New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

XIHENETER the public mind OF New .'.
w York IS IN a feruent when i1dTlN up
III public meetings and passes or n eI14ueIct
and resolutions. there Is always T. oe observed
on the platform IN the front r5w ~ the
audience q large. keen eyed. brown haired man
Never Schocnield seldom JOINS N the di>-
rerlsirg of language He listens with q =hrcw1ly
intent arr ani now and then his face Is lil;i-
minated 10y a grin which a superficial oni}oAer
might easily believe was cynical
Never Schoenteli was largely responsible
for the election Of District Attorney Jerome
against all the regular party tickets TWO wears
ago He dii not ask Tor any ~ the bouquets ~
praise and congratulations which Jerome
friends were busy tossing ~ each other after
that phenomenon Nobody except Jerome
ever handed hun auv- But ~ the beginning ot
the campaign SchoenfeId, wh5 hsi gained
tremendous experience as an organizer III Ms
own people through his Connection with the
clothing trades unions and later as a manu-
fact1lrer. asked 10 Toe allowed u manage the
campaign among his CprellgIonIstS ot the last
Side III his way cT'1ue. who knew hli-l-
saw 10 il that the request was allowed
For months the East side was flooded with
little cards postcards. billboard posters, and
men carried sandwich banners They con
tanned suggestive epigrauS. questions 1nnueu-
does. There were no arguments advanced IN
these They seemed sIngularly lacking IN the
conventional traits ot campaign literature
But they set the East SIDE buzzins with gossip
and argument The inevitable CONCLUSION
reached THESE sidewalk fdflltfllrIll> ltltt
bosses were bad that Hearst was q hvpocrltc-
that Jerome was a hero. and that his election
would be good thing for the poor and the
East Side.
Soft spoken reform politicians with ideals
even higher than their brOwS, an! innocence
commensurate only with their confidence IN
their political aStuteueSS. advocated a super
vision of Never Schoenteld efforts. They
were softly but firmly Overruled- Never -
proud OF his race. ami sees his peoples PSv-
M
tirelV unbiased view He was explaining TO
one Of the ddzcI critics ut his East Side cam
paIgn, after election.
You did not understand" he said. 'be-
cause YOU know nothing Of our people The
election Is over. Let me tell YOU ~ something
which has happened since and has nothing 70
do with politics. Five months ago my wife
she hires a servant girl. The girl Is a greeny-
She has only been i'll this country three weeks
already Nn right. Ny wife pays her ten
dollars a month. II Is Il good deal. with board
and lodging. maybe for u greeny. But she Is
of our faith. and like t. stand by our Own
people and help them along The girl Is bright,
and She learns fast, and she - great help 70 my
wife, So in two months We raise her pay
Understand We give her eleven dollars Il
month. All right In another month she
asks for twelve dollars "a month. All right
She Is u good girl She has been a great help 20
my wife. And the next month She asks Tor
thirteen dollars month. An right. IL IS a
good deal for greeny: but she Is good girl
But the next month she wanted fourteen
dollars. She didn't ask for It-oh. no, not on
Your lifei She was ashamed To ask again: 50
what does she do. She comes t. my wife and
saws she Is going away.
80 But for what do YOU g away says my
wife.
"A lady up town, SAYS the girl, she will
give me fourteen dollars u month
Ny wife She comes to me and asks what
shall We DO; fourteen dollars It Is too much