New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
MANY JEWISH VOTERS
OUT TO HEAR SULER
Democratic Candidate DevOteS
Much of His Speech to
Attacks on StrauS.
WHIRLWIND HARLEM TRIP
Declares Every Friend Of the
Gear of Russia Is Hoping
for His Defeat on
Tuesday.

William Sulzer, Democratic candidate
for Governor, went after the Jewish vote
again tooth and nail last night before Tour
large audiences composed almost exclu-
sively Of Jews. He encountered the FIRST
one at his third meeting of the evening
at the Lenox Casino, 116th street and
Lenox avenue, where the Cayuga Club
Of Tammany Hall. in the 3lst Assembly
District, gathered 1900 people to hear him
speak
After predicting that the Democratic
nominee for Secretary Of State, mitchell
May who was on the platform, Wouiu
carve out career In that Office Whlch
would make every Jew in the state PROUD
to acknowledge him one of his race he
plunged into the story Of his abrogatlon
of the Russian treaty Of 1882. lie said
There is no man in this country to-day
whom the Gear hates worse than ne mates
me. | prepared the resolution 10 aDroBale
the treaty; / reported II out OF the com
mlttee on Foreign Affairs OF which | am
the chairman, and passed IL through tHs
House of Representatives By vote OF
300 TO J. Every friend the Car has IS
hoping that | Will be defeated on Election
Day.
one OF the candidates for Governor
of this state wanted to arnitrate tnIs
matter and wrote letters TO the news.
papers 10 that effect. Ny God, think OF
Il! Arbitrate when American lives ana
American liberties are at stake. Beiore
American citizen I'd spend every dohar
in the Treasury and every drop OF blood
in American veins.
Applause OF several minutes duration
greeted the expression OF this sentiment.
when It had died down bit an enthusi-
astic youngstcr in the audience set II on
for another two minutes by shouting:
You're ele,,ed"'
The first two meetings OF the night were
dismal judged by the standards set on
previous evenings. At the West End
Casino, No. 353 West ls5th street, where
he arrived shortly after s o'clock, scarce
n dozen people were on hand to greet the
candidate, and only about two hundred
arrived I'm time 10 hear him talk. Empire
Hail. at llsth street and Eighth avenue,
gave him a scant three hundred, though
it made up to a certain extent for It's lack
OF numbers by the cordially of its greet
ing. Congressman GoldfogIe was promi-
nent figure at this meeting.
At both OF these gatherings Mr.. Sulzer
aimed an attack at Mr.. Straus from
new direction. Taking up the Bull Moose
candidates declaration that the Demo-
cratic party was dominated by boss. he
remarked that II Mr.. Straus was right
the next Legislature Of the State would
be under the thumb OF n political master.
-. a. -
by large majority. lie continued:
The laws Of state begin In one OF It's
branches. so IL by any wonderful series
OF chances Mr.. Straus should be elected
Governor OF a party that has no l,egis-
laturc to assist him in keeping his prom
iscs, how can he keep them How easy
IL would be for candidate situated as
Mr.. straus is to seek to ride into power
by promising a lot Of reforms and then
escape responsibility for falling TO keep
his promises by explaining that the Legls-
lature would not recognize him as its
loss and obey his orders.
Mr.. Straus, / am afraid, is talking with
out knowing the situation, or he is talk
ing In the hope that the people who hear
him do not know IL. IL ! am elected Gov
crnOr Of this date, as / surely will be.
can be held TO account for any failure 10
keep my promises. and YOU will always
ind me willing to take whatever respon-
Sibllity Is coming TO me.
After the Lenox Casino meeting, the
candidate visited the 18th Congress Dis
trict, which nominated him for Congress
before he received the governorshlp nom
nation. Five hundred men were waiting
IN the cold AT Abingdon Square when his
automobile arrived, after having stopped
b. mistake at a Progressive rally In Jack
son Square four blocks to the north.
If / hadn't been nominated for Gov
ernor," Mr. Sulzer told his former con-
stituents. II would have gone 10 my
tenth consecutive term in Congress from
this district Few men serve twenty years
I'm succession in the National Legislature.
Mr.. Blaine thought so much about his
score OF years I'm Congress that he wrote
a book about It,"
The other meetings Of the evening were
at East Houston Square, the Grand Music
Hail, at Grand and Orchard streets. and
al No. 20 East Broadway. The candidate
will rest to-day and viii make a tour OF
Long Island tomorrow.