New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-26
BANNARD WINS
KINGS VOTERS
NINE ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETINGS.
"Eren 5cith the Judge No5o.
but III Pass Him This
Weeb'," He Says.

Before nine enthusiastic audiences in
Brooklyn last night Otto T Barnard.
fusion candidate for Mayor. delivered as
many speeches. and left with each au-
ditOr the impression that he was going TO
be the winner in the mayoralty race.
Without mud singing. without. in
fact. even mentioning during the whole
evening the name of either OF his Oppo-
nents. Mr.. Barnard talked briefly and to
the point on the real issues Of the cam
paign. He was rewarded with the clos
est attention and the heartiest enthusi-
asm that ever greeted a candidate in
Kings.
At the 23d Assembly District meeting
in Metropolitan Saenger Hall. Pitkin
and watkin avenues, two thousand per-
sons cheered themselves hoarse when
Chairman Miller. in introducing Mr..
Barnard. said:
He is sitting now in the chair oceu-
pied by Governor Hughes and by Presi-
dent Taft. and I want you to treat him
at the polls as you treated them
Several Of the stops were in small CLUB
house rooms, where three hundred per-
sons made a crowd that taxed their ca
pacity. but whether in these small rooms
or in the large halls in which he spoke IL
was the same story all through the even
ing-meeting places so crowded that the
candidate and his party had difficulty Ia
reaching the platform.
As in his previous night in Kings
County. Mr.. Barnard was preceded hy.s
motorcycle policeman. who warned his
dates speed.
CASE OF "TIGERITIS."
State Chairman Woodruff accompanied
Mr.. Barnard on last nights tour. and
John Purroy Mitchell. fusion candtdats
for President of the Board OF Aldermen.
preceded the mayoralty candidate BY
about five minutes at each stop
William A. Prendergast. Fusion candi-
date for Controller, followed Mr. Ban
nard around the circuit. and all three re-
ceived evidences of solid support for the
city ticket of the fusion nominees.
At the Union Republican Club. No. IS
Court street. in the 1st Assembly Dis
trict. Mr. Barnard stopped only long
/ enough TO sound the note for the closing
/ week of the Brooklyn END OF the .am-
/ paign;
I Keep Tammany r-om crossing the
bridge We are suffering from an ag-
gravated case Of 'tigeritis' in Manhattau.
and you want TO keep it out of Brook
/ lyn."
/ Mr.. Mitchell followed with an equally
| brief address. Don't be misled by any
of the false estimates designed TO draw
your support away from the head OF the
ticket. Vote it straight" said he.
| Then on to the First Assembly District
/ club. at No 19O Schermerhorn street.
where five hundred men were packed
| like sardines into a small clubroom.
/ Each candidate repes ted his brief adj
| dress as given to the Union Club in the
same district. and Mr.. Barnard added
/ this:
We're stung to death all the time. in
every walk of life. by the tiger across
| the river
| audience
| I'LL. PASS THE JUDGE"
Murphy starts these rumors that tn
withdraw" said Mr.. Barnard. and it's
|
/ with the judge now. and I'm gaining
every day. I'll pass him on the road
| before the end of the week"
You bet you vill,~ shouted the crowd.
/ Don't let yourself be fooled by any OF
| these Tammany fakes added Mr..
Mitchell. stick by the head Of your
ticket and you'll win"
| The 10th Assembly District Rspubh-
! can Club, at Myrtle avenue and Waver-
I lv avenue was the next stop. There Mr..
Barnard found seven hundred men
| crowded into another clubroom not large
enough by half to hold the men who
we're clamoring to get in
outside in the street in front Of the
club we're gathered about seven hundred
more who couldn't get in. and they yelled
for a speech. Mr.. Barnard spoke to
them briefly, saying;
Tammany says; Don't cry out against
vour city!'' You'd yell, wouldn't you. II you
saw some one that on knew had cracked
safes before trying TO crack announcer enc
The people are tired OF government thar
is accounta bic TO one man in l4th street
The whole ticket is going TO win Ths
nudge Is losing ground every minute. ctlcS
TO the ticket, and WIN out
NEGRO NOlERS EN- NJ CAE-1 4 H.
At the johnson Building. Flatbush ave-
nuA and Nevins street, the Garnet Re-
1ublican Club of negro Republicans had
a meeting in full swing when Mr.. Ban
nard got there. Two thousand persons
had heard Mr.. Mitchell few moments
before. when he told them that the fusion
candidates were all for Barnard. and
that he was COINS tn win i the Repub-
licans of Brooklyn stood by the ticket.
George w Webecan. the chairman ef
the meeting introduced Mr., Barnard IN
a speech that was really an Introduction
of the crowd 10 the candidate instead OF
the candidate 10 the crowd.
These colored citizens" he said. have
registered. and these colored citizens are
going 10 vote. and they're going TO vote
the straight ticket. headed by the man
introduce TO you. our next Mayor. Otto
T. Barnard
II was two minutes before the crowd
quieted down, and then a negro quartet
sang a campaign song.
The city has been in the hands OF a
few" Mr.. Barnard told this audience.
and citizen who goes into some OF the