The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
Growing Frantic.

L.
Growing Frantic.
The Gold-Bugs have got New York
city SO thoroughly by the throat.
through the daily papers and the
power of money, that they resent as
criminal any attempt of any person
to think for himself and exercise an
American citizens right to express
his thoughts. Hence when
meeting Of the friends of free-silver
was called at the Astor House they
packed the hall with roughs and
toughs and purchased howlers, to
break up the meeting. The Asso-
ciate Press (plutocratic) sends out q
garbled account Of the proceedings,
written in such confused way, that
it would almost seem as if the friend
Of the cause that called the meeting
were the parties that tried to break
up their own meeting! But reading
between the lines we can see the true
state of the case.
Two hours Of disgraceful uproar
kept the guests of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel in a state of alarm tonight.
The noise proceeded from ParlUr F,
where the M citing under the 9u-
spices of the Silver Association had
been extensively announced to take
place. Loud bursts Of shouting, fol-
lowed by peals OF dcrisivc laughter,
occurred at very short intervals, and
suOn after 9 o'clock the character Of
the hOWling showed that some of the
participants in the meeting had lost
their tcmpcrS and their wits. At
$3.50 respectable business men began
to leave in a hurry, but the crowd
grew thicker and thicker and more
III tempered.
At ~ o'clock the management of
the hotels ordered the electric lights
turned out. For 30 minutes after
ward yells Of excited disputants, who
angrily refused to leave the chamber,
were heard and several times the ho-
tel management turned on the lights
only to AT once call down upon them
the maledictiunS Of the crowd. A
number OF those who were prOmin-
ent among the tough element were
noticeably under the influence Ut
liquor.
After all the row was over it was
perfectly apparent that the meeting
had been purpUSely broken up by a
gang who did not heSita tc to furnish
their names, and who bOasted that
they represented the industrial ;:lli-
ance. A member of the populist par
ty gave their history.
1T is The Carcy-Keogh gang,". ne
said. "JuSt before the last election
these fellows who had some following
among the labor element, formed
what was called the Republican In
dustrial Alliance. They were not
| recognized by the labor organiza-
tiuns, though, and when they made
uvertures to the populists they were
entirely discarded. They REPRESENT
ed to the silver clubs of the West
that they had some power here, but
failed to get money out or them;
This is their revenge. They pulled
the leg of the republicans last cleo
tion, and thought they could 90 IT
again."
A milder factor Of the disturbance
was d handful of self-stylcd populists
who were sore because the meeting
was not held under the direct auspi-
ces of that party. They did not rep
resent anything but their own indi-
viuualitics. Tie last straw consist
ed OF the general feeling Of derision
which vented itself among the peO-
pie present. The silver men could
not make All impression. The disur-
derly element was not at first appar-
ent, but asserted itself with over
wilelming force when the resolutions
we're launched un the meeting.
But in spite of this gang Of Thugs
the chairman, John Boyd, delivered
an eloquent address, and some pow
erful resolutions were adopted.
Fancy John Brown, Lloyd Garri-
son, Horace Grccly and Charles Sum-
ncr trying to hold an abolition meet
ing in South Carolina, just before the
war, and you can imagine what
populst meeting in the Astor House,
New York, must have been. He'll,
with the lid off. I. D.