The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
TRACY AND DEPEW.
FIRST MONDAY BROADWAY MEET
ING A JAM OF VOTERS.

or Eia Nen.Partisan Friends who Can't
Hear the Nlutuur OF the world for the
CacEIe They arc Making in Their BourE.
The commercial travellers who did such
royal work last year for Mckinley and SOUND
money opened their campaign in the: business
district yesterday for Gen. Tracy and the prin'
ciples of last year. Under the auspices of tho
Commercial Mems Tracy Club, a meeting was
held at $40 broadway. which In regard TO at
tendance and enthusiasm was the biggest cam
paign meeting ever held in the business dis
trict. Fifteen hundred people crowded into a
room, which two-thirds OF that number would
have comfortably filled, while 5000 others,
who were unable to get in, crowded around the
windows and doors, to get a glimpse OF Gen.
Tracy. and eager for such scraps of the
speeches as reached them over the heads OF the
standing crowd within.
Ten. Tracy and Chaunccy NJ. Depew, who
spoke ut the meeting, got rousing receptions
The greeting to the candidate began the mo-
ment he appeared on the street outside of the
meeting room. He came UP on q Broadway
car. but he hadn't got one foot on the ground
before he was spotted by a man on the side
walk. who Immediately threw his hat In the
air and yelled at the top OF his lungs:
Here he is, boys; now, three cheers.for Gen.
Tracy
The chcers.wcrc given with n will, and when
the trst three were over. three more. and then
another three were given. Hundreds Of hands
were thrust forward at Gen. Tracy rs he made
his way through the crowd and he shook as
many as.ho could. Such cries of encouragement
as: You're the only one in the race. Gen.
eral,' and "fiooray for Tracy and victory
came from all sides.
Inside. when Gen. Tracy appeared. hats.
canes, and umbrellas were thrown In the air.
and men shouted until they were red In the
face and their voices were gone. G. ]. Corey,
Chairman Of the National Executive Com
mittec Of the Commercial Travellers Associa-
ton opened. the meeting in a.brief speech. He
said:
1T is a pleasure on this occasion to see such
a gathering OF honest, earnest, and cnthusi-
astic Republicans. Last year I presided at
meetings of this kind in Chicago. and the en-.
thusiasm there was the greatest I have ever
seen. To-day we in this city are confronting
the same conditions that the whole country
faced last year. 1 am told that in New York
and Brooklyn there is some Independent senti-
ment this year. Republicans, this Is no time
to vote for one Of the best men that was ever
jamin +. Tracy N Last year we had a man
named Washington Hesing running in Chica-
He got 5000, which is just about what Seth
Low will get in the entire Greater New York"
SPEECH OF DIR. DEPEw.
d.. Depew was cordially greeted when he
MY friends. this looks like the good old
times. 1t looks like a continuation of last year,
of I'VE are now!"'l. 1 like'to talk to business
men. 1t is. | think. a repr9ach to American
ernment.- When 1 see a gathering like this,
t tRa1t the business Ssh n a men are reused. a and. having
come out for the government they want, will
meyer stop until they get 1t.
"A year ago L came down broadway to ad-
dress a meeting under the auspices OF those
They had no trouble then in getting a store to
hold their meeting in, because the town was
., f re.ti IN S% crowd. s'S because eh Bfoa nSa nS s and eEe rg
y other avenue in the city was full Of men out Of
I TfSadw TS.d aSa ! a,i iss RS tS s% stiee, sto ars t aiipn e
walking men, they are walking into the stores
on business to buy and 7 TO- to sell; about, 7.
We have tho same laws-with one exception;
same in our external and internal conditions.
save one thing. What is that one thingi 1t
nation. You ali know. what that means. 1t
means credit, the confidence Of the people and
t nat Work. h snd eh.sFet ali Il nsM n' that eonS q @es
which is making America for Americans.
AN EVENT CHoCK FULL OF POLITICS.
Friends, we are told that there should be no
should they be kept out OF the present contest
II, Mb. the = s Srst ri. i Se to bel aoFf 10 J PS y yesIi1 ssa ,hss
our statosi That its Influence on the rest Of
the country will be greater than that OF any
- pther s~ectioni II there is not to be party politics
in such a city, for goodness sake where Is it to
Again they tell US that Is this election is
take an interest in it or think any more of 1t
3 than he would of a village election. WIN the
4 ten TO what i have just experienced. / have
just come back from a trip to Nashville and
friends in all Of the places I went to, friends
who always Some to greet me when ~ 2 l visit Their
s siSsgs be aheiF .H h5Sf in Business IN in ing Ss eSs5 Y eaxf
..How,s railroadinsl', and similar questions.
How 'sm the sn eec tic ask ko ins SAT It comes sGnss'f from ali
sides, from all classes and conditions OF men.
Does ,t thu, mean it that ciss the . people Of the G ss u
pavements, and other Improvements here IN
New New York. 1t does not =, IL means that ia ,tt tn
of the election here next month. They, want
TO know how the country's financial and com
elected William Mckinley.
ALL THE WORLD LOOKING ON.
My friends. ! have no criticisms 70 make o.
Tracy, l think they are all pretty good men
and I've no dount that any one of then
s sG%i@ % oaT f aR sff Paday G &isS q not BUT sEe I b sa
to differ with some Of these candidates and
state that 3 there Is more nor at stake IN this election
II this Is purely a municipal election, why is II
that not only our own country put Berlin
ar; Hre dtbis o nsanis III ~ ~, the cIRY rIsisss Of E E%ESps in " keeP
as to the progress of this campaign, and undel
these circumstances 1t cannot be claimed justly
that 1t Is OF local interest. The whole world
realizes that the Greater New York election Il
of vital importance to the entire United States
II was reading accounts OF that Low meeting
IN Carnegie Hall this morning. and l guess 4
was a pretty good meeting. The speeches wer,
good. but then they couldn't be otherwise a.
they had some OF the best speakers In the coun
try there. My friend Gen. Swaync was one o.
" them. Gen. Swayne is a classmatc' of :mine
We were together at Yale for four years, ant
\ think a great deal OF him. But he has pc
culiar views sometimes, ard he expresses them,
no matter whore they carry him. Then Their,
was Elihu Root, a brilliant lawyer, and Mr
Choate, than whom there are few better fcl
lows. They all made good speeches and / reat
them all this morning. but I confess l couldn'
ind anything in any OF tho speeches that ex
planned, why n Republican should leave hi
party this year, or desert its candidate.
ut has been said thar II all the Republican