New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-26
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
A T1IUNDEROUS HANDS OFF THE PARKln
BIG MASSMEETING OF ALL CLASSES OF CITIZENS
A COMMITTEE TO GO TO ALBANY AND
DEMAND THE REPEAL OF THE
SPEEDWAY ACT

Voice was given at Cooper Union last night to
the sentiment of the citizens of New-York in favor
of making permanent the temporary safety Of
central Park from invasion by the owners OF
trotting horses. The meeting was called TO show
the Legislature that all classes Of people are
aroused and incensed at the trick to tear from
central Park large part Of its beauty and use
fulness so that Hooded horses may have a soft
road in the heart OF the city on which TO be
speeded. big sign over the platform read
We will not stop till the law is repealed"
and this formed the keynote OF every address.
The evils Of the speedway measure were rehearscd
in detail and the audience was made to feel that
never before had it been 30 deeply sensible of
the priceessness of the great pleasure resort.
and that not until then bad it fully understood
just what havoc and devastation would be done
to the place if the driveway seventy
feet wide were constructed. The speakers
represented various walks in life There
were rich men who own fast horses, but
who are content with the present facilities for
driving them; there were laboring men, and
Others between these two extremes. All parties
sent men to the meeting and all voices sounded
the devotion for Central Park and the determine
tion that it should not be transmitted TO future
generations shorn of much Of its pride
THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The meeting did not begin and end in talk
A committee was named which will meet at the
Real Estate Exchange this morning and appoint
an executive committee 10 go to Albany to urge
the repeal of the law This committee consists Of;
John Blgelow. John Jay stuyvesant Fish. R. L. Bay.
lies William ID. Sloane. q. H. Bend Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Delaney Kane. Howard Mansfield Henry s. Clarke,
William II. Clark Abram s. Hewitt. the Rev. DR.. John
Hail. James w. Alexander the Rev. Dr. Henry van DYKE
j. w. Msrkoe James Woodward H. II. Holiister, walter
Il. ingalls, 5. II. oln. Franklin Edson. j. b. Leavitt.
j. Bleecker Miller Charles f.. Strong, J. L. Drummond.
Hamilton Fish, Cornelius Vanderbilt Henry p. Barber
c. o. d. Isein. ID. o. Mills r. X. Richards. Ogden Mills
n. C. Porter L. X. wilmodlng. Henry A. James, Charles
A. Dana William II. Schlefelin F. L. Wheeler Frederic
r. Coudert. Edward King William Z. Douglas F. n
Knncutt. T. ". Dickeron. Henry r. Barnes, r. q
Hawkins, John 4 McKim. William B Horn
blower c. II. Alexander. A. Walker ouA
E. II. Chamberlain, Edmund c. s'eamsas
Morris X. Jesup. f. Il. Selisnan J. w. Pinchot. NJ NJ
Forney, b. A. Sands, T. r. Robinson Cephas Brainerd.
General Alexander s. webb. Dr. C. p Chandler. Franklin
Bartlett. Austen g. Fox. Francis NJ Scott. Charles H.
Ropes Frederick c. Bourne. Henry A. Oakley, J. ID.
Wheeler. Salem II. Wales Orlando b. Potter bilaen Van
Rensselaer, William Brookfed Frederic n. Detts John FL
Parsons. Joseph j. o'Donoghue, w. w. Sherman w. W.
MacFarland. John f. Baker, Addison Cammaek. p. X.
Dana J. H. Van Amringe Joseph Eyuns. Joseph w.
Harper Henry Cram. John grisbin Walker Seth Low.
Dr. w. T. Luk. Dr. II. II. Derby Edward Cooper william
NJ. WINS Horace f. Demng l. Is. NewcOmb Nahsnicl
Niles Cornelius Harrison, Henry Willard, Eahu Root.
Judge Henry F.. Howlsnd William ID. Sloane
William A. Stiles. Charles p. Slower, James 4.
Blanchard. James 5 Lehmaier, j. Kennedy ChihA
John Jay Chapman. W. J. schieheln. r. w. C. yelling.
Boudnot Keith, c. v. Boyee, IT,, the Rev. DR.. w. >.
Ransford ). Metcalf, Stanford White william
5. Solomon George b. Jacques. c. p. buchanan, A. T.
Fissel. Clarence 7. Day. Charles H. Jesup, DAVID L
Einsten, Henry Il. Kunhardt, Frederic Taylor John us
Jacquelin r. NJ. Montgomery. Addison c. Rand. Joha
Sinclair f. 81 Connor, Charles T.. Quincy, C. A. Jones,
Peter Donald, David N. Morrison. James NJ Fsrr. W.
