New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-11
MR.. BARNARD HECKLED
WINS WITH Mr.. mitchell
At CHURCH MEETING.
Tammany Candidate Makes Demon
stration and Goes Ont after
Protesting.

TTOtPStHS.
Otto T Barnard and John Purroy MitcheI'
fusion candidates for Mayor and President OF
the Board of Aldermen. were victorious IN
heckling contest which they suggested and which
was held in the assembly room Of the Manhattan
Conversational Church. at Broadway and IOth
street last night The Rev. DR.. Henry A. StiIn-
son. as chairman, announced at the close OF the
evening meeting at which Mr.. Barnard and
Mr.. Mitchell had spoken, that the candidates
would answer questions.
Immediately after the audience had assembled
in the smaller room Mr. Barnard agreed TO an
swer any questions. and Mr.. Mitchell said that
he was prepared to give any additional data
which might bear on the financial condition of
the city. There was a quick response from the
audience Many had come prepared and had
written out pages of personal and political chal-
Ienges
Tammany Hall had a representative in John
B. Adger Mutually, Democratic candidate for
Assembly from the 10Th District. who said he
was and grandson OF clergymen. He said
he objected to a political meeting in a church.
Mutually left the hail with some Socialists and
Bedford's Minute Men when they became con-
WINGED that Mr.. Barnard and Mr.. Mitchell had
answers for every question.
In the first question which fired at Mr..
Barnard young man brought up the subject
of subways Then he asked the fusion candi-
date if he would withdraw in favor OF Justice
Gaynor
Il not going TO withdraw" replied Mr..
Barnard. and as for the subways, they should
not be operated by the city until municipal graft
is destroyed. The Staten Island ferries. which
understand not paying. example of
municipal ownership under the present condi-
tions."
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Then an anxious questioner asked Mr.. Ban
nard if he had arranged for the East Side and
! gas house district votes, which he said
would surely go to Tammany He insisted that
/ the fusion candidates should work in those sec
! tions OF the city. Mr.. Barnard said that he and
! his campaigners had planned TO work fifteen
hours a day, and that the people in those sec
lions of the city realized what cut in the
penditures of the city would mean to their fam
! lilies
/ man in the front row who demanded what
/ objection there 10 Mr.. Hearst told that
! the candidate had not shown sufficient business
,-.lciency. Mr. Barnard then asked what
| objection he had to Justice Gaynor
! 4 have not begun to attack any candidate"
was the retort.
! As the questioning proceeded the candidates
had replies ready for inquiries relating to every
! city department. Mr.. Mitchell gave figures for
j the expenditures Of several years and showed
! where the city's money had been uselessly ex-
| pended, while Mr. Barnard surprised the heck
/ lers by giving them information concerning mat
/ tiers which they had forgotten to place in their
notebooks.
a young who had the floor for several
minutes got reply which delighted the audi
/ ence He wanted to know what the final out
come of the election would be. The reply was
! that fusion would win.
WILL TRY IT AGAIN
When a score of questions had been asked and
answered Dr. Stimson announced that the meet
| ing would be adjourned until next Sunday when
Mr.. Barnard and Mr.. Mitchell would be ready
for another public cross examination He said
he was glad Mr.. Hearst had taken the nomina-
tion as his candidacy would bring about the de-
feat of Tammany
Before the public discussion ar Barnard and
| Mr.. Mitchell spoke from the church pulpit on
the needs of the city government Mr.. Barnard
in his address urged more public schools and
parks He also spoke of the need OF business
men in carrying out improvements and demand
| ing honest work. Mr.. Barnard said dishonesty
was greater in city work than In private busi-
ness and for this reason a careful check should
| be kept Oh all expenditure
Mr.. Mitchell read statements which showed the
waste Of money in the purchase OF supplies for
| SsNeial 'ItH departments He also spoke of the
| 'rake-off" given to the middlemen. In the mat
ter Of public schools, Mr.. Mitchell said that fifty
sites were ready for buildings, but now were
! idle
Then he reviewed the payrolls which he de-
cared were made heavier by the employment of
| district leaders and others who were taken care
| Of by politicians. In conclusion he referred to
| the Investigations conducted in Brooklyn Man
/ haitian and The Bronx. which showed unneces-
sary expenditure of the city funds. The opera
tons of central purchasing agency, through
which, Mr.. Mitchell said, city supplies had been
1 bought, were also explained.