The New York herald., 1921-11-08
HYLAN WORSE THAN
TWEED TO JEROME
Old Time Looter Left City
Something; Present Mayor
Leaving Nothing.
vULGARITY, GRAFT RULE
Devery Preferable to Enright.
in Opinion of Former Dis
trict Attorney.

William Travers Jerome compared
Police Commissioners Enright unfavor-
ably to big Bill" Devery-"the best
Chief Of Police New York ever had
IN his last speech Of the campaign, de-
livered yesterday at luncheon of the
Women's Republican Club in the Hotel
Commodore. The fire which has filed
Mr.. Jerome's campaign utterances was
continued to the last and he charac-
terized Mayor Hylan's administration as
one filled with ''vulgarity. incompetency
and graft"
There was graft in Devery's day
yes.' said Mr.. Jerome. There was
clubbing of inoffensive citizens-yes.
Devery was rugged old crook, brutal
and dishonest. but was full of humor
and wit and had in him tho fundamental
elements Of a decent man. In the days
OF Devery the police at least concealed
their relations with financiers and he
was never seen riding around town in a
twin SIX Packard. the gift Of some
Deputy Commissioner the title Of which
Office had been ended.
"rhe heat of the campaign is over
and one can now calmly examine the
facts. The indictment has been drawn
for some weeks, the evidence has been
presented and the charges sustained by
the facts established which have not
been denied. cannot recall a single
Tammany administration, except Hy-
lan's, that after four years In Office could
not point to some achievement showing
that the city had at least advanced a
minute step. Even Tweed, although he
looted the CITY, left great boulevards
which are lined to-day with stores,
hotels and apartment houses The rule
Of those grafters at least left us SOME
thing for our money. but this adminis-
traticn has left us not a thing 1. can
think Of
1--WE can forgive a man who Is
pentent. but we can see no signs of It
and every feeling of decency is outraged
Vulgarity is essentially an unethical
proposition. The poor and humble man
can he as much of gentleman as he
who lives In a brownstone front IL vul-
garity be absent. 1t isn't necessary
for n man to be rich to he a gentleman
or to be educated to realize the vul-
gaIity of sending limousine placarded
automobile which bore Marshal Foch
up Broadway when he landed. That act
shows the vulgarity which one who
would associate with TIirshfeld. Solovei
and Hettrick naturally would have.
Vulgarity. graft and ncompetcncy have
marked Hylan's administration from
the day he entered City Hall and will
remain there until the day ne leaves it,"
Mr. Jerome assailed Commissioner
Hulberts management of the Depart
ment OF Docks and said that despite
"sworn testimony" brought out OF graft
ing I'm the Department of Markets the
Mayor had not sought TO discipline
Commissioner O'Malley.
'I was not one who particularly fav-
ored giving the vote 70 women. but they
have shown persistency which is. be-
yond measure. hopeful" he said. TN
the end you can force what you will
from men in this great city. You have
the power and we have ultimately got
to do what you say. 1t is my hope
that the idealism--which all men have
not lost--wil' be reinforced by you
women"
Mrs. Stanley Lyman Otis, chairman
OF the clubs campaign committee. pre-
sided ut the luncheon and Miss Helen
Varick Boswell, coalition candidate for
Registrar. spoke briefly.