Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-27
NEW YORK POLITICS
Jerome's Odd Predicament
With Republican Ticket.
FAVORED BY THE ENEMY
HEARST FEELING EFFECTS OF
THE CONSERVATIVE WARFARE.
Candidate WINS Sensation - Attacks
Mayor Mcclellan and the Light
ing Monopoly.
FAVORED BY THE ENEMY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 27.-Mr. jerome
finds himself in an odd predicament as tee
result of the curious mixings up of this
most unique campaign and the politicians
are having lots of fun over his efforts to
square himself 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Jerome started his independent canl-
paign almost entirely upon opposition TO
the bosses of the democratic and republi-
can parties, respectively. Both had ignored
his ambition to run again for office and he
Jumped in to go over their heads in ap-
peal to the electorate.
For week he has been giving both
parties mericess lashings. Odelism and
Murphyism We're equally heinous in his eyes
and there was no relief except to elect him
and rebuke the system. Well, Boss Odell
slips down to town last Wednesday, meets
the republican lieutenants in secret con-
ference and at 10 O'Clock that night Judge
Flammer is taken off the republican ticket
and efforts put under way to get Jerome on
it. 1t was the action of a boss and the sys-
tenn Is further drawn upon to perfect the
game by recalling the county convention
and nstructing it to formally nominate Mr..
Jerome.
Furious dfatribes have been uttered by
Mr. Jerome against Murphy and Odell for
political machines. However, Mr. Jerome
gladly accepts the proffered help Of the
Odell outfit and publicly thanks Judge
Flammer for getting out of the way and
making room for him in the pannler on the
republican elephant.
His Speech Last Night.
Last night Mr.. Jerome made speech to
a large audience in 73d street, in which he
again bitterly attacked bossism as prac-
ticed by Tammany. Then he must have
recollected that hitherto he has arraigned
the republicans as well. There was pause
for a moment or two as he reached this
difficult corner, and the assembled poll
clans wondered how he would turn 1t.
He got round it by saying: Now take
the republican convention, because l have
played no favorites in my office and am
PLAYING none In this campaign, I am not
anti-democratic, or anti-republcan, or anti
Hearst or anything of that kind. believe
that I have got hold Of an issue, and
principle, and 1 am going to make you see
1t, and believe you do see 1t, that Is pig
ger than any question that rises out of de-
mocracy, municipal ownership or repubn-
canism, a question that touches your ana
my essential liberty How did the repubn-
cans do 1t?
Smooth Ed goes into the executive COM
mittee and the executive committee pull
and haul, and pull and haul, and at the
psychological moment they, too, give the
orders to the great free convention OF tne
republican party, the party that brought
forth Lincoln, the party that stood at the
feet of Lincoln, the party for whose prin-
ciples Lincoln died-that convention taxes
from the hands of two or three llttle men
little small men-its orders, too, and this
man Mr. FIammer, who has done TINS
brave and coura geous, and patrlotlc act
that 1 have told you, he is put in nomlna-
ton"
sistency to attack the organization and the
men who have taken him up and brought
him strength. Yet, out of TINS very con-
dition will come benefit to him. Jeromes
greatest strength with the people all along
has been his independence. They have felt
that he would turn and rend whenever at
tackled regardless of consequences or OF
ANYTHING that had gone before. BY such
remarks as he made of the republican or
ganization last night he strengthens his
position and proves his independence.
Hearst Feels Warfare.
Mr.. Hearst is beginning to feel the effects
of the warfare of the conservative interests
against him. The merciless attacks of New
York newspapers upon him have wounded
him, his friends say. 1t is said that his
main ambition in this mayoralty fight was
to assert through victory at the polls that
his fellow-citizens had confidence in him.
Grover Clevelands letter to Mayor McClei-
Ian made Mr.. Hearsts cheeks burn MT.
Hearst came back at him viciouSly IN ms
newspaper by charging editoriaily that Mr..
Cleveland was hand in glove with Morgan,
Belmont, Ryan and the trusts that Mr..
Hearst Is lighting.
Mr.. Hearst continues his campaign of al
Iurinp nromises Before a big audience in
Brooklyn last night he promised to give
the citizens 50-cent gas and cheaper street
car fares. The audience went wild with
delight and doubtless many of those pres
ent believed he could. 1t is remarkable
fact that none of the candidates has thus
far taken up the rash promises of Hearst or
endeavored to show their futility.
The opposition candidates seem to be
binding themselves to the situation. But,
then the republican candidate is committed
to partial municipal ownership himself, and
he cannot consistently abuse Hearst for
going the whole length. Mr. Jerome is so
busy trying to elect himself and rebuke
those who ignored him that he hasn't any
time to discuss municipal affairs. All he
can do is to attack Murphy and graft, and
brags of the new municipal ferries. and tells
of the contemplated municipal electric
lighting plant. which is. of course, partial
Endorsement Of the municipal ownership
theory.
So, Mr. Hearst drops in and tells the
people that the well-meaning opponents of
the Municipal Ownership League are all
right. but that they do not get anywhere,
and that he is the only one who will give
full relief.
The policy of opposition to Hearst has
been to let him alone: not to attack him,
not permit him to pose as a martyr, but to
ignore him and trust to the people to dis
cover the fallacy of his arguments and
promises There are scores of Hearst men
in every political meeting, and a riot would
certainly ensue If speaker should go over
Hearst roughshod
Tammany leaders are fighting the Hearst
peril after their own fashion, not with ar
guments. but through the wonderful or
ganization. Leader Murphy has ordered
the screws put on in every election district.
Judge WINS. the republican candidate for
mayor. sprung sensation this afternoon In
bitter attack on Mayor Mcclellan.
Ivins' Formal Interview.
Mr.. Ivins. in formal interview on Nc
Clellan and the lighting monopoly. said:
II observe that in most Of his speeches
Mayor Mcclellan is referring with osten-
tatious pride to the fact that a city lighting
plant is in process Of erection. The mayor
seems to me a little rash In bringing up
iSais lighting problem. Let US review his
record on it,
He then reviewed the record of Tam
many under Commissioner Oakley and
went on to say:
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