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IN tho afternoon hofor" tho Rrpnhlicans
had reached any decision tho bis'fic,
Attorney tl~ola rod that hc vas ready TO
sp I, alone lie said that thorr will 10 no
trrronalitics In tho camr5isn from hiH
aldo unless they afe forced upon him Hut
II In pfpmis"d that he will make eoine
interesting speeches Mr. Jerome made
his n rst public abatement yesterday since
he announced in August that hc waa an
inde, zen tlaht candidate for reelection When
the reporters questioned him Yesterday
morning Mr. jerome said
] am In this campaign TO stay and !
will make the hardest fight know how to
make II makes no difference To mo
whether | am elected or not N Am not
reelected to this Office, will go back 70 the
private practice ~ the law ! am willing.
however, to serve the peoples interests
for another term. II they so desire.
There may he few things OF which
I shall remind the people before election
time, ! expect to enter upon a. very in
teresting campaign. II IN plainly mp TO
the people. and appeal TO them as indi-
viduals who have the best interests OF our
community at heart.
Il am not q past master in the English
language and ! cannot make my platform
any clearer than did by my formal declare
ton. II IL plain appeal to the people
over the heads of the bosses, II is the
same old story Of a small but powerful
company Of men sometimes one man
who stand bet the people and the
public service and control their voting
power at the conventions. ! have put
myself before the people on platform
above that sort of thing, and | appeal to
their better judgment as individual citizens.
The personalities Of the candidates and
their records in Office do not count in this
campaign. II my record has been good in
this Office, all right: any one who wishes to
can find out what it has been. am not on
trial; the people Of the county Of New York
are on trial. The question is, Do they want
man in this Office who is not the creation
of an organization? ! reiterate that there IL
always a little cotere Of men -oftentimes
the 1he nnnne b Ine a men sav
selfish, wholly irresponsible, and not in
frequently corrupt. | do not say. Of course,
that they are all corrupt ] have been told
that John Kelly was an honest man, and
have no doubt that he was"
Mr.. Jerome was reminded that when
Mr. Osborne left the District Attorneys
office he had said some kind words about
him. Mr.. Jerome said
We'll. 1t only goes to show that there
comes u time when a leopard can change
his sCOtS."