The New York herald., 1921-10-29
DIR. BUTLER APPEALS
FOR HYLAN'S DEFEAT
President of Columbia Says
New York Must Salvage
Self-Respect.

DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. president
OF Columbia University. signalized his
active entry into the campaign last eve
ming by an appeal to the civic pride OF
New York. Invoking that sentiment, he
called upon his hearers to rebuke four
years of maladministration by voting
for every name on the coalition -Repub-
lican ticket. BY so doing, he said, New
York once moSe would salvage her self
respect and agnin be able to hold up her
head with a sense Of civic decency.
DR.. Butler was the principal speaker
in q meeting which filed the assembly
hall Of the Morris High School, Boston
road and 166th street, The Bronx. AS
he came forward this his first public ap-
pearance on the stump for the coalition
ticket. was warmly applauded.
IT can put into q very few minutes
all l wish to say about this campaign. "
began the speaker. ITO me this has
become fsmiliar story. For thirty
years it has been my fortune and my
duty. as often as opportunity offered, to
endeavor to do my part in saving the
government Of the city of New York
from falling into the hands of Tammany
Hall.
1.-THE candidates change. The specific
facts and issues about the schools, the
markets. the docks and all the rest
change in the various elections. But,
believe me, the general situation does
rot alter particle. Just thirty-one
years ago we were saying precisely the
same things we are saying now. and we
lave said them in every Mayoralty
election from tina. day to this. 1t is ever
the same perpetual struggle between the
forces Of selfishness and the forces of
good repute. between the fcrces of
waste and the forces of economy be-
tween those forces which wish to live
under the government and those which
wish to live on the government.
"In this great campaign of 1921 the
only change / notice is how many more
persons are now vitality affected. how
much greater will be the good or the
evil results Of the choice we make on
election day.
"I shall leave to others to discuss the
individual candidates and the specirlc
issues. But l want to ask you people
of New York, with your 100000 popu-
latlOn. IL you nave peci s,N"e'S-fNN'
you are proud of the ADMINISTRATION OF
your domestic concerns during the ias'
four years. Have you heard OF any
body in Chicago, or in San Francisco
or in Mexico, for that matter, holding II
up as a model for their inspiration
Has this been the kind of an admins
tration that ought to satisfy us?'
"And now the important issue Is not
traction: il Is not the schools. important
as these are: It is not the petty depart
mental scandals spread forth from day
to day upon the printed page, bad as
these are The important question is:
How much do you care for New YORK
Do YOU care enough for the good name
of Your imperial city to see that the
hand of the CRATER is kept out of its
public service? You cannot win this
election simply upon the fitness OF your
candidates. You can win 1t only II You
are determined that you Will no longer
live under such conditions as nave pre-
vailed here for the last four years.
"The afternoon newspapers say Hylan
has applied for city pension. / sup
pose that means he expects to be de-
feated by Major Curran. I am informed
that Hylan's managers expect defeat in
Brooklyn and hope to break even In
Manhattan, but that they count upon
rolling up a great majority for Tam
many here in The Bronx. Somebody is
going to be disappointed in that hope IL
you citizens do your full duty. But 1t
will be done by the people who cara
enough for the welfare of their city to
mark every name on the ballot under
the coalition emblem"