The New York herald., 1921-10-29
Cant Discuss Political Is.
sues With a Burglar in
House, He Says.
ROBBER MUST GO FIRST
Flushing Voters Cheer Plea to
Elect Curran and Improve
Conditions.

William Travers Jerome told an
audience of more than a thousand men
and women in the High School at
Flushing last night that, although lie
had been watching the political game
from the siGe lines for more than six
teen years. he had obtained the very
keen impression that it was neither
sweeter nor cleaner than it was in :he
days when he was campaigning Tor
District Attorney.
This town is being run said Mr..
Jerome. "by the same old gang OF
crooks that ran it in the old days when
J. Sargent Cram was trying to teach
Charley Murphy to eat peas with
fork But this Is the first time that
Tammany has run for Mayor man
whose record has been proclaimed to
be bad and his conduct foul and dis
reputable.
81 would prefer a campaign de-
voted entirely 10 the discussion of polit-
ical issues. but you can't discuss politi-
cal issues with a burglar. When your
house Is being robbed you have not
got time to think Of constructive poll
cies: you want to get rid of the burglar
as soon as possible"
Repeats Goslin Charges.
Mr.. Jerome told again the story OF Al
fred r. Goslin and the Black Diamond
Automobile Company. and OF Hylan's
connection with Goslin. as evidenced by
certain checks and letters that have
never been satisfactorily explained by
the Mayor He declared that when an
opportunity was given to the Mayor to
disprove the charges he did not take
advantage of It. but withdrew the libel
suit he had started against the World
after the World had published articles
dealing with the Goslin affair.
"And this exclaimed Mr.. Jerome, is
the man who represented us to-day and
received the great Marshal OF France
That burns into my soul. When we
elect such a man, whoever casts vote
for him casts vote for dishonored
man and dishonors himself"
Mr.. Jerome. as he has done in most OF
the speeches he has made since lie began
to campaign for the coalition ticket. de-
voted considerable Of his address to the
Police Department and its management
by Commissioner Richard e. Enright.
He declared that the statement of Mayor
Hylan that he had freed the city of vice
and that he had broken the connection
between the Police Department and the
gambling element was absolute rot"
THE fight to break this connection. v
said Mr.. Jerome, was begun back in
the 9Os. and the so-called fanatic re-
formers fought such n good fight and
such a successful fight that the connec-
tion was gone long before Hylan came
in. Hylan had no more to do with II
than he did with sweeping the dark side
of the moon. But he did put in Enright.
who with his millionaire badge flourish
ing deputies has done more than Devery
to take the heart out Of the fine young
men on the police force"
Pensions to He Paid Anyway.
Mr.. Jerome also took up the budget
and showed how the Hylan forces had
rigged 1t to make II appear low during
a. political year. To do this. he de-
clared. they lifted millions from the
teachers, city employees and police
pension funds, but all of these moneys
will have to be replaced through spe-
cia revenue bonds and added to the
1923 budget
But 1923 is not political year" said
Mr.. Jerome. land they think they can
get away vita It."
The school situation also received
characteristic verbal touches from Mr.
Jerome. He told of the conditions in
the buildings. how many of them are
ramshackle structures and how in a
great many OF them the danger OF fire
Is serious. He urged tie woman of
New York to do something to remedy
such a situation, and he told them
that the best thing they could do was
to elect Henry II. Curran as Mayor.
Have you no feeling for your city?"
he demanded. Cant you get mad? II
will not do merely to vote against
Hylan you must get mad all over and
get out and work. You must help us
clean house. and II you won't help you
deserve all you have got from Hylan
and you deserve four years more of it."