The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
HARLEM GREETS TRACY.
$1,000 REPUBLICANS oHEER THE
sTlNDARD BEARER.


Der eix Minutes the Great AssembiaGe APP
piauded when the General Turned the
Cans or Choats's Sarcasm Upon ls Author
with whitening EGect-RousinE Cheers.
Too. at the Mention or Senator Fiatt's
Observation-Disclosures ArEument ne to the
National Charncter or the RondiuE Campaign
Gen. Tracy carried his standard up to Harlem
last night, and 5000 Republicans Of tho Twen-
ty.third Assembly district rallied around 1t In
the Atalanta Casino, 1b5th street and Eighth
avenue. In many respects the meeting was the
most remarkable Gen. Tracy has addressed
thus far.
The weather could not we'll havo been moro
Onfavorable. Some Of the Harlemites said they
had trampcd through mud ankle deep to get to
the meeting. When they got there they found
the meeting place o barn-like structure intend
cd for q summer Sarden-cold and damp and un.
comfortable.
Despite these drawbacks the Casino WAS
5smmed full and not a person left the hall before
or during tho Republican candidates speech.
which lasted moro than an hour. Gen.
Tracy held his audience by sheer power Of roa.
soning. There was no ~clsptrap or oratorical
trickery. 1t was mind appealing to mind, and
during it all the dropping OF a pin might almost
have been heard in any part of tho hall. Then.
turning his attention to the Low meeting in
Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, he answered
some Of the gentlemen who tried on that occa-
sion to make votes for Low. Hepaid his respects
to Mr.. Elihu Root and then he went after
Mr.. Choate. He took up Mr.. Choate's remark
that Zen. Tracy thinks he is running, but he
10 running al Napoleon did at Waterloo"
With such eloquenoe and such satire as have not
been heard before in this campaign. he turned
Thoate'a rid{cuta IN hia own ndvaptaoa and The
crowd cheered for moro than six minutes at
this triumph of Gen. Traoy's oratory.
Senator John Ford was the Chairman OF the
meeting and the Hon. John S. Wise was the first
speaker. Mr.. Wise was introduced as a man
who, fighting in tho Confederate army, had
been convinced by Yankee bullets that the
North was right, and, having been SO convinced,
had voted the Republican ticket ever since. Mr..
Wise said:
I'VE have heard, in this campaign, that the
I>epublican party in this city has imported
speakers from the four corners of the earth to
bolster up ita cause. That may or may not DO
true. I have less time to bother with
such triaes than some Of the so-called best
citizens who made the statement. II 1t be true,
what Of iti They were good speakers, I guess,
and they must have hurt somebody by what
they said or somebody wouldn't now be holler-
ing. [Cheers.l
II know ono thing. I'm not imported. I've
lived in this city ten years, long enough, i think,
to give me the right to speak my mind on any
subject, IL anybody is willing to hear me. I
know another thing. I'm not chafed by any.
body's collar except by own.
"Ihave differed with Mr.. Plat. I differed
with him as to who should be tho nominee of
the st. Louis Convention, and, with the help of
so 20 of my friends. succeeded in sending to
t,at convention six delegates for William Mo
FINLEY. IGreat cheering.l
when Senator Plat found out that McKin-
ley was the choice OF . great majority. almost
the unanimous choice Of that convention, what
did he dot I'll tell you what he didn't do. He
didn't say to the Republicans of the nation:
I've got o better man. q purer man. a
holier man. and I'm going to run him and I'll
boat you IL I can; and II 1 can't I'll let the
country 60 to the deyil and to Bryan. Not much:
he'd he didn't H. SAT- say sh McK He pulled of his coat; and
a ss THs elected Ss aI he P Piatt s.n for w the Re p,a
member Of the Citizens Union D who had Ff FOR this
publican. a single word Of praise. Tremendous
applause. during which there were calls for
cheers for Thomas G. Platt- The cheers were
-lMr. Wise then turned to q discussion of the
sociei:Isbor candidate. he said ssnisi believed
In taxing everything that everybody had. dump
ing IL INTO q Ollie, ana then dividing IL up evenly.
AZ he said this some one in the gallery yelled:
MI: Wise stopped at once and. advancing to
the front OF the stage. he said;
my friend, did you say that was q lie7 mo
snswerl That eolyinees me that you are a
just here Gen, Tracy entered the hall. Some!
body called for three cheers for Gen. Tracy, and
~aueffect thunder Of applause Gen. Tracy made
rs way to the platform. and when everybody
continued for several minutes. When he got a
chance Mr.. Wise said:
I've been u politics long enough to know
te se esss T had oe crtss PM @Go out dn Of The Ge race race; and tho
- am much obliged to you and III keen you
but 2 moment Thirty;hvey years ago Gen. Tracy
was thick on Southern battleielts. We were on
opposite sides and we were attending strictly
10 business. he was before Petersburg and I
i've had a fine pointer dog in our lines, and
used to trot over to the Yankee camp. get aeti filed
Up Tith good food, and come back again to his
OF TOBACCO tied round his neck and a note which
read: 'Yank, send US some Coffee
m0ns dSy the battle was on and bullets were
REss a19b d teTt we're Enew at thU work then; The dog,
walked out between the lines and got filled full
o. shot, half from one side and half from tho
ot a%hehb a,HSs a Ssilt,, wa, over We found noo,
covered with bluebottle flies. Seth Low, my
friends, is the pointer dog of this battle. Ho
VIII be found between the lines, covered with
oluebottle nies, when tho battle is over" Tire.
mendous cheering.l
When Mr.; Wise finished Gen. Tracy was in
Produced: 1t was three or four minutes before
1t Is not possible for me to tell you how
much appreciate this greeting. believe it
comes from tho heart, and an old mans heart
ieit gratitude goes back to you. We have been
told that national issues must not be discussed
In this campaign.
We are told that politics must not enter into
9 municipal campaign. Must we, then, so soon
forget tho dangers that threatened this ma
dion only a year Sgol Must we lay down
stones unEuarded when tho enemy that
attacked our institutions. our property, and
our homes Is not beaten. but only lying in am.
nushI Must we give up that fight now, when
the eyes or the bryan cohorts are watching this
campaign from every city and hamlet in this
lana; hoping to be able to say on election night
w are about TO try an experiment in mu.
hlcipal government more momentous than was
ever before tried In the worlds history. Next
members Of the House OF REPRESENTATIVES,