New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-04
AN IRRITABLE M'CALL
GETS CHEERS IN BRONX
Tammany Nominee for Mayor
Closes Campaign with At.
tack on Newspapers.
CALLS PULITZER COWARD
Candidate Says Highest Ambi.
ton Is to Start Journal
That Will Deal Fairly
with Wigwam.

Edward +. Mccall blazed trail from
Times Square to The Bronx last night
and made ten speeches. nine OF which
were in the new county. where he re-
ceived warm welcome. When his limou-
sine had crossed the 18th street bridge
the candidate was met by Arthur Murphy,
Democratic leader OF The Bronx. and
fifty automobiles filled with Tammauy-
ties, who blew tin horns and touched of
lot Of redire.
Mr.. McCall's first speech, before the
Young Mems Mccall League. in the Long
Acre Building, was heavy with diatribes
against Ralph Pulitzer Of The World,
and the editor Of THE Evening Post"
(name not mentioned. The attacks on
Mr.. Pulitzer were unusually bitter. and
the judges speeches during the entire
evening showed more OF n feeling Of irri-
liability than OF buoyant confidence in his
election. which he. as a matter OF course,
predicted.
The only qualification | will derive
from the whole campaign" he said, "is
that ! am going to he enabled 10y the
voice Of the people Of this city to put my
foot on that coward Pulitzer's neck and
stamp the cur down in the maelstrom OF
filth that he seems to thrive and wallov
in. Just bear that in mind when you 20 to
the polls tomorrow
Judge Mccall referred 10 that paper in
Nesey street. known as The Evening
Post" It's editor, he said, slandered him
wlfully year ago, when he was on the
Supreme Court bench.
Later he came to apologize to me" he
continued. lie came himself at a public
function when did not know the
man. made himself known TO me and
publicly apologized to me for it-said
it was the most regrettablc incident
that had happened 10 him in all
his life as a journalist. And in the
face of that he allows his columns and
his editorials to be used against me.
Why. Simply because | choose to be a
Democrat. Simply because / try TO exer-
else my rights to use my voice on po.iti-
cal que stions as my mind tells me TO. and
because ! cannot agree with him In the
shorter view he takes Of life. yet he at
tacks me. and in about four or five
months from now probably he will be
crawling on his knees again. Well, he
will get different reception than he got
the first time
II treated him as q gentleman then, |
have got a better measure Of him now.
And SO II goes all along the line. You
take The New York Times that vas al
ways a Republican paper, so we could
not expect anything different from it; it
is probably following along the line Of
its doctrines.
Take the papers we should have with
us natural. normal Democratic papers,
and they have fallen away for some rea-
son or other; they are directing their
attacks so that II they are not met We
are bound TO have the young men es-
trangcd from our party. But the prin-
ciplcs are just as vital as they ever were
and they stand for things that benefit
and arc for the common veal Of the pub
lie as they ever stood"
The candidate said II was his highest
ambition TO start a newspaper that would
deal fairly with Tammany Hall lie
represented that such Democratic organ
would be enough OF a success to get into
the pockctbooks Of the owners OF the
newspapers which he was attacking.
The next meeting was In Protection
Hall Courtlandt avenue and l52d street. I'm
Louis Haflen's district The other meet
ngs were.
Community Hall. l53d street and South
ern Boulevard: Mckinley Square. Boston
Road and l69th street; Wagner Hall,
Castlchill and Westchest"r avenues.
Maurer's Han. Unionport Road; Junge
Hail. Washington and fremont avenues.
and the North End Democratic Club
FOrdham Square.