The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-06
ANTI-MAYNARD; ANTI-JEW.
GOOD GOVERNMENT CANThssERs RAID
FIFTH AHENUE ON SUNDAY

This One Struck Col. Powhntan wei.irer
and Told Hin Jews Ought Not 60
Have Once - Also Told the Colonel
How Honorable virRininn- Should Vote.
There IL one Assembly district In the city
which the Good Government Club has hopes
OF carrying this year. 1t ia the Twenty first
homo OF mlllionalres. Canvassers from the
district Good Government Club made a swoop
down on upper Fifth avenue yesterday. pull
Ing the door bells and soliciting votes for John
Brooks Leavitt, their candidate for the Assem-
bly,. All sorts OF arguments wore used to con-
vert straightout Democrats and Repu blicans 10
the MuRwump candidate. and in the afternoon
the cry OF No Jews" was the argument d.
rected against the Democratic candidate. One
OF these canvassers sprung his anti-Jew arRu-
ment upon Col Powhatan Weisieer. proprietor
of ct The weisiRer." the well-known Southern
hotel at 524 Fifth avenue, and he departed In
anything but good humor. col. Weisiger
told Sun reporter about his caller last night
About o'clock in the afternoon the canvass
or asked to see the proprietor OF the Weisiger
He was ushered into the parlor. and when tho
Colonel got In he was greeted by q tall. hand
somely dressed stranger. who wore n long
frock coat and carefully c-eased trousers. and
carried shiny silk hat. On the lapel OF his
coat was big white chrysanthemum and in
III his left hand he craspcd a bamboo cane by the
II am canyassing, for Mr. Leovitt, the Dom
ocratic candidate for Assembly said tho
but don't like to talk politics on the Sab
bath" said the Colonel. "and there is no use
vote any other ticket However. am clad d's to
meet good Democrat any day. What is
beg pardon but am a Republican" said
the canvahsor.
Rather queer isn't it for Republican to be
can, lor democrat! You must be
We'll, but you see We are for anybody to
Tammany Hall is the only Democratic or
Eanzation know OF in this city and reckon
ti h~ AZ E EfSS Democrat as walks-the old
a.,a sI Il MT law Herman the Tammany candi
didnt know that was any objection.
good citizen any ' one e is~ Whats the
ah you said the any
Struggling his shoulders. Jews are getting
to be Objectionable, and ought not to be put in
, Well. Herman is good enough for me. and
i wont break my record by voting a. Mug
lust like tbs, Kind Of democrats that have to
lnr t,o Republicans going around canvassins
..WWssii SUI surely you won't vote for Maynord2"
No honorable man should"
Look here. young man." said the Colonel
whose dander began to- get up. Il am Nir-
orahle man ought to do. have seen men
kicked for saving less than that. but will as
sumo that YOU know no better and let you of"
canyasser., would like to see him, too"
Il would advise you not to see him." said
the Colonel. IL you emit keep more civil
twelve other Democratic voters like him. live
in my house. am the mildest in tho lot and
think it would probably be best for your fine !
clothes il you didn't try to tell them whom
honorable men should vote for. Maybe you |
didn't see The sun this morning?"
No"
Then advise sou to 60 home and read the
story 10 THE SUN about Mr.. Bartlett's connec- |
tion with the ,Belknap swindle. Then come
back and will tell you few things that nm |
honorable man should not do"
The canvasser hit his lin and went out.
At the headquarters OF the Good Government !
Club. corner Of fifty-eighth street and Lex |
ington avenue last night the man in charge |!
told a Sun reporter that the canvasser who |
called on Col. Weisiger WAS most likely Mr.. !
De Forest Grant 1t was his district they said |
1t was Mr. Grant. as a reporter ascertained |
later.