New-York tribune., 1913-10-02
mitchell ON THE JUMP,
CAMPAIGNING IN STORM
Fusion Candidate Puts in Busy
Day, Despite Rain, Address
ing Many Supporters.
WANTED: YOUNG WORKERS
leader Warns Youthful Adher-
ents Against Tiger-Adam-
son Replies to Croker's
Attack on Gaynor.


Attack on Gaynor.
1obn Purroy Mitchell, fusion candidate
,o,. Mavor spent yesterday receiving sew
,ral delegations at the Custom House.
oopferrinr with Robert AdamsOn, the fu-
sion manager, at headquarters in the
Fifth Avenue Building, talking before the
Mitchell College Mems Club, in the Put
nam Building. meeting the Kings County
leaders at dinner at the Montauk Club
md making two speeches in the City OF
Churches" Despite the heavy rain, he
mt in a nard days work on his campaign.
This ig 10 be a campaign Of young men,
that Is 10 say. young men are TO be drafted
% do much of the hard work, work that
:, many cases in past years has not been
done Mr.. Mitchell himself a young man
chose Mr.. AdamsOn. another young man,
fo- campaign manager. The manager. IN
.,rn has started out 70 build up an or
,or,zation Of Young workers TO assist In
,reventing fraudulent voting and getting
out the registration.
Mr. Adamson made his third talk YES
,,rday 10 yoYng volunteers. About eigh-
teen hundred have written in. asking for
n chance 10 take part in the campaign,
and nearly one thousand have called al
headquarters in person, left their names
and addresses and enlisted for the work
The plan is to get an active working
force of l.500. Many Of these young men
will be connected with the college men
orga9izat ton. which opened It's headquar-
ters at Broadway ana 43d street late yes
terday afternoon.
In spite OF the heavy storm, more than
one hundred young men came out and
stood in tre bare rooms for an hour 10
listen 10 Mr.. Mitchell and other fusion
speak rs.
Warns Against Tammany.
"you don't have TO 20 back far" he
ss,d for IN example of the sort Of gov
ernment that Tammany will give II II
gets In power You only have 10 so Dack
20 the davs when I. as one Of the Com
nissioners Of Accounts. was investigating
the Borough Presidents offices in The
Bronx and Manhattan"
Nr. Mitchell referred TO the purchase OF
Hunts Point Park for s47,000 when the
land was assessed for only $4,000. He re-
fsrred 10 the favored Tan-nany contrac-
tors who got rich pickings from the ONCE
of the Borough President of Manhattan
I've have developed the machinery TO
give the city a businesslike administra-
ton" scid Mr. Mitchell. This has been
done by the present administration. ana
tha; good work can ne continued II the
fusion Board Of Estimate is elected.
1T may be" he said, that We cannot
interest people in these savings. How
ever when we tell them that money
saved In this way means we can have
better examination Of the milk supply
more educational facilities. more play
grounds and better police and fire pro-
lection. : am sure they will be IN
terested."
Mr.. Mitchell said the issue was not only
one Of a business administration put
also Of common honesty in conducting
the affairs OF the city.
Gaynors Son-in Law Takes Part
The following officers were elected :;
l. H. Biglow. Yale. 'oS president; L. H..
osterkout. Columbia, 0e, secretary;
William Seward Webb, jr. Yale 49,
treasurer.
Mr.. Webb. who married a daughter OF
Mayor Gaynor. had started 10 organize
college men for him. The nucleus OF that
organization is TO be turned over 10 the
Mitchell standard.
A delegation from the Tammany Cluo
Of the Eleventh Assembly District when
has been against the regular Tammahy
organization for some time. in spite OF
the name. called upon Mr.. Mtchel yes
terday 70 offer their support. FRANK
Joyce. leader Of the delegation SAID they
intended 10 support the entire fusion
ticket
Speaking OF the interview with Richard
Croker in The World" yesterday IN
which the former boss Of Tammany HAN
denounced Mayor Gaynor, Mr.. Adamson
said:
Everybody knows why Mr.. Croker
is 30 eager TO defame Mayor Gaynor.
Mayor Gaynor fought MIR. Croker ana
all his kind as long as he lived ana ne
was engaged IN UBntlnB MI i'N' .
talented pupil when he died.
Croker on "Good Mayors
"Mr Croker is quoted as saying that
he knows Mr.. Mccall and that he Will
make a good Mayor The people OF
New York attach a peculiar value TO MI
Crokers opinion of what constitutes a
good Mayor He gave us Van Wyck'
the best Mayor New York ever had ana
think the people OF New YORK VIII
know just how far 10 follow Nh Crok-
ers advice"
The first meeting OF the campaign com
mlttee. announced by Mr.. Ad4mson yes
terday, will be held at headquarters To-
morrow al p IN. The membership OF
the committee is as follows.
Job H. Hedges. William Loeb. Jr., sam
uei 5. Koenig. Francis W. Bird, Frank L..
Polk, Martin SAKE. Norman Hapgood' Jo-
seph M. Price, Henry De Forest BALDWIN
Timothy Healy. Cesare Cont, Joseph
Barondess Charles Steckler Nathan W.
Smythe Jacob a. Livingston, Timothy l..
Woodruff. Samuel b. Donnelly, William
Berri Jacob Brenner William NJ. Cal
der, Raymond V lngersoll, Allison l..
Adams Olin j. Stephens. Richard W.
Lawrence Cvrus G Miller John G.