New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-05
Hylan Cheered
A Minute as He
Opens Campaign
5000 in Brooklyn Respond
to Protestatiors Of
Patriotism
He Hits at War Issue
Mayoralty Candidate Declare.
He Is as Loyal as Hi.
Father Was in 1861


John F. Hylan's campaign for Mayer
opened in Brooklyn last night. IN,
five thousand or so auditors in Pros.
pect Hall seemed as anxious 70 man
a hero Of him as he was o. himself
They cheered him full minute.
To mis- fervent protestations OF pat.
riotism they responded with sponn.
neous generosity. And there was no
heckling. But before ne had PROCEEDED
a third the way through his compsn.
lively brief address silence, constrsin,
and that discreet shutting Of feet
which betokers restlessness In re.
spectful audience took the place Of
cordial applause, until the painfulneu
Of the situation was felt by every on.
Smith Gets Applause
The Judge, in brief, had communi.
Gated his nervousness and self-con.
seriousness 20 his hearers.
He read his speech. employing
somewhat old-fsshioned, sing-sonr
oratorical style. But there vas moth.
ing fluent in his delivery. II halted
grieyously on occasion, when he foun;
IL necessary 20 20 back 10 the begin.
ming of sentence or a phrase BE-
cause he had stumbled over d word OF
stressed it improperly.
His speech followed Immediately
upon rip-roaring, roof-raisins
harangue by Sheriff A Smith. which.
delivered without notes and with al
the fire and sarcasm and humor for
which the sheriff is famous, had KEEP,
the audience alternately rocking with
laughter and cheering for an hour.
Mr. Hylan said:
Tonight the Democratic candidate
start forth on their campaign Of appel
TO the voters of this city. Before ".
take up the issues Of this campaign
want 20 make one statement, a state.
ment ! have made in substance on
three occasions in this campaign. |
make it again so no man can say he
does not know where ! stand
my first consideration is my coun.
try!
Corporal Thomas +. Hylsn. New
York Volunteers, was one OF the frs,
10 answer Abraham Lincoln's call
Where my father stood in 81 stand
to-day. ready to uphold the hand o.
the President as he champions the
rights of mankind.
81 do not know whether the attempt
to make the war an issue Is inspired By
Mayor Mitchell, but IL would seem that
MIR. Mitchell is anxious 10 fight out the
municipal campaign on the battleheldi
OF Europe.
Charges a Conspiracy
81 do not want the support Of any
man who does not hold the Interests OF
America 20 be the supreme considera.
ton. Nor will | permit the issues o.
this campaign 10 be obscured.
This constant attempt on the par
OF Mr. Mitchell and his hackers to ere.
ate the impression that IN some way
am disloyal 10 my own country "a
base. contemplate, cowardly conspiracy
10 poison the minds OF the people and
TO hide corruption and wrongdoing BE-
hind the American flag.
an accepting the nomination ten
dered him by his hand-picked Fusion
Committee Of 250-a nomination which
the people refused him in the primsra
Mr.. Mitchell said
"The issues Of this campaign are;
Has my administration been homes
non-partisan, uncontrolled and bust
nesslike?
"Mr. Mitchell offered the issue; Ii,
people challenged IL and denied him
the Republican nomination, though 70
do so il was necessary 20 frustran
election frauds worse than those o.
the DAYS Of John Y. McKsne.
"The good old flag has been waved %
save many a poor show, but this IS me
first time that Mayor has resorted
waving the American flag in his en-
deavor TO cover up and continue the
scandalous administration ne has glveh
the citizens of this city for the ls'
four years.
For Municipal Ownership
when Mr.. Mitchell talks about DE-
LOYALTY ne does il because he does no'
want to talk about Reynolds. He wan"
the people 20 forget the primaN
frauds It is not pleasant 20 have PEG,
pie talking about the fact that ne d!he'
with Reynolds at sl40 plate while the
Police Department, under the direction
of the Mayors Commissioner and
doctor in the pay of one of the Roese'
Teller agencies, was teaching the ps''
pie how TO live on % cents day.
We learn that the Mayor has playee
into the hands Of the foundations sni
has turned our public chools over %
the domination Of the Rockefeller m
terests. We find that our children are
TO be educated along the lines that VIII
make them more productive for th
mills and factories OF our indus,ra
captains.
THE greatest service that can b.
performed for the people OF this city .
the instituting OF municipal ownership
and operation OF our public utilities
The Rockefeller domination OF oef
present city government has for ~
primary object the protection and per,
petuation Of license and oppression 0:
the people. stand for municiph
ownership and operation Of all ne
city's public utilities. Municipal OWE
ership has stood the test. II has WOE p
its way and to-day - more wldesprsH
than ever before.
Fight on Rockefeller
Here in our City Of New York TIER
are l02 public utility corporations. la
total capitalization is sl,325,213,5+s, o.
which the transportation company"
have s9l3,670,742. According 20 ofteiL
records, the total operating revenue O.
the street railways for the fiscal ysH
Of 1915 was 500 1873, 69S.03.
Receipts from the sale Of gas d1'.
ing the same period were approximate
S40.000,OO0, and from the sale OF elS
trio light approximately s36,00O,oOO.
I'm other words, in one year ~
street railways, surface. elevated az
underground and the gas and e.scl' .
light corporations were paid BY the p"
pie sl76,97S,592.
and when the people realize t5S