The sun., 1897-10-27
IN Gen. Tracy loft the meeting adjourned.
FLUSHING GREETS TRACY.
Tho whole Town Turns Out to Hear Him
Score Low.


Score Low.
The Hon. BENJAMIN F. Tracy. the candidate of
the Republicans and of all believers in sound
money and the St. Louis platform, made ring
ing speech in Flushing. L. l.. last evening. The
meeting. which was held under the auspices Of
the Flushing Republican Club, most en-
thusinstic. and all the inhabitants Of the town
seemed to have turned out to do tho General
honor. The Town Hall, where the meeting was
held, was profusely decorated with flags and
banners and there was large picture Of Gen.
Tracy suspended ut the rear Of the platform.
Every seat was occupied and hundreds had to
stand outside.
There was great applause especially at the
points where Gen. Tracy scored Seth Low and
called him levcland Democrat. The audience
went simply wild when the General declared
emphatically that he was in the fight to win.
The Chairman Of the meeting was Frederick p.
Morris. the President Of the local Republican
club. Mr.. Morris said that the only persons
opposed to Gen. Tracy were the Wilson tariff
men and the Cleveland Republicans.
THE Citizens Union candidate" he said, lis
weaker to-day than he was week ago. and
week from to-day he will be a great deal weaker
The Chairman then, amid a storm OF applause
introduced Gen. Tracy. who bowed repeatedly
to the audience In acknowledgment Of the
hearty greeting. The General who was cheered
again Wnen ne CaHo 1OrWdTu 10 speak, Shlu ue
would not undertake to discuss the question Of
non. .partisanship nor to say what it was and
what it was not.
"I think however" he said, that in a city
of three and q quarter millions the proposition
that political parties should dissolve in the
presence of a great political election is an alb
surdity. Why should such q proposition be
submitted to the peoplei The party that is
competent to govern nation Of 72.oOo.O0 Of
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is surely not incompetent to take an in
terest in the Government Of the Sec
ond greatest metropolis in tho world.
| Can 1t be possible that q party that Is
| in favor of good government in tho nation Is
in favor Of bad government in the city : Parties
are not constituted in that way. and mon are
not constituted that way. The man that 10 an
honest man is an honest man all the way
through. and the party that is in favor of good
government in the State cannot be in favor OF
| bad government in the city"
| Good boy, Ben. That's the talk" cried out
voice in the of tho hall, and roar of cheers
went up from the audience. When the applause
had subsided Gen. Tracy continued. saying:
II assume you do not want Tammany Hall in
Flushing"
from all parts of the hall. and Gen. Tracy
smiled: N,,, +, continued I. ~, ,rr,t h.vs r.r,
many Hall or the candidate OF the Republican
| party. There is no doubt about 1t and there can
be no doubt about this, proposition. Men may
| deceive thea selves with sophistres as much rs
they please, but the fact remains that you can
not win a great political conflict without
| great political party behind you any more than
a great battle with mob against a disciplined
army: n.y.. lat ~. .. ,.,v ,vord. .no,t linda.
pendent movements. The history OF all indie
pendent movements is that they make a great
and great display and float upon the top of the
waves for the time being. but they never sink
sRe tH ti s. ress sss. Of d o S~
Sss ID b. h s te4
of office expired in 1885, and in 1885 we were
engaged in electing his successor; He supported
an independent movement and for for the II first
agree, and II you had in that election believed
only quarter Of what you heard you would
didate would have beaten the regular cand-
da,s; What was Ssd the result The regular can
candidate MI. Lows supporter received only
There was renewed cheering at this point, and
a voice cried: Give II TO him. General:
Gen. Tracy then referred briefly to the Shop
less ali previous experiences WEI We're ' reversed in
1897, tho independent movement of Mr. Low
THE choice. " he said" is betwe n the Repub.
lican party ard Tammany Hall. The Republi-
can party can elect their ticket II Republicans
more than 100000 Republicans who vote tho
ticket year no in and year out. The man o,;h who
| kSlo i'o'DoO Notco ia buo so,hibB ciSSl'cti
is morally certain of being elected.
Mr. Low will draw moro votes from the Demo
cratic party than he will from the Repu blcan
party. You see, he has got Purroy, Stock
lers the StddtS-/eitung, the Ship Democracy,
the Shepard party in Brooklyn, and some OF the
Grace democracy In New York. Then you have
my friend, Patrick j. Gleason, and then comes
: Henry George, who is absolutely an unknown
J quantity. Henry George may draw more than
one-half OF the entire Democratic vote. Few
people believe he will draw less than 10000 OF
! 10000, and great many think he Will poll
from 100000 to 5000 votes on election day
! Mr.. Low is the only candidate who will draw
any votes from the Republican party; II is Inn
! possible for Mr.. Low to get more than per
cent. OF the regular organized vote In the city o.
, New York. Our canvass indicates that he will
get about 8 per cent. Now give him 10. or ~
or 20 per cent II you want to, and still no cannot
get the Republican candidate down TO any point
where the Tammany Hall candidate can com
| paro with him. lGreAt applause.
So that you see" continued Gen. Tracy
! "Mr Low remaining in tho field and doing hli
best, cannot defeat tho Republican ticket; j
| Republicans do their duty and stand by theil
D | guns the ticket will be borne triumphantly or
I the I'd of November by from $4,000 to 50.OOt
! | majority.
? II ask you now, why should any Republican
support Mr.: I4oWi Mr.. Low has stated that HI
was Republican and proposed 10 remain one
. | With all due respect 10 him we difIer as TO wha
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