New-York tribune., 1913-10-26

! | many candidate for Mayor, in speech |
! to the Mccall Business Mems League |
! | Of Brooklyn at the Hotel Martinique |
| | yesterday afternoon.
| Thus would Judge Mccall attempt to
| curb the presentation Of news by the
press So far no statement has come
| from him in answer to the charges made
! by William Sulzer and John A Hennessy.
! II is understood there will be one soon
1t is known Charles F. Murphy is prepar-
| ing his side of the case. Indeed, he was
in consultation with several well known
| lawyers At Tammany Hall while prepar-
/ ing the statement yesterday afternoon
according 10 report He could not be
| reached
! In the meantime Judge Mccall is still
| chatting over the bad reports that are
coming in daily at headquarters and abus-
/ ing the press. AT the end Of his long
speech yesterday Judge Mccall made the
threat that he would seek to curb the
newspapers He said:
! NOW, we are getting down to the last
| hour of the campaign. and they realize
that the issues are all against them. What
are they doing? Why. they are resorting
| to the usual method of putting their hands
| down into the sewers and cutters and
throwing filth and mud. Well. I won't In
dulge in that, but ! do say that the hour
has arrived when the people have got to
say definitely whether the newspapers can
attack public officials who have given the
| best Of their lives the best that is in
them, 10 the city and the welfare of its
| citizens.
Il say that the citizens must rally to
the side of their public officials. but if
they are not willing to do so, then the
sooner We know it the better | assure
you when / have my own time and my
own way with both the press and this
man who is going abroad now mouthing
ISLANDERS they will both answer 10 me,
and. gentlemen, you may take my pledge
for it,"
Then came the paragraph given above,
after which Judge Mccall limited his
| criticism as follows:
! when ! speak Of the press ! mean the
| licenuous press There is not man, |
venture TO assert, who is second 10 me In
my regard for decent journalism. There
is no man that will Chafe as little under
| honest criticism as |. Indeed, ! think
! trat a public official who cannot stand
criticism when it is just, fair and rea-
sonable is not fit to be public official
II should. however. be honest, not that
Of the rnuckraker and slanderer, who H.
possession Of his newspaper, runs his
| powerful engine irrespective OF the rights
Of men"
Judge Mccall returned to his attack on
| Mr.. Mitchell because the city had paid so
| much for the right of way of the Ulster
4, Delaware Railroad. in the Catsklll wa
| tershed, because Of the price asked for
the Bush Terminal property, and because
| of the purchase of Rockaway and Dream
land parks And then he made this re-
mark:
81 tell vou il shows Mr.. Mitchels in
competency. won't say tha. it argues
ANYTHING else | will not put a wrong
construction on these things, wrong
color to it, but | will say that the men
who voted for this kind of proposition
and gave their consent TO outrageous eN-
pcnditure OF money should be incapaci-
tatcd from filing the places that call for
such public functions
| Another thing that showed the desper-
ate straits the Mccall campaign has come
TO was the story given out by Fire Conn
missioner johnson trying to minimize the
support by Vincent Astor of the fusion
ticket because he has become legal
resident Of Dutchess County.
Mr.. Johnson also thought to make gool
| i,yr YI of a
statement that Mr.. Astor at a dinner, at
tended by most Of the prominent fusion
| candidates, several nights ago had given
a contribution Of $4,000 to the fusion
cause Robert Adamson. the fusion man
ager. promptly denied Mr.. Astor had con-
triDuted to the general fusion fund.
Mr. Astor, however. has made a small
contribution TO the Honest Ballot Asso-
| ciation and also TO the Mitchell Leagues.
! Of which he is the treasurer. There was
no dinner, and later Mr.. Johnson said he
had only got the story from a man who
had heard It from another man who was
| supposed TO have been at the alleged
dinner.
The Edward f. Mccall Association will
give a political vaudeville at the Harris
! Theatre tonight. Judge Mccall had
| been billed TO speak but did not appear
on the announcements last night. John
NJ. Coleman and John B. Golden will
| speak. and the Kent Sisters and the
American Harry Lauder are among the
! entertainers.
Several members Of the Progressive
party in the 18th Assembly District, dis
! satisfied with the leadership OF Francis
W. Bird, the county leader, have come
ont for Judge Mccall and the other Tam
many candidates. They have opened
headquarters at No. 1876 East 10Th street