New-York tribune., 1921-11-07
Sums Up His Charges in
Seven Indictments at
Coalitionists' Closing
Rally at Cooper Union
Other Candidates
Outline Platforms
Jerome Pleads for End of
Present Regime; Mrs.
Robinson Asserts Soul
of City Must Be Saved

A rousing wind-up of the coalition
campaign took place last night in
historic Cooper Union.
At a,mass meeting under the aus
pices Of the women of the coalition
committee, which crowded the old
structure to the doors, Henry H.
Curran, standard bearer of the tick
ct; William Travers Jerome, Sena-
tor Charles {. Lockwood, Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson, Edward J. Nc
Cure, DR.. Karl Reiland, rector of
st. Georges Episcopal Church; John
Kirkland Clark, Vincent Gilroy and
half dozen other speakers took
John F. Hylan apart and showed the
crowd what made him go.
Seven indictments
In his last speech Of the campaign
Mr.. Curran summed up the case he
has made against Hylanism and its
political twin, Hearstism. AS he told
them off there were seven chief
counts in the Indictment, as follows:
L. Hylan has not, at any time, been
the real Mayor of New York. Hylan
was nominated four years ago by
Hearst, who crammed him down the
| throat of Tammany Hall.
2. Hylan's whole administration has
been record of broken campaign
/ promises.
3. Hylan has to-day no constructive
! plan for getting better rapid transit
for scent fare in New York City.
4. The record of incompetence and
! waste of Hylan's whole administra-
ton.
5. The record of Hylanism in the
| Board of Estimate, record of bick-
ering and squabbling, discourtesy and
insults.
6. The shameless way in which Hy-
Ian has used his high Office of Mayor
for his own personal and political
advantage.
Z. With a record of broken prom
ises staring him in the face, with the
utter failure OF his administration to
demand made upon it by the people
of the city, Hylan is max ng a CAM
paign this year en- the same general
j scheme of deception that he en-
| ployed so successfully four years ago.
"These are some of the counts in our
case against Hylan," said the coalition
candidate. "These are the reasons why
we believe he should not be allowed to
get away with his demand: Give me
four years more to serve Hearst, my
master, as Mayor of New York"
Mr.. Curran reviewed his own concise
platform. which he issued early in
the campaign, which included hous-
! ing program for reducing rents; inn
proving and extending rapid transit
service for five-cent fare; home rule;
school program. and specific plan
for financial independence OF the Board
! of Education.
"On these points r have been spe-
cific," said the speaker. For perform
ance on these pledges I have pointed
t. my record of ten years service IN
the work of the city. government. l
am confident of the judgment OF our
people In their hands | am ready to
leave our case"
Opposes Gary System
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Curran's
speech Mrs. Beatrice Stevenson, co.
leader in Kings County, who was tenn
porary chairman of the meeting, asked
the candidate to define his stand ON
the Gary system in the schools. She
said he had been charged with favor
ing it and that she wanted the crowd
to hear from his own lips his opinion
of it.
81 am against the Gary system" said
Major Curran. Il always have been
and always will be. But the double
session plan of the Hylan administra-
tion-'crazy time the children call it.
! is worse, ard l am against that, too.
There is but one remedy for the pres
ent situation in the schools. That Is
more schools. / promise you that the
next administration will build and
| build and build"
Never win we have anything like
| decency in our civic life until Tam
1 many, Hearst and Hylan have been
eliminated said Mr.. Jerome, whose
speech was interrupted by prolonged
cheering. Incompetency, graft and yul-
garity were characteristics of the Hy-
! Ian administration, Mr.. Jerome said, in
detailing the records of the Police De-
partment and various municipal bu-
reaus which have figured in public
scandals in the last four years.
says iAShe Ooe W Nhfsht ih ANHsoc
John Kirkland Clark, coalition cam
didate for District Attorney. asserted
that the present District Attorneys of
fee refused to prosecute Charles F.
Tighe, the detective sergeant convicted
Of clubbing innocent persons, until ii
was forced to do SO by public opinion.
''You perhaps have heard that Tighe
has been removed to the observation
ward at Bellevue" said Mr.. Clark. The
reason he was sent there was not be-
cause of his mental condition. 1t was
because while he was staying in the
Tombs for the last TWO weeks he was
furnished with whisky. and he had be-
come SO intoxicated that it was neces-
sary to take him to hospital"
Edward j. Mcclure, former Assistant
Corporation Counsel and lifelong
Democrat, said that the hope of victory
for Curran and the coalition ticket
rested on the vote of the Independent,