The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-01

Mr. Jerome kept his temper through
out the heckling to which he was sub
iected. He was suave in his manner
and his voice was as soft as silk In
this control of himself he had a great
advantage over his somewhat excited
inquisitors. 1t was a verificatlon or
the Biblical truth to the effect that
"he who rules his tongue is greater
than he who governs a city"
Colonel William N. Avery, who has
been fighting the Metropolitan trac-
ton trust for six years, was the chief
inquisitor. He had a list Of one hum
dred and three printed questions,
which Jerome occupied two hours in
answering after a fashion Avery
weakened his cause by losing control
of himself and frequently iNterrupting
carnations as "liar,' absolute false
hood
The one man who came nearest to
disconcerting Jerome was young John
T. Cronin. When he first interrupted
Jerome with the question: Couldn't
you prove they had an Ice Trust in
this town which taxed the poor people
of the tenements, 'She was seized and
dragged out by two burly, white
capped policemen. but before he had
been pushed through the outer door,
Jerome called upon the officers to bring
Cronin back into the hall. The officers
protested that Cronin was drunk, but
he denied the charge and the crowd
believed him. When he had been
brought into the hall Jerome insisted
that he come up to a front seat where
they could talk to each other at closer
range. Jerome made a good point in
his magnanimty toward Cronin and
his course was heartily applauded His
cross examination of Cronin was clev-
er and put the latter on the defensive.
But Cronin gained the sympathy of
the crowd in the end by stepping out
into the aisle and saying in a loud,
clear voice which reached every part
of the hall:
81 have not denounced you, Mr.. Dis
trict Attorney, but believe l voice the
sentiments of a great mass of voters
| in this city who supported you for dis
trict attorney-and 1 am one of them
when l say that they believe and have
reason to believe that under your adj
ministration of the district attorneys
office there has been one law for the
rich and another for the poor
Cronin had struck the keynote of
| the opposition to Jerome and his words
were greeted with prolonged cheers.
But Jerome, who in spite of his
slight build and frail appearance, has
! a wonderful power over an audience
did some clever fencing and again
| secured the sympathy and the plaudits
| of the crowd On the whole Jerome
! had a shade the best of the meeting,
and it has probably served to bolster
up to some degree his waning pres
tige Whether he will be able to gain
! a nomination from either of the old
parties is still a question, but there is
little doubt that he will make the race
anyway. And as it is always the I'M
expected that happens, he may win.
He now has Thomas W. Ryan and all
the other great corporation magnates
of this city behind him, and the cleo
ton may prove once more that this is
! government of the people, by the
people and for the corporations.
One night about two weeks ago the
writer was pleasantly surprised by
meeting in front of the Knickerbocker
hotel, AID street and Broadway, Prof.
Hendrick, principal of Whitman
academy. He and President Penrose
had dined that evening with the edi-
torial staff of The Outlook-with the
exception of the dollar-a word Afri
can representative, of course-and