The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-03
mitchell WINS
FOES OVER AT
OPENING RALLY
Hillquit Men in Cooper
Union End by Cheer
ing Mayor.
HE ANSWERS MURPHY
Says Latter Didn't Assert
Loyalty Of Hylan's NOmi-
natOr. Hearst.
SPEECH THRILLS CROWD
City's Executive Starts Cam
paign With Stirring Expos
ure Of "Dark Forces"
SPEECH THRILLS CROWD

Mayor Mitchell captivatei q Cooper
rnior crowd last night by the earnest
ness and directness Of q speech where
with he opened the first Fusion rally OF
the campaign In Manhattan. Socialists
who squeezed themselves into the hall to
cheer for Hillquit remained to cheer for
,he Mayor AZ he swiftly piled up the
evidence for Fusion and for tha repudi-
alton Of open or secret forces working
against America.
Red fire sputtered in the streets. bands
outside and In the old building competed
',r the brass and drum championship
The assembly room was packed right up
10 the fire limits and hundreds on the
pavement hammered at the closed doors.
1t was q regular triple y political
ally. and what with the Mayor. Comp
troller Prendergast. Borough President
Marks Fire Commissioner Adsmson,
william L. Ransom and other candidates
sttesttng their right TO election. and Job
Hedges Introducing them with barbed
shafts Of his own thrust at Tammany
and sedition monters, 1t gave fusion an
suspicious start In an oratorical way.
Mitchell Not to Puasyfoot.
The Mayor made It clear as daylight
that nobody Is going to raise any ques-
ton. throw out any gibe or threat or
nnuendo in this campaign without an
answer from him. 1t was apparent that
for him as well as for the other fusion
candidates there are no ''ticklish" issues
70 be evaded or touched upon lightly. In
tilking an hour he canvasseh as nearly
as a man could do the whole fusion plat
form and those Of the other contendere
20 far A. 1t has been revealed. Yester-
day afternoon Charles r. Murphy gave
one Of his rare newspaper interviews
Last night Mayor Mitchell answered It
He hunts on no cold trails.
Appearing on the platform while Mr.
Hedges was speaking. the Mayor had
20 stand and bow while cheering. led by
screaming enthusiasts all over the hall
bufreted him until the band caused It to
merge In THE Star Spangled Banner"
His first words renewed the rumpus
They were:
II esteem it an homer to be here and
20 discuss with my Fellow citizens the
record of this administration and its
proposals for the future, and to meet
hem face to face and answer every
question that has been raised or may be
'sised IN the course Of the campaign.
~ come not as Mayor Of the city. not
s one seeking public office. but one who
has been commissioned to carry the BAN
ner Of this cause by a group Of red
blooded American citizens, of honest
minds and undivided allegiance to our
common cause"
No BOsalets Boss Hin.
Here the official stenosrapher wrote
Applause" which In a mild term for
'hs hullabaloo Of approval that was
heard.
The commission. my friends" went
on the Mayor. ITO represent the forces
o. decent government and American 10y
atty in this campaign I hold from no
hosslets tapplausel. from no unseen
-orces that to-day are engaged In print
ing the star Spangied Banner on the
front page and stabbing ther country
IN the editorial columns
More cheers for this and voice cry
'lg, Hit him again. Jack, :" which made
NE Mayor laugh.
Vie had been called, he said to make
the fight against the forces of darkness
tnat are arrayed against America and
against te greatest city He said
there were two kinds OF divided al
lsgdance One was the kind that "criea
patriotism and points TO the flas and AZ
the same time insidiously breaches the
Doctrine Of the Hohensolierns," The
ether WAS the kind that accepts public
o'fce at the hands OF the people of the
city hut renders service to small group
o. self-seekins forces that STANDS behind
In the darkneser
He pointed out that never before has
ne CITY had such an opportunity to &c,
IN administration owing its election to
10 political party or group. And
straightwav he paid his respects to Mr.
Nurphv, saving:
Il have already notced--and that Is
,'r the first lime IN his political career
have compelled Mr.. Murphy to come
oHt and declare himself In the open fol
his oTu ticket
He od so IN a statement that HI
issued to-day in which he said. answer
~ my charge that the ticket tha
lamnlany has put in the field is not 4
'e associated with those forces tina
ave been working covertly and ma
shlH n break Gown the effectiveness o.
national Government In this war be
cause the rank and the file OF Tam
any Hsil are loyal TO Anerica. becaus,
ef Young men have gone into the ser
'ce o. the nation.
o. course they have OF course tn,
rsHh ard hle OF Tamrnany Hall are loya
america, Whoever would undertake
charge that this great group Of clti
US ot this city are in their hearts AMI
T'nds d!s'oyal 10 their country
says Hearst Nominated HyIaE.
But Mr. Murphy did not answer 10
'oSs who have nominated this ticke
s"d Who control these nornineea He dit
'' Discuss with me the loyalty of tn
an "Ho nominated Hylan, Mr.. Hears,
'Hss"s and epplause
III 0it not discuss the consisten
'oI,'v Of Mr.. Hearst. beginning with tn
i'hrcak Of this war, preaching the doc
''u' - the IlohenzCllern and the Haps
'IHs preaching the doctrine OF the con
'i'"r and 81 the oiigarch. that doctrin
'Nloh began with advocating that thi
'"lti'y merely stand by and squeez
Il tho pru1t out OF the warning nation
's' It could until Germany was stoppe