New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

ing TUNITIE00
office the. best thing Is the whole truth Ter
tainIv its important from one point OF view
that we should WIN this wear II may give Us
more power IN the next national convention
# we can deIIV er the goods N New YORK CITY
why. our voice Is goIn' 70 mean something.
our influence Is gJIn TO be worth something
and that accounts for Nr. Poole 5 presence
here A$ for Mr.. FItchetr. he one ot the
brightest Young LAWYERS we We got tie knows
which side his bread $ buttered on tie wants
to be District Attorney and run with You. anl
YOU COuldn't get q better Caupa1gner u stand
bv YOUR side. ~ for me. all the power We We
got which | admit amt SD much as We
ought to have. | control put It al Your dis
posal. Now what do YOU say
i protest" began Poole angrlly- while
Fitchett bit his lip. but managed 70 control
himself better than the banker
GENTLEMEN sand Ciorrnly. It VIII hardly
~ be necessary for YOU to continue the inter
view further on these lines
What do YOU mean" exclaimed Nuuson-
. mean that while | am of course deeply
touched By YOUR hearty and spontaneous prom
ises of support IN this coming campaign. and
while | appreciate highly the honor thdt You
propose to me OF making me Your candidate
and while | see to the tull the significance oI
the arguments YOU have severallv brought
forth. and while | am, | think. able TO look at
the matter from your point OF view l regret
to say that | must decline Your proposition
What roared NunSon- " You am gotn
to run, them
L haven't said anything to that effect,
have -"
" But" interposed Poole. You can't expec.
to succeed without anv organization back OF
YOU Why. man. the ring that's against YOU,
the influences that are opposed to YOU. both
financial and political are something that You
can't imagine,
You don't know the power of Jimmy Gala
han grOwled MunSOn. ' Whv. he could beat
YOU with his eyes shut, He could beat me.
and I'm no infant in arms when 1t comes To
politics and what'd YOU be,
Mr.. GOrmlv," began Fltchett. there are
a vast number of intricate details connected
with elections of which YOU presumably know
little. Not that | dISparage your knowledge
in the slightest degree: but YOU have evidently
had no experience IN these matters We can
supply YOU with organization to take care
of them, and your own popularity. which | as
YOU If | am able to read the public mind
IS increasingly growing VIII do the rest IL
requires more than a candidate and majority
of voters to win election
" The ballots have got to be counted SAID
MunSon, and the moneys got To be spent.
That's one reason why YOU rc such avail
able candidate. We could get any amount of
long haired refOrmerS. but they don't put
up the money. You're putting II up every
day. In common with all the rest of Us. | read
those accounts YOU re publishing from week
to week and 1t makes me sick To- see So much
good money going to waste Not but what
1t 5 doing some good, but a practical man like
myself could administer 1t much better
You could buy a voting precinct with what
YOU spend on single al Wasting good
money on the press, Its men YOU want u
buy, not newspapers. That's the reason Gala
han always gets the best of me. He's got more
money than | can get consequently he's got
the men. But with your own contributions
and the chances for success that You'll give
us, there's lots of other rich men that'd he
willing to take risks our getting IN power
' am not one of those men. Mr.. NunSou-
III take no chances whatever on Your getting
into power
Well it's got to be CaIlIhan's crowd or
ours. and YOU re fighting Callahan crowd from
beginning t. end. Therefore logically YOU be
long to us
T CANNOT see the force of Your reasoning
SAID Gormlv. and | tell YOU here and now
that while | shall be very glad to have the
vote of any every man IN New York. Vet
VIII be beAoIden t. no political party IN the
city. | have entered this campaign is an m
dependent Ii the people wish IL elect me.
they can do So, II not. not.
Why, | told YOU, SAID Nunsou pitvlnglv
that YOU might get elected, but you've got
To be counted in
" Ii | am elected sand GoruuIv. 'vou need
not fear that / shall be counted out