The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-14

Croker ssid to shschsn' "You must take tho man I
7 want n putty candidate, 80 nominate Van wyck."
But Henry George has boltcd and tho Germans are on
They'll cruelty tho ticket In November.
I,nlted States Senator John NJ. Thurston kent
I'M the enthusiasm. Hc was introduced as tho
great champion Of gold, honest money and pro-
w6oops things mp when he starts, and from the
start TO finish no had tho crowd with him howl.
i iTSn and ma yS san@ht t iS S."I Il was 1s th Ms:h =" ae''"r0'
II like 2 man who has q country AMI stands
by It. like n man who has a party, and sup
ports II, A man who has n party and who fails
TO support that party is as much u traitor as the
man who turns on his country"
and told the BOYS how glad no was to SEQ them.
One of the principal reasons why he stayed over
1T knew there wasn't n .Mugwump In this
Congress district. l read IN the paper this
morning that / was IN interlopor; ~[Laughter.l
have been in tho habit OF believing that
S %ns nv 4 bpotheT. Fo III i have a right
TO DO Gorc tonight to speak for the Republican
party. Only last fail out in f thf Great "a West
great Fposs enough to stand by ourselves. We should
Citizens StM Y 'S saying This Z. New York; this is
ihSd m'ttS5iG sp si,% i 4 sb Is tho !" st ETSa'SS s itself s''f !" T }SS
city should be free from the West. We should
cut loose from it, l say TO these people, us L
said to my own people in my state last year:
MY State has one star in the flag. New York
has one star In the flag. and we arc bound In an
inscpSrablo union. Your country Is my eoun'
Senator Thurston then went on and showed
Just how important t2 the ,icEn, a ana H. was snn imc
money. cause Mt this election. Then no
f RSHTs5,od how nn i%pOr sbSa,a i b WAS mainta shns ts ns
showed that a most dangerous time for tho
s ssUpeeatii in % q Pryesidcntia election. Then was
the time when its enemies rallied, and always
upon tho proposition that there is no politics in
lie showed how fatal this was to the success
ful carrying, out OF the Republican policy ma
tionally, and reviewed some of the Instances
whore this apathy had been fatal; He spoke OF
the election Of 1884 next. and declared that tho
apathy of Seth Low, then, Mayor of Brooklyn.
and the direct ,reachcry Of half the men whose
names are now on tho committee OF the Citizons'
biasos f nr' fow and ,.hcers Tor BIaino as senator
Thurston proceeded.
lie showed the use that was made Of tho city
election OF 1888. When The Democrats were
in power, and he demanded to know il
greater and more powerful city into tho
hands of the Democrats did not mean
ssIs ,Rhs When SS sse hepn aR ,nG party ns' Wss b,at ns
in tho great cities it was Eenorally when a set
of "holier than thou men got together and
said. I'VE are many citizens and going 10 re-
believe them to beat the Republican party.
small boy who said to, his mother. Mamma.
know that letter that was printed in the paper
papa wrote that. and l saw him write and saw
him sign it many citizens; just wanted to know
who many citizens was
As read tho record" said Senator Thurston.
"thcre is a good deal of this sort OF many citi.
zens' things about the nomination OF one Of
your distinguished candidates for Mayor.
Mr.. Low processes to believe that he is run
ming very. very fast and Hereby
on, he's got lead in his shoes" and senator
and climbed & tyirsinis,, .i fence e. bS one of of
the bias. This young man climbed it some forty
times before he. tumbled 70 the fact that he was
E 9oa ssi STG sh ,h0 M sfne f1 1S1B EtliS1cd he ss% Mas rn nh,rs:
very. very fast. but was really climbing the
fence lcnGthwiec.
chino politics. Well. suppose there is n ma
chine. Didn', you hayo a chance to go to the
iected your candidates for office. You did;
didn't youi There wore shouts OF sure! II
Mel: Isn't sn, , that bet better Hit thon having 8onr E SneyIeSs so Or
consent and fix u ticket mp for You and toll you
you've got to. vote it. want TO tell You. my
the boss who takes the people in with him, who
nsks their advice. and who follows it. The other
tho highway and says: Here. whether You like
Il or not, take my can,didate; if you don't I'll
The crowd whooped 1t up for the Senator on
why said the Senator. why should n Re
publican vote for anybody except the Republi-
same reason that the jacknss goes calmly BY tho
breakfast from the burrs in tho thistlcs."
He described the man who thought that
P RsoS Ike The irishman who Was digging =
well, and. who. coming TO q boulder. drilled
2 hole in it: stuck in q stick OF dynamite.
pull him up. The partner worked very
slowly. The 'iIrishman Kept Yelling 10 him to
whereat the Irishlnan hnwled: oh. Mike. for
Gods 1u sake cI pull In me . up q mS T or li G~1 ne 9,is roSs'""
said tho senator; :itss the rope 10 which Amcrl;
can labor clings; it may go very slowly and
there may he n kink in it now md then, but
don't cut it; that means your destruction"
Then he declared that every leading McKin-
Republican ticket in the Greater New York. and
said he had faith that the people Of this city
And the crowd thunndered It's applause.
when h II shouted out thr latest sh,c SGampsign song,
Yesterday by Edward J. Seymour and copy.
righted by ain. Here it is. 1t caught the Bow
cry:
Have you heard about dat Mugwump who wants to
He's round among the voters with his college cap
I'm looking for dat Mugwump; he must DO found.
I'm a straight Republican, and I don't allow
No Coo Goo Cleveland follower with me to raise q
row.
I'm looking for dat Mugwump. his name is Low.
CHORUS.
When November rolls around, round. round. round.
When November rolls around, round. round. round,
When November rolls around
No Goo Goo Cleveland nngwump can be found.
I'm Gwine to the polls with my ballot in my hand.
I'm gwine to vote for Tracy, with him III take my
stand.
An sweep de- Mugwump ticket OF de land.
III take along my ballot. I'm Rwine TO cut him deep
When ! cast that vote agin him I'll put him fast &c
When he sees those ballots counted It II mako him
weep.
Croker came from England wrapped in London fog.
And with the help OF SheehAn put the Wigwam or
the hog.
He thought he could olect a yellow dog;