The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-12
.i5.N Dsr a RIOT.
Amid wild tonfnsipn Ne1r York e.E,o
DcnoHncc the 4 Arbitration Trruty

New York. March lI.-CoODer Union
Scareciy ever contained n larger or more
cnlhuSiaStic or thoroughly cosmopolitan
| audience than crowded lis space 10 thr
| doors Tonight 10 give expressions OF
| aNrroNai 10 the ratification OF the aribi-
| t!atinn treaty now pending in the United
! states Senate.
Irominent representative New Yorlt
| citizens were reDrescntrd Oh The lists OF
| Sirners Of the cali for the meeting a,itI
| the vice presidents.
! Mayor Strong, as chl:rman delivered
q brief speech. and introduced Hon Seth
| Low aS the first speaker
ion. charles 5. Falrchild then read
series Of resolutions petitioning the Sen
ate TO rntif% the ,Iclty.
After the resolutions were read and
the chairman was about to put The
question on their adoption, Wauhupc
Lynn rose and asked 10 be heard. Per
mission was given and Mir Lynn then
made an address which fairly set the
audience frantic.
rs he progressed in his speech it look
cd very much as IL at any moment n
riot would be begun. The cheers :s he
spoke were Mt times deafcnng and com
plctcly drowned the Kisses which came
from those in front Of The room The
police We're unable to cope with the
crowd and stood spccchleSs while those
ON the platform grew white and red in
the race by turns mad cXcitedly jumped
- i!leif lccl one aitcr the other ana
tried to interrupt Mr.. Lynn.
He denounced Great Britain for hay-
ing broken the treaty of 1912 and raised
troops and built war vessels for the Con-
fedcracy during the civil war, ana for
her attitude toward the Armcninns and
CrctanS.
He closed by presenting n set of res
niutionS exactly the opposite Of the
fairchild resolutions.
Great applause greeted Lynn's resolu-
tons Before Lynn had taken his seat
SETH Low, who had taken Mayor
STong'S place rs chairman, protested
as;aist the action of Nlr. LINN and dt
clned TO accept his resolutions. He
called on John Dewitt Warner, who ad-
dressed the meeting in favor OF the Fair
child resolutions.
The latter part of Mr.. Warmers ad-
dress was completely drowned by cat
calls and Kisses, and The. hall thro,,ph
out was in the. greatest confusion and
liproar. After the noise had somewhat
ceased Chairman Low said: eve will
now vote on tho resolutions offered by
the meeting. All those il favor say
aye" ''1 -S'-- . -
\ loud cry OF AYE" was at first heard.
and pleased expression came over Mr..
10" race. as he, no doubt, imagined
that Mr.. Warmers speech had turned the
l!de Win q smile on his face he asked
Tor the noes" The cries that he re-
.eiFcu were dealenlng ana completely
outdld the ayes" Men jumped to their
feet, waving their hats and shouting at
The top Of their voices and cried mo,
no" Notwithstanding this fact Fresi-
dent Low said that the ayes had 1t.
The band was then ordered to play MY
Country Ills OF Thee but was COM
pletcly drowned by the shouts and Kisses
or the audience. At the close or the
playing and while the band was in the
midst of 'IIail Columb bia." the lights
were suddenly put out and the meeting
closed UI
Among those who spoke in advocacy
OF the ratification of the treaty before
the presentation OF the resolutions were
| Bishop Potter Hon. Charles S. IFaEchlld
and Samuel Gompers. lI8sg .