The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-22
BRONX CHEERS FOR TRACY.
An ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME ON HIS
FIRST VISIT 10 TIM BORoUGH.

Nv - Wv HAS
FIRST VISIT 70 THE BOROUGH n.
Urbach's Hall Filled Win "A Hurrahlnr Grove
10 Hear the Republican Candidate Erpouna
the Issues or tho CampaIsn william N.
INina and EH-Gov. rinchShcL Also speak.
Gen. Tracy paid his first visit to the borough
OF the Bronx last evening. and the Brouxites
turned out to receive him in h~nttering numbers.
They gave him II hearty greeting that led him
TO nay them the compliment OF a wish to have q
summer nome among them.
The meeting was held in Urbach's Hall, AZ
lTVih street and Third avenue, and 1000 per
SOUS packed il to tho ceiling and the doors 10
hear HIM speak. They climbed up the gallery
supports and stood crowded against the wall all
arouni the hall.
There was singing during the early part Of
the evening, ana when one song wan rGt short
by tho entrance VI Gen. Tracy ;LO audience
burst into nm uproar OF solutatipn. The meet
ing fairly went Wild. The people apparently
could not make noise enough 10 express or to re-
iicVc their feelings. Men ana women joined in
the vocal shlro fired at tn" welcome ctutidatGas
he climbed to lhr platform ana walked arruss IT..
Tao bands were of sinai! account compared with
the cheers OF The thron, which maIcthr h I'll r-
sound. The bands came in with ptrid,rs who
had marched through the streets before tho
IHeGtiug. The trauspHrcnrics in The parade bore
such legends as thcs,:
Low. college gown cost u million! as Mayor he'd
cost a billion.
Nomination by petition costs ) cents a name. lc;'s
all hc nominated
Croker likes the English: Van WycE iGcs the
French.
A male quartet evoked Il contiguous h!iar,ty
and made n hit by Il cuuplet which animated
that il Tammnny, Geo re. ana Croker didn'S
meet in paradiSp-wyl thew would in -- Tho
singers interrupted themselves. but the auditors
seemed to have no difficulty in swing substance
to the hiatus. The quartet carried the whole
audience along with them when they sang
a stanzl and chorus of "A Hot Time in Novcm-
Der" The time OF tho mus G permitting E very
effective pauscbeforc Ben" and a value to he
given 10 the two syllab!cs OF Gen. Trays sur
name that seemed TO catch the crowd Just right.
At every mention OF ' Ben" cheering all over
the house was spontaneous. The lines tina, moss
pleased were these:
ThsreIl he votes for everybody in dis great, great old
town.
Some will vote for Paddy Gleason, he OF battle.a1s
renown,
And some Will vote for Cookers man. and some will
vote for Low.
And Henry George will get some votes. but" most Of
dem will go
For de man who knows a thing or two.
For de man who was c soldier true.
For de man who put De charter through.
Thereli he a hoI time in de old town dat night. BeO
Tracy.
When you hear de people all declare
Turn down Low, we don't wan: him for Mayor.
When we put Ben Tracy i'll the chair.
Therell Dc q hot time In de old town dat night.
All through the evening the names of Low,
Van Wyck, and Tamnany were Kissed. II was
said in the hall that the people of the borough
were afraid that if Low should be elected it
would mean rapid transit for the west side OF
Manhattan Island at the expense OF the great
eastern district OF the Bronx.
In opening the meeting Thomas j. Rush,
President OF the Bureau OF Assessments, spoke
of the pharisee who is informed OF the theory
Of politics rather than its practice" and nobody
doubted whom he meant.
Thomas w. Hamilton, the candidate for
Sheriff, spoke OF Seth Low as the apostle of a
new dispensation. standing in himself for all
that is pure and good, but had hardly spoken
the mortar.b boarded ones name when Kisses
began.
Gen. Tracy cam in after Mr.. Hamilton's
speech, and Chairman Rush announced that at
the Generals request William VI. Wins would
be introduced before himself.
Nj. Wins said:
This Is not to first time | have fought with
Gen. Tracy. Bot | have never taken part in
any battle, with him or against him. that ! felt
TO be fraught with such momcntous cOnSe-
quences AZ this one seems to me TO be 10 THIS
community. This immense territory mad into
an experimental charter. which gives unprec"-
dentcd power to one man. Whether or not Ihis
be seen, No such power in the hands 81, one
man in this country was ever known until Tho
former city Of Brooklyn at the request OF Seth
Low. The Incorporation " tbs principic in
Of Seth Low and those who stood with him, and
against tie earres, protest OF your candidate
-N"Itls the lrs, Time in lie history of The world.
I think, lhat any man has gone Neiorc 3,o"",0oo
himself but his oath; 1t has seen : i'd that Mr..
his conscience only. ! wou!d ask wha, we know
Is, what matter it 10! Yet that's all that j. Of
fe:ed to us In this campaign. Seth Low and his
We have got 10 look to the legislature for
The cpmpletion Of our chnrtor T.e senate z
desire. You cannot &c AL the Hlncn !Eents
Albany which Benjamin r. Tracy and the Itc-
puh.icarS rHn give you.
jority o. The Gest.dressed men IN the city. a ma
lo,iIv OF the sno"lors-'hai is, ..ne sGouters
Td,%c ys sn'D carry S.' from oS n MaFra y i iii b. 6a| 'i hey
haven't got a majority OF tho voters. Don't YOU
have plurality OF 10000 votes. II you want
10 defeat r4n.,lany Hal! AM Lienry GcorEe vote
p LOT lut sldll II olll'N ''i''' i'h - huN'hb
the votes TO do IL than Selh Low has
one Of the bands struck ny " Ny Country, It's
of Thee" as Mr.. WINS TUNED away and Gen.
Tracy arose, and Chairman Rush, IN lien OF q
formal presentation, merely exclaimed as he
came TO the front Of the platform: what bet
ter Introduction could there bc Tor Gen. Tracy
r than America r. The whole Ashemblpgo was
on its Ieet instantly. Everybody cheercd, yelled,
screamed, and waved arms. umbrellas, canes,
he ndkerGh!cls or hats. Tho cheering Kept mp
for minutes, it seemed, and Bronx ~enthusi SIN
shove ed IL self to he as yocifeIous and hearty as
that Of the Manhattan ana Brooklyn audiences
which have greeted the Repuulican candidate.
Fellow Republicans Gen. Tracy said, "citi:
zens, 1t is hard TO express my 'pprGclatl"h or
tn splendid ETecting you have given M on my
trst visit 10 the Bronx. II tho signs Of the mes
do not miSlcad US. it will not De my last ylsit. IL
is suggested, with my approval, that after am
e,ectu,. Mayor it vail be necessary, for me 20
take mp my summer residence ~ tho borough! OF
the RronN. I'm sure | could do it with profit 10
myself. amt perhaps without injury 10 you, Tho
lines on which your borough 10 to dcyciop and