New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-24
CHILLINEsS IN THE WIGWAM
THE BIG TAMMANY MEETING A TAME
AFFAIR.
ONLY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS FROM OTHER
PLACES, CONGRESSMAN CRISP, APPEARS
FEW REFERENCES TO CITY AFFAIRS
A GENERAL EFFORT TO AVOID
LOCAL ISSUES


LOCAL ISSUES.
p,cept In the matter Of numbers the grand rata'
ec.ton meeting at Tsmmany Hall may be set down
AZ a forlorn failure. The night was abort as dsS4
s the Weather bureau coud get up, and the en''nnH
r,n which fell in torrents sadly interferea "''.i '0
aispsy Of fireworks which had been promised anu WAS
enough to quench anything except genuine enthusiasm
This article WAS cOnspcuously lacking at the "'sNa
last night. and almost as entirely aoscn' - WIZ
The noted speakers from abroad WHOSE e'fu."0
had been engaged 70 gladden. the uespo"uns
hearts Of the braves Only one ~.
congressman Charles F. Crisp, OF "eorei''
.n~s.rcd senator German. chairman Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee who he'd gwen P'si''e
promise to come evidently had got VIII" VI uo
battle from afar and had wisely s'Ayou SO.
same was true Of senators BLACKBURN =, .
Daniel Of Virginia. and vance Vi 80 49,. a,
The odor OF Tammany must have rcseheo ''eni ia
t,r,r distant homes and they RETAINED nom mixing
nm in the questionable politics OF the Wlg"ai' Inc
msnasement had to depend mostly upon local taeht'
and II was Of on exceedingly light quall'y.
Rad weather makes no apprecable difference to the
kind OF men who turn out to Tammany meetings IL
seems to SAVIOR of their politics. and they like 1t.
Tnev we're on hand all the same II the night had
been Of the fairest and filed the big hall in Four
tcenth.st to its full capacity. This was the only
indication Of a successful meeting Ihe applause
which occasionally greeted the speakers was plainly
of the manufactured kind, and even the names OF
Governor Hill and Mayor Grant, which were met with
exuberant demonstrations in the start, fell fiat after
the first cheers which greeted their mention were
Although the gathering was not OF kind
10 deceive any well informed New-Yorker,
every effort made to divest 1t VI It's distinctive
Tsmmany character. and to give it the appearance of
a Democratic meeting. pure and simple Among the
names of the vce-prsidentS put forward to give the
outside world 10 understand that it was a highly
aHa,r of
Eugene Kelly, John II. Inman. Robert B. Roosevelt,
John T. Agnew and Frederick L. OlcOtt but none
of them visible. Mr.. kcll7, 1t is true, sent a
letter to his absence, but every one knows that
when he feels real interest in project he manages
10 appear in person.
j. Edward simmons, president OF tho Fourth Ma
tonsl Bank and expresident of the BOARD OF Educar
tiop was called to preside He read carefully pre-
pared speech in which he discussed National politics
and tickled the $1,000 Southern Democratic voters In
New ork with furious attack upon the Force Dill.
He opposed "entanghng alliances with the hepuDhcan
psrty- and what he called tile unholy alliance TO elect
Republicans to Office by the aid OF Democratic votes
but TO the surprise Of his hearers he hnished "lthout
word Of praise for Mayor Grant or the uterahce VI
SYLLABLE I'm defence Of his administrations
The silver tOngued" McGoldricR read series OF
high sounding resolutions about extraneous matters,
Int they contained nothing about the municipal issues
OF the campaign.
has Just got back to the wigwam after an absence OF
eleven years in the camp OF the Counties. The man
ayers OF the meeting must have wished that he was BACK
where he came from, for he was far from pelhg
success. He wandered the same field OF natonai
politics which had proved so attractive to Mr. elm
mons the greater part Of his remarks being deVo1eo
TO the tariff question. As climax, the orator having
worked himself up into an excitement OF which MS
hearers were wholly innocent, dramatically demanded
the repeal Of the Mckinley bill! Scant applause re-
warded his pains. Mr.. AndeIsOns hearest approach
to local issues was warning to MS fr'enos tha' Ii
scott elected and should die, hepuohcah
filling the chair of President OF tne
uoa,d NJ Aldermen would become Mayor for the re-
mander OF that year. AS Mr. Scott is understood 70
liza = pretty healthy Just now the danger seeled
go remote that the most sympathetic before MN
laughed.
Mr. Crisp, the Georgia Congressman, and inc only
one OF the list of speakers from other places VINO ap
pesred, was next introduced His speech was sub
,antially the same delivered by him In Tammany Hal!
last Fourth of July lie steered as completely clear
Of the present municipal government rs II New'YorR
possessed nothing of the kind Mr.. Crisp was another
grieyous disappointment.
General Sickles raised laugh now and then py ne
peatng some stale Jokes about the Peoples Municipal
League and was followed by young Colonel McCelland'
who spoke short piece.
Colonel John Il. Fellows received the only genuine
enthusiasm Of the evening, when Mr. simmons ola
near the platform shouted welcome home again
Laughter and more cheers followed Then hho
Colonel went OF to tell what a pure;
Good Democrat he was, and how glad
he was to get back the home of real simonpuIY
Democracy He proved to be the only orator with
the nerve reousite to tackle the local situation ana
make anything Of stand for the Mayor ana Ibis ms
all the htseadbare arguments for re electng
Mr. Grant and told the crowd how much they owed
the Manor for his efforts to obtain rapid transit I"
bring the Worlds Fair to New York. 70 bury re
electric wires and the several other things when
tlod -
ton , l..
The liquor element, which is currently supposed to
have ,ole strength In TammAny Hall, gave De Lancey
Nicoll warm welcome BY this time the hour was
hte and Mr.. Nicols speech was short Controller
10 i've dignity to the occasion, made few remarks
lie has spiten eesng sgsnst the County Dem0Ss s,d
settle up some old scores OF years standing: u,.,
EY Iidge Gunny" Bedford sat on the platform with
one ~ he other fresh converts from the "Counties"
and wondered why his Websterlke eloquence was not
called into reQuisition