New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-15
IANMANY ECONOMIES"
DEFINED BY mitchell
Not the Sort City Needs,
Fusion Nominee Tells
Brooklyn Voters.
GIVES AHEARN'S RECORD
candidate Also Describes How
McAneny Cut Bookmakers
and Poolroom Loafers
Off Payroll.

,,bn Purroy Mitchell hustled through
srooklyn last night. telling audiences that
,,rnsd every hall that the Tammany
sro,d Of economy was not the kind the
',,,. needed. The Brooklyn folk agreed
90, him heartily There were five meet
80. m Mr.. Mitchers schedule. and at
.,.-v ono OF them the audience greeted
rim with cheers.
afr Murphy and his Tammany tiger
ant 20 come back and serve the people
4. the same old way they have served
ham IN the past" said Mr.. Mitchell; that
!. nv robbing them and cheating them
and giving them bad service"
A. 10 McCalTs assertion that there was
.,travagance in the city government. Mr..
Mitchell challenged the Tammany man 70
ro,nt 10 an instance of II in any depart
n.rt under the jurisdiction Of the fusion
rsnbers Of the present city administra-
hon Murphy and Tammany represent
the system Of spollation and graft, he
ssd land their candidate represents
them. Let him sputter and fume, protest
and gesticulate as he will. he wears the
collar and the brand OF Murphy.
Then Mr.. Mitchell told the Brooklynites
some OF the Tammany economies" that
no and other fusion oficeholders had
MINED in time 10 save the city thousands
N dollars. He referred to Tammanys
Borough President. AheaTn. who FUR
r,shed every bureau head and chief clerk
with a horse and buggy at $40 month.
The owners of the alleged horses Mr..
Mitchell. as Commissioner of Accounts.
fund ~ he Temmany henchmen. rs
that the kind OF economy that Mccall
favors?" he asked.
As another sample he chose the In
spectors OF complaints" discovered and
evicted by Mr. McAneny. Bookmakers.
poolroom loafers and theatrical agents
we're on the payrolls. They came around
on pay days. The rest Of the time they
rested or attended TO their private bust
ness" After Mr.. McAneny found them
on the payroll they were able to devote
their entire time TO resting or to follow
ing their private vocatons. There were
no more city pay days for them.
Had the profiigate abuse OF the city
credit which has gone on under Tam
many control been checked years ago,
declared Mr.. Mitchell, I'VE would have
money enough to-day for our docks, our
railroads. our schools and all our needs"
Mr. Mitchell pledged himself to the es-
adjustment Of wholesale terminal mar
kets in every borough and TO the estab-
fehment OF a special bureau in the office
Of the Corporation Counsel TO handle
complaints before the Public Service
Commission. The commission. under its
present chairman" said Mr.. Mitchell lis
100 busy thinking how st can give IS
ne, cent bonus 10 tho PETERBOROUGH COM
pary to have time for these little matters
Of the peoples business"
M. Mitchell began his speeches with a
tribute 10 Timothy L. Woodruff. Never
have ] seen a more conspicuous exhibition
Of pluck and grit" he said, than Mr..
Woodruff gave in sticking TO his post on
the platform. suffering and stricken az he
was bv the Wand OF death itself"
Mr.. Mitchell spoke at the Hamilton Club.
the Neighborhood Guild. No. 17s Nassau
street: saengerbund Hall, Schermerhorn
street: the Palm Garden, No go Sack
man street. and Kismet Temple, Herki-
mer street
Forty Republican leaders, candidates.