New-York tribune., 1921-11-07
HylanC
By His Silence,
Jerome Asserts
Declares Mayor Has Failed
to Answer Any Charges
Made Against City Regime
i'll the Last Two Weeks
Hirshfield Also Is Mum
Says Tammany Hall Must
Be Destroyed if New York
Wants Decent Government

Mayor Hylan's failure to answer any
Of the charges that have been made
against his administration during the
last two weeks was declared by William
Travcrs Jerome, speaking before the
women's division Of the Republican
coalition committee at Cooper Union
last night, to be the most convincing
evidence of his incompetency.
every day i have scanned the
papers to learn whether the Hylan ad-
minstration had anything to say in it's
own behalf" said Mr. jerome. II have
found that it has nothing to say, not
even in the Hearst newspapers.
II say that the Hyian administra-
tion has been foul and disreputable.
That was said of Mr.. Hylan before he
was elected. He mad his chance in a
libel suit to prove that he was not foul
and disreputable, but when the time
came for trial he paid $1,000 to get out
of it and skunk away like fugitive
criminal.
Hirshfield Also Silent
Neither have I found any .denials
from Commissioner of Accounts Hirsh-
field, Hylan's pal and crony, who was
indicted for assault upon his own wife
and who was convicted in the Brooklyn
cclrt5 of abandoning his wife
lake those great departments where
Hylan can be charged with direct re-
sponsibility. Take the Police Depart
ment, where he appoints commits ssion
er. Look at what this Police Commits
sioner did. He has millionaire deputies
and he assigns automobiles to them.
Some Of them give automobiles to his
wife. Others furnished him with free
speculation in Wall Street, which nets
him thousands of dollars. You see him
not demoting Inspector Dwyer.
Think of a charge like that being
made against him and no denial of it;
not even challenge by the Mayor.
Four Years of Mounting Taxes
"If we are to allow these things to
go on, the sooner we are ruled from
Albany or Washington or some place
that will give us sweet and decent gov
ernment the better for US. Four years
of mounting taxes, four years of
mounting assessments! The average
cost of the city for these four years
for government has been $3.50 greater
for every man, woman and child than
~ WIS curing Cne preceding aOmlnlStra-
ton. This city cannot stand that sort
of looting. Tweed gave us some beau
tiful landmarks and monuments. There
were at least great boulevards. When
John Hylan passes away what single
achievement in four years has his ad-
ministration given? There has not
been in the history of New York any
of our officials who have passed away
without leaving something that they
could point to having done.
IL say that the characteristics of that
administration have been Incompetence,
graft and vulgarity, and if on Tuesday
night Henry Curran is not elected
Mayor of the City of New York it
won't be the fault of the base and the
ignorant in this town.
Got to Lick the Grafters
at will be the fault of those. of US
who think that we are upright and
strong and wise and have the city's
interests at heart. You have got to go
after these grafters. You have got to
lick them this time. You have got to
lick them the next time and it should
be continued until they are destroyed.