New-York tribune., 1921-10-26
Jerome Links
Dock Graft to
School Evils
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,,e, neen false. and that Honest john
Faithful John'-would 20 into court
to prove his innocence. Well, Mr..
l1ntyian did go into Brooklyn court.
There stood the newspaper, prepared
TO oack its charges and to prove
that the Mayor had caused to be alb
stracfed certain court records-that
ne had taken Goslin's money and that.
as matter of fact, his record was
bad and disreputable.'
l1 this we're true, the Mayor was
not MT to be Mayor then, and If it is
true' ne Is not tit to be Mayor now. 1t
is interesting to note what Mr.. Rylan's
lawyer said to the charges brought
against his client. He said Just two two
words-'We dscontinue-thatw was all.
"Hylan fed from justice and the
court because he was q guilty man.
He not only fled, but paid $4,000 for
the sweet privilege of making his get
away. He got thousands Of Democratic
votes for $4,000.
Demands Mayor Answer
"Some answer must be made bv
Mayor Hylan to all this. He stands
to-day as confessing the facts alleged.
He fed from justice Let that burn
in: | say, he fled from justice.
Again the speaker was interrupted
by tumultuous applause. He waved
his hand impatiently and proceeded:
This is the business record of
Mayor Hylan we are talking about. 1t
begins with the crooks, and from his
associations of the present 7 think
more than likely it will end with the
crooks. The Mayor makes no answer
to my charges except to declare that |
lie. He says | am bad man. He has
admitted by his fight, by his own
words, that his conduct was bad and
his reputation disreputable.'
They say this is old stuff. Well,
II is only as old as the record of John
F. Hylan. 1t is not day, not an
hour older than that They say I am
throwing mud. Who made that mud :?
The Mayor made it himself. Do you
think it is pleasant thing to have
Mayor whose conduct was bad and
his character disreputable'?
"Who created this foul, filthy slime
induce John F. Hylan to take Alfred
X. Goslin's dirty checks-the checks Of
crook and indorsed by the Mayor 7
| say the City Of New York does not
want for Mayor man whose conduct
is bad. II is Hylan's mud that Is
being used, not our mud.
Lets go a little further In finding
the basic reason for this bad conduct.
We may find something about 1t in
looking for the graft
Hints at Collusiop
1t was at this point that Mr.. Jerome
went into the city dock and school
situation, insisting that the lessees of
| city piers who were paying $63 day
to the city for docks for which they
charged shippers $240 day "were not
getting away with all this money while
Tammany was on the job"
UNLESS you're writing letters FOR
John 7. Hettrick, the convicted head
Of the pricehxing gang Of contractors,
there is no graft in chools. But every
time ship comes into port there is
another sucker. The more docks the
more graft, but the more schools the
more probity and intelligence. But we
are not getting schools. The Mayor
has been spending lots Of money on
docks. Let that sink in"
Mr.. Jerome then took up the condi-
tions In the Police Department., saying
he had the greatest admiration for the
$4,000 men of the rank and file on
the force.
"The young men in the departm ent
are ambitlous,' he said. "Does it main
tain the integrity and morale of the
force and these men that the head
Of the department should be taking
millionaire, badge flashing, special dep
uty police commissioners? And the
gifts bestowed upon the head by Mil