New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
M'CALL OFF TO 'PH|L|PP'
TO MEET SPELLB|NDERS
Tammany Candidate Thus
Heartens Up College ApoI.
ogists for Tiger.
TALKSCITY RETRENCHMENT
mo More Indulgence in Lux.
ury, Because We Cannot
Afford It," He Tells Real
Estate Owners.

The school for spellbinders of the speak.
ers' bureau Of the Mccall College Mems
Association opened yesterday at the head
quarters Of the E. z. Mccall Association
at the Hotel Imperial. Judge Mccall.
the Tammany candidate for Mayor. met
about two hundred or more OF the would
be speakers in the assembly room and
addressed them briefly. AT the end OF
his remarks he told them that he would
meet them at "Philippi."
Secretary Truesdale, Of the Mccall Col.
Mccall to the college speakers, who
cheered him Justify. The lecture on
what to say and how TO say IL" being
given by John w. Keller to the pros
pective speakers was interrupted by the
arrival OF the candidate. Mr.. Keller out
lined some Of the issues In the campaign
for the young men. among which he said
the principal ones were economy and re-
trenchment in the city government. The
young men were told to put ''the soft
pedal on Tammany. and not 10 drag tho
name into their speeches, but IL was I'm.
derstood that they would be cautioned
personally in that regard.
Charles A. Hickey. Judge McCalrs sec
rotary, received a letter yesterday from
William NJ. Byrne, an oldtime Republl-
can and formerly supporter and close
friend Of President Mckinley. in which
he said that he intended to do all in his
power to bring about the election OF the
Tammany candidate. Mr.. Byrne wrote
that he believed there were twenty thou
sand New York City Republicans, who
like himself. would vote for Mccall. and
for McAneny and Prendergast for man-
bers OF the Board of Estimate Byyns
was United States Attorney for the State
OF Delaware under President McKinsy
and after coming TO this city. where he is
now practising law, became Assistant
United States Attorney and later a spec
ial deputy attorney general Of the state
in the franchise tax cases.
Several delegations called upon Judge
Mccall at headquarters in the Hotel Mar
Unique last night A delegation Of the
Standkeepers' Association Of New York,
led by Louis Goodman, was introduced TO
the candidate ard they told him they
hoped TO get as good treatment at his
hands, II elected. as they had received
from Mayor Gaynor They said that
Mayor Gaynor had always treated them
like white men.
That Is just what I will do IL am
elected Mayor said Judge Mccall Il
will allow nobody 10 interfere with You,
and there will be no harassing of YOU.
We are going to have a peaceful commu-
nifty IL am elected, and the poor man in
his employment will receive equal treat
ment with the rich man"
The United Real Estate owners Asso.
cation held a meeting at the Mccall head
quarters In the Martinique and afterward
presented Judge Mccall with set ot
resolutions decliring that the preseT.
Board of Estimate and Apportionmeut
had not displayed efficiency or practiseI
economy. The association wanted
Mayor who would give his personal at
tention to the budget, and keep down eX.
penses ANA taxes, and believed that Judge
Mccall would Ill the bill Judge Mccall
told the members OF the association that
ne regarded all otner issues III the cam
paign dwarfed alongside of this question
Of retrenchment and reform.
There will be no indulgence in luxury.
because We cannot afford it. shall ap-
ply the same principle that ! apply In my
household on that question. If have an
income OF $1,000 we will live within that
income, and We wo IT overstep il even 10
a penny. and I shall apply that without
fear or favor and with a resoluteness that
cannot be questioned, II | have any au-
thority or power in the premises.
THE condition demanded OF any NJ
who Is called to this office Is TO put hiSy
foot down -esolltely upon these eSpcndi-
lures that have brought our real estate
and our taxes in this city TO almost the
point of confiscaton. There Will be no
more of these extravagau. expenditures
and there won't be one dollar Of this citys
money advanced for any purpose whatso-
ever unless there stands out before me an
absolute necessity for its expenditure.
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