Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-09

day could come to him for justice at
 night At first few appeared.
 The sort of officers with whom they
 were familiar had always demanded
 money in the form of "shakedowns. ?
 Soon they, learned the true character of this man. however, and now when the poorer denizens of the east side want a
 square deal they appeal to Jerome" !"
 Outside of this tenement--for it Is lit tie more than that-Mr. Jerome has a summer home in Connecticut, where before he took office most of his time was spent. Despite his ripping way of making campaigns and his hammer and tongs methods of going after gam blers and grafters, he is a very domes- tic man. quiet in manner, studious and a gentleman both by inheritance and instinct. After all, it is these quiet, earnest people who stir things. The loud brawler seldom moves anything except the atmosphere.
 Lives Up to His Theories.
 In office Jerome is said to be efficient and to keep his work even with the calendar. It is his theory to crowd through every criminal case on the jump, and he is the sort of man that lives up to his theories. He has few, by the way, being too busy to think of them.
 The most sensational thing he has done in office was to drive out gam bling. That is a story in itself, an old one, but worth retelling. The first ef- fort was a failure because of deficient laws Then Jerome shifted his base of operations to Albany and had the law amended. It took fight to do it, but a loss of temper on the part of the senator representing the gamblers and an attack on the Republican leader, Senator Raines, aroused the ire of that gentleman and caused him to push the bill through.
 After the new law was enacted an amusing thing occurred The Tam many chief of police announced that there was no gambling in New York. Then something happened. Calling the owners of the biggest gambling houses into his office, Mir. Jerome quietly ex- plained to them that he had them dead to rights They seemed to agree with him. It was a question as to whether they would close voluntari- ly or be closed. They decided to close voluntarily. As result two large rooms at the district attorneys office are packed full of gambling parapher- nalia, and some of it overfiows into other rooms.
 When Mayor Lows term was draw ing to close Mir Jerome again did thing which drew around his ears a hornets nest Everybody said on the quiet that it was impossible. to re-elect Low, and Jerome became convinced of thing quietly which he thinks should be said openly, so he said loud enough for all New York to hear that he did not think Low should be e'renominated. exclaimed, How true, but how impolitic." The upshot was that Low was renominated and defeated by an overwhelming majority.
 In 1904 Senator David B. Hill offered Jerome the Democratic nomination for governor, provided, of course, that he would be good Indian and not do things to the machine. The district at torney's language in declining is not on record, but is said to have been vigorous. I
 Went on the Ballot by Petition.
 When the campaign of this year ap- IF )ached William Trayers Jerome was practically offered the fusion for mayor, which would probably have meant his election. He declined. He wanted to be reelected district attorney. he said, and nothing else. Moreover, he wanted to make a fight against the bosses of both parties. He wanted to show the people of New York that man could be elected with put any machine behind him. He be- lleyed it time to raise a moral issue, to declare again for individual liberty.