New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-17

leading. In 1856 President Roosevelt ran for
Mayor Of this city. Henry George also ran loi
MAYOR and Mr. Hewitt ran for Mayor some
how the notion spread through the community
that unless the Republicans aoah1oheG M,
Roosevelt and voted for Mr. Hewitt Mr. George
vouId certainly be elected. with this result uhat
Mr. Hewitt was elected, and after the elecuoh II
was demonstrated that * the RepuolicaIs VINO
voted for Hewitt had voted for Roosevelt Iheo-
dore Roosevelt would have been the Mayor u
the city. Applause.) 49,. ,-
naners to try to produce precisely that Saille
frame of mind to-day and that in order 70
guarantee success against Mr.. Hearst 1t is neces-
Serx- 10 vote for Mr. Mcclellan. Believe nothing
Of the kind 1 tell you that II MT hedrSt olIS
runs fast and far enough and strong enousN
Mr. Hearst is going to elect me. tAppIause)
tsa1+iemen ask YOU to watch this situation.
and the stronger you see Hearst Ine Iiuae III IT, TT,
,rou stand by your standard applause Inc
Tesl,It will be Just what it was last year with
Now as to The question that has been raised
and has been asked of as to whom L snaii
represent when I am elected SHAH represent
myself. (ApplauSe) I shall be gulueo -py lIS
own conscience. L shall be controlled ana al
rected by my own experience. MY palu see IL
tary will not write my speeches, prepare my
programmes and write my editorials uaugn ne J.
and whoever he is he Will NOT nave SfU I q
wear for supplying me with brains Applause:l
As have said in my letter this morning. shall
do my own thinking l shall SPEAK IHoI' my =" 7
shall listen 10 every one. 1 shall ignore none
whether he is an Ex-Governor, the present GOV GOV
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ex-Mavor a Mayor or the Mayor to come,
whether he is personal friend or what not l
shall obey absolutely no one, because GAINS
into this fight by wish OF mine.
undertook This duty at no suggestion or So
ucitation Of mine, but if am placed IN thaI
chair shall utilize the experience IN sucti go $50
one person who seeks the office was not even
citizen Of the city and not out OF sTnaHciotheS
at the time.
WILL, MIND OWN BUSINESS.
Therefore don't let yourself, and hope that
nv fellow citizens everywhere will not let them
selves be led into the belief that 1 am going to
hs any mans man. and I am not going to heSi-
tate TO name the man; because it can do him
no harm and it can do me no harm. am not
going to be Ex-Governor Odell's man. am not
going to be Governor Higgins's man and 1 am
going 10 be no mans man. There is no reason
why any one out Of this city should have any
controlling influence within this city, and there
IS no reason why any public official of this city
should permit any one out Of the city 10 have
any controlling interest. (Applause) 1t is our
business own business and nobody else
business and we will mind our business, and II
other people don't mind theirs they will be asked
TO mind IT. whoever they are. or wherever they
are. in Washington, Albany or elsewhere
But every man who can contribute to the good
government of this city by wisdom Of sugges-
ton or freshness OF initiative by virtue Of the
fact merely, that in administration he is wise
and sage of experience. that man III be listened
to- and when listen 70 him. but not from the
point Of view of one about to take ORDERS,
don't care what they say about it. shall pur-
sue my part in perfect freedom to work win
whoueVeT / please; and II II ism nReo LIeIl
saw to YOU now shall be equally happy. You
must know as am; you must take me as
am; approve Of me, hope, and II you oLsap-
prove OF me 1 can't help It: but for what am
offer myself in the campaign as q standard
bearer and as looking for and working tow
ard some measure, and large measure, and 1
hone. a perfect measure OF municipal righteous
ness (Applause9
THE GREATEST OF OUR ISSUES.
Now. the chief and greatest of our issues, as
conceive 1t, is this, namely: What shall We do
with that wealth which belongs 10 the COM
rnonality? What the economists know the
earned Increment has, in this community be
come the greatest item of wealth that we pos
cess To-day it is represented mainly by fran
chises already existing and by the possibility of
franchises to be granted. It is impossible TO tell
what that particular form Of wealth is which
has been created by the community as a whole,
and been created by no individual In the COM
Inunity, and yet which has passed out of the
properly OF Ihe community! Ili!o ILio III
ship Of an individual 1t is Impossible 10 ten
how great that is. but l will give you an illus
tration. We to-day need the light OF gas as
practically as We need the light Of day. 1t is an
absolute necessity to our daily lives. The plants
which supply US with that gas have cost. as
conTnittee. about $50 900 900; but the value of
the franchises, the value Of the property and
the value Of the S Hgea me al Increment in that
das quotations, and these $3.50, 100000 ought TO
have belonged TO the city of New-York. and
ought not to have belonged to the Gas Trust.
Applause)
Now. 1 propose first of all, If elected Mayor.
TO do ali that lies in my power 10 remedy that
wrong so far it is the subject OF remedy
Leaving aside the question as to what or how
much shall be paid for these franchises, I should
insist that the city at once enter into the pos
session of those plants, and il can be done very
readily and very easily. and it can be done in
time and not in eternity (appause) because
that Is one Of the phases Of eternity for which
] have 1t is perfectly useless to talk
about the city reassuming its gas business at
some time-at some time for instance when the
great Republican city of Eew-York shall intrust
s Tammany Hall Mayor with the power to do
# That time is very remote. It is equally re-
mote when the Republican legislature of this
State shall trust a newspaper editor with the
power to do il.
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