New-York tribune., 1897-10-30

ne AND WILLIAM ~ WINS DENOUNcE THE clTI-
zrNs cANpiDATE AND TRY TO MIX THIS
CAMPAIGN WITH THAT or LAST YEAR
TIE managers Of General T~acy's campaisa
.o,a an anti-Low love fees, last cvcring in ,he
Grand Central Palace which wa ATTENDED neal
+, 70 the capacity os the big han. In the course
=, The evening Seth Low and Charles Stcwar:
cr,i,h Joseph II. Choate. the Citizens Union
ord all that apper;aiHs 20 Il We're denounced
1 abused ard ridculcd un.N The many ma
chine adherents present were highly pleased.
IN his entertainment Nr. patt. who occupied
a sent in The Aalcony. had the able assistance
:, " Bourke Cochran who has discovered
that he has a voice in the lasc four d2ys )f
,he campaign. The var-cry Of The evening was
"Anvthing TO beat Seth low and that candl-
dat. was painted in coiors OF luridness no,
Ind in any wen-regulated spectrum. The
"r,ugxumps" too. came in for Mr.. Cochran 3
best efforts in the way Of derunciation and
r,dicuIe. When that orator was not assailing
.bero or Seth Low personally he was doing
his best TO Identity this campaign with the
or,;Rrvan one Of 1896, and &c threatened all
.or,s Of awful things If General Tracy were not
elected next Tuesday
THE CROWD on HAND EARLY.
Tho crowd filed The hail early and received
Mr. Cochran and William NJ. Ivins with much
warmth when they appeared on the platform
Mr.. WINS called the meeting to order ana
IN doing so he spoke OF the death OF hehly
George whom he described as the friend OF
every man in the best sense of the term. Ihen
Mr. WINS plunged into a long speech the
burden OF which was that II Genel al Tracy We're
not elected New-York would so Democratic II
the next Presidential election and he referred
pleasantly to the advocates of non-partisanshlp
as "conJectural rag, tag and bootaH men, MI
1,ins set the pace that Mr. Cochran followed
by dismissing Van Wyck without comment eA-
cept to say that he had 10 individuality
AGAINST MIR. Low he hurled a torrent OF de-
nrnciation and abuse. The Citizens Union IL
said WAS a constituency OF noise and not oi
,otes and he declared that General Tracy was
80 900 votes nearer election than Seth 10"
would ever be, whereat .he crowd cheered
81 think" said Mr.. WINS. that when the
.,,oke Of this battle has cleared away, the only
thing left So far as Nj Low is concerned VIII
ne the odium which he mas already won Tor TIE
way in which ne has endangered the ucAc'
When laughter greeted the reading OF MI Low
le,ter. written on receiving the news OF Mi
Georges death. Mr.. Wins said: "GentleMeh II
is nor the time for laughter. 1t IS the time for
I'M, d.en-roo,ed. quiet contempt that kills.
The, ne read q letter from James McMahon'
,resli.nt Of the Emgrant Industrial Savings
Bank, who said he was going TO vote for Genera'
Tracy.
Vtlj, Mr.. WINS was talking Mr.. Platt ap-
peared in the lower gallery and took a seat II
the front row. His appearance was the slSha
for prolonged outburst Of cheers that made II
evident whose spirit was brooding over the as
senobly Mr. Platt arose and bowed his acknoWI-
edgments.
MR.. COCHRAN INTRODUCED
After the negro quartet had again attacked
Mr Low in song MI Cochran was introduced
amid applause. Mr Cochran took the Tip gwen
him by Mr.. Ivips and proceeded to assail and
abtse Mr. Low and his associates of the Citizens
Union in all the ways that his ingenuity could
devise He succeeded in working the crowd INTO
a condition Of excitement ard demonstratve ap-
proval Of the opinions he held, or at least
voiced. But first he paid tribute to the mem
ory of Henry George, saying:
4 great figure has fallen. y great shadow en-
faps this town. The fierce notes OF contention
are softened bv the tones Of sorrow. one OF the
most conspcOus opponents Of the candldat.
whom | support has been laid low by the hahd
ofdeath. While all condemn mis- theories, we
an respected his virtues. ApplauseD We op-
rosed his platform. but confess his sincerity
We have assembled tonight 70 90 oa''ie @ asa'.s' IL,
the doctrines which he preached. Dul Deto4e w
proceed with the business Of the evening We
pause for an instant TO pay tribute o. Tespec'
10 his memory. Applause) Honest men, pa
and courage of an opponent, traductlon VIII
fcation ard Misrepresentation ot Aiherlc@i
citizenship is the stock in trade Of our adVersar
ies which the people Of this country VIII con
de.nn next Tuesday.
ATTACKING LOW. SMITH AND CHOAIE
Then Cochran proceeded TO express his new
found dislike of Mr.. Low. after repeating Mr.
Ivins's awful premonition Of what things would
follow that candidates election. Mr.. Low NJ
described as "the nondescrDt who refuses Il
stand for ANYTHING but himself" and he sai'
that Mr.. Lows election would be the defeat o
all roanllness and virility in politics wherea
Vr Platt stood 10 and waved his white hand
ke~cbieF sill he confessed. Mr. Lows candI
dscv was dangerous. The Citizens Union, n
s6dAd offered the Republican party ne cnoic
betvesr suicide and murder. and ne Tor on
Democrat as he was) preferred that If the Re
publican party must die, Il should d.e hsh.li hs
IN honorable warfare and in a way cohsls'eii
with is history. CT, e.. 10 -
Ne denounced Charles Stewart Smith for nav
ing given out "stupdly false intefNIeW' an
Mr. Choate although not BY name lVE iI'S ie
marks about General Tracy ana MS ,, C%HuaN,,, - >
He hoped the lawyers Of this city "ouid ies9il
tho ac+ion of Mr. Ch0ate. After teihnS no,
weak Mr. Lows character was, ana ina ol -,
sunDorters he declared amid entnusidSIl' tI'
that General Tracy would be elected ana Woui'
up his effort with eu,0gy or that Cs'Hu'u1'',
Once when Mr Cochran quoted some tal
guage which ne said Seth Low nad useC' @ @the.
came a voice from the house CRY NE -,
sald IT, and this was followed py dehhnp
that tbo "offender' be put out but Mr.. Cockra d
kept him there and proceedea 70 ue"'''' "
as a typical muSwunp
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N MP LOWS DISTRICT.