New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-19
OSBORNE JABS JEROME.
Tammany Candidate Says "Some-
times Com gEete What You Start"

All of the county and borough Tammany Hall
candidates were formally Informed of nominal
ton at the Democratic Club, in 5th-ave, yester-
day afternoon. and all accepted In brief speeches.
The feature was an indirect arraignment of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome by James W. Osborne, the
Tammany candidate for District Attorney. Two
hundred-odd prominent Tammany Democrats
gathered in the parlors of the clubhouse.
The name of the present District Attorney was
not mentioned, but no one questioned who was
referred to when Mr.. Osborne said that Dis
trict Attorney Should sometimes complete what
he initiates" that he Should not claim a monop-
oily of all honesty and efficiency and should
not be guilty of diatribes against the two great
political parties which. it was hoped. ARE the
result of disappointed ambition and not of sin
cere conviction" Mr.. Osborne said, in part:
Now, let me call your attention to some things
just ends. He should not himself inCite crime or
set an example of lawlessness. He should not OBJ
tain indictments against innocent men and women
for the purpose of bringing them from another
State in order TO testify as witnesses in a case
where 54 s he is pTo os MI o,,. Warrant -
spectacular raids with axe and hammer and
Ratchet, breaking down doors and violating the
sn6 @ b hn4 nir sfaTen and oppression
citizens or public officers No end justify such
The District Attorney should not indulge in
reckless statements; should not prejudice p de-
PENDANT; should not express his personal opinion
as TO his guilt; should not endeavor to create
public prejudice by such expressions in public
utterances and in statements in the press ShouId
not indulge in reckless promises never carried out
should sometimes complete what he initiates
should be careful Of regulations especially those
OF women: should not conduct his office for the
exploitation Of his own individuality: should NOT
claim a monopoly Of all honesty and efictency:
should not nquisitoriaa methods TO Comnei
persons charged with crime to give testimony
against themselves, should take the word or
convicts and thieves against reputable mem and
above ALL he ought not to reproach the great mass
Of his fellow citizens with immortality corruption
and ncapacity for self-gOvernment
It is apparent that this is done when any man
charges that the two great political ORGANIZATIONS
which have controlled the destiny of this country
for more than sixty years are composed of a ma
jority Of men who absolutely unworthy to hoId
argument. to be properly interpreted means that
the people of this country are incapable of self
government inasmuch nine-tenths of the cfti-
Zens of this country are embraced in these two
political organizations. Let hope that diatrihas
like these the result of disappointed ambition
and not of sincere conviction. In conclusion allow
mo to say that feel that II is the most disn-
guishec honor Of my life to upon the same
Democratic ticket with the Honorable George b
Mcclellan and his distinguished associates.
Charles H. Knox. chairman Of the county and
borough conventions, chosen by the COM
mittee on notification to tell the candidates.
twelve of them in all, OF the nomination, and
each in turn accepted and replied.