New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24

WHILE THE AUDIENCE DVINDLES
People 20 political meetings nos only .or IT.
sruction and terrifying IN the faith. but often for
pleasure-often. perhaps the controlling motive
The crowd which attended the Tracy meeting last
night the Metropolitan Bicycle Hall Sixt:eth-st
and the Boulevard certainly enjoyed the evening
although the programme o. exercises not
actly carried out according to schedule. II had
been well advertised that tho speakers would he
General TRACY. District-A5torney Olcot, General
James II. O'Be;r1e. Thomas J.. Hamilton, r. Gil
man. Elisha *. Camp and Robert Mazst. and that
Lieutsnant-Govcrnor Woodruff would preside; and
II also said thai James n z. OGrady. os
Rochester Speaker OF She las; Assembly. would be
among the orators OF the occasion But the night
vas cloudy so the s,are-Tracy. Olcott. Woodruff
and rady-didn't twinkle. and the air In the
hall vas decidedly frosty ny the tine the current
OF fer1eut oratory was at last turned en- u warm
the audience. which neye. did sc; iaoFouSn!
warmed Up
The han is SAID - have seating spscty Of
1WN Perhaps two.thirds Of the floor was occn-
pied b. campo hairs. leaving large cleared space
IA the rear. the doo!. The meeting Il han
been advertised held under tho direction o.
the Union Lca eve o, Vhs-lmer, and one feature
Of the demonstration vac n he paiade % m.
boy ollsts from tho.r headquarters IN Twenty
four,h-s. 70 the hall q Si1tieth-st and the
Boulevsrd. ~ S O'Clock there we're from 60 -
900 psops n the rail. including fair percentage
o. women. TIE BAND pisno and Ave other pieces
PLAYED nop and then To- re dslec'arlon 81 the
psten. sudisnce. Who sst pa;,!ng for -ore-h'ns
~ soma bod, 20 turn up
Al ~ O'Clock connecting df "iur1 III Ihe
sound O. band n1u.io heard uithou'. ara
hundred people rushed out 20 Wecoms me Union
League ~ Vheelmen. While sli th- r@-' - The
audience turned thei- heads ard crsred 'hei- retAs
10 see the tr1umphal entry 90 the faithful Kepuh-
rcan vhesrner Bur they didn't come. sni hve
minutes later some 81 the men no had gone out
st-. -Sled again. brinSing uord ttat &. had he.n
q false alarm and that the hand which had been
heard VAS attached - parade ~ Var WICK
uheeIr1sr who going 20 have IN op.n-air
r,.s.inr N the Plaza close ~ Az So sore bold
rsrson stsrlp4i his tee ana minutes later
poher, Mart sros. N the speaker stand ard an
nourced thai h. nss the temporary chairman. and
that the meeting which rad been DELAYED n eH-
ree.sticn 81 the arrival - the linton Lessu. ~
Vhselr,en would he DELAYED 10 longer. A. ris
,her. was hearty scrIau.. and ever eody orp>c'
ed tha, General Tracy would appear and speak
within very few minutes e. TINS tine most ~
the seats had been taken. and before the tempo
-arv chairman had finished his speech semi
circular fringe ~ men decorated The rear ~ The
hall MI Mszs- spok. for n,te.n minutes. MS
mention 81 General Tracv's mama producing fsrly
warm sppiaus. but none ~ hts other references
70 men and measures aroused any degree o, en-
thusissm Whatever
A. q o'clock he gave way - Elisha x CAMP. ca1-
did2fe Tor JUnSS ~ 'N| ltN QUIT VII" "fr i' ~
the permanent chairman. Mr. Camp. in opening,
said that t,, machines hsd proved ~ service 20
the porld--the Republican machine and tns MOI
err wheel "A voice "Ioude-.D He had got I've
minutes into HE speech when the SOUND ~ band
playing 'Thero'H r. 4 Hot Tine IN the OLD Town
To-night" WAS heard Nr. Camp sank into seat
a. " he had beer shot. end the hand inside the
hall began ~ answering strain. while on o. tao
hundred ~ the audience rushed our 81 door, Bu.
II was another false slsrm-the Van WICK process
sion agsin-and Mr.. Camp proceeded with his
speech while the fringe NJ standing men was aug
nented In size gain by the return ~ The sraggers
General o'Bcirns came in sbou. this ;im" but
nobody recognized him he made his way
cheered IN the platform. General OBernc was
soon introduced b. Mr.. Camp a. tn" frst regular
speaker. and eve-ybody said General Tracy vii
he here 20 speak after O'Beirne" The latter spoke
In the main on Natoua! issues dwelling first on the
glorious Republican traditions" prsisng ths
part, TO- its treatment Of the gres. question OF
protection az exemplihed in the passag. ~ ;hs
Dngley bill and other subjects. and then arguing
that such parry was the one which should gov
ern the Greater New-York
Al go O'Clock the buae heard again. while
through the windows and the door the air seemed
full OF red fire and skyrockets. This time IL wasn't
the ene:ny's call. and General O Reirne paused in
his speech while the long-exFec;ej uheelmen. pre-
coded by their bant. marched into the hall and up
the centre aisle TO seats reserved FOR them In
front, There were fully forty OF them. OF whom
half dozen were boys who Will have vote in
1909 few years later. But they made glitter
ing spectacle They the Lincoln Pioneer
Corps OF the Vth Assembly District. led by William
r. Burns: Union League OF Wheemen led by
Harry r. Cornell. who also grand marshal Of
the parade and representatives from the Id With
and XXIst Assembly districts. After they had
taken their seats, General o Beirne continued his
speech. Which contained many fearful ard wonder
ful meta phorical flowers. He described the ship
of he had watched II In times. and
then got around 10 the tariff again. exclaImns
amid loud applause: Let II be written on the
forehead OF the night that when any one starts
out 10 claim that free trade Is going 10 benent
this country. I mark him down a Benedict
Arnold"
he closed Win The prediction that Tracy would
he elected by h,ty thousand majority Then the
fort hicyciiss. who had been in the hall twenty
hve minutes gave three cheers for Tracy and
started for home; but Chairman Camp appealed to
them stay. they went back their seats.
The band escaped. however. and within five min
utes all except five o. the wheelmen. too had got
away. having quietly stolen down the side aisle
and out to freedom and their hresides.
The next speaker was z. Y Bell Mr. Bell ha.
a shock OF ron-gray. bushy hair. a beard which
is bushy although Nandyked. and a voice Of nasal
tvang. I'm a regular speaker" he began |
Il IN sort OF an ofYshoot. applause They usu- |
ally call on me 10 come when they haven't got
n body else. But they're safe In calling on me
TO come to the rescue. Last year for more than |
four weeks l carried the banner for Mckinley In |
Connecticut and other States You know the re-
suit" more sppause.) Then Mr.. Bell told some
stories. and gave Mr. Low. with whom he had
been a fellow member IN a debating society.
certificate OF good character although he thought
that Mr.. Low was almost too heavenly for our
strong Republican atmosphere" AT 10 o'clock |
sharp the Van WICK call TO arms rang out again
and large delegation OF Mr.. Bells hearers depart
cd in response to the summons. But Mr. Bell kept |
on undsunted.
Al 1910 O'Clock The Sun reporter vno had come |
20 take Tracy and the ether prominent speakers. |
disSust<diy- left the hail, followed by his corps Of
special stenorrsphers BIt NJ Bell kept or. Then the
her reporters ard fair OF the audience |