New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Hylan Accuses
Mayor of Plot to
Deceive Soldiers
Holds Mitchell Himself Is
Responsible for Attempt
at Fraud
By BRIGGS

Judge John I. Hylan. Tammany can
didate for Mayor, began his prepared
speech TO number OF Bronx audiences
last night with wrsthful denunoiation
OF the alleged attempt to delude the
citizen soldiers at Spartanbugg into
voting FOR Mayor Mitchell as the Re-
publican candidate.
The Judge Jumped the Mayor aud his
active supporters in general-"the in
dicted corruptionists and the until
dicted eXploiters OF the people who are
backing hih"-as responsible for :he
presence of the Objectionable ballot
pastors at Camp Wadsworth. lie
charged them with trying "to deceive
the men who have so unselfshly offered
themselves as sacrifice on the altar
OF their country"
Charges Violation Of Law
lie went on:
They have deliberately, in violation
OF the law, in violation of honor in
violation of every tenet of dcccncy,
printed the name OF the Republican
party on the ballots which 20 20 our
soldier voters. They have done this
after the courts and the prosecutors OF
crime frustrated their attempt tc steal
that emblem and that name.
What a splendid. what a noble, ex-
ample of the patriotism and American
ism of Mayor Mitchell.
THE man who will attempt to obtain
by fraud and deception the votes of
soldiers who go to the front to fight
for their country has no claim upon
the respect of decent men,"
There followed an account of the law
governing the soldier vote. and an ex-
PLANTATION In more detail of the alleged
fraud attributed TO the Mayors sup
porters.
But what can you expect" asked
the Tsmmany candidate. There is
nothing too low for man who viii
seek to cover up the corruption of his
own administration with the flag of his
country. ISLANDERS and deliberate false
hoods have dripped from his lips as he
has gone about this city fran. ically
shouting that he alone is patriot and
that all who oppose him are traitors"
Calls Letterhead a Forgery
Judge Hylan reverted at this point
TO the Mayors attack upon him as a
member of the Friends Of Peace. lie
said:
Two nights ago Mayor Mitchell pre-
sonted to his audience what he said was
an enlargement OF letterhead of the
Friends OF Peace Society. which bore
upon 1t list of honorary vice-presi-
dents containing the words John T.
hyian. That letterhead was a forgery.
There never was such a letterhead.
The photograph presented to the news
papers was that of poster drawn by
an artist. who used the correct letter
head of this peace society and added
the list of names of honorary vice
presidents for the personal use of
Mayor Mitchell in this campaign. This
drawing was made some time ago and
was concealed by Mr.. Mitchell until
four days before election.
IL say again that the letterhead was
forgery. No such letterhead has ever
been in existence before to-day. To-
morrow for the purpose of substantial
ing their story they may have some of
these letterheads printed for distribu-
ton to the newspapers"
An automobile parade of fifty cars,
with plenty of red fire and the blowing
of horns to mark its route of march,
met the Tammany candidate at the
Bronx end of the Willis Avenue Bridge
and escorted him TO each one of his
seven meetings in the eastern and
northern parts of the borough. Big
crowds greeted him everywhere.