The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
BABIES ARE ALL FOR LOW.
NURSES CUT OUT COMPLETELY BIZ
OFT SPEBLBLNDERS.

inc seothinE Enecta or REFORM Oratory ana
nee EIFe Demonstrated last EVENING by the
Union's CampniEncrn - Young New York
IL EpioyinE Itselr Greatly These Nights.
Darkness had hardly settled over the city last
night when two mon, grooming and sweating
under the weight of n dry goods packing case,
struggled Town Grand street toward the East
River. When they came to the little square on
the cast side OF the way, near the corner Of Pitt
street, they deposited the big box on the cobble-
stones and absorbed great chunks Of atmosphere
as they mopped their fevered brows. Pretty
soon another man-or, rather, a boy-camo
along. He had a bundle under his arm. Ho
helped the first two to turn the box over 30 that
the open end was u%ppermost. Then he took four
colored lamp %chimneys from tho bundle, set
them on pieces OF cardboard which had candles
fixed to them, lit the candles, and hung the Inn
provised lanterns on sticks tackled to the side of
the packing case.
The two men clambered into the box. while
the boy went over to the corner OF Pitt street
and set Oft a box OF red fire. Two minutes later
all the mothers and babies In the neighborhood,
as well as a myriad of small boys, were around
the dry goods box, and a meeting Of the Citizens
Union was under way.
From the recesses OF tho dry goods box the
custodian OF the fireworks hauled forth q vari-
ETY. Of Seth Low boom placards, which he pro-
ceeded to tack over every available bit Of space.
while the Chairman of the meeting was an
nouncing its purpose. The babies crooned with
CLEO. waving their chubby fists. and the mothers
held them higher so that they wouldn't miss
any of the show. The small boys howled at the
prospect Of fun ahead. and the handful Of labor
ing men. who had wandered over to see what 1t
was all about, pulled their pipes in silence and
waited to see what was going to happen.
The Chairman cit began:
Fellow men, we are here tonight" This
was an indisputable fact, and no one had the
temerity to question 1t. Three babies chirped
Goo, goo" but being ignorant of the infant
dialect the speaker took no offence. He went
on, ito gather under our banners the honest
working men OF New York" Two or three in
~eliRibles under this ruling shifted about un-
easily, but the speaker didn't notice them:
crssss w Sna be- SS isl. ALL ~ i iETes ns ct ,h,s Of Axe R9liis oT a
good government for our greater city and a con-
tinuation of the reforms so auspiciously begun;
There are no national issues to be DISCUSSED
here. The money question il let alone, Let me
introduce our Secretary, Mr.. Goldberg"
! the first man he introduces is Goldbug,' yelled a
f%acetious individual In the crowd.
linen, with the daint fest kind OF a mustache,
minutes. Nc one listened 10 him. He cracked
jokes and told stories. expounded old and new
theories. frightened the babies with his weird
gesticulations and tore things up generally.
There was a lapse OF several minutes after Mr..
Goldberg's effusion. The pyrotechnics man
utilized it to set of colored fire at various points
worth altogether. but 1t repaid him. for he had
fully z hundred persons around the packing
case When me Chairman CIT announced q re-
A portly CIT named Plummer talked next. He
necktie. With a fine regard for his audience he
started of by telling a story OF Noah's Ark. He
Set,eF Ra sto w9y an. ISFo Sssaias whe IN i he rs sbSt ias,ssd 4
The audience got the beginning Of one story and
the then end Of an nntid They dian,t laugh Though
meetings generally laugh. whether they see the
point or not. .
No one could doubt the absolute necessity OF
making Mr.. Low and nobody else: Mayor ofthe
Greater New York after hearing Mr.. P,ummers
speech. To do otherwise. according to him, was
sequence to the election OF ~Columbia's President
he shpe alP5sa picture aIry ,eo of hsppy h ho6SsI,. F01 snS
ever clean streets, crushed railroad corpora;
and womanhoodi in the midst Of plenty.
The yell OF an unbeliever in the crowd, How
about the rnemployed r. didn't drive The
than he had thought il. would Be. This Chair:
Wins Mr.. Gci sHS; sHa sa strA: sGreat. aq great
Mr.. Plummer. quite carried away by his
ssSse'' and SAID e,a %Sss 'h' Pss IN D! The The st tes,
followed by the, handclaps Of the Chair.
man whistled through his Fingers. thereby wax:
ing al. the babies up and earning for himself the
frowns OF the mothers. In response to a request
from the mothers. who wanted 10 get the ba hies
asleep again. Mr.. Goldberg spoke again. Then
he retired, and the Chairman Cit stepped TO the
front. As he did so a hollow-eyed individual
arose from the bottom Of the box, where he had
been resting. and announced: Mr.; Hickey
Gin er whiskey T. inquired a bartender on
the outskirts OF the crowd.
Mr.. Hickey ignored the shaft and the bar.
tender skunk away. Mr.. Rickey's eloquence
was refreshing. 1t was of the Sulzer brand-em-
phatic and long drawn out. II set one to won
dering what Mr.. Hickey did, for a living. and led
to the conclusion that. whatever it was. the
voice had a hand in it. The mothers left when
Mr.. Hickey warmed TO his argument. 1t was
manifestly unfair, and they knew it. to call on
Mr.. Goldberg again. Yet they knew there was
no alternative il they stayed.
The candles in the lamp Chimneys were iut.
tering weakly when MI. Hickey drew back to
the bottom Of the box. There were more candles
and more red fire; but the Chairman Cit realized
that there were also more meetings before cleo.
ton. So he closed proceedings with a brief
speech. The dry goods box was carried back TO
headquarters and Mr.. Goldberg went to work on
a report to the Cts Executive Committee on
the progress of the Low boom IN the east side.
In half a dozen other parts OF the city there
were Cit meetings last night, and there WAS a
lot Of fun for the public, From now on these
outdoor meetings will be held regularly by the
Cts clubs. particularly those on the cast side.