The herald., 1897-10-22
Crowd Carnegie Hall to
Suffocation
THE GENUINE REPUBLICANS
ARE SAID TO BE SUPPORTING
SETH Low
General Tracy's Name Kissed, But
Every Mention of Henry George
Evokes Applause
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.--A great demon
/. strat ton in favor Of Seth Lows candi-
dacy for mayor took place in Carnegie
hall tonight. A tremendous throng thai
filed every seat in the pit, crowded the
boxes and from thence swept up to The
topmost row Of the big gallery. was pres
ent. Even the stage was unscomfort-
ably crowded, the benches that rose tier
like from the lecturn being jammed- The
most remarkable feature of the meeting
was the fact that it was not billed as
q "Citizens," but as Republican meet
. ing, being held under the auspices of the
Republican organization (anti-PlatD of
the city Of New York.
: About one-third of the audience was
composed OF women. Enthusiasm fair
ly bubbled over, and when the familiar
features of Mayor Strong appeared at
the bottom of the stairway leading onto
the stage the whole house stood up and
cheered. Immediately behind the mayor
came Seth Low. The first glimpse of
the candidate set the house wild. The
women scrambled up on the seats and
waved their handkerchiefs and fairly
ehrieked with delight. Mayor Strong,
: General Wager Swayne, Joseph H..
.Choate, Elihu Root and General Anson
C. McCook took the center of the stage.
=. In calling the meeting TO order the
: chairman addressed the audience as
"feNow Republicans" and this evoked
cheers. Mayor Strong was introduced
and could not speak until he had endured
another burst of cheering.
y Mr.. Strong began by declaring that the
"real genuine Republicans" of New York
were supporting Seth Low.
Gen. Wager Swayne, the next spe aker,
was Justify cheered.
Seth Low was then introduced. Such
a storm as rose has rarely been heard
in Carnegie hall.
Mr. Lows speach was an amplif1cation
Of the addresses that he has been de-
livering throughout the entire campaign.
When Elihu Root, the next speaker,
mentioned Henry Georges name there
was vigorous applause, in which Seth
Low Joined. The name of General Tracy
was hsse6,
Joseph Choate was cheered more
heartily than any other speaker but the
mayor, and was referred as the next
senator from New York"
Gen. Anson G. McCook was the mex
speaker.
There was an overflow meeting in thu
street, where 1000 persons listened t.
many speakers and shouted for severa
hours. ,f$ ${.
Henry George and ex-Postmastel
Dayton spoke tonight at Thomas JEFF
ferson mass meeting in the borough oil
the Bronx.
Robert A. Van Wyck, the Democratic
nominee for mayor, was slated for
speech at Tammany meeting tonight
at the Jefferson club house, but he failed
to put in an appearance. Instead he
sent letter, which was read to the au-
dience. 1t was an attack upon the pres
ent administration.
Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, Republican
candidate for mayor. tonight made hi:
first speech in the borough Of The Bronx
The meeting was attended by about 200(
people.
The announcement that Mayor Har
rieon Of Chicago is coming here to speal
in behalf of Judge Van Wyck, the Tam
many nominee for mayor, Is not receivet
/. with favor even by the Tamman.
sachems. From the outset the. Repub
licans have been criticised by the Dem
ocratic managers and leaders and th
newspaper supporters of the, Citizens
union movement for importing cam
-spaign speakers, notable among whom
were Senators Foraker and Thurston
The acceptance of Mayor Harrson's
tender of services is regarded as stui
'tification Of the Democratic position OF
this subject