The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-13
COLD NIGHT FOR MUGWUMpS.
DISMAL FAILURE OF THE BRooKLYN
AN17.HILL MASS MEETING.

Criterion Theatre while They Protest
Against the Snap" Convention.
The cold wave struck Brooklyn with moro or
less intensity last night. but II should not be
held responsible for the particularly low
state Of the temperature which pre-
vailed in the immediate neighborhood
Of Fulton street and Grand avenue. The
Criterion Theatre is there and the pretty
but by no means vast building was the scene Of
the Mugwump anti-snap convention demon
stration. whose growing proportions In Brook
Ign have been glowingly heralded from day to
day during the past fortnight The Commit
tee OF Twenty-Five. which inauGurated the
movement lin antagonism to the Democratic
State Committee. and which has been plotting
night and day in pretentious headquarters in
the Arbuckle building. has no reason to feel
proud Of Its work. The Indignation meeting
was dismal failure.
The Committee Of Twenty. five has been can
did enough to admit that $500 SO far has been
expended in the anti-Hill crusade. but at no
time last night we're there 800 persons inside
tho walls Of the Criterion. Avery careful count
fixed the audience at exactly 1876 and these
included 25 reporters. 8 musicians. 9 police
men. ladies. and about a score Of well-known
and active Republicans. headed by Mr. William
Berri. Editor Murat Halstead's associate In the
management OF the Standard Union.
This was tho showing after the blowing Of
Mugwump trumpets which has boon going
on and the regrets which the committeeman
have been expressing that they had not been
able on account Of q previous engagement,
to hire the big Academy of Music for the
Efforts Of Brass band. the mass m eetins
PROPORTIONS. %he leader se q the band had une
the Interior but when o'clock had almost
arrived, and only q few dozen seats were
hustled out to OF tho Sidewalk by Secretary
Archibald l. Sessions to blow their trumpets
beacon TO wayfarine Muewumps. a brilliant
calcium light was PLACED in front Gf The build;
OF the affair reconsidered their purpose to
abandon the meeting. and courageously began
In the hall still vacant The mercury. how
ever continued to descend and the few ladies
proee ata from the red atmes
pherc.
Democrats, organization q had ever shown a
ce p oi the Rev. Dr. Charles II Hall and
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ances: Mr.. A. Augustus Heaiey. who called
courage to ten his fellow citizens that they had
Sand pemocTats in B!eoklyn. ~ 'v
Chairman Edward n. Shepard said that the
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WOULD persist in holding their mass meetings.
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tious auditor. WIG said: :"We are here for
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Several Mugwumps. however. arose and took
Mr.. Warner closed by threatening that tho
men engaged in the, present fight would go
@ss sna their
sessea Thsy 9t ascassd ssslqss the snas
Kings county e little tatry: and empowsred the
self to one hundred and Ito take such steps
and to proceed to such organization as they
may deem wise to promote the purpose OF this
meeting"
told tho Mugwumps that II they thoughtthem-
selves too good to attend the primaries.
they deserved 70 be beaten. Two young Mug
wumps followed Dr. Hall. and then there was q
little rumpns among the committeemen when
Chairman Shepard refused to cal! Mr.. Sidney
v. Lowell to the front. Mr.. Lowell had already
presented his tyDewritten address t9 the Re-;
porters. and he was 80 much disguised
to. deliver it that he. picked up, his
Then tic ifEieid audience dispersed and Went
manned behind the scenes and held a littlo
post-mortem with q view to the fixing Of the
ton. The verdict Vas that the people had
tho Cooper Union meeting that they considered
they had already received sufficient enighten-
ment on the subject 1t was o very cold night
for Brooklyn Mugwumps.
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