New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-16
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had opportunity TO estapisn si IA 10 10 onnor-
sun dS a TO build enough but & did not do do
X b.n nan t N tSe people but did
Tammany Hal is boastng that IT fda dId T NOT do
ton must think OF the life Of the people 8ut onev
Where It would do Tammany good. Q-anghier)
And what Tammany has done Tammahy VIII w.
THE SAME OLD TAMMANf
Wa must Judge Of the Tammany OF the future by
the Tammany of tho past In this campaign ''ie'
ara two conflicting ideas. We hold that II you want
the work OF the city well done we must select a
man who will have nothing TO DO but choose Ho"-
est capable men for the different department. an
then see that their work Is honestly ana Me p1Ist
elect their oficiais with view to accomplishing
something outside Of the CITY, as pI ot I
YOU take the latter view mustn't expect 10 h
a high order OF government; NO suc'e'
ness was ever carried on IN thas way -,
Mr.. Low proceeded to denounce the pr'hc'p''
OF one-man power by which the Repuphcah
and Democratic candidates had been nominated
and declared that If the voters were not 10
have a voice in the nomination as well as the
election of candidates then popular govern
ment would become but a name. ana 'ha'
II the Citizens Union candidates were eiec'eu
in the future the people would DO CONSUMES
about nominations. In closing, MT 10" o"ei'
upon the fact that a man responsible lol H''
success to a party would find 1t almost iii'pos-
chile 70 reslst the pressure OF that party for re-
wards while a man nominated as he had been
would be responsible only 10 the people anu
free from al obligations but the one OF serN'hs
the city we'll IF you want men who are pouho
20 other responsibilities than the city's inter-
ests YOU can have them. but If you want men
whose only obligation is to you, then WORK anu
vo,e for tho candidates Of the Citizens Union
Mr. Lows address was constantly interrupted
nv cheers. and It's close followed by
demonstration like that which greeted his en-
trance.
The crowd that could not get into the nan
held an overflow meeting outside.
THE LAST MEETING.
Mr.. Lows third and last engagement for the
evening was at Gramercy Lyceum. In west
Twenty-th ird-st. where he addressed an en-
thusastic audience which packed the large haH
and which included many women. This meet
ing which was held under the management of
the Citizens Union Association of the lHth ana
XVIII Assembly districts. was called 70 orueI
by Henry d. Sedgwick, jr, CHAIRMAN OK .aS
XVIII District, who. after urging all VINO hau
mt reristered TO do II to-day, introduced the
first speaker John De Witt Warner. Mr.. war,
ner said, by way of introduction tnat ne wou s,
like TO supplement the chairmans suggestion
by asking those who had already registered 70
devote to-day to inducing as many as possible
of their friends TO perform 'he sam u u'se
The present campaign, he went on 10 say was
one of the most extreme importance Nv
York had an assured place as the 1netropo,is vi
the United States. and to 1t probably would IL,
The Hitura PASS the commercial supremacy OF
the world The citizens of the Greater New
York must decide whether its prospects shouIu
be helped or rnarred ny Whai they sH'"'u Wv N
the coming election. IT,.
The issue might be put In Two Ways IL
real issue was, though. Whether 'he gu 80.
rnent of this city should be directed from the
rstt,, Hall he United
Companys Office few blocks below; or from
Tammany Hail. Il Tammany should WIN, IL
would be the fault Of the people {heisr.'e of
they would deserve their fate. To start on
with the little things in this campaign 'hs
speaker went on. there's the Tracy canvass
Oaughter). One of the candidates was rIa.t
mask Tracy: another Crokers Jumping
TACK Van Wyck: the third was Seth Low tLoud
applause). After reviewing MI Platt $ courss
in relation 10 negotiations with the Cl'lZenS
Union. Mr. Warner criticised seNcVely the Po-
litical crime" practiced by the Republican ma
chine in the matter of the nomination Of charles
Frederic Adams. asserting that the signatures
in county after county to :ae NOMINEE Ton petiuoh
were i'm the main those Of Plat Republicans.
put up by Plat for free silver CANDIDATE III
order to bedevil the political campaign IheH
he described the change from the old-time Legls-
lature- bIying at Albany to the taking OF toll
from the corporation BY Croker at Tannany
Hall, AMI told Of Cookers blOssorinG out as
capitalist and his departure for Europe when
the chorus of Where did you get it, became
too loud and persistent 10 he longer endured
by him. and of his career sport" in Eng
land.
VAN wYCK's CANDIDACY
Van WICK he charged. was picked can
didate by Croker in pursuance of bargain with
the Metropolitan Traction Company, (which he
came over here TO blackmail.' his most ser
viceabe errand boy. and he dealt briefly with
Gardiner and the unknown Coler and the rest
Of the dummy ticket" At this point large
delegation from the 1Xtn Assembly District,
headed by band. entered the hall. which by
this time was crowded f,esuming, Mr.. War
ner arraigned Tammany for various derections.
and then referred 10 the third Of the candidates
opposing Mr.. Low-Henry GeOrge. for whose
honesty he professed admiration. but who in the
speakers opinion was a prophet of humanity
whereas the present emergency demanded the
election as Mayor OF a practical. cool-headed
business man. IL the people were TO get all they
were entitled under the new charter to have
Short speeches were made by Edward T. Nc
Sweeney, Citizens Union candidate for Sheriff.
=. Tecumseh Sherman candidate for Alderman
in the district: Robert Miller. candidate for
Councilman. and Bion i. Burrows. Mayor
St-ongs private secretary. While Mr. Burrows
speaking the sound Of music at the far
end of the hall was heard and the big audience
turned to cheer and cheer again Seth Low as he
advanced up the centre aisle TO the platform.
Mr.. Lows introduction by Chairman Sedgwick
was brief. Here he IS" Mr. Low. in opening
said he brought good news from the north
having just come from two meetings which
were as large and nearly as enthusiastic as was
this. Then he entered at once upon the dis
cussion of the issues. lie was contending he
asserted. for the very substance OF home rule
Home rule on the statute books might become
dead letter; craven on the hearts OF the peo-
pie. II was living and vital thing. He asked
his hearers to vote for the election Of cand,-
dates who came pledged 10 one thing-to serve
the city well.
The Citizens Union candidates were not asked
to build UP an organization by appointments
and at the same time do their best for all the
people. That thought lay at the very founda-
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demoralizing to choose city officers for what
they might think about the tariff or free trade
as II would be to conduct private business in
that way. The Citizens Union was not the in
ventor Of that idea, which had impressed itself
upon observers in all parts OF the country The
State Of New-York, however. had recognized II
In its amended constitution by separating mu-
ricipal from State and National elections for
the express purpose OF saying to the people OF