New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-27
WHITMAN BOOM REVIVED
Organization Formed to Make
Him the Next Mayor.
WAR DECLARED ON GAYNOR
1.-The City Democracy" to Issue
Call This Week for Re-
cruits to Cause.

new political organization, composed
Of Democrats who have tired of Tam
many Hall ard become Disguised with
: the Gaynor administration has been
launched. with the avowed purpose of put
ting District Attorney Charles s. Whit
man in the Mayors chair. Ii is called
The City Democracy. The new or
ganizaton has been formed by leading
Democratic professional and business
men. and the committee on organization
] has elected Emanuel Klein, a lawyer, of
No. 81 Park Row. its temporary chairman
| 4 meeting will be called some time
during the week, at which plans will be
discussed for enrolling Democrats until
the movement has taken root In every
| election district in the greater city. The
committee who are arranging for the
meeting includes Chandler A. Cakes, Dr.
Louis Herbst, l. Rossheim. Edward >
| Napolis, Curt Kornblum, Phillip |. Schck
| Charles s. Herbst and Aaron Honig.
| Mr.. Klein issued a statement last night
| in which he said, in part:
| Thousands Of Democrats regulars and
independents, are thoroughly aroused to
| the dangers 10 our city institutions, as
shown by conditions uncovered by DIS.
trict Attorney Whitman. The failure OF
the city authorities to aid him IN expos
ing the various evils which are sapplng
the foundations of our city government
has caused the people to look around LOT
a fearless honest and capable man 10
place in the Mayors chair. so that honor
and decency may prevail in governing our
affairs.
Several hundred of these Democrats
| IL f@rtf
ganzation. opposed to Tammany Hail; TO
head movement of all interested bodies
in the coming election. AS It's tunna,
mental proposition the organization VIII
do all in it's power to bring ABOUT tne
nomination of Charles S. Whitman for
Mayor. 1t stands for him first, last ana
all the time.
A great evil in previous campaigns has
been the Importance gained by organiza-
tions existing almost entirely on paper,
whose vote on Election Day was a neghsl-
BILE quantity. and whose insistence TOT
places on the ticket for their members
resulted more than once in disaster. Inc
CITY Democracy will not seek once 1or
It's members. as 1t Is ORGANIZED 10 w -; a..
il can TO remove corruption from our ~ ~
administration wherever 1T may eXisI. ne
members are pledged not TO seek Once.
It's main purpose is purity OF govern
ment, equality for all, and all tor 'ne
people-no preferences or any kinu' al
stands open to receive and welcome az
citiZens. whatever their former political
Affiliations may have been. Local or nln-
nicipaI politics needs no such line OF &C.
narration as separates the great paf'FE
Of This country The issues are Zoe
Tbare Is no Democrat or Republican u
miInclnal politics. Each municipality
must work out its own destiny: ana %
nends uDon conditions existing IN the 20
ii,,, IND not Influenced by national or
state i, issues. Party lines have hither'"
bofogged the issues. , .ni
rhc representatives from. districts WI
he selected by the people OF each uls'' ",
aud not by a committee or bosses. w
atm IN make this a strictly non-paruSin
and independent organization. controlieh
solely by the people.