The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-07
LOWS CAMPAIGN is NOW ON.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC OPENING An
COOPER UNION.

MIR. Low Greeted by Great Applause.
He Pays His Hespects to Tammany
Hall and Declares That That Or
ganizatiOn Was Afraid to Come
Out Boldly For the Chicago Plat
fOrm-Hls Speech IL Carefully Pres
pared One.
New York, oct. 6.-seth Low. Citizens
Union candidate for Mayor, tonight OPEN
ed his campaign at a large and enthusiasts
tic mass meeting held in Cooper Union.
The hall was packed by men and women,
all seemingly in favor of the citizens
union movement. MIR. Low was received
with round after round Of cheers as he
entered the hall.
Among the vice presidents were william
Brookdeld, James c. Carter, w. Bayard
Cutting, Joseph II. Choate, John CIalin,
Joel B Erhardt Dorman b. Eaton, Rich
ard Watson Glider. Henry e. Rowland,
William 3. Hornblower, Anson G. Nc
Cook, Wheeler II. Peckham, Herman Rid
DER, J. Harson Rhoades James r. Roose-
welt, Elihu Root, Carl schurz, Oscar S.
Strauss, Jacob II. schim and Everett p.
Wheeler.
Charles Stewart Smith called the meet-
ing to order and made the opening speech.
Joseph Larocque made a long speech dur
ing the which the audience manifested its
impatlence to hear MIR. Low
Carl Schurz delivered long address.
which was enthusiastically received.
State Senator Charles Guy spoke for the
home rule democracy.
Seth Low was then introduced. 1t was
several minutes before he could be heard
so enthusiastic was his reception. When
order was restored, the candidate smiling
ly thanked the large audience for its kind-
ness.
Mr.. Low had a carefully prepared
speech covering several pages of typewrit-
ten manuscript. He stated, however. that
owing to the lateness of the hour and a
desire not to detain the audience unrea-
sonably he would curtail his remarks.
Mr.. Low paid his respects to the other
mayoralty candidates, and spoke of the
benefits the city would derive from a re-
form administration. Continuing, he said:
''No man can serve two masters, and IL
the people Of the city elect a mayor be-
cause Of the views he entertains on the
free coinage of silver and all the rest, they
must not be surprised If the mayor they
elect subordinates the interests of the city
to the eXigencies of the party to which
he belongs. This means that appoint-
ments will be made to strengthen the par
ty, and that the patronage of the city,
wherever possible will be used for the
same purpose Every intelligent citizen of
New York knows what this means for he
has seen the effect of 1t with his own eyes.
"Curiously enough, in this campaign
Tammany Hall, In its platform, has con-
fined itself strictly to local issues as the
Citizens Union. But everybody UNDER
stands that Tammany has done this only
because it has not dared to come out
either for the Chicago platform of its
party or against It,"
Mr.. Low was particularly severe on
Tammany, "whose whole ticket has been
named by man nominally out of politics,
who has spent most of his time in Eng
land during the last three years racing
horses"
In conclusion, Mr. Low said: "Our ticket
stands in this campaign, first, for the
importance of the city; secondly, for the
responsibility of the city official after his
election directly to the people; and third
ly, for the Importance of citizens in nam
ing the candidate for whom he wishes to
vote. Upon this platform 1 shall SUBJ
NIT our case fearlessly TO the people of
the city of New York"
John H. Schumann, candidate for presi-
dent of the council, spoke briefly, and
the meeting adjourned.