New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-11
HARANGUE OF MRS. LEASE.
THE KANSAS ORATOR ENTERTAINS A
COOPER UNION AUDIENCE.


UPSIDE down IN THIS COUNTRY. AND
GETS THE APPLAUSE OF HER
soCIALIsrIc HEARERS.
When Tribune reporter entered Cooper Union
last night shortly after S o'clock. medium sized
man OF slender figure occupying the major
part Of the platform and a large amount OF atmos-
pheric space. with flying legs and arms ana hahds'
Some OF the boys in the excessively sociape' as
we'll extremely Socialistic. audience familiarly
alluded to him the old man.. ana wneh ne
asked to be excused for removing his cuffs they
hiariously howled to him to take off his coat as
well His auditors looked AT him askance seVefal
times when he delivered some astounding STATE
ments; but II carrying the thing lttie 100 lar
when, in remarkng upon the issues OF the present
hour as he understood them. he said; FOR the
first time since Abraham Lincoln stood upon the
field of battle 1t was after this that he struck
cold sweat and removed his cuffs. lie SAID iur'ner
that he believed in handling the question OF Po"-
tics In labor unions gingerly. woud not h'
on. drag the unions into politics nu' "o"'o
drag politics into every union man in this country
1t is Just as important that the union man should
vote right as that he should boycott Alright Every
union man should he politician
Yes and o Socialist shreked a voice out IN
the midst Of the supcrheated hall.
Yes and a Socialist" echoed the orator
Tn. speaker was Joseph Buchanan who had been
nut forward at this meeting to entertain the boys
and girls until the arrival OF Mrs Mary Ellen
Lease who had been advertised as the bright par
ticular star Of the entertainment The entertain
nent was In the shape of meeting Of most de-
cided Socialist tendencies. arranged ny self-ap-
nointed committee of members of the Social Re
form Club acting on their own responsibility ana
of a number of prominent in various laoor
unions.
APPEARANCE OF THE STAR
Mrs Lease appeared on the stage at $50 o'clock
Cooper Union filled with struggling restless
mass OF perspiring but enthusiastic human beings
If all sorts and conditions Any and every alluson
TO income tax. railroad corporation. trust. syndi-
cate or to "gold-bugism" met Kisses and cries OF
hoarse rage. When Mr.. Buchanan Enumerated inc
principle that money is the lifeblood OF com
merce" the auditors gave him stentorian morse
ment When he declared that anything mat VIII
increase the volume OF currency will increase the
chances OF labor for the unemployed, the listeners
chortled their Joy.
After he had ended, Louis Ficke took the stand to
pave the way to basket collection to pay the rent
of the hail. and Mrs. Lease was an amused spectator
of his entirely original mode OF procedure While the
collection was being taken. William p. 81. John
made remarks Then the secretary OF the
meeting Matthew Barr. read some resolutions which
carried the title. RESOLUTIONS of the mass-meeetng
Of workngmen and Independent citizens" one Of
the members Of the committee connded to The Trib-
une reporter that the document intended TO
draw Tammany Hall from It's position of secretive-
ness = issue OF support for the Chicago plat
form" The resolutions were very long. and no.
body paid any particular attention to them until the
secretary raised his voice the sounding phrase.
I'VE demand the abrogation Of government by in
junction" whatever that may mean. Then there was
a tempest OF approval which was only outdone when
Mrs. Lease was formally presented by Chairman
Wolders
UNFORTUNATE FOR MR.. BRYAN
1t Is rather unfortunate for the Presidential
candidate OF the Popocratlc party that he has been
preceded In NewYork by the woman orator from
Kansas. Mrs Lease is tall and of striking appear
ance. and she give the man whose election she
is advocating points on telling phraseoogy She
fairly stunned her auditors with the roundity and
trumpet-like incisiveness Of her voice. In fact
could close his eyes and easily imagine there was
masculine personality behind the tones. Her pre-
lminary utterance met a new outbreak. Il ac-
cept this welcome indication that there is
no Mason and Dixon's line between the East and
the West. she said. And. again she Numbered
against a common foe" a little further along she
o fAf the and iHa mot Pfb
all that we stand to-day at the beginning OF a
natural consequence she felt that the frution OF
Populistc hopes would lead to the realization Of
Tbe Word was scien' to send tho
audience of into perfect paroxysm OF approval.
Speaking of this country. she said Our material
wealth and prosperity have made the whole world
threatened with dangers which may well cause
alarm" She would have It that we are intox,
ca ted with mower and dizzy with success" and
that we confronted with problems the solution
Of which is the task OF the intellect and the test
Of religion The giants of labor saving machinery
have displaced human labor so that 1t Is no longer
possible to furnish the stimulus Of consumption,
for increased production without the stimulus Of
increased consumption is valueless Again she re-
United States and substituting therefor the single
gold standard OF Great Britain Further along
She announced with deep-toned solemnity that
"the depressing factors OF the world are ana have
ever been the arstocracy OF royalty and the aris-
tocracy OF gold.
ON A LEVEL WITH THEIR MASTERS.
But "a time came with the invention OF gurpowder
when the people placed upon level with their
masters" She held that the divine right Of kings Ia
fading down the horizon Of the past" and convnc-
,ugy remarked that the English people have reached
the conclusion that Queen Victoria is not made OF
uncommon clay, hut of very common mud She
felt. she said that there many here tonight
rho will 1--we 10 see the last crowned head laid low.
and her male auditors eaped to their feet and howed
their Measure OF anticipation. As soon AS the cheers
subsidized. she added with s"ift upward gesture
God speed the day. ,,. 49,,
Later when exploiting her notions regarding the
financial question she remarked that law has be-
come the recognition o. the strongest Again she
added that "a London jew has been made the re-
ave. ~ These Inited states After careful study OF
tho stuation she said she had reached the conc!u-
sion that our morals have not kept pace Win our
when treason pressed It's knife to the throat OF
union and had launched herself far out on the
f1thomless waters Of finance. when somebody IN me
back part Of the hall howled OUT Down with me
Il" "Yes she fairly Numbered in quick reply not
only down with the Ma ona banks but down MN me
saving that I'VE ar face face with crisis in the
affairs of the nation