New-York tribune., 1917-10-19
Candidate Gets Greatest
Reception Ever Accorded
on East Side
Says Rivals Have
Adopted His Policies
Tammany, Alarmed by So
cialists, Orders Leaders
to Forget Mitchell

to I OrSet NieSi'Si
Morris Hillquit. Socialist candidate
for Mavor. last night carried his cam
raisn TO the East Side. the stronghoio
of Socialism and pscifsm. and the East
side responded with ono Of the mieh"-
ost demonstrations. numerically and
voeallv. ever afforded 70 po'u'a'
candidate in that section.
4 cheering, wildly enthusiastic
crowd estimated at 5000 surged
through the street and square facing
Forward Hall. 175 East Broadway
where Mr.. Hiuquit made his first ad-
d,ess Of the evening. This throng
continued 10 grow. BY the time the
candidate had finished his brief speech
in Forward Hall East Broadway was
hacked with a diversified and pictur-
esoue East Side multitude. completely
blorLing the traffic and swapping the
police.
Socialists Worry Murphy
Tho demonstrations on the East Side
last night came only few hours after
Charles +. Murphy, leader Of Tam
many Hall. had summoned his heuten-
s,,.s for a conference in Fourteenth
St-eet and had learned from them the
,mportant role Mr.. Hillquit is expected
N plov in the campaign. Mr. Murphy.
obvtousiv alarmed by the reports OF
Socialist gains. sent the leaders away,
y,ith instructions "to forget Mitchell
and concentrate their light against
The automobile carrying Mr.. hill-
,,,l. and several other Socialist leaders
Mas stalled for al least ten minutes N
ron, of Forward Hall by the cheering
-bronr. When the car finally started
F.. crawled al q snail's pace through
solid mass Of people. while the ponce
with the greatest difficulty opened
lane. :.b CO
,islist candidates for Office and oncers
of the party moved IN the wake OF Lne W
candidate's machine The crowd hhhilS
hogan 10 move forward up last bro"o,
way. growing m number ana VoeaI
MOVERS Thousands Of torches sprang
up suddenly.
Thirty Thousand in Parade
The "triumphal procession" passed
am Fast BROADWAY 10 Clinton. thence to
Grand street and 10 Pitt, and along
Avenue & TO Public School Ga, IN lenth
Avenue. where the second meeting was
b4ld Police who kept pace with tne
,ro,vd estimated that between 3O,OOV
and 10000 took part in the procession
from the time Il left East Broadway
till il reached the school building.
In his address at 10 East Broadway
Mr. Hillouit emphasized his pledge 10
reduce the cost Of living by eliminating
middlemen's profits, and furnishing EN-.
ployment 20 wOrkingmen IN times OF
stress. He made a plea for bringing
the war tC q speedy conclusion.
Says Rivals Adopt His Ideas
when the Socialists opened their
campaign in New York CITY, SAID Mr.
Hul0uit. they promised that a Socialist
administration would largely solve the
high cost Of living problem by puI-
chasing foodstuffS on huge scale d.
rect from the producers and dlstrlout-
ing them TO the residents OF the city
al cost.
THE scheme was characterized by
our opponents as visionary and imPos,,
sible of execution. Now. about two and
one-han months before Mayor Mitch,
els expiration Of term OF once ana
three weeks before Election Day, comes
me news that the Mayor has appointed
DR.. Henry Moskowitz as superintendent
of Markets. and the hrst pubic state
.rent issued by the new superintendent
is that the city will buy potatoes direct
from the producers and sell them 10
he people at cost.
III the city can buy potatoes. why
not other vegetables, and why not
milk and bread and meat? The fect
s that the failure OF Mayor Mitchell
and all his Republican. Iammany ana
reform PREDECESSORS i'm Office TO deal
With the vital problems Of the people 8
life and health was not due 10 IacSS
Of powcr. but 10 lack OF interest and
20 the opposition of The prohteerIng
classes that supported their admins
trations.
"The old parties and their. govern
ments never did. never can. never VIII,
zee anything but the business side Of
the citv adm nistration. II is only the
Socialist party. as the party OF the
workers, the party of the poor, tnat
can and viii humanize our government
and maize t ag instrument for the pro
lection of the peoples life. health and
happiness.