New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-26
FEW WORKINGMEN THERE.
SENATOR HILL SPEAKS IN COOPER UNION
HALL.
THE ABSENCE OF f. ELLERY ANDERSON F.
COCDERT AND LETTER fFoM LIE
PRESIDENT CAST A DAMPER ON

PRESIDENT CAST A DAMPER ON
THE AssEMBLAGE.
T, was rimored Yesterday that the new pillars
Of the Democratic State machine. h. Eilery Ahder-
son and Frederic r. Coudert would attehn thei'
friend David u. Hill at Cooper Union last heh''
and when the Senator appeared on the pat
form without f. Ecry and Frederic r. there
were apparent Indications OF disappointment III ''c
audience Another thing which had bcen rutnoreu
in IN. afternoon was that President Cleveland had
written a letter. and that II would be reah al '''s
meeting of Democratic laboring men III 'oope'
Union Unfortunately for Democratic harmony '"e
Iotter d,d not come and so the meeting was opened
under two extremely disappointing circumstances
II was called "A meeting OF the laboring men OF
Naw-York and Brooklyn but small minority rep
resentaton of labor was there To be sure the nan
was filed and even uncomfortaby hlied' ana AT
one time there symptoms OF riot "heh t'ie
c,,riostv ~ those who could not Senator Hill
90, the better OF them and they tried to push down
toward the platform. Laboring men VINO nav
learned the lesson Of Democratic hard times were
not present In fact. there were not many M"
there who came representatives, OF LABOR orsa"'-
cations to hear Democratic arguments FOR the ee'-
ton OF Senator Hill Labor cannot be convince"
by the so-callcd arguments Of Democratic campaign
orators The people who were at the meeting were
mostly attracted there out 81 curiosity 10 see sena-
tor I'M and on the reports OF the expected presence
OF his now bodyguard T.. Ellery Anderson anu
Frederic X Coudert.
Senator HuI prcfaced the speech which ne mas
already delivered several times In TINS he's""o'
hood with some remarks on whnt he had done TOT
labor. He sang a song of how ever since nv was
a boy h.. had been a sympathizer with the labor
INK men. and that as long as he IlVed NJ "o"i'
,,ho,d ,h. dignity Of labor He took occasion to
use the hliotic Democratic campaign S'oiy ""o''
Nr Nor,on's coachmnn but his remarks on the
subject received little applause. and he tracked on
o. tho subject ~ "Whnt great man am /. lie
sad g., suhstance Three cheers for the man who
90, ,.,..r,,r ray. us this and that He had
,-o.,b, with him all the facts In relation to the
MAN., good things hc said H. had done for the
.t,,,rir, men and he succeeded In delivering man
dull and stupid passages from IN" Spasrtt,,s oc.
i,t,., IA mi To the labornR men on various q, ~,
zion. lie Informed the meeting that despite ms
y,t. against the present tarin biil ne thousIt ~ .
,rr,,y good thing and h. hoped that II "gu'u nps
,h.,,ht for "A minute. evidently of T.. tlI'IS' aHn
,l.n h. said how united IN" b"mocrhu' patg We a.
SIN. one laughed At this but the senate, 7I VI
was a fact. ana rolled on "'S"h'''' W " ~
'"rhnr" w~rc a number OF good democratic ma
chin. suupor,ers present. who wer" rcspoIsIo',,
~ ,,.. ,nihusiasrn born Of nothing which grte"u
.x.ry third word % n. senator \ IohR Sp'''" ~
long list Of vice-presicnts "n hos - the leaders
~ labor I'm this city and BROOKLYN 49,, ,.,.
som. Of Tho Democrats OF Long lsland ~
listened yesterday afternoon TO Spp%a, ,iacn
senator i'm at the Courthouse III t.ltl IN -,
According to the programme, inc SUI V, ,oi,
b.nnrrntic machine shouted and shouted asai
when the Senator appeared, ana continued TiI ~
a., although ,N- Mayor Patrick Gleason askeI
them To give IN" senator 'han'', % tI'' cona,,r
The applause had finally been the'Hen, 1n w.
i'm sf,nk. his usual piece. bringing In rev -
',rus' ~ interest only to the Democrats OF Long
island city The Democrats VINO "rrs PitS, ,h.
said after the meeting uat II W. son, noiitical
greatest demonstrations OF the present Po"''"
cumuaign