The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
SPEECHES TO LADY CTS.
MAJOR. STRONG DID THE
ar A COOPER UNION TEA.

At A ER UNLON A16'
p,,,,, Tell .bou, John Free &. Mont, Though
NJ. Cortcr wins Cheers for GcorEe-Dr.
Rninarord on Political frchchers Mr.
C.o.,.,,a yr. Low Impcrii sundrS suppers.
1vi,h ,ho oosisto,co of n pitcher of leo water
and n few bromo tablets Mayor strong ulu the
honors yesterday AZ an afternoon tea given by
tho lady Cts at Cooper Union. ABOUT ooo
women and III men crowdod INTO inc oasc-
mcnt Of the building, the men oclnG there IN
the hone Of hearing his Honor deliver ono OF
his famous John FREQ c. Mont speeches. inc
men were disappointed. some OF the women
also seemed disappointed, for they stared Mt
him blnnkly, The old women present sized
him nm through their eyeglasses and the young
women turned their opera glasses loose on him;
but he was able to stand it all. he SAID some
nico things TO the women and they clapped
their hands and told one another that The didn't
look IT," whatever that may have meant.
Finally Mayor Strong introduced James @.
Carter. Mr.. Carter began his speech by giving
n word picturc of each of the four candidates
who are running for Mayor. Each of tho four
names mentioned was loudly cheercd by the
women. Henry Georges namc was the most
loudly applauded. Tho women cheered so long
for Mr.. George that Mr.. Carter held up both his
hands and motioncd for order. When the
women kept quiet for a minute MIR. Carter said:
81 don't object to your giving Henry George
such n great ovation. I'd like to join in 1t my
! self. but we must not forget that we are here
| for the Citizens Unionscandidato, Seth Low"
"Hurrah for Henry Gcorgc!" shouted one of
the elderly women near thesStage, and the crowd
again chccrcd for George.
George is n great, manly, straightforward,
honest man. continued Mr.. Carter, although
l do not agree with his theories"
"Hurrah for Henry Gcorge!' shouted another
| woman in the crowd, and the crowd cheered
| again.
"If Mr.. George Is elected continued Mr..
Carter. seeing that he was talking to an cnthu-
siastic audience, 'if Mr.. George is elected no
will stand as the representative of the city of
New York. IApplausc.l don't believe in his
theories, but l must respect him just the same
for the fight he is making against the bosses.
lie stands on the same foundation as we do
and he is helping us to do our work in part, and
! have no criticism or condemnation Of him 70
make. But Seth Low; how does he standf"
"All right yelled n gray-haired woman In
the second row of seats.
Yes said Mr.. Carter, "he is tho most 40
i ceptable man. He has made no pledges. II he
had l would not trust him; 1t is said he is am
bilious. | hope he is. lie has had many oppor-
%tunities heretofore to crafty his ambitions
Mr.; Garter talked for hall an hour. and then
DR.. ltainsford said that u great many people
might think it out of place for a minister OF the
Gospel TO discuss politics from n public plat
form. but as long as Christian churches stood on
the street corners in public places just so long
would ministers discuss politics.
You nay me to speak to YOU on sunday
he said, and just as long rs the clergy is paid
for discussing great moral questions they would
be deficient in their duty II they should refuse
test"
was n great deal of humor in the campaign.
Tmmmany, Hall turning, up under a new mask
was one OF the things that was humorous.
I'm really sorry DR.. Parkhurst ism here to-
day day to or help Ibr u; wn in our cG Tanssdi w Shta pr b.. H PaTs.
BY one trick or another. DIR. Rainsford said,
the Republican party, refused TO take up Seth
Low. In other words, Mr.; Low wouldn't kneel
to them, and they said: Get out OF here
over on the east side. continued the speaker.
they have what is known As smokers clubs.
A number Of boys jus, learning to smoke get
cent cigar. In the case to which ! refer the
president lit the cigar and bean to smoke;
P frsa d IaH' still H sI%nke I'd Finally they got up up
and grulnbled for a draw or a puif; And the
this club: | smoke: you can spit And that's
the way with III political boss-he smokes and
but don't believe we can down bossism
very easily. 1t has n hundred heads, and when
another mattcr on which / want 10 touch. /
suppose TIE srN will say it is anarchistic.
Inc people lllSL Itli.tlllbtT VIA DbSS TllC
means corporation rule. | want YOU to get tho
workingmcn of the city to understand this and
then the workingmen OF New York will leave
Tammany Hall. When make this statement
recognize every political party in the country.
Danger lies in too great II power in the hands
of the bosses. for it PASSES into corporations.
There are two classes in my mind who help to
keep the boss in power; One is the ignorant.
both. My friends, n great cry arose a short
time ago when we believed the sacred rights OF
there are some things more sacred than the
rights OF property-thc rights of man.
The band played GLORY Iialleluiah" and Joe
Choatc got up and made an attack on bossism.
He read to the audience an article from THE
Sun, and praised Mayor .StronE's adninistra.
ton. but he did not read to the audience the
Mayors John Free G. Mont speech printed in
Yesterdays Sun. The ladies seemed disap,
pointed, so to cheer them up the GIFTS male
quartet sang their battle hymn of Marching
to the polls 10000 strong"
Mr.. Low spoke after hearing tho hymn, and
am0ng other things, said:
Il beg of YOU not to relax one effort from now
until election day, because the men who know
anything about these politicians know that it Il
the machines are very strong. and no force car
break them hut that of the people"
The women did not sing the 10000 hymn
again, but began to worry about their nus
bands suppcrs. for Il was after Il O'Clock. and
the band playing Home, Sweet Home" re
minded them of other duties besides politics.
, Low said one of the women in passing out
NO, indeed. not after staying here at a politi
cnl meeting until after 9 o'clock. Oh, dear;
do wish ! was home. My husband has such
bad temper when he's hungry
80 has mihc," said her companion. 'If h,
fGds that lcf, the children Sn.i in the butcher C sho!
But wasn't Mr.. Low delightful"
".Ycs; and so enrncst!"
i, And so sadi'