The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19

EopSbl!csa loud az, and riT pb9 tssntime apipt oWoTy
How can 1t be that n party that 70 In favor of
good g9yernmont In the g nssion enough sF% sHH0' fEop Mr..
Low to belong to and proclaim himself a mem.
her Of; can be In fSv9 So o. honest psa and dishonest
St tho same time ! [Crlcs OF mo. no roi"l
No. A man who Is dishonest " dishon9st
m nl the Who wa" Is fh% aSsst IS honest ali the
way through, and an organization that IS
IL tb ! stn %eq and sdir ths NATION cannot sstgitiiy itself
by being in favor OF bad government IN the CITY.
II is inconsistent. IL Is contradictory ~ 10
A QUESTION FOR Low.
But let me ask Mr.. Low question. Ho was
elected Mayor by tho Republican party In 1881.
Did o' he find Il necessary 10 antoEonize
IN order atSn to- sseMro P sool s %TSH e. il he heidi aid
and had would it have rcnominntcd him in
a assS fnd W + ncs sss y9 to Snt HS the Rop%S.
lican party in order to give good government In
But he did this. In starting the Citizens
exactly what his, party are doing hoy
the city of Brooklyn oyer to the Democrats
party; n where rssr IT si" sSSoin ,0r un Sth"i Il s' wars rescued Mea
by n movement between the citizens and tho
Republican party that resulted IN n thS
Mayor schicrcn ind it necessary 10 antsRonizo
tho Republican party in order to give good gov.
his strength and support in insisting upon good
government .lApplauseI
w t%l,UT.H Your nl present. sS%' M iaS e'0 iHppls al a"i mq
was elected as a Republican, pure. and
simple; a truo Republican. and. 80 far as
S very P best s dminist tE oDs' that st'i i has ever had
in lis existence. tApplnuse.l Ask Mayor Wurs-
ter III no has found IL necessary TO antaROnlze
the party in order to giye good government to
Of the, party that stood behind him. tApplause.l
submit. therefore. upon Mr.. Lows own state,
% TeSited ""a that sO0 Il WI. win h,stt0f{S b " nseess . H@I Il
your candidate is elected. to anIasonizee
standard q a,inpllEdistreti on o OF this city as high
Citizens re p'e Of Iris IS great t" city e5't that ! / WIFE viii bring is
administration to that plane and will keep 1t
there, and I'll do it with the consent and tho
can organization. Tremendous applausc.l
SHALL BRYANIsM TRIUMPH
Fellow citizens and fellow Republicans. one
word more and have done. appeal TO- the
carefully and answer the question upon their
conscience. in view of the issue now pending
issue-in view OF the battle that is now pending
and that 10 to be fought next year, in 1898. in
gross. and the final struggle that awaits us in
1900, when all the elements that constituted
BryySnism, viii i Be arr ay.eiG against an St the h Repabii.
can party-is it wise. is it patriotic, is it just for
You TO defeat your party in this struggle lCries
Men who have followed the party from the
glorious struggle which resulted in the election
have followed Il through tho war OF the
rebellion, and men who have stood with 1t
s siSna ,Gudk isso pts Pk in t fs"l rspu ddfiPaiSias OF the Sse ae est
created din in the prosecution Of the war and
ana achieved one OF the most glorious victories
that have ever been won by the Republican
party. will you, within a t~welvemonth. cast the
result Of that victory to the winds and invite
the coming OF the enemy in 1900, reinforced and
strengthened by your, own weakness in 1877
!!HSS o! S soa N S5S!'Hns'a applause and cries or
KEEPS Up THE ENTHUSIASM.
The enthusiasm that followed Gen; Tracy's
s sPssssa "f hin, a'% SS lis as Ft cn,raa ns 'As to that 1Ss
Building; There were cries for Thur:
ston when this cheering died out but
Butterworth kept the enthusiasm hot by his
frs. sentence. which was thsVit was sometimes
est danger was from tho good who are impracti.
cable or from the honestly bad.
Then he said t. a GTes. mIr 5s; very yo6 good dr people
t beesSso to they seeGa% nlf to a aSsaihi saS SS@ SlSss0- ef
tho means OF accomplishment that is right
time was exactly that. OF political, parties he
s Wonld inA be '" a time, hsset when :" a Government
could be administered except through party
orsaRiz1 nlp,ies 30 there matte s4s the he G sHis; nSw
will stiff be administered through one of them.
This statement WAS greeted with tremendous
there believed firmly in party organization.
al submit" he said. that there never was a
abandoning the banner of the Republi.
can party and abolishing its leaders
IGheers.I p' The RepublIe etin' organization OF The
Greater New York could not give to the citizens
OF New York and BROOKLYN a moro emphatic
government. OF the city than when they nomi'
mated Gen. BENJAMIN F. Tracy
nle before Mr.; Butterworth could proceed:
and briefly sketehed his public career,
taking occasional side shots at Seth Low and
o dfo la Eiei7en' PGnSiiy he '1 loot Sf 9p ihe CIT Citi leHIt
Union ticket. its Endorsements and its deals
and he demanded:
eou.ness in the head OF this ticket that he will
lesven the whole lump With political righteous;
bawled: Hit him again; he's got no friends
and there were yells and cheers and hisses.l
a, Mr.; bu 1T ,hs Gl,i Talked G S0%e m noG s SSSsS 56t
yelled: They'll do any old thing to win!
which brought out more laughter
"WhRt must DO the result OF this movement
Of a few excellent persons who not only wan,
their own way. but who ms ut upon their owH
way OF having IL r. demanded Mr.. Butterworth
And there were half II dozen shouts OF They
won't have 1t long"
III say to Mr.. Low said Mr.. Buttcrworth
"good citizen AS he is. we know and he knows
tonight that he cannot possibly succeed in the
fight he Is making, and that he could not do n
better thing n more patriotic thing. n thing
that would advance the cause of good govern
ment more. than TO retro from the field and
give his undivided support to Gen. Tracy
lCheers.l
Congressman B~uttcrworth was followed by
Senator Thurston. whose speech the other nigh,
at the Academy Of Music made him lots Of
friends. and he got n rip.roaring reception
The Senator had been reading Mayor Strong't
speech In the papers. and he started out
by having fun with the Mayor. which, was also
great fun for the crowd. Then, no denounced
the statements, lightly made, that Gen. Trac,
would be the tool of somebody IL he were madt
Mayor. And he 'eloquently reviewed Gen
Tracy's career and demanded II the oharg'
conld ever be true of this man. ending with tho
AZ say to you. fellow citizens, II 10 the heiQh,
OF insolenco to So. ak OF him as belonging TO any
body except the whole people"
Senator Thurston went On and told OF the i'm
mcnse interest there was throughout tho coun
try in Republican success. He spoke ebou
twenty minutes. When he had finished Mr.
butcher called for cheers for tho next Mayor o
Greater Now York. and the meeting was ad
journed with enthusiastic shouts.