The sun., 1896-10-18
ANARCHY HALLS ALTGELD.
DIsoIPLES OF .uOsT JOIN TAN.
MANY IN WELCOMING HIN.

1 IN Stre0t Apply Ai0
Doctrine By Attacking the Cable Cars.
John Pardon AltEeld. chief Of the half dcusa
mon who made the Boy Orator possible at the
| Chicago Convention. pardoner Of Anarchists,
boss defer of Federal authority. and chief
assailant Of the Supreme Court of the United
| States, defended himself last night before q
New York audience in Cooper Union. It was q
Cooper Union audience, with more than usual
OF the Anarchist element. 1t gave AltEeld .
| reception whose enthusiasm certainly muso
have tickied man OF his makeup
| Altgeld has been repudiated In the last weoh
| by almost all Popocrats OF reputation in the
| city. They have said that they had nothiuF 70
| do with bringing him here. They have said
that they opposed his coming. They have said
that they had no sympathy with HIM or his
creed yet last night he was surrounded on the
platform by the leaders OF the Popocratic party
here. Schraub. who was picked out by the
| Popocratic State bosses for a Popocratio State
sacrifice. presided at the meeting.
| PoPoCRATs AND ANARCHISTS GATHER.
Cooper Union crowds gather early. This crowd
was no exception. At 9 80 tho street on tho up
| per side Of tho big building was filled with peo-
| pie. The 200 policemen that Acting Inspector
| O'Keefe had on hand had all they could do to
| manage the people. At GAS the doors of the
main hall were opened. and in twenty minutes
| there was not vacant seat inside, and TIE
corridors and tho aIsles were filled.
For n while there was quiet, and then the
people began amusing themselves. They start
cd out with three great groans for THE suH.
which were proposed by fat man who wore q
| red flannel shirt, and then there were cheers for
| Altgeld, for Seltzer. for Ben Tucker, for Gas
house Burns, for John Swinton, and host of
others.
There were cries OF What's the matter with
HANNAH" Kisses and Groans greeted those cries.
There were Misses and groans for Mckinley. for
| Black. and others. The cheering and the hiss
ing alternated with the music of q band hat
seemed to know every air except the patriotic
ones. The platform filled up early, too. Tho
chief decorations OF the hall were over this
platform.
| PICTURES OF THE PoPocRATIo TWINS.
There were two pictures of Altgeld on the
gridirou OF two bannerettes. There was Q
| chrome Of the Boy Orator. 1t was in colors 1t
hung directly back OF tho speakers stand. and
| Immediately over It was American eagle.
| apparently in the act OF swooping down upon it
| to devour it.
| Henry George came In at about O'Clock. He
was the first man there whom everybody knew.
and he got a reception that must have remind
ed him OF the receptions he used to get when no
was running for Mayor of this city, and when
he had just the class Of people supporting him
| that gathered in the big hall. He took seas
near the edge OF the platform.
The whole crowd stood up and cheered anG
howled at him and waved little flags. He got
| up and bowed. That didn't satisfy the crowd.
He got up ard bowed again. There were cries
OF "spcech! Speech" For a long time he re-
sisted, but finally he consented to answer tho
| calls. Standing with one elbow on the speakers
stand he said:
II have come over nearly half the continent
not 70 speak. but to listen"
Bully boy" howled half dozen.
Mr.. George shook his head and held ur his
| hand for silence.
| u have come.' he said. ITO listen to Gov.
Al,Reld. a man whom believe to be tho strong
est man in his own great State"
| You bet he Is" yelled the crowd.
ALTGELD COMES WITH HIS FRIENDS.
"when was in Illinois," went on Mr.. George;
ait was during the Chicago Convention: was
much struck with tho strength OF Gov. Aitgeld.
met man who hated him. and yet when
asked him how Illinois going he answered;
Illinois is going rs Gov. Altged says It will"
At Just this moment the band struck up, and
there was great commotion on the back OF tta
stage. Altgeld had arrived.
John p. Altgeld has been declared to be the
most dangerous man in the whole country. In
his own town his speech has been said to havo
| Tie lnSlulOuonehb OF sewer gas, Inc dangerous
qualities of which are not easy to detect, spread
ing distemper among all who come in contact
withit. In Chicago Alteeld may be dangerous
man: but he was not dangerous last night, nor
could he De In the company pa IN wnioh ne was ~ AZ
he was seen, flank ed on the one hand by John G.
shcehan. formerly OF Bnffslo. and Martin. the
hind him marched Sinjin. Sellzer. and Schranb.
the three clowns OF the campaign. No man
could be dangerous in such company. for the
people know them.
WITH HIS ANARCHISTS.
Surrounding TIL. party there wss an inter. M
Feieraband, the boss boycotter q the town.
There were Gashouse Burns, MIrabeau j..
HG~"' snFS Msf't nshE w6 6S
Ecmpner. and some nifty others. There wero
also Danforth and Trueman Of the Popooratio
State Committee, who seemed TO enjoy their
A. the party, headed by Altgeld. sheshau.
and the former faro bank lookout, stepped onto
the shout that went up could have been heard
walls Of the building: ,AiIgsd look ed pleased.
sinj9n, seltzer. and soh,aab grnnsd. panf9rth
ana Martin looked stolid. The yell was long
drawn out.
1t increased In volume and fell away and in
creased again. There were frenzied ones III ths
crowd, They leaped Ny IN the air, swung @ iheir
half minute. The Illinois wonder stood still.
f is .sss sss t9'n . ""T Parl l~%s 9vssf
coat and hat. SinJun made tor seat
the edge Of the platform sHSsshSn sS g9t nsn "4o
forth to K chairs on each side Of AltGcld All
This time Henry George; whose speech had been
interrupted maintained his place at the speak
era table
The yell died out when Altgeld sat down.
George turned toward him and made a bow.
CHEERS FOR THE GREATEST MAN THAT EVER
LIVED.
A man with spectsces who sat in tho mt ddle
| of the hall lenped on his chair and shriekel:
Three cheers for the greatest man that ever
| lived"
Whether he meant AltReld or George or
Selt7sr, " Lo at that moment turned and bowed,
nobody. but himself knew. But three cheers
were given, and another man, lelpng on his
chair bawled for three cheers for Henry George.
and they were given, too.
all this cheering Was done who seemed TO wish
they were not there. They were anxious to
conceal Their Identity. One man said he was n
United states Government ofIlcial and he Was
afraid OF losing his Job.
Another man. whose name and face were well
known, told tho reporter hat he was Teddy