New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-28

dong APPLAUSE
QUESTIONS FOR GENERAL TRACY.
Now. wan, to ssk General Tracy few ques
tors He * fond OF answering al my points ol'
since our meeting las; TArr' day ni.n' a. .",a..
/ Irsu he has been posing in the role OF NaP0leol
/ =, Waterloo IApo.AuseD lie wears M cox
Lat Il The i,tle Corporal, but II - ~ I i ~
Irsraed Inv are ;olcri1g closely At his heels
a. the faster they Fun me ieep'er 'He' 49, '
Xow General Tracy says that he prefer, Pi bs
government and none OF this non ~ TOO
5r rc-osnizc nv aieriance to ne gre at party %
l,=itimateiy within II. scops: ~ YS.rryork which
parry goyernneat Of ~ city O. ~, Tsmmany Hall
3yb tae greai raacfine OF which senator Plat Is
tie head? Is that Party soIeT Kou what respon-
sl.. Ce."o % a. g.itI he nomination % Van Wy H.
wo1l IKE to turn % tic other SIDE. ana ask %i'a.
/ rcrgtahle responsible. decent Republican 81 M M,
ocsr or Of any position in the community wts con-
55i,ed or had anything to DO With the nomination o'
G>rea IT9 r ses aRRoi. hat Mr. Pa,t consus
with the Distinguished senator from ,no a. no r.
New;york I,anshtsT1i H iSd mas b saws to nscif:
Whom shall take to bear ~ the snsiP AXE
s sah oT OF t i. anti, good Repu6lcan ana
better Republican than ne Od NAM Mah 10 do with
ne Nv ref,ses 10 confer: ard II he refuses to CON
, fer before ne is nominated he VIII 'elHSe ~ ~
! after he i elected (AppiauseJ
WHY WE WANT HIM
7bats lust what we want Seth Low for. Well.
| then he says: Shall take MI Qulss-hy
| oulxe?' And he repl IS: NO. the people VIII
| laugh" n.auehter) Then he says Let me sec
! shan take Mr. Olcott7 No. the people VIII scout
at the idea Of Young man ho~eyr PROM mr.
ing however talented. however repu,toe n.s b,te
sonal character, ard vii. no give sucn a rn ~, I,t
tha IS 70 be WI, Hn' me mex Morton /. 100 old b,rd
ioks M cs,,9n wtfh such cRaff' Tnen lie sad
wei VII lei y2u MI Tx lake my and 0if hc tTSaH
90 araat restoct 10 his gray hairs and Will never
snspect the presence OF NE roo snder his coat
There We're great ADVANTAGES in nominatnsp Mr
Tracy. besces his perso al res2es Ia ~
diGnt need to: ne knew his He knew that AZ
G GonIia ne Ff being aeta,ed sgshter Hed
corfer any way. There il 10 harm IL that, t ~
there? That isn't violation or me t'g,ls OF 80.
neoule He would confer with the Old Man every
lions and II he will answer them before the polls
close on next Tuesday and II he answers theH'
eeHerneraTdaushler after The audience lat looked
to II General Tracy was N the rear oy We ag
terl General have you not beer an Intimate per
business ara ES'a Te' Havs we you
forued a copartnershiy with his son? hasn So,Ir
P Pis, owned Ssfn t II i"s 1s majority q
them as ranchman owns his cattle az ,ne rgum n
heen the straight ana narrow path by which to
reach the Legislature?
THE KIND HE WANTS ANSWERED
And now. General you say that. II elected. 80"
will make no pledges. you Will submit 70 no dic'a
ton YOU will govern the city only Tor me "eI4''
~ the ueoro Of the city OF New-York. what do''
bn mean by that As understand t. General
tracy mean, that the welfare of the people OF the
tity 81 New-york az he understands II. VIII pe 'or
Wei now. Generii. arc you something more than
man; are you surernuGman are W., y1T r yourser
a. clay in the hands Of the potter and th,n say 70
him Excuse me. | VIII shape nNscI -,
Thee are the Kind OF Questions l want General
Tracy to answer ., b, n,-,v government, bu,
s Wn Il. Gns Sns sS s sF Sy F1fs
shall be run Tor 'sS PAM bs,e hi' be be could eyo be
elected from tho machine which has made , nan
from the followers that have carried MN ~ t,yrn
me- nothing else. lie scouts and sneerr and
fsirs So Say we ar very fortunate in being
able to count him out Of II 10. Of Of y5t@s
seth Low, Yes. h. II in e. but ! want to ear ar
~ noirts which have not been referred this
evening or this afternoon; when think very I'M,
h. is elected viii start at the point where Mayor
Strong leaves OF and II he. in four year can d, al
honesty az far from the present poin, as Mayor
Strong ola from his oesnlns HI AND w cries qo Of He
VIM
NO SUCH THREE YEARS.
am not going to detain you with facts about
. the administration Of Mayor Strong. out say
there has never been any such three years IN inc
am satisfied with his work What did he nnd'
He found fifty thousand children OF the city with
out schoolhOuscs to welcome them. How ala nc
md the streets? (Cres Of "hltny.D Fifth-ave. Wa
..eaned suu.e,Imes, Madison-aNc. half a. often,
nj wne!e Inc people ll,,--On the last side and
West SLUG aI.inisny Hall ndst1ness efciywheie
now ne had tnc Board OF hedHh Now SUu
, Know tnat story Of how the death rate mas gone
down In the iast lew years Oy the proper auui.iin'
How old he ma tnein? ney were prvyng upon
. the vitsis and characters of the community, now
Ono po.ni wish call to your attention. We are
All aus coates, We not. Of CltI service rtIoi IN
. SAnIatise) Ihat has been COED Repub -sn doctrine
I'm and reiterated in the paity We'll last year
II machlne-ma1e ,nator operating upon machine
( made Legislature III conjunction WIN machine
maze Governor. set to woIh to break down tne "a =
= ricrs OF Civ Service reform and they passed aV
K intended for that very purpose 10 divide the re-
n sponslbity. as they called = Of the selection an(
ce Kefo Of the state Of
. and tnx heads OF The departments. who were 10 Al
t ,a, aPh SAID NO We viii unite in the opera
: lion by leaving 1t to the CIVIL Service Commits
5 NV want 10 say another word more about something
o a SS h MoSdr the that they N dd not
i il before. They are getting out OF politics and the'
are ho9sss i mean sn that they have apprecaed tn
II lesson taught by Colonel Waring in the Department
e You viii remember when coino to the POLL
S br osXi he waS word you ahna raj You
= beng watched ffoIo al quarters OF the globe fo'
n New-York are in the FIRST place. capable OF takn
u care Of themselves, and n the second place tha
J., thcv are DESTROYS OF taking care OF Themselves
y and finally and lastly that they have taken the hi
d into their mouths and the whole control OF AFFAIR
% into their own hands. and that they regard Set
!, Low without question as the proper champion o
- patriotism and good Repub!!caaism. Cheers ant
arplause)
MIR. LOW CHEERED TO THE ECHO
~ Seth Low made his way to the platform Will
.. Mr. Choate was speaking. and Mr.. Choat
W paused minute while the audience rose. tut
II tered it's na9s and cheered the candidate of tn
II Citizens Union to the echo At the end OF Mr.
+" Choate's speech a quertette the stage GAM
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