New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-22
LET SCANDALM0NCERS
Do FILTHY WORK: M'CALL
Won't Allow Subsidized Press Ia
Backyard Issues, He Tells
Dance Hall Crowd.
SAYS HE'LL BE MAYOR
Will Permit mo Bulldozing, Ty-
rannical Scoundrel of a Press"
to Instruct Him in His
Duty, He Declares.

Accompanied by Thomas F. McAvoy.
Tammany leader of the 23d Assembly
District, Edward H. Mccall went to
and 1slst street, last night, and addressed
a large meeting The audience. which in
cluded n few women. was most cordial
Mccall arrived just as David C.. Lewis,
Democratic Assemblyman OF the district.
was defending himself for having voted
| for the impeachment Of Sulzer.
The crowd cheered for several minutes,
and wound up with tigers" when Mccall
appeared. The candidate paid his respects
to Suzer, Hennessy and the newspapers.
! He said:
II do not propose 10 allow sensational
and subsidized newspapers to cover and
| BLACKBOARD the issues in this campaign
am going-as the standard bearer Of the
party that has placed me in nomination.
to speak upon the issues on which our
| platform is framed. And / am going to
leave the scandal mongers Of the press 10
their filthy work"
The candidate interrupted himself to
deny that n Tammany Legislature foisted
! debts on the city.
"If a so-called Tammany Legislature or
any other has foisted debt on this suf-
! fering city, II had no business doing II,
! and I am as much against that Legs
/ lature as | am against corruption al
home. II | stood at the head Of this
municipality Ia have something TO say
as to whether the Legislatures bills be-
came laws or not"
Mr.. Mccall proceeded TO discuss John
Purroy Mitchell and his subway record.
| He STYLED the fusion candidate the 'arch
enemy Of progress" and predicted that
| he coulG interfere with the carrying out
OF the dual subway contracts. and prob
ABLY would do so IL he got the oppor-
tunity. He alluded TO Mr. Mitchers atti-
tude on the New York Central Railroad
and Riverside Drive project as inconsist-
ent with his attitude toward rapid transit
| He said that Mr. Mitchell was parrot
| I'm voicing the sentiment OF his news
/ paper mentor"
THAT young man is running up and
down this city saying that / haven't the
power TO think or reason for myself ana
! that | may be somebody's man. One thing
Is certain, / am not the man OF a news
paper tyrant. and no bulldozing. tyran-
nical scoundrel OF press will instruct me
| in the performance OF my duty. The late
| lamented chief magistrate Of this city
said not long ago I have been Mayor
My friends. | want TO say 10 you tonight
that, II am elected. | shall be Mayor"
The crowd liked Mr.. McCalrs talk and
cheered frequently.
The candidate went to Terrace Garden
early In the evening TO address camp
! fire of Spanish War Veterans. He ar
rived before the veterans. so he moved on
TO Washington Heights.
on his way back he stopped at the
Long Acre Building to address the Pro-
! fessional Business Mems League and then
went to the Amsterdam Opera House. III
West 10th street, near Ninth avenue.
where the Catholic Seamen's Mission was
holding forth ABE" Attell was doing a
| turn on the stage when William S. Devery
from one OF the boxes Jumped up and
| shouted
Three cheers for our next Mayo"
| Everybody seemed TO know that Mr
| Mccall had arrived and there was lot
OF cheering as the candidate walked up
the middle aisle. He was introduced BY
the Rev. Father Philip McGrath known
on the West side as the lighting priest.
Mr. Mccall ignored politics and spoke for
a few minutes about the work OF the Sea-
mems Mission Then he went back to
Terrace Garden TO make a brief address
TO the Spanish War Veterans.