New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
ENDS EAST SIDE TOUR.
Jerome addresses Big and Enthusi-
astic Je7gish Meeting.

With an enthusiastic and crowded meeting at
the Lenox Lyceum. at No 252 2d-st, District
Attorney Jerome closed his East Side campaign
yesterday afternoon. Despite that it was the
Jewish Sabbath, the hall crowded to over
flowing with more than two thousand Jews,
who by their enthusiasm and by their repeated
Interruptions, always with approving words. sig
nifed their loyalty to Mr.. Jeromes campaign
against the bosses. Speeches by well known
Jews-Mayer Shoenfeld, Dr. A. Radn. Jewish
chaplain at the Tombs, and, last of all. Isador
Kresel. of Mr.. Jeronle's Assistant District
Attorneys-preceded that of the candidate, and
each speaker was greeted with increasing
volume of applause. When at last Mr. Jerome
arrived the crowd SO dense that the police
had to force way for him to the platform.
But even when he arrived. the desire of the
crowd TO hear him checked by a desire first
to hear from Mr.. Kresel the exact facts regard
ing the part played by the District Attorneys
office in the Rabbi Joseph riot investigation
When Mr.. Kresel had finished his story, then
with one accord the audience arose and cheered
enthusiastically for Mr.. Jerome. hailing him as
the next District Attorney"
Mr.. Jerome was in good form, and, replying to
the charges made against him by certain Jewish
papers, he ridiculed those organs owned by
Jewish editor. one Sarasohn, with bitterness
Of invective mixed with astonishing knoWl-
edge OF detail that provoked prolonged laughter.
Then he turned the assault into pursuit by in
quiring sarcastically:
And what happened to the money raised and
placed into the hands of Sarasohn and his friend
Spellman? I haven't heard much about this"
The fact that his audience believed he had
made good his promises of the last cam
paign was >hown by the applause that met his
declaration.
-Four years isn't such long time, and there
can be no among you who does not recall
what the conditions We're here then. The condi-
tions better down here. / leave it to you If
they not and I leave it to you to say
whether or I have been one of those that
helped to make conditions down here cleaner"
Speaking of his residence on the East Side.
Mr.. Jerome said:
Il didn't down here to start a settle
ment. No one here has ever me
trying to start one I'm no settlement I'm just
a plain American citizen like the rest of you.
Nor do l know any difference between the Jew
and the Gentle. The only question l have to
ask is not whether man is a Jew or Gen
tile, but whether he is decent man. This
provoked long applause. Again, when Mr.. Je-
rome reminded his hearers that the fight for
liberty in America not dissimilar from that
going on in Russia, there was another evidence
of the deep feeling of the audience
clared Mr. Jerome lis not a mere local matter; 1t
is a revolution, and if you are able to defeat the
boss then you will do it again and again until
il, this supposedly free America liberty will re-
turn to the people again
During the progress of his speech MI Jerome
was once more interrupted by cheers for Hearst,
provoked as usual, by the mention of the words
s.rnunicfnal ownership This demonstration was
we'll marked and the applause lasted several
sacords when he was able TO escape from the
handshakes of the crowd and regain his car
ria ge Mr.. Jerome was treated to the character
istic East Side demonstration Children and even
men and women by the score followed his car
ria ge for several blocks cheering him.
Al the Jerome headquarters yesterday tnose in
charge of the campaign said that there was still
great need of money to meet the necessary ex-
nenses of manning the polls on Election Day
Another call was also made for volunteers to
esrye as watchers in the various election dis
trict balloting places and for lawyers to pre-
vent any possible intimidation by false arrest
on Tuesday Lawyers willing to serve in this
ca nacitv were asked to send their names to
Henry w Hardon, at No GO Wall-st-