New-York tribune., 1909-10-19
BANNARD CROW DSGROW
FACES THO or BIGGEST
DISTRICT AUDIENCES.
Elect Fusion Board of Estimate to
Stop TammaHy Graft. He
Says to Hearers.

iaF IN the campaign. and brought them % their
feet time and again with his COOL incisfvs man.
ner OF declaring his political beliefs and inten-
tions- At the first meeting. In 10th Hail. 1Joth
street and Amsterdam avenue In the 23d AS
sembly District. the audience numbered close TO
a thousand persons. Postmaster Morgan pre-
siding
II am candidate for Mayor" MIR Barnard
told this audience. because good many people
think the City Halls needs business man. and
admit am business man."
The issue. he told them. was Tammany graft
and waste. and the way to stop that was TO
elect the -Tammany fusion Board OF Esti-
mate and AppOrtionment. which would vote the
contracts and appropriations and stop tine plum
der.
How large majority the ticket will receive
said Mr.. Barnard lis just detail Vote II
straight. There are three candidates for Mayor.
Neither one of them will steal"
All three candidates. he went on. had declared
themselves in favor of subways. and II any OF
them said he had mortgage on that issue. the
truth was not in him.
"As for that board on the fusion ticket said 5
he, 1T will be half Republican and half Demo-
cratic but 1t Is the duty Of every one 20 ;ay
aside political prejudice and vote the ticket
straight from top to bottom"
business man az the head Of the citv Mr.
bannard said would first have to take account
!
ments from top 20 bottom and find out inst
which man earning his pay and which man
was asleep at the switch. or still worse riding
Tor nothing. After that he said. he'd have 20
ma out what they bought and what thew Maid
LOT H. and why. and then. when the Mayor
got a stan and working force that was honest
ana efIlcient, his work would be Just starting
MR. HEDGES ENTERTAINs CROWDS.
fDn Ia1o.o soyT-
meetings and kept the crowd either apDlaudinv
| his Characterization of Judge Cavnor or ~bfv
/ nelsh0ors." as Mr.. Hedges insisted on calling
the sponsors for the Tammany candidate or
| laughing at his witty remarks. In part he said.
This is probably the last time that shall, an
This g gnSn b MI 8annard There is no need Of t.
/ not be worked on me after inst - Sa1+ +
'fsTS R,d5 aoE .nese contrasts glad to see MI
I'VE We have a peculiar situation in that We have
another agree with the the ssngIaasss senaIemss ana sPa
\ isn't. he IL IL obsS obase 9aynGr as paranOiac Tie
aF man who has mission that IS exclusive to him
on dangerous ground Object IN r9 HIIaa ~ race II
and and we might as well eliminate these ssnfIemen
q q IN called I object to partnership with re
frsa fa@sh'y that is not careful which is mentioned
abN,9 Nov it happens that in the city of New York
minimum M r8rIa would like to ask Judge Gaynor& or
neig6bor Of IuS9e esv5o y would % Ike 70 ash some
most of his opinions possibly tbs oro - 80
that II elected. he viii receive at the Sitv FIs
foIInd am ifiny F1al, Iesder In whose district was
~ ne VIII Tspudiate any member Of his 0arfV 5rI,,
Now; do not hold any brief for Mr.. Hearst b,t
frtend tH % GJ nan Oe Iair would like to ask some
5OThood whether Thinks that a majority Of the
| number of people who voted would not put tbsf
rs 20 tine Judge jTsf Just some neighbor about twelve or
OLieen yeSIs OI0 and II hethmself will repudiate
an eSeIloR u the same proposition is tried on him
opiate. purgative The tro1bIe Vitb y fG 4OS an
Il object to a man being Mayor of the city OF
ence Of o5noS betss RssT RGt No. & any part n the der
| who will let remain unchaIlenged ana unexpIained
statement that he had prOstituted the Office or a
argument; it Is just excitement. To cali a man a
says it is under mentaI strain and we " r ~o 70
Judge Gaynors neghbOrs.
And he tells us to-day. at high noon. that he be-
heyes in people doing as they want to. and he viii
There we're two administrations in this town
and I was contested with one Of them. but the
with entire LOYALTY TO the man whom I serv-o5-
the glsrins fault Of both the strong and Low sd-
office anti-Ta Tanmany platform they Ieft part
have got to kill a man when he differs with y0I
politically but when man is part Of system
his first Loyalty 70 that system 5 and then to the
| Every who makes a speech nowadays says
this government is divided into three Psrts9Issis-
divided into two paFts-NIurphy and the othsr.-
do not hold any brief for Mr. Parsons. and
| Mr.. Parsons is holding no brief for me Mr..
for him But when Judge Gaynor. for the purpose
Se 1e nSt PersonSiiy Ike refers to the Indictment
of his father as means Of expressing hts diScon-
that my friend. whether ! am in his con-
PRENDERGAsT WANTS BANNARD.
william A. Preudergast. fusion candidate for
| Controller. spoke at 10th Hall before the ar
rival of Mr. Barnard He declared that the can
didates on the fusion ticket. straight through.
/ were anxious to see Mr.. Barnard elected
''The affairs of this city, said Mr.. Prendergsst.
do not require judicial mind prepared to
| give an opinion on anything earth. but they
| require the brain of who has had ex-
| perience in large business affairs
Taking up some OF Judge GaynOrs recent
marks Mr. Prendergast declared that in public
life man had to be as consistent as he was in
private life
| only in May last" said the speaker Judge
GaynOr said at Prospect Hall that Tammany
could put its finger upon its candidates on cleo
ti6n eve. Was this his conviction. or was Il talk
for the galleries? He can't denOunce Murphy
in May and sup with him at the Knickerbocker
in October
At the star casino. 1O7th street and Lexins-
ton avenue. where an audience Of three thou
sand greeted Mr. Barnard with shouts and tags
the candidate for Mayor went into more detail
regarding the charges Of Tammany waste.
There are seventy-eight purchasing agents Of
supplies in the city government he said. Nov.
what would a railroad man think OF thatg He
would concentrate them. and money time
and labor Fifty different ] IDS OF soap
bought at ffty-eight different prices and stiil
Tammany Hall is not clean Straw costs sci a