New-York tribune., 1909-05-27

He said It was great occasion, a history max
ing event as II was the realization of denocra-
cy. He said every political party must write
snto IT'S platforrn government with the people,
and that was what the meeting last night sig
nalized Waxing enthusiastic, he SAID thaI
every one must demand that parties listen 10
she people. and then he shouted:
Let all rise, Let all rise! All rise! Don't
keep your seats. Rise and make that demand!
The crowd was good natured. and rather re-
luctantly and yvonderingly it rose, just TO please
the somewhat overTrought speaker.
Jerome was presented and again applause
more dernonstrative than before, greeted him
We've got lots Of ground to go over, so let's
get down 10 tacks," said he
NJ Jerome briefly outlined the duties Of his
of5ce and then he told what were not his duties
10 give his hearers what he considered proper
point Of view
He said that il he had wanted TO make frlenoS
zv,tb the powerful he would have lived among
them. To make good" on his platform pledges
: he said he had taken up his residence IN Rut-
gers street in the most densely populated sec
tiou of the city, so as be Of use 10 the poorer
people, who helped to elect him.
ON CHARGES BEFORE GOVERNOR
Ea said his Office records were in such state
of nrenaredness that any applicant could get
anv information within minutes by applying
he dvyelt a. length on the charges that had been
rresented against him TO Governor Hughes ana
OF the searching investigation made by Richaro
7 Hand He said that out Of 1S.Vpo crlnihal
casas that had been conducted by his Office
f., since he became District Attorney, there were
only tvventy-three charges. He said that MT
1Isn6 had carefully investigated all the charges
! that the .'rag-tag and bobtail" yellow press OF
the CITY presented TO him He said that hfteen
,ho,,sand nages of testimony were taken, and
,bs- after weighing the evidence for fifty days
Mr. Hand had found in his favor Governor
Hughes had kept the Hand report seven months
and then confirmed St
ue said that he had made only two specif1c
-,re-election pledges. One was that he Wouio
yellow the trail of misdeeds into the once OF tI
nse.ronol,tan company and the other that ne
would represent the people Of this county oh 'i
criminal side He declared that he hao nlaue
GOOD that his Office had conducted three gen
ersl and five specifc Investigations OF the Metro
rolttan conpanv's doings; that he had not trleo
iro earn a dollar outside Of his salary althousH
.be law permitted him 10 conduct civil ACTIONS
His personal checkbook was open to invesnga-
r.,on on the part Of his enemies If that wouIo DO
them any good ,-,,,.o.,,
He took I'D the questions framed oy Nlilidlii
n Annorv and briefly answered them.
TJe said that II was no more than simple JUS
l.
-o.tine against him 20 warrant an indlctneh1
sor q criminal offence, and added that TINS
statement should have been forthcoming toi.s
time ago from some one in higher ofhclaI ne
than himself.
TO PUT HEARST MONEY INTO CHAF@li L
he was cheered when he said that every DOL
lar that he recovered from William R Hearst
in his civil damage action would be turned Over
10 a proper charity, as he would scorh 10 use
the money for his own benefit
ne +old the story of how Charles F. Murphy
and William J. .Conners dropped SS4.o0 by go
3s short Of American Ice in the fall OF 1906,
and then he roasted Justice Goh Tor not oS-
c;dine what he CJerome) deemed to be crucial
,,oint in the Ice Trust prosecution, charging
that the question had been before Goff for
months and that Justice Goff did not decide 1t
.eca,,se he feared reversal by superior court
william N Arnory, who seemed to be the only
one of the hundred and fifty or more on the
rlatform who was not confident that the Dis
trict Attorney could defend himself, got a
rousing reception from the audience when
Charles Sprague Smith asked whether he should
get chance to talk AS soon as he had begun,
however. il was evident that many in the audi
enee did not side with him. and the chairman
had TO shout and rap repeatedly for order and
fair play.
Mr. Amory accused Mr.. Jerome Of sidestepping
most Of the questions put to him, and said he
had not been fair. frank or truthful in handling
them. He read the statement Of Monroe L.
Simon. who served on a grand jury. TO Mr..
t,Jeromes solicitous care for the traction mag
mates in grand jury Investigations.
ANONYMOUS COWARD" GETS REPLY
At this juncture the reporter for THE New
York Tines TO whom Mr.. Jerome had referred
as an anonymous coward because he had
Esent questions in his roommate's name, got on
thts feet and asked Mr.. Jerome to explain what
he meant. He told the audience that Mr.. Je-
i-oIne knew perfectly we'll who II who had
submitted the questions because he, the re-
porter had personally made a call at his office.
50 great was the demand after this from all
parts Of the house that Mr.. jerome make re
ply that the District Attorney consented. The
reporter suggested that only one Of the seven
questions submitted be answered, to keep within
she rules laid down for the discussion.
There was scattering applause after Mr.. Je-
sronne's reply. Somebody then moved to adjourn,
and with cries Of "Hurrah for Jeromem the
audience dispersed.