted until
a"er o'clock, and then Mr.. Jerome
v t away wearing the smile which
J kes him look a little bit Ike Roose-