New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-22
Hylan, Craig and Su;,l
Attack Mitchell at Motifs
cation Meeting
Extravaganza Called
Scandal by Judo.
Over S17,000,0OO Ws,,.J
During Present City Re.
gime, He Charges

The Iammauy candidates on n.
ticket delivered their keynote spss,,..
for the campaign last light A. N,
mai notification ccrcmori.g *
nominees A. the hcadquarter, o, -
Democratic Fusion Commftte. ., a.,
Hundred and Seventy, 30 Ea,. Fo,,
second Street The room, of n. 90.
m'ttee were packed w.'l oatbgd,,,,.
Democrats ard the remarks Of Ind.
John F. Hylan, Charles l.. Cr.i, =.
Sheriff Alfred f.. Smith. candidate, o.
Mayor, Controller and PrSsiden, ~ -.
Board Of Aldermen, rognectiyelv ~.
received with cheers. Samuel r,,,.
myer made the notification speecb
Mr.. Untermyer cautioned N. 80
dates TO conduct their canpaiy, -,
dignified lines, free from the ns,'.-s
aIltieS mat have 80 long been %.
proach to our political campaign,T y,
added. however. that that did not mo-,
I they shoul d refrain from just srr,ir,'
ment of the acts and omissions OF \,
party IN power.
The candidates discarded Mr. Int,
myers advice and directed personals,
tacks al Mayor Mitchell and Other 49,
officials. Judge Hylan confined A..
self 70 cordemning Mayor Mitchell a..
his associates for "pr0feysed pstri,,i,
monopoly" The Tammary Nsyorsl,v
candidate left out all reference 10 No.
trIotism until the end Of his sneecl
when he said:
u do not want tho support OF arr
man VINO does not hold the irterss, u
America to BE- the supreme consider.
ton. Nor will / permit the issues a,
the campaign 10 be obscgrcd. Po.,,,.
ness and wrong doing must not see, "a
hide behind the flag. have not found
that any one man has MONOPOLY q
patriotism, and I would he ashamed /,
make political capital out of the robl.
sacrifices Of men who are giving q,
their positions. their homes and \
many cases their lives 70 answer n,
call in our country's hour Of need
Arrsigns Administration
money trust, special privileges
special interests, tax dodgers. rss
estate ring, invisible government. biz
interests, Rockefeller Foundation, Gar
system, telephone wIrctappng were
phrases frequently employed By Judge
Hylan as titles Of opprobrium. or
dominating influences Of The present
Fusion administration. All the u.
pected issues IN the Tammany can.
paign box we're trottcd out and eH-
plotted by the chief candidate. Judge
Hylan grouped some of the allegations
i'm his indictment against the Mitch,
administration IN attacking the Gsy
system and charging extravaganza IL
the following manner:
81 say 70 the people Of New YORK
that if the Observation-Disclosures Board
Of Estimate had not wasted twelve
million dollars on a useless court.
house and civic centre site; II they
had not wasted one million two hun
dred thousand dollars on the purchase
from William H. Reynolds OF land for
the marginal railroad; II they had no.
wasted one million on the purchase
from Reynolds and his associates Of
Greenland Park; If they had not vast.
ID one million two hundred thousand
dollars on the purchase from Reynolds
and his associates Of Nepon,it Park al
ROckaway Point; If they had not vast.
ed over a million dollars IN renis
through the untimely destruction o.
the municipal building m Brooklyn
If they had not wasted countless thou
sands in the importation Of so-cslled
efficiency experts and in fads and ian.
cies-I say if they had not conducted
the business affairs Of the city in hi'
profigate manner, there would be %
need for an increase in taxation ard
rents. There would be plenty Of
money in the ci'y's treasury 10 com
plete new schoolhouses and provide
seats at school for every child, instead
of attempting 10 care for the children
on a double-time maAeshltt system
called the Gary plan There wou.a
long ago have been money enough ~
the city treasury 10 initiate a sys'e"
of municipal ownership and operator
of public utilities"
He made his appeal for votes no;
only TO partisan Democrats but 10 a.
citizens who believe in that democr.el
Of Abraham Lincoln, which demandei
a government Of the people, by th'
people, and for the people
Sheriff Smith confined himself 70 de
Scrlbing the functions OF the Board OF
Alderman and the constructive "ors
1t should do IN civic betterment Re
marking that hes would bring 20 hs
duties of the office for which he mao
been nominated broad experience j"