The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-16
The Stuffed Four Hundred.

knows no such word as fail.
The Stuffed Four Hundred.
A meeting OF Mugwumps was held In the
Criterion Theatre In Brooklyn on Friday
night for the purpose Of informing the
New York Democracy that 1t made mis-
take in supposing that it knew when 1t
wanted to call its State Convention. Our
contemporary. the Ne,o York Times. gave
this account OF the objects and characters-
tics OF the meeting,
1.-THE Brooklyn opposition 70 DAVID B. HrLs snap
Convention, which began worry modsstly In . hotol
parlor few days ago. eliminated last evening in a
public meeting IN tho Criterion Theatre that rvaed in
enthusasm the greetings given to GRovER CLEVELAND
in 1884 and exceeded that brought out by HILL when
he asserted in the Academy Of Music that he was n
Democrat. Tho sole object OF that enthusiasm
show DAVID B. HILL that who ned the cosey thea.
ire inst good Democrats he and recognized
his real reasons for departing from custom and trying
show that he has his party machinery by tho throat
and can throttle It IL he sees nt."
In its editorial comment on the Criterion
show the Times INDUCED In the same spirit
Of enthusiasm:
"DAnp B. HILL had arm hold on the Kings
County Democracy. not even tho machine thereof.
It surprising that the Brooklyn protest against
and volume The meeting in that city last night au.
thoritavely represented the intelligence and ndepen
dencs and manliness and decency Of the Democratic
party across the river"
Emphasis is easy enough. Let US see
about the volume Of this Brooklyn protest
against the rule OF the majority. The Herald
notes that 1.-The gathering was not as large
as was expected" but good-naturedly ad-
mits that "what was lacked [sicl in num-
bers was made up in cheers and applause"
The Commercial Advertiser says that the
Criterion Theatre can hold 800 persons, ant
twas half full" The Tribune. which SYM
pathizes deeply with the objects OF the
meeting. observes with true diplomatic
vagueness that despite the bad weather,
there was good-sized audience" Friday
night was clear and cold. the most exhila-
rating night Of the week. About five
hundred people were present." says the
World. THE Suns young men took an ex-
act census:
AT time last night there persons inside
the walls OF the Criterion. very careful count fixed
tho audience at exactly ABS. and these Included
twenty-five reporters. eight musicians. six policemen.
six ladies. and about score OF weknown and active
Republicans. headed by Mr.. wILtiAx BxRR,. Editor
MuRAr HALsrEADs associate in the management of
Standard. Union"
So. less than 400 men "authoritatlvely
represent the intelligence and indepen-
dence and manliness and decency OF the
Democratic party across the river" Mr..
AUGUSTUS A. HEALY. the genius who called
the meeting to order. and found. &C.
cording to the account OF the Tines. ION
the stage around him and in the audi
ence in front OF him not single Demo-
cratic politician, but host OF Democratic
voters" displayed al even more elastic
mathematical faculty than that OF the
Times. The object Of this meeting" said
AUGUSTUS A. HEALY to the "host" Of $40
or thereabouts. around him and in front OF
him. sis to give expression to the feeling OF
protest that exists in the minds OF many
thousand Democrats in Brooklyn against
holding State Convention In February to
choose delegates to National Convention
that will not be held until June. This pro-
test comes loud and stronO from the great
body of voters that constitute the rank and file
of the Democratic party in this Slate" Mr..
HEALY furnishes the humor; we are very
glad to furnish the italics.
Now, as Mr.. WARD MCALLIsTERs mystic
number cannot exceed Four Hundred. so
we shall not insist that the number OF the
Stuffed Professors Of Brooklyn did not ac-
tually reach that number. AS far Us we can
make out. the number of Stuffed Protesters
present at the Criterion did not exceed $50 at
the utmost, but we are willing to give them
the benefit Of the doubt. We will admit
for purposes OF poetry and round numbers
that there Is a Stuffed Prophets Four Hun
dred In Kings county. Compare the volume
OF ths protest OF the Stuffed Protesters
with the volume OF the Democratic vote
cast In Kings county for the Hon. DAVID
BENNETT HILL in 1885 and in 1888:
1885 1883. 1899.
HILL lDemocratic>. ST 400 S2.Y32 go,
CLrvELASD tstuhed).,. ...,. .-... (Estimatsd) 400
The volume Of the Brooklyn Stuffed Pro-
test against Governor HILL Is .0O4s per cent.
Of his vote In Kings county In 1885, The
protest of the Stuffed Four Hundred is as
inflated as the person In whose behalf it
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