New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-28
Mr. JEROME RETALIATES.
rost;gates James ". Osborne at
Enthusiastic Meeting of Jesos.

s,,ng the county convention to put his name
:, the ticket. zone great party" he declared
uvith deep feeling, "one great party has needed
Oh. voice of the people. has needed your voice,
md Is taking this step unprecedented in the
,;story of the great parties of this land" To
an even more enthusiastic Jewish audience
which crowded Beethoven Hall. on the lower
East Side. Mr.. Jerome made the fiercest attack
on James W. Osborne he has yet made Facing
m audience from the district where the victims
of the Slocum disaster lived he denounced and
refuted the charges made by Osborne that he
had not done his duty in prosecuting those
guilty of negligence in this terrible disaster.
Ell want TO talk to YOU" said he about that
charge made by this Osborne. this
trusted. this 1 took into my bosom a.
viper oh, can there be anybody who would
believe that SO base not to do my duty
in the face of such g horrible disaster?" Again.
referring to Osborne's charge that he had
showed ignorance Of the laws of the State and
the federal laws. he said amid surprised and
bewildered cheer of his Jewish hearers:
why. 1 familiar with the laws of this
State when that fellow Osborne eating hog
and hominy down in North Carolina Another
Of the charges that had been used against him
by Osborne on the East Side the Rabbi Joseph
incident, he also discussed to the satisfaction Of
his audience and pronounced Osborne's charge
those wild vagaries that come over him when
be has an attack of tonsillitis."
The most savage attack on Osborne. however,
and the that brought the audience to its
feet with cheers and Kisses and boots Of de-
rision for the Tammany candidate the fol-
lowing characterization of Osborne's backers
Those traders in human flesh, those men who
kndled the red lights in this district. Bob Van
Wyck and Johnny Carroll, who stand behind
ncrn liza mist al
IT, they do stand behind him-they and who
else?"
AT the outset of the Harlem address Mr.. Je-
rome again challenged Mr.. Murphy TO mention
the names OF the emissaries sent by Jerome to
him TO ask his nomination by Tammany.
III we are going to have a deal in emissaries.
be sneered lets have full hand" He then
renewed his declaration that he was neither
anti-Tammany anti-Republican nor anti
Hearst but recountins his declarations before
nomination. he said:
II was standing on principle, and how quick
the bosses saw it, They didn't have to sit in
g room together. these Republican and Demo-
cratic bosses. Every decent Republican and
every decent Democrat the press and the pull
Dit advised them to nominate me, but the bosses
saw what it meant II one man could stand UP
and go over their heads and go to the people;
one could. all candidates would. and then,
then, where could they get ft7
He reviewed the events following mis- being
refused nomination by both party conventions
Those were dark days. People. good friends
OF mine came to and said:
you've done the wrong thing. my boy You
ought to have done this or that But said
there was a principle there. and that 1 believed
when the American people once saw principle
they would rise in their might and make 1t
good.
Now what happened2 First there was a
hush What does this fellow mean? men de-
nanded: this poor county officer in going over
the heads of Him OF Newburg and Him of
Good Ground?' Then there came gentle stir;
IL grew and grew People began to move; paper
after paper came out and advocated it until my
feeble appeal grew into a great movement that
Is watched over this great land Of ours as a
hsrbnger Of hope
1T grows until 1t reaches the ear Of the pol
ttician, until It reaches the Of one Of the
candidates. who, as I believe. was placed in
nomination by the sinister and potent hand who
dictated my turning down. Then that candidate
recognizes the great principle recognizes the eX-
preston Of the will of the people, and Mr.. Justice
Flamrner retires, and declares that he Will not
stand in my wav He never withdrew because
he was afraid OF me. He withdrew when he
heard your voice. and ii was brave. patriotic
thing to do.
that has never happened before in this broad
land Of ours. See of the two great national
parties reconVening its convention tonight, 10
consider the nomination OF man. Inat man is
one whom many of the delegates do not love,
who in national politics is opposed TO them,
man who has said many bitter things against
them Why?
Simply because your voice. the voice Of the
plain people of America. is heard, and the con-
vention of one of the two great national parties
has taken heed.
The meeting in Beethoven Hall was one of
the old fashion ed East Side jerome greetings.
MAYER Schoenfeld presided. and Cyrus l.. SulZ-
berger and Julius Henry Cohen We're among the
ed ha
was the familiar and deafening app ause When
this had been allowed to die out II began all
over again at the call Of an enthusiastic sup
porter:
Three cheers for the man the East Side
loves," And again at another cry:
Were with YOU all the time"
His speech at this meeting was devoted to
refutation OF the charge made by Osborne that
he mad been derelct in mis- handling; nrst OF the
SlocuTn disaster. and then Of the Rabbi Joseph
riot His answer to both has been published IN
The Tribune With reference TO the first ne
recoiinted that he had sent assistant TO the
scene Of the disaster before the vessel nad
actually gone ashore and that after gatneIlnS
all his evidence had turned 1t over TO tne le9o
eral authorities. on their request anu on me
advice of advisory counsel he had employed
In discussing this Mr.. Jerome spoke with the
deepest sense of horror at the charge ana m
dignatton and wrath at the source Of IL, his
former associate He said o,,.r
why the yvickedest. vilest rascal that ever
walked the streets in the face or tnat horroI
would have done his duty. Do you think a man
is bad that the sight OF the bodles OF nt.is
dare not to do his duty. And yet the man "hoin
took as my friend, whom L took INTO my
Office assistant. he and the men with MN;
base base ingrates and liars spread the stofg
among you that didn't do my duty
Mr.. Jerome then recalled that the federal
authorities brought this Slocum disaster Dues
ton before three grand juries which falied 10
indct
He then recalled the Rabbi Joseph incident re-
ferring TO the charge that he had SAID:
You never could get q cop indicted IN New
York for clubbing Jew.