Harris Roome. Lester w. Clark. Charles Wheeler Bsme
Peter Marie, Constant a. Andrews, A. Corning Clafks
Henry X. Elliott. John Byne, o. T. Cook, william w.
Brokaw. J. H. Wood. Charles H. Ludlngton. william H.
Lee, w. F.. Dodge, Robert Oyphant, Henry Chws,
william Lys, Louis Sternberger. Eweld Fenann, Jons-
than H. Crane. Da,s " s-rven. William Mertens ROBBERS
j. Kimbsl John II. Beach, ID. IL. Houghtaling, Anson
w. Hard w II. Oakley, Thomas lie Bounlicr.
A. w. Kingman, Arpralser NJ. w. Cooper George b.
Hopkins II. T. Wilson, w. H. Par sons. w. Butler Dun.
can Kaman Kaas w n. B. Touen. ". A. Ross, Rich
rd Butler. Max Hamburg. Homo< Lee, Rufus l., Cole.
George y. Gardiner Cyrus w. Field, jr, James X.
Elwe. Il. A. c. Smith josiah VI. Fiske, William S. Pine
Gustav H. schwsb. Charles +. Schuyler, A. q. Mills.
Tlltord John Guth W. L. Strong, Wilson Godfrey,
Clarence w. Bowen Cyrus j. Lawrence Samuel Hammer
slough. James NJ. Constable J. ID. Baldwin, Robert =.
Nathan Jacob H. schin. Joseph II. Sterling, Edward f.
Poor, Cornelius Morrison, Lyman Rhodes George ID.
sader. Joseph c. Wacott, l.. c. woodhouse, Benjamin
Knower j. B. Wolfe Henry l.. Pierson ir, Emerson
Foot, Brayton Ives and L. c. Warner.
The stream Of persons which poured through
the hall had filled most of the many seats before
o'clock and when the meeting called TO
order al n quarter past there were fewer vacant
chairs than there were men standing. The gath.
ering was a thoroughly representative one. Heads
Of firms sat with their clerks; manufacturers
elbowed their employees down the aisles, and mem.
bcrs Of professions cIapped their hands side by
side with laboring men few
scattered throughout the audience, for the Park
* rs precious 10 one sex to the other and
besles as ex-Mayor Hewitt said, the women don't
want 10 drive fast trottcfs. The band played hvely
selections which We're evidently appreciated. On
the PLATFORM besides the speakers, were repre-
scntatives of various organizations when are OPP
posed 10 the proposed speedway. James r. Archi-
bald made an address in behalf Of the oo'ooo
mcmbers of the Central Labor Union ana
their families. On the platform also were
John Gerachty of the Whtestone associa'i"h,
400 men: Nicholas =. Mum, Amagaha"u
Society of Carpenters and JoiherS' oVo "''"'
lanes Ciller, Slate and Metal hooiers' 'oo ""'
r1,yard McIauchlin. Progressive Painters lnioh'
-on nan francis IIcinc. United Clothing Cutters.
,oo mon: Matthew Barr United Building
rr,dos ,o 600 men: Charles B. Slower, OF the
v.iobborhood Guild: Frederic Taylor, OF the Stock
rxohoroe. W W MacFarland. of the West Side
,.socia,ion: James 4. Blanchard ana JAMES
: Iebmoier. Of the Republican Club; kliaen van
pons.o,oer of the West Side Protective League;
I, : Netcaf. of the West Side CITY Assoca'ioh'
Dr Anna Daniel. of the Workingwomen's society,"
and others. Assemblyman Conkling, who miro
d,,ccd a motion in the Assembly for the repeai OF
tho obnoxious measure, also occupied scat on 'he
platform At s:l5 o'clock w. Harris h"o'"
stepned forward and raped for order. lie s"iu
4" nominate for chairman tins evening NAN WI"
,.,a. - fine pair of trotters, but who does not
,,';sh 70 take the public property Mr.. Wheeler
H. Peckham.'
WELCOMING THE CHAIRMAN.
There was loud clapping of hands, ana Nr'
Peckham was elected by reclamation. lie cano
forward and said in part
Follow citizens: 10 be called upon to preside over
sur a meeting as this Is great hchor, which assuro
Won appreciate The occasion which mas o'o9shi ~