The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
MIDDAY CHEERSFORTRACY
RINGING ENTHUSIASM At TIT BUsI-
NESS NEWS MEETING,

Senator Piatt Comes In for n Iibcra, share or
the AppiAuse-CoI. Bakers Convincing Ar
eumcbt-WnrninE Against uInLy D,uL
nud MIS- G~nnE-Grent Meeting To-Day.
There was another big crowd Mt the daily
business mems meeting at Broadway and
Bleecker street yesterday. After IT, o'clock IL
was impossible'to get inside the room, and hun.
drcds wero Obliged to remain outside. The en-.
thusiasm was OF tho ringing order. and the
mere mention OF Gen. rracy's name was sufi-
Client to brinS half OF the house TO their feet.
Yesterday Senator Plat came in for about as
much applause as Gen. Tracy. The crowd went
into n perfect frenzy when enc of the speakers
referred to him as our grand old leader" and
1t was impossible TO stop the cheering tor sew.
cral moments
just before the meeting opened Chairman
Carey rose and said:
"My friends, | want to give you all n word Of
warning. There will arrive in town to-day a
party of alleged orators from Chicago, who
have come to give Tainmany Hall n boost.
They will be led by Carter II. Harrison, and mn
individual known MS Hinky Dink. II you meet
Mr.. Dink or any Of the rest of the crowd on the
street, look out for your pockctbook. Don't
forget it; with this 1Iinky Dink and his gang
within a hundred yards Of you your jcwclry
is not SAFE"
vi hTCnlC BhNtcT OF fImlrn was tne nrSt
speaker. He said in part:
I'm one of those out-of.town orators you
hear about, but I'm n Republican, and it don't
matter to me in what part of the country the
party needs men. I'm ready ind willing to go
there and do what l Gun for Il. I'm here just
now for that noble old Roman, Benjamin +.
Tracy lapplausel, and I'm glad to work for him
because he's n fearless, manly man, and will
make for the Greater New York one of the
greatest Mayors that any city in the world ever
had. l am for him, first, because he's an un.
qualified Republican, and second. because he
Is n man of great executive ability, and is ex.
periencod In The needs of such u city as this new
one is TO he. / am with him because he is true
and faithful to the trusts reposed in him, and
because whatever he has attempted the pco-
pie have had to say when he was through, We'll
done, thou true and faithful servant
Il am for him because in the dark days Of
the civil war he threw aside his law books, put
Glory, true to the flag as he is to-day to the
Republican party and the cause OF good gov
for equal riShts and good government. In ali
that time he has never been n seeker for office,
and his present nomination for the Mayoralty
was accepted by him with the greatest re-
luctance. He Is Il man whom no other man
can control. and his record can stand in the
white glare of scrutiny without a flaw being dis
II am against TNmmany because it has been
weighed and found wanting. Its system OF
persecution for those who do not agree with it
and its advocacy OF corruption in every city de-
partment. make il, q body that 10 honest man
son, friends, ! would be against it for cringing
in silence when Richard Croker damned the
ticket he had made up between the heats on the
English race courses down its throat. and made
i swallow 1t. a ticket like that, born on Eng
llsh soil. can never thrive here, and don't you
Il am against seth Low because from a Re.
publican standpoint he is a back number. He
started out AS II Republican. then made II CON-
Dlnat1On With George, and stands tO-lny n
living eNemplitication Of the saying. Evil com
munications corrupt good manners lie is a
seeker for office, "A dog in the manager candi-
the heart OF James q. Blaine in 1881, an arrant
soldier and statesman. Benjamin Harrison. In
1884, 1888, and 1892 he was doing his utmost
Republican party. While Gen. Tracy was stump.
ing the country. talking night and day in favor Of
them and the principles they represented. IAp-
Friends. work and vote for our grand candi,
date. Never mind tho howl Of boss and boss
every army must have its Generals. In the
same way as Phi sheridan was the boss Of the
the boss of the Republican party, Applause
and three cheers for Senator platt.l
"I"F have ' NJ" sym sps IyN' With f'H"f the S miserable
~cGotists who. seeing n man at the top after a
lifetime OF hard labor, seek TO haul him down
Thomas G.. rlatt ,Iarplausrl' is one of the
greatest, md best Leaders that any party ever
IiH'A anu It - ~ " IL ItHlf'l i'll il-
mi"ation Of every Republican. iAlnrc cheers
for ,Platt:l, gentlemen. n" men who are at;
lacking Mr.. Pintt are the men who wOuid hail
with the greatest. Joy the victory OF Organism.
CRY Of That's right. u
The Republican party never started oat
did early in this campaign. There Was nothing
to fear from the Toe IN f"or'. Then came lAc
selfish ambition Of one man. WHO, sccinr in the
MEyo@alty, n step TO T." Proficiency. resolved
to Try and sSiaG il i! i " y,s.on in a bubble,
wv'rN a rnrty MS n nian u brains.
"A lad business man. a mSd'ocre Mayor,
hurn' down h neiEhbor'. house, to warm his
would wreck the Republican, party TO Put an
ezra plume IN his college bonnet. VIII you
h"ip, him do III" Applause and cries of NO!
MIR, Linn Bruce, who spoke next, s~oid'that the
throc great cnlamit!es that had been visited
the civil war, and the election Of Grover Clcvc
Tho war wasn't any more disastrous to the
country than. Grover Clcvcland's two terms, -
he said. The men RESPONSIBLE for Grover
worshippers now behind Seth Low. With
Cleveland n shattered idol, they are pushing
Seth Low along to take his place. They ar,
on our gallant leader, Senator Plat lapplauscl
the man who has done more for the ~ltcpubli
tho party. The attack on us cannot lie success
1nl. II you only cling %t?.SScther and elect Gen
lTNtN 10 INC May orally.
Charles II. Treat, the next speaker. was in
%trohucrd as the man who made Delaware Re
publican. Mr.. Treat spoke in the highest term,
Of Gen. Tracy and Senator riatt, dcnounccd
the Citizens Union and its candidate. and nd
visci every good Republican 10 stick close t.
Tracy, Olcott, and Fitch. William J. parkin
son also spoke.
To:morrow's big rally ut tho headquarters o
the Commercial Mems Tracy Club promises Il
be the biggest thing Of the kind ever held il
the business section. II will last from 1913,
O'Clock in the morning until Il o'clock in th'
evening. This Is the programme ns announce
yesterday by Chairman Carey: 1880 O'Clock
womcn's meeting, addresses by Miss Helen Bos
well and others; Il o'clock, business men
meeting; . o'clock, veterans meeting, nd
dresses by Gen; Tracy and Gen, Daniel =
Sicklcs; 3 O'Clock, candidates meeting, al
dresses by Ashhel r.. Fitch. W. II. X. olcoit
Gen. James O'Bcirne. aud others: | O'Clock
Seth Low song service, speeches by converts,
!, O'Clock, GongratulGtOry meeting, speeches b.
all of the leaders of tho Republican party iron
out Of Town who are now in the city.
: Low CALLED TANNER DOWN.
He objected TO tho Corporai's Playing Card