New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-24
WAR AT A PEACE MEETING.
. RED HOT TIME OF IT IN COOPER UNION.

,r GATHERING CALLED TO PROTEST AGAINST
TIVE PRESIDENTS COURSE. BUT TT WAS READY
WITH CHEERS OR Kisses AND WILDLY DIS
APPROVED sIuRs ON THE MONROE DOC
rRrNE-HENRY GEORGE AND LYMAN
ABBOTT AMONG THE SPEAKERS
what was announced peace meeting
~os held last night in Cooper Union At 1890
.,c,ock II came very near being closed by the
,o,ice Ernest II. Crosby. of No 19 Liberty
:, nresided. and as the last speaker sat down
"a tried 10 announce that the secretary would
-..d n letter from the Rev DR.. r. Heber New
.or Of All Souls Church. but his voice was
sArowued in an uproarious and long-continued
coll FOR George Francis Train. The crowd had
xorked Itself into perfect fury OF enthusiasm
,or anv and every sort Of sentiment, and 1t
wanted Train.
Inst as order restored quiet man In the
rront row 10 the left Of the stage rose and
addressed the chair in parliamentary fashion
.stinc leave to offer a resolution The letter
rros read and then the man. whose name was
rutton rose more, but the chairman
ignored him. and. looking straight out into the
auditorium. said that the secretary would read
. resolution
T. Lawson Purdy then read a resolution amid
M end Of confusion. which kept constantly IN
,raasing as II was noted that one of the u.s.
,eners was apparently being choked off, Iha'
~ss something the crowd. which had been 1oI-
M,vine'' for two hours. could not think of per
mitting. But the secretary read and the mo'ion
was nut. on a divided vote the chairman de-
.,ared the question carried. and this Is the
resolution:
-. nsskers Who have addressed it are hereby con
sfitred a committee. with power 10 aof % 10 widssi
nnos.iSe expression Of opinion in opposition to tne
Venezuelan boundary dispute
TRIED TO GET HEARING.
A, once the meeting was declared adjourned
and the officers. fearing a disturbance ea'h-
cred about Mr.. Dutton. who tried 10 reaon
the stage TO call the crowd back he was qu'e''
hut determined to get hearing. Many OF 'ne
audience focked to the front OF the stage p"'
@, that moment the lights were turned OUT anu
.ha hail was cleared of Its occupants oy 'he OH
cers Everybody was good-natured ABOUT It,
however. The resolution. which did not get
hearing. reads as follows;
Resolved That the people Of may nay
Ssrebv declare II to be profound conNlctoi ina
the Monroe Doctrine Is the only guatai,er r Sat4on
msnTho pea @ tbank our President and Congress TO:
their unanimous support OF the M9nrUV ,ree nd on
.ocrad honor in support of such measures ,as tne
Congress shall adopt 10 MAINTAIN 'ne ne md al
Doctrine in its broadest sense asa''''' any
attacks.
In speaking of IT, Mr. Dutton said: i wisheo
%o offer II simply because l did not believe the
majority Of the people in the audience were ia
svmpathy with the expressions from the S'aeV
rhich were inimical 10 Congress and 20 the
President and especially TO the Monroe Doc'ri"e
1tself l do not think / was treated fairly Out
.bere is the resolution and you can see FOR your:
self what was in It,"
"a. BE1rN~fNG TFE- MEEgiN0.
The meeting began promptly at O'CLOCK
Ernest II. Crosby being introduced as per-
manent chairman by L. Lawson Purdy VINO was
made secretary. In his remarks Mr.. Purdy
sent the ball of dssensior rolling with the state
,oent that the rneetin,, had been called to pro-
,Ast against the folly Of the recent message
The expression was soundly hissed. Seated on
the stage were the speakers Of the evening ana
a group of ladies, Mrs. Henry George ana Mrs.
Crosby being among the number. anc NUMBER
of men who appeared to be rather in touch with
fhe audience al large.
While IL was evident that larger number
had come to hear Henry George, this same ele-
ment was quick to rebuke him for his assump-
ton that the Monroe Doctrine was not at stake
In the existing issue. on the extreme Ielt OF
the hall. looking toward the stage were s".h
cred a delegation of Democrats. TWO OF the
divisions Of seats filed with people or the
sort who listen 20 speeches, giving the speakeis
the brOadest possible latitude, ana then draW
their own conclusions. To the left again were
more partisans of the Administration. ana scat
tered here and there were men OF !risn
parentage who decried every sentiment AT
Variance with their notions Of what IL Great
Britain's due. The audience as an entirety was
palpaby opposed 70 the declared sentiment that
the Monroe Doctrine as princlpie was not
snenacee
WHAT THE CHAIRMAN SAID.
Chairman Crosby was the first to provoke the
sptrlt Of opposition TO the President He said:
"The Monroe Doctrine Of Europe consists in
this that the great Powers do not allow any
body 10 do any stealing except themselves ana
he held that the same was true OF TINS country.
He was met bv a storm Of Kisses. but went
on 10 ask II IL prevented this country from steal
ing q great empire from Mexico Then he wanted
10 know whether ne was telling the truth, ana
was promptly answered In the negative by
score Of voices amid confusion well-nigh inde-
scribable He went on 10 declare that the real
Monroe Doctrine was TO prevent all aggression
Oh this continent except our own Then X was
pretended to say to England. Thou shalt not
steal"
THERE WAS ANOTHER STORM
"Iy the President" he went on, had asked
US to interfere with Cuba'-at the mere mention
OF the word there were wild cheers-"if the Pres-
dent had asked us to interfere for poor Ar
menia"-again there were cheers and applause
ct would still have been bunder in my esti-
nation"
The audience hissed some more.
He went on TO contend that TINS war feehng Is
'but the outcroDping Of that spirit Of m!ltar-
Ism which has grown up in this country which
has led TO training the little children In the
public schools (cheers) which has lea TO the con-
s,ructi,n of great wafshius" More cheerng).
The speaker went on to declare that he was
Jus as much Of a patriot any Of the gentle
men who ARE fsvorng us with their noise this
evening"
THE JOKE WELL. TAKEN.
The audience laughed heartily. thus showing
that IT could take joke well as give rebuke
for what disturbed It's sense OF the proprleties
Mr.. Crosby alluded 10 ''pnchbeck PATRIOTISM
.,ht.A ..t,,,aoa &c into uor IvnfOr-