The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
TO EN- LIKE CTS.
POLITICS PREACHED AT TIE CON-
GREGATIONAL GUNS DIyyER. .

GREGATIONAL CLUB'S DINNER.
Prof. Gunton aud ,. II. Reynolds Talked on
tho NnJornity Campaign In such n Round
about Fashion That Horace q. DcmIne.
who Summed ny. said That Neither had
Touched tho subjective Ic said Something.
with a view to providing instruction and on.
t%ertainment for its guests, the Congregational
Club arranged 20 have at its dinner at tho ST.
Denis Hotel last night three speakers who
should talk on the subject of the Mavoralty
campaign in Greater New York from different
standpoints. There was more OF entertainment
than instruction In the programme as IL was
carried out. Ono speaker talked ms IL "in
the oncmy's country and, COUGHING his
remarks in tho form OF direct address, not to
| say invectivc, fairly rallied at his audience ut
times. This was Prof. Charles Gunton, the
British editor of an American political maga-
| zinc, who spoke instead of the Hon. Lcmucl Il.
| Quirg, Mr.. Quigg not being able to DO present,
| and was supposed to present, according to pro-
| grammc, tho advantages OF Party RESPONSE.
bility for tho Mayor After him came James
Is. Reynolds of tho Cts Union, who, in
stead Of sticking to his text. Advantages
| OF Nom artisanship in the Mayors Office"
made a Seth Low Grafton and vigorously pitched
into Prof. Gunton. Finally. Horace +. Deining
| aroused the crowd to delighted enthusiasm by
| rising to sum up, and announcing that as far
as he had been able to follow the speakers
neither of them had talked about what they had
been invited to talk about. 1t was a lively even.
ing for that usually staid organization.
Mr.. Dcming opened the proceedings by OK
planning tho Significance Of the Mayoralty un-
der the now charter.
"Undcr this new charter" he said, "the May
orally is despotism incarnatc. Our Revolution
airy ancestors, II they could be revived TO read
that charter. would die again a thousand deaths.
There is no monarch on earth to-day. unless 1t
be the Sultan Of Turkey. who has such arbi-
trary power as our new Mayor will have. The
question is, Shall we deliver this power to a
man responsible, to a political organization, or to
a man responsible to his own conscience alonoi
1t is n fair subject for debate"
Uprose, then, Prof. Gunton, showing himself
to be a short man with Il lively eye. a black
siderable and concentrated intensity. From tho
outset, when he pointed an accusing finger at his
hearers, only TO hauli it in and double up a fist to
shake at them. it was evident that no quarter
need be expected from him., 1t was not SO much
what do you mean by being such .a.pack-of.
idiots style Of address. The women, of whom
resent this at drst, but before he was through
he had his hearers in as E%!eefully apprreciatiye
i in s1eri' of bricks rs 4 ne On 1as starting STtha " oSt Prof oS Ga6nton
remarked that he was not a machine politician,
f me a gro n9, VIM HhSS M }nf De nDM sn sh Gls des pas W sarn tse
name for tho Mayor Of the Greater New York.
,. "And this f cha baIsfoI he evs Ssse MSS.Dn iixi1E ir his
the Cts Union. 1t was YOU people who made
the everlasting mistake OF surprising that the
' SoSosdy had SdSp told Prof. Gahton: publicly at
least, that his audience was made up of Cts
sis. After telling the people that bossism here
is nothing to what it IS in England. he swung
sure that he was in condition, and, standing on
- z. 1900. ;l.. t,,;ot..,
politics is that the man should be elected
for his indiyidual auali,ies; would IKE TO ask
nomination. would you say that he was tho
proper man for Mayor.f'
Wei, I just don't believe youi" shouted the
speaker. He glared at his audience. and waited
for protests, but nobody took him up; so he pro-
Why don't you like Mr.. Tracy !"
Prof Snntoa didn,. like this: Hewas looking
for tr r9u6 ,h and WAS 81 bound onG x to have it, SO he dis
You dom believe In your personal govern.
Switching from his he tackled the subject Of
Grover Cleveland. and edited the company by
ripping that ex.statesman's record up the back.
Next lie took a swing into economies:
get to heaven alone" Said he. They see that
unless they help the masses the masses will
auditors again:
What do you non partisans do when you
start your campaigni Why. you begin to dicker
and make deals. You fight tho devil with his
own weapons. Well. that's where you show
that you have a little sense left. Laughter
But you'll find thar the man who is responsible
to n party with principles back of it is a safer
guide than q man who is responsible to himself
alone. Tho latter leads rs back TO despotism."
Long applause greeted Mr.. Reynolds when he
got up TO reply. II he touched at all upon the
subject upon which he was asked to speak, it
was SO fieetingly that nobody could discover it.
After paying his respects to Prot. Guuton. who.
hc insinuatcd. was none of the things that
the Professor had called his audience,
Mr.. Reynolds launched into n regular
Cits' Union campaign speech. telling how
the Union WAS responsible for all the sweetness
and light in creation and how all outsiders were
"wascals..' He attacked Coils and glorifcd
Warning, and haloiZed Seth Low. This he did
for half an hour, while Prot. Gunton looked sur.
priscd and Grieved. Whom he was finally
through. Mr.. Deming was asked to sum up. For
a moment he looked puzzled. Then he said:
The first speaker has taken us to Great
Britain for our bossism and RECALLED us with by,
gone national politics. The next speaker has
1t seems to me That both sides have shamcfully
neglected the subject that should he under dis.
cussion,, l will now give u few definitions
myself
And he did. But the audience enthusiast.
cnlly passed n vote OF thanks to Prof. Gunton
and Mr.; Reynolds for the evenings. entertain