New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
SETH LOW IN BROOKLYN.
4 TREMENDOUS GREETING.
THE CITY GIVES AN ENTHUSIASTIC RE-
CEPTION TO HER FORMER MAYOR.

CEpTIoN TO HER FORMER MAYOR.
CoILMBIAs PRESIDENT cHEEEED TO THE Ecfo
icy GATHERING WHICH PACKED THE AcAD-
ENVY or MIsIC-A TELLING SPEECH Bf
THE PEOPLES CANDIDATE ADDRESSES
EY EX-MAYoR sCHIEREN. +. W.
HrNRIcHs AND OTHERS.
I'VE want good schools and plenty or them.
We want well-paved. clean streets ana plenty
Of them. And. as a bicycle rider. hope may
add good bicycle roads. We want govern
mcnt that will give dollars worth FOR DOL
lar spent And. above ALL We want civic gov
errment so well administered that no interest
in the great metropolis shall be 50 smaii as 10
be beneath its care. and no interest so great
that it shall timidly shrink from attempting 10
G,al with it,"
This was the keynote of Seth Low speec"
in the Academy of Music in Brooklyn last even
irg.
II absolute proof were needed OF the hoiu
Mr. Low has upon the sympathies ot BROOK
lyn voters it was furnished in abundance ana
in conclusive form last night by the tremen-
dors thrcng which gathered at the Academy OF
Music 10 do him honor and hear his first BROOK
lvn speech OF the canvass. Measured either py
tin. numbers who attempted 10 gain admission
10 the hall or by the volume Of applause which
greeted the speakers at freqent Intervals the
mass-meet,ng was the most magnihceht trlo
ute to Mr. Lows popularity and to BrooKlyns
desire 70 see him in the Mayors chair that
could he desired.
ENCOURAGEMENT Fer WORKERS.
Tho result - the meeting will he to add to
Of hp
and tho INDEPENDENT organizations which are
working for Low and 10 give renewed strength
and vigor to his campaign. The audience was
A most representative assembaSe. the auol-
torium was packed TO the walls ana on 'he
stage and I'm the boxes were more than SIX
hundred representative citizens who hah peeh
fortunate I'm securing the tickets OF admission
given cut by the committee
clcrg,rnon. merchants. professional men and
rcptcscntativcs Of all classes of activity, many
~ whom ar. well known AZ leaders in their
rcspcctivcs lines. were sen in ali parts ot
the hous.. ON the stage were most Of the MEM
bors Of the Citizens Committee. when mas now
bo.r increased from hfy to one hundred the
leader. Of the National Democratic Party IN
Kings County and many prominent Germans
The building began to MI soon as the doors
were opencd At o'clock and long before :, th'
hour set fo- the opening. large crowd was stil
clarlorir- for admission. II was n most or
derlv ssomhlagc, characterized by the pro-
verbal good nature displayed by American
crowds. bu. also lmbueI with spirit ot en-
thuslasm which was the main key note of the
meeting NJ artificial means we're necessary
10 silr up enthusiasm. and the appreciatlVe
spirit was clearly manifested by the generous
.pplause which frequently interrupted the
speakers
snprna- 2"d Regiment Band was carly on
hand >, Keen the audience entertained while
the early .omers we're waiting FOR the speak
inc to begin Decorations were lavishy dis
tllbu,el about tho house. but were without par
ticular significance over the "Ghos; Gallery"
were two large American flags. made up in
IAN fashion ne centrcpicc', with two Amer!-
can banners and more nacs on the right and
left. Around the family circle and the balcony
were fans made of nags II different nations.
the American standard prcdominating and
groups II foreign colors were placed between the
fans Around the amphithentrc. Just under the
root was row ~ American shields. each blos-
soming ont ia cluster ot 1--WE fags The
stars ana Stripes were displayed in front OF
each box with clusters ~ small flags placed
between.
OTHER DAYS RECALLED.
Crav.h.adcd mon talked ~ other meetings in
tho old Academy white they struggled to get
through the doors. They went back 10 war
times when the Sanitary Commission Fair was
held and they recalled 70 the minds of the
Younger generation the appearance Of Conkng.
Blaine. Beecher. Garfield and other Americans
who attracted the attention OF the multitude
In days gone by and they compared the old
crowds 10 the prescn. one. They spoke OF the
time when young Seth Low az Mayor OF
Brooklyn. In the carly eighties. spoke from the
platform which he was TO occupy again. and
told OF his old father and the sterling qualities
which impressed themselves on the character
OF the son. one and all declared that the
Academy never held more representative
gathering and all agreed that never was a
greater issue at stake than the one which is
being fought over at present. 1t did not take
much 10 cause the crowd to break into ap-
pausc 4 popular air a jest from an irrepressi
BILE IN the audience. or the appearance OF some
poular favOrite as he walked down the aisle
any OF these Incidents was enough TO call forth
manifestations Of delight on the part Of people
who believed in mixing fun with serious poll