New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-22
WON'T TELL FUND GIFTS
JEROME DON'T WANT TO-
District Attorney Refuses Cam paign
Publicity Demand.

-,s.re. Attorney Jerome says that he VIII
:, make public the names Of those who con-
.~r,,,red TO his campaign fund last fall.
s7,rs record is complete. and I could have an
..,,,tsnt make q summary OF II IN Ave min
-, time. Personally, haven't the slightest
s....,on 70 the fullest degree OF publicity with
s.,srca 70 the fund" said Mr.. Jerome last
80. when seen by a Tribune reporter.
'srben why don't you make &c public
.rscause don't want to-" said Mr.. Jerome.
-. renorter then saw one of Mr.. Jeromes
.-sssn,s and asked him why the District
...o-rev did not meet the challenge of William
- veins. made at the Cooper Union meeting on
-..,ssv night and give the widest publicity 20
a,sroes Of givers 20 the campaign fund.
~. nudge won't do IT," said he. because
..-s Is a lot Of political skirt dancers in this
..vr whose only means of keeping their names
..sore the public is 10 PROFOUND questions TO
-, - the Jerome stamp. They are backed by
- Republican and Democratic politicians.
~ love 10 see Jerome baited. He won't give
,hsr, me satisfaction Of complying with their
..,nsst II Jerome made il a practice 10 rise
- every bait thrown out by his enemies he
,-o,,sr't have time for anything else"
M Jerome has nothing TO be ashamed Of in
-. nersonnel or the affiliations of any OF the
-, and women who contributed to his cam
-
Az Jeronae's campaign managers. There were
torr men who had the handling of the money.
Mr. cans. Nj Seligman. treasurer Of the Citi-
,ers I-nion. William F. King and myself raised
,r.,+,, much ali the money that was used 10
-, ,be can7uaisn. II was an expensive cam
-.,,n as every one knows. as we had no organ
i-etfon and we had TO work hard and vigor-
o,si, IN make sure Of the election Of Mr. Jerome.
AZ Twins is approximately correct when he says
thst the fund amounted to about 100000.
7 haven't any right TO discuss the personnel
NJ the givers 70 the fund Mr.. Jerome is the
oplv one who can with propriety talk about that
7 know where the money went. With the
csrtion If small balance now on deposit. it
was all spent IN the campaign About seven
million pieces Of literature We're handled, the
hulk Of il being by mail. II was pre-eminently
an educational campaign. The voters had TO be
Instructed how 10 split their votes. and we car
riea on that instruction with great thorough
ness We printed the instruction in all the
languages encountered in the mixed population
IN this city We rented all the billboard space
We could get hold OF. and we rented large space
r. the elevated. subway and surface cars. in
which We displayed placards showing how 20
split ballots. L remember correctly, we spent
about $4,000 for hall hire. The contributions
American political history. They came from all
ever the earth. There were several checks from
Ntw-York people living in Paris. and with the
checks were letters telling how anxious the
senders were about the election"
How about contributions from large corpora
tions trust r7agnates and insurance men?" MI
Corwlne was asked
Unless am greatly in error, there were no
such contributions" he went on I do not re-
call a check from any large corporation, or from
erv man whose relations would compromise the
District Attorney II his identity were disclosed
-he checks IN the main were small, and they
came from voters of all parties.
Generally speaking, Mr.. Jerome's friends
Y ould be glad 70 see him come out fatty for
publicly. and give AIr. Wins any other re-
spoasible person a chance 10 go through the
recc~d Of campaign subscriptions. They think
hat this would be an excellent example TO the
leaders Of the old parties. and that IL would
raise Mr. Jerome IN the estimation Of the public.
The fact that he himself did not spend anything
for his reelection does not alter the fact that
his campaign was an enormously costly one.
MANY Of MS friends said yesterday that he ought
10 say 10 NJ. WINS that he would throw open his
substitution books. and then challenge Mr..
WINS 10 d the same thing with the Republican
County Committees books.