New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-16
PLEAS IN POLYGLOT.
pt,suCART MEN IN CONVENTION AS
SEMBLED.
THEY SING AMEN IN MANY TONGUES To THE
EFFORTS or ASSEMBLYMAN ADlhh IN in"''
BEHALF. AND MAKE THE WALLS OF

BEHALF. AND MAKE THE WALLS OF
wALHArLA HALL ECHO.
r and down back and forth and around ana
around Walhalla Hall yesterday afternoon reverpeH
ated the echoes OF nearly as many diHereh' ia"
cuayes as eddled around the Tower OF Bauer OH '"'
roral day when the sons OF men were shit'eh io'
,ho,- nerv-rseness Two hundred and moro OF the
citizens OF the Bowery were assembled IN 'he iof"
\, the East side" They all own pushcarts in var'-
ous s,opcs OF dilapidaton. and every one OF the"
.as there 70 kick In poyglot aganst the manner IN
u.hich N. Police Commissioners cohorts coihpei
n.r, ., ,ofrain from selling their wares for longer
than ten minutes In one place. lhiS WAS "o' '"e''
"language" but 1t was what they meant
~ rho 200 gents" present only about one IN four
.o,ia sneak or understand English put they can All
aLo change IN the purest OF Anglo Saxon
A, ~. gathering were Arthur F. bennett OF inc
Socl,,y for the Prevention OF vice; H. ~ f''9e'
Assembl~man Charles S. Adler and secretary Mar
TIN of the Board OF Aldermen MT Adlcr rerha' hs
were received with intense enthusiasm He can taik
Hebrew. The rest or the sPe"n''' i'~O''~ ~
cores They can't
The pushcart pedlcrs may be Hebrews ou' '"e'
are fast becoming Americanized. Tor they ,o'u d" "
,.-nr.ter Yesterday that before the reVea'lohs VI
tho Iexow Committee they frequently paid pro'cc-
ZION money TO tho police. Encouraged by TINS sue.
80 ~. ,n,,rpreter continued on his rounds. ana
,ou,d that cighty-two OF the pedlers asserted hat
they had secured their licenses AT the ..'S ii', '
- rg,,i,,,on way while twenty-five said that they
houyht their pushcarts and their licenses from inc
same man The rest refused 10 answer queSl'ohs'
,,,er these statistics were secured Mr.. bennett
eros. and addressed the meeting. The hfty proprie-
tors and esse.s OF pushcar,s who couid understand
him did So the others discussed inc po"''@' S'""
ton IN Europe ,., ,,,,,ss
Mr. bennett said that the police adopted neediess-
Il, harsh measures in their dealings with the i'h-
nII.,s for he had watched them to see how they
rer. treated lie advocated the passage oil an
ordinance permitting the pedlers TO hold the iot'
IN certain quarters OF the city for stated hours DUR
,,c the dsy after which they should clear away
,hn collected refuse and HE them home TO their re-
spectye fats. 49, ..,..., NJ
tn. nftv who understood English Translated MT.
ncnnett.s remarks to the 80 who had been as
cussnos the political situation IN Europe ana '"''
declared with voice that such an o'ul'''''0e
would lust suit them to a l. Ihey even ann ny"
,h.Ir ruinrness TO pay license fee OF from $ TO
SO year under those conditions ihs'eau oi o. 0'"'S
ve,r "a under the rule OF the Philistines At pres
ont they added their harps were hanging on the
willows and there was balm. no balm In
cuoan They said this in eight different languages,
So IL is clear that they meant IT, . ,,- -,
Assemblyman Adler explained the PROVISIONS Oh
tho hiI he has introduced into the Legislature,
witch Stimulates that the city shall be allowed 10
appropriate $4,000 TO estabiish "A ma'hcl ''aN' va
the East Size: 49,, ,,.., -, Aldermen told
tho ncdlers that at present the city had no power
TO give any streets over to thciI opcrdtions' anu
maj only legislation could give II that power. t..
Tho iI1shot of the meeting was that "A committee
NJ i've for whose names there Is not space was
onno'nied 20 confer with 4. +. bennett, Colohel
Wing and the Adermanc committee. wilma view
to iessenlng the rgors when AT present c'"o I.t
the lives OF the operators OF pqsn,ifuhs. tns
coinii'T rho noi vpiot chorus said Amen" The
presiding officer was Abraham Berovich.