New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Malone's Support
Shows City Trend,
Hillquit Declares
Indicates That All Progress
sives Are Swinging Into
Line, He Says

Morris Hillquit last night said that
Dudley Field Malone's Endorsement OF
his candidacy for Mayor indicated "a
tendency of the progressives of all
parties to swing TO the Socialist column
in this election" He received letter
from Mr.. Malone yesterday afternoon
pledging his support, he said, and was
highly gratified to get the message"
Mr.. Hilldut in his campaign speeches
last night declared that Judge Hylan
had failed to reply to his demand that
he state his position on the war, and
told his supporters that he would query
the Democratic candidate on vital is
sues until he showed where he stood.
After pointing out that vote for
Mayor Mitchell meant an Endorsement
of Americas participation IN the war
and that a vote for himself would be a
protest against the war, Mr.. Hlllquit
said, in discussing the third choice the
voters had, cor you may cast mean
ingless, colorless, evasive, cowardly
he remains silent on the issues that are
uppermost in your minds"
Hylan's Politics Camouhaged
Mr.. Hillquit flung his challenge to
the Democratic candidate for the sec
ond night at a meeting in Flushing
and then at three meetings in Public
Schools 4, 81 and ia, on the lower
East Side, in Manhattan. lie began
his speechmaking at a protest meeting
at Cooper Union, organized by the
local representatives of the Mooney
defence committee in California.
Until Judge Hylan comes out said
Mr.. Hillauit, "and tells the people
whether he is for peace or war,
whether he is for militarism or dem
ocracy. / shall repeat the questions
asked him last night. This is no time
I for political camouhage. lie owes 1t
TO YOU. to the city and to the country
To state unequivocally where ne stands.
He cannot carry water on botn should
orc He cannot continue to appear as
an advocate of war in the papers and
send emissaries to the people to tell
them he is for peace
Jf elected, will Judge Hylan JOIN
IN that disgraceful prosecution OF all
, hostile criticism in public meetings
against the war which has marked the
policy of our local officials. or VIII ne
permit free public gatherings so long
as thew do not violate the law? VIII
ne let people express freely their
thoughts on peace and war, or VIII he
LET his magistrates, as Mayor Mitchell
has. interpret criticism of the govern
ment at street meetings as disorderly
conduct. punishable by six months i'm
tprisonment? Here again We are en-
titled to know the answer
Hints at Revolution
Speaking in defence of Tom"
Mooney, the San Francisco labor lead
or convicted for murder because OF his
alleged participation in an explosion
during preparedness parade, Mr.. Hill
quit said at Cooper Union:
'If Mooney is hanged it will be b..
cause he has been active in the fight Of
labor and dared to challenge the rule
of the exploiting classes. We feel that
if Mooney is hanged a great deal of our
institutions Of justice, democracy and
liberty will perish with Tom Mooney.
THE capitalists of San Francisco
have raised large sum of money 70
crush labor on the Pacific Coast. II
they succeed there, they will extend
their crusade TO the whole country
until labor will lie PROSTATE before
their feet. Let the ruling class beware
lest the Mooney case give rise TO 4
revolutionary outbreak of the working
classes in the United States
Two thousand persons attended this
demonstration.