The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-22
JRATORY B0ILS OVER.
NEW YORK AIR oyERcHARGED
WITH CAMPAIGN SPEECHES.
the Forces Are Lined Up for
Baftie-Henry George Predicts
Boss Tweed.s Fate for Croker.

NEW YORK. Oct. IA great demon
stration in favor OF Seth Lows candldSey
for mayor took place IN Carnegie nai
/ tonight. tremendous tarong. tnat nl4ea
every SCAT in the pit. crowded the boxes
/ and from thence swept I'D 10 the top
most row OF the big gallery, was pres
/ snt Even the stage was uncomEortaoy
! crowded. the benches that rose tier-Aze
from the Iectern being TANNED me NEST
remarkable feature Of the meeting Nas
! the fact that Il was not billed as Cit
I Gems" but as Il Republican meeting. pc
Ing held under the auspices OF the Ike
publican organization (anti-Plato OF the
! city OF New York. About one-thirc OF
| the audience was composed or women.
| Enthusiasm fairly dubbed over, ana
| when the familiar features of Mayor
/ Strong appeared at the bottom OF the
stairway leading TO the stage the whole
house stood up and cheered- immediate
I " behind the mayor came the features OK
Seth Low. The first glimpse OF the can
dldate set the house Wild The women
/ scrambled up into their seats and waved
their handkerchiafs and fairly shrieked
with delight Mayor Strong. Gen. Wager
F. Swain, Joseph II. Choate, Eihu Root and
/ Gen. Arson @. NcCook took their places
! on the stage. In calling the meeting 10 or
der. the chairman addressed the audience
80 c4AON TtEVGEAGAD5~ anu %at- NfSnNA
+ cheers. Mayor Strong could not speak
until he had endured another burst or
cheering.
Strong Denouuces Bliss.
Mr.. Strong began by declaring that "the
( real genuine Republicans of New York
were supporting Seth Low, and then
quoted Secretary Of the Interior Bliss
bitter criticism OF Senator Plat a few
years ago. Mayor Strong pointed OUT in
NJ Snaak-
/ ers suggested for doing campaign work
+ IN New York. and he told the managers
+ OF the campaign that he did not want any
foreigners here at all. He believed in let
ting the people OF New York fight IL out
among themselves. Mayor Strong then
told OF the good accomplished by the
present administration.
Gen. Wager Swain, the next speaker,
was Justify cheered
Seth Low was then introduced. Such
storm as arose has rarely been heard
In Carnegie hall From the topmost row
OF the topmost gallery. down through the
/ balcony, boxes and pit. the wild storm
| swept. II was exactly four minutes be-
| fore the cheering subsidized, only 10 be
/ brought to life again by the mayor who
demanded three and three more for the
+ next mayor OF Greater New York-Seth
Low" For two more minutes the whrl-
wind OF enthusiasm swept the house, and
even after it had died out entirely. II was
renewed when Mr.. Low had said, Fellow
| citizens"
Mr.. Lows speech was an amplihcation
or the addresses that he has delivered
throughout the entire campaign. He re-
| ferred TO Mr.. Plat as a citizen OF Oswego,
and 70 Mr. Croker as frequenter of the
English race track and called upon the
hearers to vote for home rule.
When Elhu Root, the next speaker.
/ mentioned Henry Georges name there
was vigorous applause, in which Seth Low
Joined. The name of Gen. Tracy was
! Kissed.
Choate's yision of Judgment
Joseph Choate was cheered more hearth
ly than any other speaker but the mayor.
and was referred TO as THE next senator
from New York" His speech set the house
fairly wild. Speaking OF Senator Plat. he
said:
He does not belong TO New York city.
ana thank God. New York city does not
belong 10 him.
Mr.. Choate said:
When our distinguished senator emery
ed frorn his momentary residence In Ito
ga to visit the city OF New York when he
opened his ever-silent lips and said he
hoped. he wished he was as sure OF his
own salvation as he was of the election OF
Gen; Tracy, surely he never counted upon
gin TO feel a fearful fire in his rear. And
II he really means 70 save himself from
that day OF wrath, that awful day. when
".
! should advise him that he should not
ma his gates a1ar quite wide as he an
ucipates, unless he ahandons his machine
ana enroils himself as a member OF the
salvation Army"
Gen. Arson G. McCook was the next
speaker. There was an overflow meeting
in the street, whers 4.000 persons listened
TO many speakers and shouted for several
hours.
What George Would Do With Croker
Henry George and expos tn1aster Day
ton spoke tonight at a Thomas jefferson
mass meeting in the borough of the Bronx.
The candidates were enthusiastically re-
ceived. Henry George was greeted with
deafenlng applause. The first part of his
speech was an explanation of the princi-
pies on which he expected 10 be elected.
Then he said:
Il say nothing against the personal char
acter OF any man. IL Croker got his pal
aces and race horses honestly let him re-
main here. II they were procured by ROB
berry OF he people, by the missse OF power
he usurped, let him so to England II 1
for him. II 1 have the power the fate of
Boss Tweed and Johnny McKane VIII Be
his l make 70 threats but great crime
Tom l.. johnson, OF Ohio. was the next
speaker. He said: This campaign marks
an era in history. for Henry George shows
the real men-the men who produce the
wealth. He proposes no plan complicated
or hard 20 see through. He says that YOU
have laws enough, and 70 take some of
and put none on and you VIII have the
Z reformation you want. I don't believe the
world VIII be set right by labor unions
They viii never procure 90 the wealth pro-
Queer all that he is entitled to-
Robert A. Van Wyck, the Democrats
nominee Tor mayor, was slated FOR a
speech AZ Tammsny meeting tonight at
the jefferson clubhouse but he failed 10
appear Instead. however he sent 4 let
ter. which was read 20 the audience. II
was an attack Oh the present city admins