The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-10

New York, Oct. 9.-The Republican
municipal nominations were ratified
tonight at a mass meeting at Cooper
Union. Every seat in the big han was
occupied and the assemblage was a
very orderly one. The several candi-
dates. as they appeared upon the plat
form, were received with cheers Sen
ator Foraker of Ohio was the principal
speaker He urged that Republican in
terests demanded the election Of Gen
eral Tracy, declaring that the people
Of the whole country We're watching the
campaign with the greatest soheitude.
and he asserted that should Judge
Van Wyok be elected his election would
be heralded al over the country as a
Democratic victory, and that as mayor
of NeW York he would yield a ire
mendous political power for the
strengthening OF the Democratic party
in city, state and nation.
INYEIGHS AGAINST GEORGE.
The senator inveighed against Henry
George as the exponent OF the declara-
tons Of the Chicago platform of 1896,
and the special representative and
champion of the most vicious and per-
nicious declarations TO be found in that
platform.
MI 1GDieJFr FStllaAOI OiahSI dSSSIlSk,
stood before the people as "the chosen
champion of Organism" and the
champion of free trade, free silver
and free license-free license to dis
regard individual and property rights"
Seth Low. the Ohio senator said. was
his personal friend but he was a free
trader and for that reason the speaker
opposed his election. He explained that
Mr.. Low in 1884, while mayor of Brook
--lYn. elected ds a.. Republican, declined
to come TO the aid of the Republican
party in the national presidential cam
paign.
LOW A PASSIVE REPUBLICAN,
Again in 1888. the speaker said. Mr..
Low formally resigned his membership
in the Republican party because of the
protective tariff plank on which Ben
Jamin Harrison was elected. In 1892
Mr.. Low was What they called a pass
i've Republican" He added:
In 1896 he helped us to gain the
great victory of that year by putting
Mckinley in the White House zap
plause), but he did it with the reserva-
ton that ne was d free trader still, and
he is q free trader now" (Applauge)
Senator Foraker euIogized Senator
Tracy as a Republican. soldier and
public man.
CHEERS FOR GEORGE.
Inc most remarkable thing that Oc-
Cured was the vii cheer which broke
out among the audience when the
speaker mentioned Henry George The
body of the hail was well filed With
George men, who broke out like mad
1t the mention of his name. as the
cheering was subsiding there we're a
few Kisses.
At the mention of Seth Low the oc-
cupant5 of the auditorium broke out
int chr
derision- Traitor, ''backslider'' and
"muswump" We're howled again and
again.
General Tracy's name evoked general
enthusiasm and he was cheered by the
entire assembIage. He said in part:
TRACYS ADDRESS.
no issue. in my Judgment, that has
ever occurred in any campaign in
wolves a deeper and more vital interest
to the citizens Of New York than the
present In its platform the Republic
an party recognizes that the question
OF good government for the city is OF
the highest and first importance. but
il recognizes also the fact that there is
anatheF issue that cannot be ignored
IN any political contest in this country
and that is the issue known by the
single word Organism
Next we have Tammany hall and
It's ticket NeW ork people know ii
and understand III they know its
past and from its past they Judge its
present and future purposes. In the
third place we have the ticket Of
Henry George.
George has taken 10 hiEnEeaf all of
the Platforms and all of the principles
of Bryanisnl-that he leaves With Tam
many na9l. Thea. finally. we have
Citizens Union. and their candidate. Mr.
LGV. "a V0iCe---A nlugWuun,l and q
traitor mingled With applause and
sliSses) Ms Low says that he stands
upon a single issue in this campa.En>
and that issue is good government To
me city. 0lr- Low win excuse me when
say that I 1hink in that respect ne is
mistaken II good government to the
ciiy We're tbs only issue on which Mr.
Low and mis- paEGy stood there would
be 90 difficulty in the union of the Re
publican party With NE Citizens U1Gon.
I appeal 20 you, fellow citizens, and to
bisUcTy, ID prove ulut there are no bec-
tar friends Of good government, no or
g2uiZatou tlaL has stood 50 faithfully
to that principle for she last quarter Of
a century shan The Republican pacty"
Great ap9lause.1
General Tracy tleu made a long ar
gunenL against the position taken ,y
the CiriZecls Uua9n and criticised the
deal between the Union and the George
committee