New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-31
M'CALL NOT THE ISSUE,
SAYS Mitchell; NO MUD
Fusion Candidate Sticks to
High Plane, with Murphy as
Point of Attack.
TAMMANY AGAINST PEOPLE
Enthusiasm in Brooklyn and
Queens-4,000 Voters of
Irish Blood Give Greet
ing at Cooper Union.

There was no personal attack on his
opponent in the speeches made by John
Purroy Mitchell in his campaign in Brook
Ign and Queens last night Refusing to
sling mud" the fusion candidate did not
"cut loose" in regard 10 Edward T.. Nc
Calls record, as he SAID he would do
when he heard that the Tammany candi-
date insinuated sharp practice" in ref
erence to the greensboro Corporation
when Mitchell was President Of the Board
Of Aldermen.
Last night" he said, when speaking at
Arlon Hall, Broadway and Arion place,
Brooklyn, Judge Mccall made a per-
sonal attack upon me, in spite of his
declaration that no personalities would
be injected into the Campaign by him.
Aft making his insinuations, he
charged that I used my official position
for my own benefit. That charge has
been conclusvely answered and the
SANDER is dead.
AT that time, when I heard my op-
ponent's statement, I said that | would
state certain facts about Mr.. Mccall S
conduct on the bench and In Office which
would he far more convincing than his
attack on me.
II have since given the matter careful
consideration, and have come to the re-
luctant conclusion that l would end the
campaign as / began =. decided that
I would continue to speak without per-
sonalities and would not descend to the
low levels of the Tammany gang and
their methods OF campaigning. II is not
even necessary; the Tammany ticket is
defeated already.
And so | intend TO go on debating the
issue OF Tammany against popular gov
eminent and telling what shall do when
am elected.
Mccall is not the issue. Even his per-
sonal record is not the issue The issues
are based upon the men who are behind
him, the men who own him and control
his actions, and Mccall and his friends
cannot meet me on those issues in a de-
bate"
Mitchell was greeted by crowds which
took delight in his statements that MUIR
ply should be here to see how badly he
is going to be beaten" His Brooklyn
speeches were made in Arion Hall, Eek
ford Hall. Eckford and Calyer streets,
Greenpoint; Public School III, Ridgewood
and Lincoln avenues, and at Congress
Hall.
Reference was made to the Van Wyck
administration by the man who intro
duced him at one place.
THE comparison g good one" Mr..
Mitchell said. Murphy is no better than
Croker. nor is Mr. Mccall any further
from the organization and its methods
than Van Wyck was from Croker. And
after Election Day the chief will find
that his defeat is just as crushing and
his unpopularity just as great as was that
Of the other Tammany leader who was
driven out OF the country.
THE fusion ticket will win because the
people realize that they are in a fight to
bring the end Of the contractor govern
ment which has dsgraced the city
Murphy is a disease. lie is a disease
from which we have suffered too long.
The office of the surgeon is a grim and
gruesome one. but we must remove the
sary. No halfway measures will be suf-
ficient to get rid Of his corrupt works"
When the candidate reached Cooper
Union four thousand Irish American en-
thusiasts who had yelled themselves
hoarse over John A. Hennessy and Cfar-
ence j. Shearp broke loose with a storm
of applause that swept the crowded hall
for more than ten minutes. OF all the
great meetings he had addressed during
the campaign. Mr. Mitchell told them. he
approached theirs with the greatest
pleasure, because he knew that there he
was among tried and true friends II
was from the Irish race. he said, that he
was chiefly sprung
His main point at the meeting was a
refutaton of the charge contained in n
pamphlet distributed among the employees
OF the Third Avenue Railway Company
that he was responsible for a wholesale
cutting of the salaries of city employees.
The only wholesale" change he had adj
raising OF the pay of fourth grade fremen
and policemen from $500 to $1,000.
As Mr. Mitchell whirled away to the
final meeting at Madison Square Garden
the Instantaneous formed behind the
69th Regiment Band and. with Colonel
Edward Duffy at their head. marched up
Fourth avenue to the Garden. But they
didn't get in.