New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24
LIGHT on The MACHINE LISTS
OF sno INVITATIONS SENT TO ALLEGED
MACHINE MEN IN The XxlxTH rTs-
rRIcr BY THE PLAZA CLUB 100
APE RrT1-RNFD MARKED nv
KNOWN OR MOVED AWAY"


KNOWN" OR MOVED AWAY"
The Plaza Republican Club sixth.av.. ana
Fifty-ninth-st held Seth Low meeting last
night The club Endorsed Mr. Lou last TUESDAY,
having waited as long as possible in the hope
that General Tracy would retire
The club has made an interesting revelation
in machine statistics When arranging for It's
Seth Low parade 10 the Carnegie Hall meeting
on Thursday night the club took thu machin >
enrolment for The XXIXth Assembly District
end sent an invitation 10 each man enrolled.
Three thousand Invitations were sent out. and
delivered by district messenger boys. OF these
1000 were returned marked Unknown or
Moved away" The Fiaza Club is wondering
if ali the machine enroments are as accurate
as the one for the XXIXth District.
At the meeting last evening speeches were
made by ". b. Fuller. president OF the Dry
goods Republican Club; Civil Service Comm's-
soner William J. Schieffelin and Bion l. Bur
rows Mayo- Strong's secretary. Mr. Burrows
paid glowing tribute TO Mayor Strongs work
and then made a statemen, ot his position
in the present campaign He spoke in part as
follows:
And so come the beginning OF the present
campaign to be fought aganst the same old enem;
be fought on the same old lines. one which mus
neeIs be based what the administration nae
done or be a confession that there Is no further
excuse 10 prevent Tammany from returning 10
power And what did this Republican crganization
In so-caed convention do DID they recall the fac:
that the Republican party had declared three years
40 for non-part anshp in municipal affairs? Dld
they refer 10 the Republican Constitutional Con-
venton, which made non partisan municipal cleo
f of fbI ety 3 You up have done
things not pleasing TO the organization but we re-
alize tha. good has out OF IT. that the streets
etc. show the marks OF good work and that the
City is vastly better Tor your having been mere
menf OF the personality or one man. -
This convention !. was that. after an exhibition
Of this kind PSt in ,, 10 BHnismn o rae
form drawn UP in ST. Louis IN 1895 And this Is the
man they say should "ote for: J, who have seen
all these things. who have watched the Mayor
hard fight against fearful odds 70 do good for the
city Of New-York. who know OF the drawbacks inc
difficulties. the almost rtbreakins perpiexitier
I. who have seen the hard-earned REFORMS wrung
the people. !. who have lived 10 feel The cheek ~
gle with shame at the outrageous insult AZ the
hsnd Of this hung ye Ws bs man who no Ss
his very bread on, Il his hands. No. Ten thou
Hitherto have away liked 10 think Of Abra-
ham Lincoln as a no1ei OF my Republioanism. but
I must have been mistaken. for was I. not he who
talked OF Charity for all and malice toward none
kept IN touch with the best thought and feeling of
our great Republican fathers OF former days;
followed Lincoln. Seward, Grant and CARRIED IN
the path so gIoriously emblazoned by their deeds
and their blood. | could not be so far from true
Eepubiicanisn But il seems have been mistaken
new kind OF RepublicsnisTn Is abroad IL The city
for ono man and his family. despotic Republican
Ism which cares nothing for good deeds done
which insults honest perfor nance and makes open
brszen alliances with the avowed enemies OF soci-