New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-29
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Mr.. LOW ON STATEN ISLAM D
ADDRESSING AUDIENCES AT STAPLE
TON AND PROHIBITION PARK.
A HEARTY WELCOME FROM TWO LARGE CROWDS

thus completed his tour Of the several boroughs
which are to make up the enlarged city, and al
the same time received demonstration thar
In the future Borough OF Richmond. as well as
In all the other parts OF the greater city, which
he had visited. he was In the house Of his
friends. He addressed two audiences on Staten
Island, the first in the rooms Of the German
Club. at Stapleton and the second and larger
gathering in the great Auditorium Building. at
Prohibition Park. on the other side OF the island.
His welcome at each meeting was cordial in the
extreme, and the applause which greeted the
presentation Of his argument and his appeal for
the Of the Citizens Union was emphatic
and frequent.
1t was 9:30 o'clock when Mr.. Low arrived az
the Prohibition Park Auditorium. having come
over from Stapleton on the bridal car"
called the elaboratey furnished and brilliantly
lighted special car which the trolley company
places at the disposal Of each Of the candidates
for the Mayoraty. except Van Wyck, and he
could use It, too If he would only come out.
The auditorium has a capacity of FIVE thousand.
and it was filled last night by a representative
Staten Island audience. in which were many
women The lower floor Is covered with coarse
sawdust so that absolutely no interruption or
annoyance is caused TO a speaker by the move
ment Of the people there; but In the gallery was
a large claque Of Tracy sympathizers. who In
the early part OF the evening made much noise.
not ory by the shutting Of their feet on the
board floor but also by their existent and con-
certed cheering Of the name Of General Tracy
whenever II happened to be mentioned.
J Noble Hayes. OF New-Ycrk, the first speaker
introduced by the chairman, Arthur NJ. Harris.
was subjected to much annoyance from these
fellows, but George H. f. Roberts, Of Brooklyn.
who came next on the programme. got better
treatment. and with his robust eoquencs and
apt stories caught the crowd"
Mr. LOWS ARRIVAL
While Mr.. Roberts was speaking, Mr. Low
arrived and the audience cheered long and lus-
ti!y, winding up with Three cheers for Seth
Low~ Then Mr.. Roberts resumed his inter
rupted remarks. and followed by ex-As-
sembyman George Cromwell candidate for
President Of the Borough Of Richmond. who
made an effective and well-received little speech
Mr.. Low was introduced as the next speaker
but It was two three minutes after he had
got on his feet before he could begin his ad-
dress The whole audience arose. waving HAND
kerchiefs and hats and cheering at the top Of
their voices while the band was family heard
playing a popular air. Down the aisle came
Harbor School, bearing banners with the In
scription Seth Low Stands for More and Bet
ter Schools" and American flags. They were
escorted to seats on the platform and then. the
din having subsidized Mr. Low began to speak In
substance as follows:
I'm glad to know you think my election Is Of
consequence even to the children OF the greater
and better schools: I don't share in all the eriti-
cisms on the pubic school system OF New-fork
city is more faithful and efhcent work done than
in the public schools and what Is true ,neTe Te. ~
York So il am elected Mayor. the public schools
and all hy mean c hS S q tns sE no psr
OF The Greater New-York will he more affected by
0s ,asn o 'G1a Greater have enjoyed
larger measure OF home rule than New-York City
nSsrfer nss means 10 YOU radical change in your
form OF government and thus II Is very important
under men who sympathze with the interests o,
al parts Of tho larger city and d also ,sat shey
laid except study the needs OF all parts OF the
city and 70 satisfy them ppause p sn nesses
to work solely for the city and not TO build up
COUNTY should Vote ior that ticket: AApPauvss1
know its history. don't you?
Then Mr.. Low sketched the shameful record Of
Tammany. and enumerated some OF its many
sins OF omission and commission, continuing:
Hall aSsn ag.s appa to O5 H.
US to Imagine wha, Re Ton.d ssy -, alsr.
Of All h duss MscT
York but can't imagine what he would say IN
he doesn't talk some OF the Tammany orators
have talked. thoush-a liI,le until they were were
70 send reform to a very hot place daughter). but
even he did not give US any reasons SO we were
that IL + he could only locate reform where he
wanted TO there would be little danger Of any
ifnaSe A"otSeT Tammany man told that he ar:t
thing Tam%any ma would ,T DO !, i should VIZ is6sl
wartng has. .se5e and he has kept them clean.
ha the 5Hs tby %od sun
Colonel Waring out is that the people prefer dirty
H ce0ns who csan the mas Fo%epy
he matter OF cleaning the streets was an incident
q the esr onfS h fofc for there used to Ss
pulls" Colonel Warng has convinced the men
alaees ha. and all that is needed is that they shall
10 their work we'll (Applauseo He has rnade
.neri,ns he will serve the city and Tammany.
Thats why they would turn Colonel Waring out.
,Arplause)
The last speaker was E. X l.. Gouid, OF new
York. who took the place of General Anson q.
,lcCook who was unable to be present
THE sTAPLETON MEETING.
Al the Stapleton meeting most of the ad.
dresses were In German. The meeting was
allied to order by Louis Heymarn who ncm-
mated Herman Hagedorn. cashier OF the staten
island Savings Bank. as chairman. Mr.. Hage-
iorn was elected chairman and Mr. Heymann
secretary. Edwin Emerson jr.. made short
speech in German AMI then read also IN Ger
nan, a strong letter from Carl Schurz.
Then came Mr.. Low who was greeted Win
perfect tornado OF applause from his Ge tnan
He began his speech witt an
outline Of the provisions OF the new charter as
,frected the Borough Of Richmond. and dwei'
,non the Importance to the borough OF choosing
as its president 80 hne man as George Cro".
we'll" (Applause) Continuing he pointed OUT
he interest which the borough must neces-
;arily have in the issue Of home RUE since "s
in the Greater New iorN, anu
no longer. as Of old. its representatives AZ Al
,arv would have the power to borrow money