The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-14
THEY'RE AFTER M'KANE.
SOLID MEN OF BRooKLFN MEET At
THE ACdDEMY OF MUSIC

THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Thousands Cheer Demonstrations OF the
Grav~send CARA Committee OF TO AID.
pointed to Prosecute Iiim-seth Low
CHIPS In 500 10 Help Pay Expense Mr..
Gayuor Receives nm Ovntion-The Method.
ist Church IL After McKane, Too-Judgc
Moore Also Has McKnne In View when
lnstruetine the Grand Jury to Punish
Illegal Reeistrntior - Suit. Tor Heavy
Dam" ges AEninst tho Couey Island chief.
II last nights meeting Mt the Academy OF
Music In Brooklyn was fair example Of the
feeling which exists in Kings county against
tho acts OF John y. McKane and hts henchmen.
preceding and on election day. that states
man spoke truthfully wien he said in Jest:
Now. I'm in for It,"
Tho big auditorium was jammed from floor
to ceiling. Tho stage was crowded until there
was hardly breathing room: tho alslcs were
packed: the halls and corridors were filled to
over1owing.
At the mention OF tho name OF John Y.
McKane the Kisses sounded like hundred
steam whistles letting or steam at one time
A good part OF this crowd gathered in the
street before o'clock-before the lights were
lit In the big theatre. They damned themselves
ND As ClOS6 TO tne uOOrS rs tney cOulu get.
and waited in the drizzlinG rain.
At z o'clock there were not moro than a
dozen persons besides the ushers In the hall.
They were newspaper men who knew an en-
trance that wasn't known to the crowd.
At three minutes past Z q clock there wasn't
. vacant seat in the building. so quickly was
the hall filled. Tho opening OF the doors was
like the raising OF the gates Of a huge dam.
Tho people poured in over the seats and down
the aisles: they rushed until every place was
flled and there was not room for one more.
Then for an hour they waited. Occasionally
some one would yell. Three cheers for Will
liam ]. Gaynor." and the answering shout was
like the breaking Of the sea on the shore. o.
casionally some one would shout. Whats the
matter with John Y. McKane2" That would
he answered with shouts of derision and
Q storm OF Kisses.
At 8 o'clock tho Rev. DR.. Richard Storrs came
on the already-crowdsd stage. followed BY Mr..
James Mcmahon. Elijah r. Kennedy. BENJAMIN
F. Blair. Edward NJ. Shepard. Robert Baker.
\ James McKeen. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford
, and dozen others. At the same time
Supreme Court Justice elect William !Gaynor
with party Of ladies and gentlemen entered
the lower box at tho right Of the stage. That
box had been reserved for his party. They got
to 1t and in 1t without Mr.. Gaynor being seen
by the crowd.
Mr.. McKeen called the m Getting to order with
hali-%%GzeMH yGFd spsesdbh and then he intro
Keen, Zone Of the kind who was heard from
That was, the real beginning, Of tn. en-.
thusiasm. For nearly minute Mr.. McMahon
eoid hs n would Briefly detail the Causes whic
had led up to the meeting and the objecs which
There Exists" he said. I'm the mini Of
the people strong convict on that gross ir-
dSsns our T' rseept seetion S and aness
wise and concerted measures be taken By
great earnestness syineed by Individual IN:
.ss sx 'ha be fR1sssa aifanss ssss
Sne asSndred but as this move%ent IS con-
states further action for county towns.
Therefore. after some consultation had by
It wss %ss sSe
the people assemble en- masse for the
0ur
which many Of us feel should b, done. It
innrits Of one to whom, this city and county.
and In fact the entire State. is indebted. the
against corruption almost single hald ed. and
who under, Providence has been largely instru:
Inoului III DIlHkluk auOuI tho L0NOiullOu
.Gaynor." cried dozen voices.
As he said the name tho crowd almost went
wild. For more than minute they whooped
e. when Tx neSe M
Three cheers for William J. Gaynorl" that
i AZ aes nro %ssn h MI sa
This meeting is not called to honor any
man nor to carry on the contest of any caudi-
ment OF the citizens OF this county who de-
sire to. be led on 70 the punishment OF those
TnG n thwr tho pooD. IN
else OF sovereignty in the use of the ballot. !
pine, but await further action Of the meet
II have two letters from honored red Citizens o,
,h' s 81 Esh G FsaH one " from
Mr.. Ksnnsds read Seth lows isftsr, 'Mf r' low
said he was unpble to be present. but was
Our institutions" he added. cannot per-
thre eeS Of the citizens Our Whole
snd Hnt h1Sls oss the n "
freemen. they viii not suffer t rascality at the
honest citizens. As an evidence Of my sym
patty with the movement, ! take pleasure In
ssTsTli Ior check to the order Of
The other letter" said Mr. Kennedy. lis
from william j. Gaynor.
There was more cheering. Mr.. Gaynor ha d
written: Il have been elected to an office
which disqualiheS me as prosecutor" Then
he wrote;
:" can't forget the citizens OF Brooklyn who
went down to Gravesend ON election morning
as volunteers and were brutally maltreated.
] write their names down here. for they stand
for the highest moral force and for the most
splendid citizenship"
After the list Of names and addresses. Mr..
Gaynor continued;
ing for when como to mention the names OF
those men | might not be able to speak OF
{heir cruel experience with that degree OF
calmness which now so much becomes every
body"
MI. Robert D. Benedict read these resolu-
lions:
R,.ov.d That We as citizens OF the city OF Brooklyn
and county OF Kings. demand that all the powers Of
the law shall DO put in motion to punish all men OF
whatever party who have been guilty ~ crimes against
the law this city and county IN connection with the
last election,
R,.oIr,d. That we declArr that tho punishment 81
those offences is ~ matter b essential TO the interests
Of lie eAltn that pledge our enueAfortt TO
assist securing We intend To II that Tho