The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
DAYTON Talks DOWNTOWN.
Another Mig Crowd at tho Rooms OF the
George Bnsincss Men,n A.,ocIntInn.

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Tho rooms OF the George Downtown Bust.
ness Mems Association ut 40 Liberty street
were packed fun Of men at noon yesterday
when the regular meeting was to DO held and
tho announcement, placarded outSidc, that OK
Charles W. Dayton would be one
OF tho speakers of the day only added to the
enthusiasm In that district which had mani
rested itself so clearly the day before when MIR.
George himself was the principal speaker. Al.
though there were loud cries Of Dayton
Dayton" dayton" at the very beginning OF
tho meeting and again Mt times through the
earlier stages Of 1t, the crowd was more toler-
ant than 1t had been tho day before, and Chair
man Mcdonald was able to carry out his pro-
~grammc.and get other speakers before tho audi
ence before introducing MIR. Dayton.
Mr.. Mcdonald himself mad, a hit with the
crowd, when, in his Introductory remarks. he
said: And we charge also, gentlemen, hat Mr.
Platt and Mr.. Croker are in cahoots to spoil
and rob the people. 1t has come TO my knowl'
eHge recently That these two great opganiEMn,
can machine arc working together, employing
the same men, the same superintendent. the
same clerks, engaged in an attempt to draw
voters from each of the other parties, and not
caring, gentlemen, to which OF their own tickets
they are attracted, for either means success
Prom the same office and passing through
inc same hands, circulars are being sent OUT, tno
ouc SUI slBHttl by lcHlucl f. QulRBt Shaiih ,o
OF the Republican Committee, and the other
set signed by Hugh J. Grant, Chairman OF INC
Iammany Democratic Committee. have seen
the circulars, and 1 know from where they were
sent"
Jeremiah Murphy of tho Freight Handlers
in the First Assembly district, was the first
speaker, and he gave way to Charles FREDERICK lex
crowd cheering and laughing all through his
speech. He was serious. too, at times, ana
m M iSe some 70 telling points ssia They They say sayt our is G pap.
poses, like some Of those attributed to Henry
George. arc not practicable. But our hight
Is intensely practical.
Where, then, lies your duty and your means
about "a political prisoner who had lain for six.
teen years in %jail-luin there until he was
but u mere skeleton. wasted away with de,
hope. Never again should he see his homo,
his wife, nor his children. Never again should
be see his native soil nor walk in freedom over
his native sod. Thus he reflected with bowed
head. and sank lower and lower, until one day
opened the window and stepped out"
The crowd caught the application, Of the
story like IA fash, and drowned Mr.. Adams's
voice for n long time with applause. They
chcercd him again at the end Of his speech, and
then imperative cries OF "Daytony' ,Daytonl,
no time in bringing the ex-Postmaster forward.
This is a novel experience for me" MIR. Day
ton said, as he looked upon the faces OF the
downtown business men who were before him;
ITO come here in II district where l have worked
Tor thirty years and lind before me q gather
ing such as this Of my fellow citizens, assem-
bled. to listen to speeches in n municipal cam
paign. ] am not here to advocate a platform
or to support Il candidate whose election would
in any sense imperil the honor or the financial
credit of this great city-the city which l love.
On the contrary, the ticket on which i come be-
fore You for your suffrages is made up OF men
into whose hands you can safely trust this
great city's honor and financial integrity.
1T was believed before the Tammany con-
vention met that such a ticket might have been
put into the field by that organization, but this
TIMES OF Tammany Hall came over from the
other side, believing that the people of New
York had got so tired of so-called reform that
they would elect any one on the opposition
the place Of Mayor so strong that he though
drumming himself. lGrcat laughter But that,
he found, was more even than the Tamman
stomach could stand"
Then Mr.. Dayton spoke of the magnitude,
Greater New York, with its $40. 900, 900 or more
of annual expenditures and its army of place
holders, and referring to these exclaimed: Are
you going to put these into the hands OF q single
man, no matter what his name may bci' No
Mr.. Croker has explained at last why ! AIR
His turn hadn't come he says. Who. in the
name Of the great Almighty, gave him tho
holding of public office and whose turn had moi
conner
The crowd left the hall cheering for Dayton
and they kept up the cheers even upon the side
walk. Before Mr.. Adams spoke Chairman
Mcdonald announced that among the speak
ers for the MONDAY meeting to-day will be
William Hepburn Russell, who has been for
years a member OF Tamnany, but who left that
organization two weeks ago to join the George
forces, and J. b. White OF Chicago.