New-York tribune., 1921-11-04
Free City of
HearstPuppet,
Cur'ran Urges
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and the Sixteenth Ward Republican
Club, 1872 Leonard Street.
CASH Hemp Game Of Put and Take
At the Bryn Mawr Club Mr.. Curran
made his first "drawing- room speech"
of his campaign and WAS enthusiastic
graduates. Mrs. Thomas w. Streator
presided at this meeting. The coali-
tion candidate was given n tumultuous
reception at Kismet Temple At this
meeting, in speaking of the $1,000,000
hole dug for the court house, Mr. Cur
ran referred to it as the lash heap
game of put and take" He said that
the first step of the Mayor after the
hole was dug was to fill it with ashes
and that his second step was to re-
move the ashes dumped into the hole
by the first contractor
Mr. Curran's speech last night fol-
lows:
I'VE are nearing the end of this cam
pagn to drive Hylanism out of New
York City. This is not a contest be-
tween Republicans and Democrats; it
is a fight by Republicans. Democrats
and Independents, all combined, to re-
of Hearst, who rules us from California
through his tool Hylan.
lit is n fight to find out whether
Hearst shall continue to govern New
York or whether we, the people Of New
York, still enjoy the right of sclf-gov-
ernment. 1t is fight to a finish.
~ say that the man who vilified Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt and who threw
mud of his poisoned papers at Mayor
Gaynor and at Governor AL Smith, has
got to get out of our City Hall. Hearst
| hoy InI Jxy1nv
enough of both of them.
What Hylanism means in the city
departments described last night. 1t
means the mess of political favoritism
at Police Headquarters, the graft in
the Department of Docks and Markets,
the incompetence in the administration
of street cleaning, the four-fushing
and mud-slinging in the Commissioner
of Accounts Office and general waste
fulness and unreliability that extends
throughout the whole administration.
Hylanism means Enright. 1t means
Honey for Money O'Malley. 1t means
Colet, Friend of the Fly-Screen Arch
itects.' 1t means Hoey and Sabbatino
with their dock graft. 1t means Hughes
with his easy million dollars. Hylan-
ism means Hirshfeld, with a bucket of
whitewash for Hylan's friends in one
hand and pail of mud for anybody
who dared criticize his master in the
other.
81 pledge you my word that when
| am Mayor this motley crew of Hylan
satellites will be driven from their
present high Offices. l promise to re-
place them with men whom the people
can trust, who know how to be fair to
the employees who work with them,
and in whose achievements the city can
take pride. promise to drive Hylan-
ism out Of the City Hall with a swift
and heavy hand
Hylanism in Estimate Board
"There is another aspect of Hylan-
ism which the people have come to
know pretty we'll, and to look for,
since Hearst put his man Friday In
the City Hall. 1t is the record of
Hylanism in the Board of Estimate; a
record of quarreling and pickering, of
discourtesy and even insults, not only
among the members of the board, but
from the board itself to citizens whose
business compelled them to appear be-
fore it.
"Do you realize that the Board of
Estimate is the board of directors of
: this tremendous business enterprise,
, the City Of New York, which spends
million dollars every day to carry
on it's work? Decisions of the board
affect the health and happiness OF
/, every one of the 100000 men, women,
. and children living in the five boroughs
/ The Mayor is chairman of the board
, He is, or should be. responsible for
, any policy the board pursues. His
.. ability and success mean the prosperity
of the city His inability and failure
mean untold hardship to every person
in New York.
81 charge Hylan with having fallen
down, utterly and completely, as the
chairman of the Board OF Estimate, as
the head of this great business corpo-
, ration of the City of New York. Where
, his position demanded dignity, courage
and initiative, Hylan groveled at the
q feet of Millionaire Hearst and Convlc'
Hettrick, and did their bidding, regard
: less Of the welfare of the people who
elected him. Where his job required
foresight and ability and a definite
), fixed policy, Hearst's Man-Friday Hy
Ian lodged and shifted and evadee
: every issue.
"When the teachers and other city
employees came before the board ane
pleaded for living. wage, Hylan in
!, suited them and told them to 60 ge
{ other jobs When the housing short
d women and children OF the city
jammed and huddled into unhealth!
q and indecent living quarters, looked t.
the Mayor for help, this manikin Of {
a California millionaire was too bus.
with contracts for the building Of I
v S20,OO0,00O courthouse to listen tx
e them. Hylan didn't build this court
S house because he tripped over lime
o stone scandal, but before he trippee
$1,0O0,O00 of the peoples money, ant