The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-21

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And you can imagine by surprise the nextmorn;
was made to declare that tho trH ESdS
took mS n paragrApR or a sentence from my
speech in which l was reGonnting the
efforts that had been made 10 ho ppiiddfb he e u0ittes
long before the Democratic party hau n9mihhte9
its ticket and before George was ~ IhG ncIa, nhu
when we had Il certainty of a divided, Iepuon.
can vote with nm apparent certainty of a united
Democratic vote. and said that ! supposed mat
struggle as Inn was hopeless. And yet they took
thai sentence and perverted Il into my SAYING
that the present situation was hope,ess. ! SAG
speech and honestly So misunderstood it.
And now | repeat that u no event can MT.
m mUT DC within SiITES"i 100000 votes, OF an election.
And this is not my first .pT2IitiSSa I, cIh ndpSd
%isn't."i i have been through them now for
moro than forty years, and ! think am able TO
discover something Of the drift of public sent
curacy what the result Of the election is to DO
before it occurs. lAEpllnnmsSeiL ,oo,,. md WIN ,xi,,
find wards in this city where Mr.; Low win get
Assembly, districts in this city where he
That's rightl'l And in no district can
no poll a large percentage OF tho vote; |
and apS"I from what ] gather and breathe in
tho atmosphere, but to-day ! have been in
the presence of every one of your thirty i've As
sumbly leaders in this city, and the situation
has been cnnvasscd in their districts one by one.
aud they have given the details OF tho vote as
of the district and from what they gather from
their associates, and, unless they are ~ wrong,
Mr. o Low cannot get IN TINS city OF New y aGTk
Pat Gleason will beat him!'l
And in naming that figure as a possibility.
give him many thousand more votes than these
rcports aggregate. IApplause.l In brooklyn
when l was there last, Monday night vas in
conference with moro than u hundred different
best Judgment there was that Low. II tho cleo
tion occurred today, could not get 10000 votes
Then what chance Is there Of his election :
ICrics OF "Nonc, absolutely none. u Isn't Mayor
Strong right when he declares that he cannot be
elected And will you follow Mayor Strong's
advice to vote in the air ny throwing away your
votes ON that candidatcl lCries of"No! Never!l
REPUBLICANS CAN WIN ny 10000.
Now I affirm with equal positivcncss, gentle
publican. of the city of New York, of tho Greater
New York. If men who have voted year after
nrb!icuns by conviction and Republicans in
ticket will be elected by more than 10000 plu-
Your noble President Mckinley Iapplausel re-
ccivcd in the territory that now constitutes the
Greater New York in round figures about 800
900 votes. There will not be over $4,000
votes cast this year. There is no, doubt
wn" r@Tc that Tint b there i Is a n lSEitiimISte ,I KaspfH r6m
practice, men who are in the habit Of
voting the Republican ticket. OF moro than
10000 voters in this district. tApplause.l II
the Republican ticket could receive the support
of the Republicans. without division. there is
be- eiocted, even il Seth low remains in tho
field az snd 900 draws yoi nwSy i IIpnl /, $4,000 There Fl 2S'oG IS
The IieGnbliean ticket in ,his greater
plause.l And 1t is impossible that either George
or Van Wyck can get ANYTHING like that nun,
T 5sF Of ,h v95fTi be lA Mamre com HFiss OF THAT'S
Why. then. should the Republicans be divided
at this election There Is no issue about, good
government between the Republican candidate
and Mr.. Low. he being tho witness. The Re-
publican candidate if elected will strive mlgntily.
he knows how. Therefore. the question is
whether your candidate knows how to give good
government. [Cries of He does, and we know
LOWS LIBEL
But Mr.. Low says that your candidate will
have to antagOnizc the Republican party in or
der to give good government. That is n libel
lApplause.l Does Mr.. Low believe that Prcsi.
dent Mckinley has got to antagonize his party
ton. Applause. Does he believe that II he
was Governor OF the State of New York
he would be compelled to antagonize his party
in order to give good government in the state
When he was Mayor OF Brooklyn did he have
to antagoniZe his party in order 10 give good
government to the cityl His party renominated
and reelected him. That doesn't look much
like antagonism, does It'll lCries OF No! No.
his party in order to give good government TO
Brooklynf Has Mayor Wurster been com,
PEELED to antagonize his party to give good
government to the same ethyl Has Mayor
Strong been compelled to nntagonizc his party
for the same re,sonf IA voice: "No, he wasn't
Inthrm and repeat what I said in Brooklyn,
II the candidate OF the Republican party il
elected. Set! Low. or any other reformer may
set the standard OF administration as high MS lie
plcascs, and l will bring ii there. and with the
consent. approval. and active cooperation OF
the Republican party. Loud and vigorous ap
~plnusc.l
II know the Republican party much bette.
and know its rank and fie, and i know that nc
Governor, no Mayor. no President was ever
compelled to nntagonize his party in order tt
did ant,,gonize his party when he didn't lap
plnusc.l
magistrate. whether he be President or Coy
ernor or Mayor OF a city, the antngOnism OF the
Republican party as that he should be corrur,
mini5tration OF his office. lApplause.l
LEADERS THERE MUST BE.
i nn"' ,od LAMG F' pjst; 4 4 a S"ir ,hot I tAeT n he's n a T2St
the leader Of the Republican party rather, thai
the Republican party and its candidate. lCricc'
Ladies and gentlemen and fellow Re
publicans. was there ever n politica
No!' A voice: NO more than IA family with
ont a father. ! Can you hive "A political part.
without a leadcrl Who illustrates the ncces
sity Of a leader any better than the Citizens
Committed They have had three leaders il
two weeks. GApplnase;l REYNOLDS was the frs
Ihissesl. then my friend Charles Stewart smitl
went in for twCntv-four hours. then came Nc
Cook. LHisscs,l If they had had leadership
fellow citizens. we would have had union and
triumph. loud applausc.l
have been connected with the Republican
ORGANIZATION and political parties now 70
to achieve success without leHdeTship. q
Alexander IIamilton. in this city was III
first great political loader. and he led wit
an iron hand. TOO. In, my day the first ! kneS
was Thurlow Weed. the great Wing leader. an,
for ten years the leader Of the Republican OF
ganiZation. Then came l,Cuben +. Fcmton an,
Roscoe C,onklin, and now Mr.. Plat. Applause
] have lived with them all and quarrellcd wi.
none. Leaders arc but incidents of political OF
Ganization., Leaders come and leaders go, bu
the Republican party shall go on forever. Lou
applause and cries of That's right!"l l hav
sworn allegiance to the Republican party an
I npvpr shnll uuit IL whpthpr aDDrOyp of II