New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-19
NJ. JERONIE'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Jerome said:

Mr.. Jerome Sa1d-
hTs nT g SgFe Eb to are % m WE WhGn had T be1ef he4
know. for good or for ill., whether the grocery man
of NewbUrz and the bartender Of Good Ground rul6
US or whether the voice of the people Of this city
is to be potent in the choice OF Us own candldaJes
-Four years ago appealed for the franchises for
tnea; @ cTTst9g cT d l ~ m 10 them ibea h@t If elected
I would be no mans man; that between and the
poor man Of this city no district leader would
the District 4f Attorneys At @ ONCE has hung ou5 and o
four long years 70 man & so @ hWTnGe n o"t % Ihat ne ne
wrong, he could have real effort made for IT'S
Do you think those four years have been four
years bed Of roses2 Do you think That If l
~ feh for voIT interests would not fo-Inorro1S
Law 1orr vim pleasure the work Of that office?
Day after day in the intense strain OF It, Iacked
YOU yc1r very days filled from early morning till
late at night, your very nlghts n9I your own own
the pleading and intercession of mothers OF unfor-
tunates. of the wives, Of the children. trying and
ungde-Tstsnding to do what right standing up
t:nswayed by newspaper clamor here or by press
it has been a bed of roses?
tell you it has been anything but that. And
so far a. ( concerned. II the people or TINS
city 70 me on the Ith Of NoyeIn6er We We want
not be sad If there is any sadness in il it viii
only Re that he vas not worthier TO 90 your WofA
during the past four years tnan ne mas ofSh.
The tss4e il, SO transcendent. it IS so rar beyond
me or them or the Mayors that TO be, for that
Inatter-bscause the candidates-what are they
whether they Republican or Democratic
b ~ az az rnniny for Coroner They are but pup
pets-puppejs dancing to the strings pulled by ths
hands Of the men with whom my quarrel Is
for 1 Ton my ne peopieEfor You the plain people q
this community. and not alone this community. bur
People come 10 ne and say Yes. the. people. the
tell us about them but when you get down to elec-
ton is the machine that counts That great,
ye ef' tba fh1hat cRiidiike simple faith If You
believes
this broad land so debauched that there is not
ma iority and vast majority, in II that responds
the true the right the decent thing.
That is the issue which I made. or sought TO
make as early August Of this year: and it is not
necessary 10 assume any understanding agree
them e5 ke Gd tfe %ay should 20 PTn b me Sa1 % a s
ing or agreement? Why should the man of whom
fingers and got away, need it? Why should he noe
agree win VI f4e 1o man IRON IN 5000 GTGn1 5I & P s
growth in this worlds goods? What agreement IS
they see the handwriting on the wall? Do not they
know that If standing alone in this great & Sloy.
with all the dtficulties of arousing VAST eeCO -
of $4,000 votersif standing alone in this vast
was written on the wall in letters plain that every
could read. Indeed, they conspire 10 nest me: me-
victory meant It was too apparent TO give me 2
chance And they have done the thHls tn"'
Why should they have come to me? Why GI should It
one one Of them have given me an indOrsement? To
have indorsed would have & 5een nor e pnors me b
cause they felt they were driven 70 It, and 50
strong did they feel IN tneiE own ~ Upt SoeSt
that they ordered their own convenuons-nSt you
ConSantiors not the peoples conventions. because
there are no longer any conventions of the peopla
"a LITTLE GROUP OF GRAFTERs"
The l,r,le group Of "grafters' who control the
execntive machinery Of nominating conventions put
me on the very platform that had sought; They
ssid had said bitter things OF them. ] had I
fTed nv best say bitter things, and they said.
Soh he is an irresponsible person 1 am IRE
sponsihle in that am poor l am willing TO be
115Totses Of statesmen. but not the hired OF
ccaDitaifsts I am irresponsible in that poor.
h1,t the great papers of the city of New York who
printed these things. have not been challenged by
these statements yet. far as I have heard. and
their failure TO challenge those statements 70
seems to be practically a confession.
We have seen the great names IN finance ard
business affairs. names that at time were
synonymous with integrity and honor. go down.
We have them 90 down never again TO ba
thought Of now so low that one wth do them