The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-27
soHMER, ON Mu111 re- ANy
Flrirs the German heart fbv . aernan-Aser-
lea. Greater Now York.

Tho so-called German Democratic League,
composed of delegates representing certain
German societies in the Greater New York, met
at Teutonia Assembly Rooms, Sixteenth street
and Third avenue, yesterday afternoon and re-
sumed the booming OF Sohmcr for Mayor. VIII
liam f.. Grell, the professional manager OF the
Tammany Hall German mass meetings, pre-
sided, and Richard Mailer, one Of Register
Sohmer's clerks, was secretary.
Grell opened the meeting with some brief ex-
planatory remarks. He said the conferences
were begun by a committee OF representative
German.American citizens Of Brooklyn, who
wanted to unite to nominate a Gcrmun-Ameri-
can citizen for Mayor, and that the organiza-
ton had been practically formed and agreed
on the nomination of Mr.. Sohmer. Frederick
IL. Ernst, II ,swyer. who was one OF tho princi-
pal speakers ut the Aitgeld meeting in Coopcr
Union during tho last campaign, made a speech,
and resolutions wore adopted to send a commit
tee of 100 to John G. Shechan on Tuesday to re-
quest tho nomination OF Sohmer, and promise
10000 votes for him..
League then addressed tho gathering.
wv come here to talk OF questions OF inter;
est to the Germans of the Greater New York.
said he. mo politician can say now that, he
has the German. vote in his pocket. Inc Ger,
y 9 r Sre fV %ere wanted NHM q badly w enough in this
country during tho war and tho best work1nen
Of Europe have been coming to this country eve, ever
FtlllCs 1hSl III ubOA ultli NICy bhNO ,AVhS taN'h
best work, and then they are shot down In cold
blood, and there is nothing further said other
than that they were only foreign, ours Ono
OF the German-American Reform leaders said
TO me the other day that he would rather see
n mick named Mulligan nominated for Mayor
than william Sohmer.'' This ought to rouse
you to action. 1t is not n question OF gold or
silver, and there will be no fear this time that
debts will not be paid. We are here to talk
about our own interest, and our banner bearer
Is William Sohmer.'
Bernhard Schirmer, editor of tho Brooklyn
Courier, told the delegates that 30 out OF 100
Germans in Brooklyn were for Sohmer. said
he.
in Germany. so that we can have q German
American Greater Now York. William Sohmer
was born in Germany"
The next speaker was Count O.. Vandalin
MniZech. a correspondent Of foreign. and
American newspapers who Is said to be an
Austrian. He said the Slovaks, Hungarians;
B~ohemians, and Poles were for Sohmer and
Tammany Hall.
W are all Americans here" said the Count,
but we love the country OF our birth. This IS
the time for us to unite, and II we miss this
opportunity to elect q foreign-born Mayor. we
will never have another chance"
The Count had concealed about his person a
boom for Francis j. Nekarda, a bohemian law
yer. for Assemblyman in the Twenty-sixth AS
sembly district. The conference finally ad.
journed after n committee OF 100 was appointed
10 call at Tammany Hall on Tuesday and pre-
sent the Sohmer resolutions in person to Leader
Sheehan.
Franz Meyer said after the meeting that
Hansen was the man guilty Of the remark about
''Mullipan."