The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-11
Single Takers Friends ct Republi-
can Meeting, 3"
SENATOR FORAKER ADDkEsoEo
MEETING IN NEW YORK.
Mention of Lows Name Received WIN
Cat Calls and Hisses-Gen. Tracy Tells
WHY He Believes In Party POLITICS In
Municipal Campaigns.

Every seat in the.big hall was occupied and
the Assem- blage was very orderly one.
The several candidates as they made their
annearance on the platform were received
with cheers.
Edward Mitchell was the chairman and
the list of vice presidents and secretaries
included all the prominent Republicans
in this city. While the chairman was
Speaking General Tracey. the Republican
candidate for mayor of Greater New
York, advanced to the platform. He
was received enthusiastically by the audi
ence.
Senator Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio,
when introduced to the immense gather
ing said among other things:
~ am here to tell you first and fore
most that the Republicans Of the nation
are watching this campaign with more
anxiety and solicitude with respect to its
result than they have ever experienced
with respect to municipal contest in all
your history Ii Judge Van WICK should
be elected mayor his selection would be
heralded all over this country as Demo
cratic victory and his administration as
mayor of Greater New York would be but
an exercise OF all the political power with
which he would be invested as it's mayor
for the purpose of strengthening the
Democratic party in this city, in this
state and in the nation.
| "And now in the next place there is
Henry George"
| At this point occurred one of the most
remarkable incidents of the meeting.
The body of the hall was we'll filed with
| Henry George men who broke out like
mad at the mention of the name. AS the
cheering was subsiding there were few
Kisses.
SIS there any politics connected with
his Nomination. continued the speaker.
Cries Of NO.
"Why, my fellow citizens, his nomina-
ton is political in double and most en-
phatic sense.
| "And then my friends we have another
man running for mayor, an esteemed
personal friend, in the person of MIR. Seth
| Low
At the mention of Seth Low. the occu-
pants of the auditorium broke out into
cat.calls, Kisses and shrieks of derision.
''Mr. Low claims there is no politics in
| this campaign and claims there should
not be.
4 II remember when l came to the city
4 of New York to speak in the great Presi
Dental campaign of 1884 (applause).
Mr.. Low was in situation to do his
party, and as we thought, his country
much good; but not hand did he raise
4 nor 4 Voice to help us stem that tide.
l. f.In 1899 am not altogether positive
about him; l understands he claims he
was a passive Republican. In 1896 he
helped us to win the great victory of that
year by putting Mckinley In the White
House. If there is no politics in this
election why is 1t that today free trader
Low and free trader George have made q
com bination upon the ticket in your city
4 81 have thus briefly called your
attention to them-three free traders
running for the mayoralty. not
lone of them able to feel at home in the
Republican party If they would try to-"
At the conclusion of the address Gen.
| Tracy was introduced. He, too, referred
to the issues of the day and to the char.
acters of the candidates opposed to him.
He said among other things: 1.-The issue
thus addressed to the Republicans and
the people of New York is the issue OF
non partisanship. 1t Is upon that we
divide. If craftsmanship means that
the business Of the city is to be transact
| am n non-partisan. If it means that
the interest of the city is to be the
primary object of the city administration
then | am a non-partiSan. And / had
been for 10 years before Mr.. Low was ever
heard of as a political factor. But If il
means that political organizations are tt
disintegrate and to dissolve when they
are approaching municipal election, ii
the demand is that the Republican party
always faithful to good government, can.
not be permitted as al organization tt
take part in a municipal election, but
rather that we must dissolve ourselves
into our original elements, break up, act
simply as individuals, then | am not 9
non partisan.
I'm a popular government politica
parties are a necessity. No government
resting upon the suffrages of a free peo
pie can have any other government than
the government Of political party. That
has been the experience of England ever
since the revolution. For more than 10t
, years the only government known in the
United States has been the government!
of political party. 1t is the only gov
eminent that can be known. 1t is i'm
possible to govern this country on any
other basis.
After nesting of the campaign com
mittee selected by Henry George had beer
concluded at the Union square hote
after II O'Clock tonight, the following
statement explaining the combination OF
the George ticket with that of the Citi
zens' Union was made public:
1.-The purpose of the men associated un
! der the name Of the Democracy OF Thorn
as Jefferson is two fold.
primarily they desire to elect Henry
George mayor of Greater New York. II
this end they will insist that every per
sonal interest shall be subordinated.
Secondly, they propose to fight with
every weapon at their disposal not the
domination of the Democratic party of
Greater New York, but those I'm. Demo
cratic forces of which Richard Croker is
the personitcation.
"To accomplish these purposes, CO.
l, operation between the Citizens Union
in New York County, and the regular
organization in Kings and Queens
counties, has been under consideration
and to certain extent accomplished. -