New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-23
Not 4 FAIR HEARING FOR THE GOLD MEN

RRyANTTE HOODLUMs SPOIL THE WoRKlNGMENs
DEBATE AT COOPER UNION
The big auditorium OF Cooper Union was anmei
IN The doors last night with men who nal con-
to near the joint debate Of the waSe-earners %
Now-York given under the auspices OF The Eyeu'
ing V ORD" There were some women TOO bu'
only - fey, Of them The mass o. the audien'-
wee orderly fair-minded fox VINO had really COM
20 hea. and to profit by what they hetrd But H.
Ike rear of the hall A crowd Of hoodlum'
scattered about who had come for fun Their
s,p,natbies were evidently with Bryan and his
tbeocos and every r. ne a defender Of sound money
.r,s. 10 present his side OF the question they
managed to drown his voice with catcais' sroaps
and hisees and at times the hall was the scene D.
utter pandemonium otherwise the meeting W.
an orderly one except several times wnen N
policemen under Acting Inspector . keefe YER
called upon TO eject some Of the worst ~ ne lot
The meeting was called to order az O'Clock ~
Samuel b. Donnelly president Of Typographical Union
NJ G and after few words 81 welcome he intro
duced Seth Low. pre;iden: OF Columbia University
the chairman of the evening Mr.. Low Outlined me
order OF procedure and announced the Questions
which read: ,. 49,. 80, ,,.-
Will the free coinage OF silver hfP vi nun '''' HIM.
who works for wages? - 80 .A
viii the dollars he receives each meek ouy a. nuch
under free silver as they buy now ,,,t., =,
Will a change 70 free silver make the co"d'o" u
the workingman better or worse!
He then went on 10 say. AS the sliNer sue y '''
affirmative one'- when a wild outbusst from me
rear of the room interrupted him Gentlemen SAID
President Low. after the police had restored quiet
you seem to kr that speech is silver DO not f'F-
get ;ha. silence is golden
The debatefs Of the evening were; on the sIVe'
s,de-Wilbur Easily telegraph operator; Charle
sutherland knights of Labor; Franklin Quin5y
compositor: Charles W. Hoagley. c II Cooke. book
keeper: James McGill, plasterer John +. Wash
shoemaker r. VI Campbell. compositor. and j.
q Rren housesmth Those who advocated the prin-
cinles of sound money were Charles j. Dumar proof
dor. NJ ] Nemy carriag e-trmmer: Thomas J
Ford Phoenix Labor Club, Alexander Richardson.
clerk. Charles O. Eghorn conductor. Charles A. NJ:
raey checker. Joseph o. Judge, hotel clerk H. {
| ee press-feeder and r b. Tuite sneetiron worker
the arguments of the silver men were filled VIII
those sophstries for which hnans utteranc"
have been notorious They were an Oh ttein NJ, W
OF excellent lung power with voices tuIsu ~ -
SociaIism and anarchy. The sound-money auV"
Gates had .he best OF the argument OF course ~
fair hearing was not accorded 10 mem amd,en
that they were slaves to Great Britain thdl u
capt; alists were grin ling them Town. ma ma.
United States can fix the value or every ounye
Jollar is fixed by the demand Tor the COIN
They frequently appealed to God TO sustain u a.
arguments. and ragged ana tore theN mar, ~ W.
endeavors to make the audience as HdhuV -
The gold advocates had evidently talked less a.
studied more Their oratory was no, 20 .oniS I'D ha..
h@en telling They pointed to cold hard tacts :"
tha later history OF the country. ana tod the Was
earners why they would suffer by free ana u''
ni III reetins broke M with wild yell rom =
silver sbouters and a dash for the street, lhe'e
was no decision 30 the merits OF tue "'""