New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Working for the Kaiser
Antagonist Toward Mayor Mitchell
Because of His Americanism
r. the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II II we're not for the amazing revcln'
lions of German intrigue and trickery ana INC
astounding ramifcstions OF treason ana
enemy aid that already have been revehied
through the work Of our Secret Service,
might expro,, some establishment at the eie-
ments which are lined up against maSoi
Mitchell to prevent his>reelection.
u seems almost unbelievable that here
- America. with thousands Of her best SOL
diors already on the other side, with hundreds
If thousands more Of her best men now IN
training TO take their places in the trenches
and settle for all time the fight between
brutal and bestial autocracy and democracy
there could be so many who would set their
faces against the forces of right. :,
But so il is America, which has opened
her doors to the oppressed OF every land
which has stood as the one spot on the lace
Of the earth where every man was gwen an
equal chance, where the rights OF humanity
were considered, has found that among the
good whom she has taken to her bosom she
also has taken nest Of vipers.
And the evidence of it is in the hght whlch
is now being made against Mayor Mitchell.
II would be untrue to say that every man
who will oppose the reelection OF the Mayor
is lined I'D with the enemies OF our country
There will perhaps be many in the coming
campaign who will fight against Mitchell LOT
other reasons, but it Is an absolute certainty
that every advocate of treason, every lover
of Germany, every pacihst who, by his very
opposition to war, is lending aid and giving
comfort to the bloody Hum every preacher OF
hatred and dishonor, will be found in the
camp of some of the candidates who Will
run against Mayor Mitchell.
Show me a Teuton who has not been able
to get the virus of Germanism out OF
his system, who openly or secretly re-
joices at every victory for Germany VINO
sang songs and laughed when the Lusltana
was sunk, who applauds the actions of the
expatriated Mayor of Chicago, who hates
England for the part she has taken in this
war; and will show you man VINO openly
sneers at the work of Mayor Mitchell and who
will vote against him at the coming election.
Whatever may be the faults Of Mayor
Mitchell, whatever may have been his short
comings, whatever mistakes he may have
made, thank God that he has not followed in
the footsteps of the unspeakable Thompson,
of Chicago; that he has not brought eternal
shame on the great metropolis of America.
thank God that he has been American
through and through, that he has done all he
could to further our fight, that he has lent
an answering arm to the support of the
President, and that he has hidden the hosts Of
treason retire into the mire of their own
treachery and deceit.
The defeat of Mayor Mitchell will be the
most reassuring piece of news that the Kaiser
has received since his hosts first violated
the neutrality of Belgium, or since the
French stopped the advance of the Germans
L. L., &c he Of
camoufage can hide this fact No declara-
tons that the defeat of Mayor Mitchell has
brought about by his record on fiscal or eco
nomic grounds will prevent the belief that
it was the egions of darkness, disgrace, dis
honor and treason united in opposition, that
defeated the Mayor.
1t has been declared that Mayor Mitchell
is the best Mayor New York ever had. | do
not contend that; neither do | deny it.
But If the Mayor had record as an execu-
tive that did not stand the test, | would
still say that he should be reelected for the
inspiring stand that he took when our coun-
try needed men; for the undertaking patriot
ism which he exhibited at a time when Ger
man spies and German supporters and all
the elements Of disorder and American dis
Indignation were against the government at
Washington, secretly, openly, any way at all,
to produce results.
Voters of New York, do not make any mis-
take You are asked to oppose man who is
being attacked for his true Amercanism. You
az Americans are asked to vote for the vio-
ation of your own honor, vote for aid to
Americas and the worlds enemies, vote to
emasculate your country so that it may fall
a prey to the same forces that were guilty
of crimes in Belgium and on the high seas
that even his satanic majesty himself never
could have thought of. j. NJ. II.
Brooklyn, Sept. &c, 1917.