The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
DEMOCRATIC
INDEPENDENTS
PICK mitchell
City Democracy Deserts
Tammany to Back Mayor
and Fusion.
sOOO DELEGATES MEET
Cheers Shake Cooper Union
as Executive Hits MUIR
ply and Hearst.

Murphy and Hearst as the twin |
Mayors OF New York, with Hylan. their !
puppst, and every enemy OF America |
tubilant In the background-this was the |
picture Of what n Tammany victory !
would mean this year. presented by |
Mayor Mitchell last night to the City
Democracy at Cooper Union.
Two thousand delegates from among !
the voters Of oil the boroughs who have
tr'Ailed with Tammsny In the past. but
are sick Of Its present leadership. desig-
mated Mr.. Mitchell as their candidate
with . crash of cheering and show Of
fsrvor that reminded observers Of tho
reiniess Progressives who tried q nomi-
nate Roosevelt at Chicago last summer.
The Mayor accused Mr.. Murphy of
ialsehood in saying that he. Mr. Mitchell.
voted for Hughes and not Wilson last
tall He said that he not only voted
Tor the President but would have spoken
ior him In the city II Mr. Murphy had
not carefully excluded him from every
platform where he might have helped 20
AIRY New York State for the leader OF
the party.
He told the independent Democrats
dat one reason for their disassociation
rom Murphy and Tammany was ''tne
shame Of association with Hearst" and
the shouting this assertion caused indi-
Gated that the point was well takeu
He read from old Hearst speeches and
editorials to indicate what the editor
thought about Tamnany and Its leader
IN the days when he was calling MUIR
ply . criminal and cartooning him IN
stripes, AttributinS to Mr. Hearst zeal
n behalf Of Germany. he read pertinent
sentences from Hearst writings and from
the Posstsche Zettun0, a newspaper pub
lshed In Germany. which said on De-
cenber Z. 1914:
We muzt regard It az an especially
happy achievement Of Count Won Bern.
storf that he succeeded during the visit
u Mr. Hearst, the American newspaper
King in capturing this sovereign Of over
600 newspapers for the German cause.
thus carrying the effects Of the great
press Of America
Tho Mayor also slammed back at
Samuel Untermyer, one Of the Tammany
backers who said on Tuesday that Mr..
Mitchell had wronefully accused him OF
association with Dumba and Won Bern
.torf.
cites Uatermyer as Against War.
What OF the conferences at his
homer said the Mayor. The result Of
one Of these conferences with Dumba
and with Bernstorf persuaded Mr.. In
termyer to be interviewed and say
among other things on the night Of
April S. 1917. UP at Albany while we
~ere waiting for the Senate to come in
as.pr sl,nt trn nf rfol fre
tempt, while we were sitting there, to
say, according to the Evening Telegram,
as follows:
"'Mr. unterinyer also took occasion
10 declare that he WIS opposed to tho
United States declaring war and termed
the German submarine zone a battlefield
md said persons cannot 90 on q battle-
deii without being hurt. do not think
ee should send our young men over to
Europe to fight with England. which has
injured US Just as much as Germany
has. We have troubles enough OF our
own with Mexico and Japan without get
ting into this"
The City Democracy marched from all
five boroughs with banners and bands
and converged at Cooper Union. where
Martin W. Littleton was chairman. and
other comrades who have forsaken Tam
many crowded the platform.
ing lot Of men. They sang '"The Star
Spangled Banner" as II they meap II.
And when the Mayor and other fusion
candidates had had their say the dele
gates adopted a resolution which said
in part:
Whereas, Tammany Hall, masquerad-
ing as the Democratic party OF this
city. has dishonored the name when tri-
pmphant and degraded 1t In defeat
hy a.
ing nothing by failure: and
Whereas, there may have been times
in the past when Its audacity attracted
and Its cunning captivated the unwary
by the very boldness Of it's pretence and
oy the very shrewdness OF it's manage
nent, hut ALL Of that old audacity has
shrunk away into feeble and empty con-
Terence, and that ancient cunning given
place to disgusting stupidity--until
now the whole city can contemplate IT as
party OF weary men lstlessly follow
ing little group OF clumsy leaders
and
Whereas it is so utterly detached
from any fundamental principles that Il
cnblushngiy turns from a questionable
ailiance with Bourbon and reactionary
interests 30 a fatuous fusion with al
me prejudices OF timid and neal
socialisn-vainly hoping to make tn,
oarh councils Of it's personal autocrac,
appear TO be a free forum OF popular
government: and
Whereas the final and genuine sue
cess Of real. alert, free and forwsrt
boxing Democratic party In this cit.
depends upon the utter overthrow o
ms b'lndering leadership, with II
2lrdering orogra n1me. and n reorgani
ltn1d - Democratic sentiment an,
DAHocrarir hope upon lines az broad a
\ 'He r'ty and rs enlightened and intelll
se1t 99 the city's progress demands
and
Nhereas the government of the Cit
M NJ" iork has been and now Is be
Mg condu It'd IN the interest OF tn
people Of New York, uninfuenced by tn
a"fdnging and degrading power of
party machine and far above and be
yord the reach Of the spokesman an
Ne corrupt!onbt; and
whereas added to these all sum
eIent reasons for it's continuance is tn
overshadownE and over h Q IN n
thought that In this crisis in our ma
honal life. when Indifference Is almos
sed'tion and doubt 10 almost treason
none but Americans should be o
guard