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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-07
THE CHAIRMAN INTRODUCED.

Mr Smith ended by introducing chairman
OF the meeting Joseph Larocque. whom he re-
ferred 10 as the man who had lead the Com
mittee Of Seventy to victory.
Mr.. Larocque reviewed Tammany Halls
career in terms that were wholly and heartily
Endorsed by his hearers. His references to the
good work done by Colonel Warng were tn.
signal for a tribute OF cheers that would alone
have been sufficient to compensate that official
FOR al. his labors had he been there to hear
them. and his characterization Of Mr.. Low az
a man against whose character and upright
ness breath OF suspicion has ever been sug-
gested by living man." called forth another
demonstration like that which followed Mr.
Lows entrance upon the platform. At another
point in his speech Mr. Larocque demanded:
Are you prepared t. put on the collar? (cries
of No. Never") Are you freemen? (cries Of
Yes. Yesr) Then go to the polls and vote for
Seth Low" To which the audience again re-
sponded in a way that left doubt as to it,
individual intentions
ADDRESS OF MIR. LAROCoUE.
Mr.. Larocque spoke as follows:
Three years ago had the Pleasure of address
ing my fellow citizens Of the city OF New-York in
the th' Committee Com Of seventy, upon whch Mayor
strong put e s abs ts ana aSs
state has eesn od FeerS al eesosap e
.,ding tha, municipal elections shall be held In
years difieren, from those in which State and Fed
err! elections are Appointed @ 70 Oe o ned rs, ,r,.r.,
election under that amended constitution The ~.
portance q the srsis Is magnied Sy the M fact that
election will have the care OF the business interests
Of the great municipality created by me @ new snsf
ly enlarged territory and their constituents being
q population numbering upward OF tn1es millions
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rvp ELECTIONS ~ NORWAY.

.,,s,t.ri, oct 6-ln the elections TO the stor-
,.tno legislative assembly OF Norway 'he L'"-
thing ,arc already won fifteen seats.
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LOW OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION FOR THE CITIZENS UNION
CANDIDATE AT COOPER UNION.
MAGNIFICENT



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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-07

JACOB W. MACK.
/ John \. MAPES.
/ FIELDING l.. MARSHALL
I ALFRED Z. MAILING.
JOHN :. NJ LEAN.
ANSON -. M'COOk,
ALLAN MNATGHTON.
John II. C. MENUS,
EDWARD =. O, BRlEH.
STEPHEN II. OLlN.
ADOLPH OPENHYM.
RoBERT OLYPHANT
JOHN L. PARSONS.
WHEELER II. PECkHAM
GEORGE VI rlrNAM.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
LANES A. PUNpERFORD.
HERMAN RlDDER.
j. HARSEN RHOApEs
ID. Il. ST. JOHN ROOSA.
GEORGE L. RIvES.
JAMES \. ROOSEN Eli.
ELIUU ROOT.
NORMAN |. REES.
Carl. Schulz
CHApLES :. SMITH,
OSCAR :. STRAtS.
WAGER SWAlNE.
SIMON STERNE.
JAMES SPEYER.
GUSTAV II SCHWAB,
JACOB u. SCHlFF.
JOHN STEW ART.
1oH% \. STEW ART.
GEORGE TOMRLESON.
SPENCER TRASK.
APTUT-R Won BRtt.SEN.
EVERETT +. WHEELER.
HENRY WHITE.
HENRY WEISSMAN.
PETER :. WELcH.
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THEOLOGICAL OUTGROWTH.

The Citizens Union is the logical outgrowth ~
the late Constitutional Convention, In which the
party now represented by Mr.. Tracy In this con-
test dominant.
The signers of the address accompanying tha
submission of the constitution. one OF whom was
Mr. Edward Iauterbach himself, sad
seek TO eparsste in hs the ssgar stes os ao,
~ the end that the business affairs OF
our great municipal corporations may be man
aged upon their own merits; uncontrolled oy Ns.
tional and State politics. and 10 the end also thai
the great issues OF National and State politics may
be determined upon their merits. free from, dis
turbing and often demoralizng effect OF local con-
tests" - -. ....
Joseph H. Choats and Mr.. Ehu Root two OF the
members of the Citizens Union. joined In signing
the address; and Mr. Root was also largely the
No better statement could be made OF tne o1'
iects of the Union: but the organization WHICH
placed Mr. Tracy In nom,naton ma IN reverssS
and trampled upon the principles containsd IN the
address emanatine from the Constitutional Conven.
tion 1t is attempting to ROB me ct5ens & OF ,hs hs
Constitutional amendments ana 70 ps1pessuSse 's
Boss rule. which has been the disgrace OF our
municipal ciy.ation Beslaes IN me tba y The he
Renuhlican organization never had the slightest
Intention Of accepting Mr. Low as rs candidate.
nor any other man who would nov ois,rlou.e i sne
patronage OF his office in accordance with the dic;
fation OF the machine. a well-known iflend OF
the Republican boss said 70 me recently: we
never could have accepted Mr., Low. We got next
10 nothing from Strong. and with Low "nat wou''
there be for the boys?' . ~ 80,
Now suppose for a moment the Citizens Union
had been weak enough to have conferred as de.
sired by Mr. 9uss The res Result . w0ua 20 our naxe s Seen 81
all independent support; OF the entire German v0,e 2
and the betrayal OF the trust of 5000 voters we
called upon the people; the 'erdict was gwen ana
we we're bound In honor and conscience to respect
that
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COL. W. l.. BROWN DISGUSTED
RESIGNS HIS COMMITTEE PLACES IN
TAMMANY HALL.

sicit or ChOKERlsA ~ MANIFESTED IN THE
PROPOSED NOMINATION. OF GRADY FOR DIS
TRICT ATTORNEv-DR. O'SULLiVAN OFT FOR
GEORGE-NAN WYCK OPENS HEAD
QUARTERS AND EX-MAYOR GRANT
TAKES CHARGE OF HIS CAM
PAIGN-THE COUNTY coz
VENTION TO-DAY.
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authority of the Citizens Union settled that
point beyond peradventure. Before introducins
the chairman Mr.. Smith said he would answer
some questions that had from time to time been
asked When Mr.. Smith propounded the nrst
one, VIII Seth Low withdraw" II was greeted
py perfect roar Of Noes" from all over the
nail mixed with an equal number Of enthusias-
tic Meyers Mr. Smiths candid explanation
OF the reasons why the Citizens Onion had not
conferred with the regular Republican organiza-
tion also appeared eminently satisfactory to the
audience. which was from first 70 last no friend
Of political bosses
MR.. SMITHS SPEECH.
Mr.. Smith, in calling the meeting TO order.
spoke as follows
Ladies and Gentlemen: In the absence Of Mr. p
af uLron 10 Cutting. the duty has devolved upon me
pr,t,sldng p,,shg officer. Before / call the Distinguished
D.nen VINO D occupy this chair shall ask your
nave heen prominent in the public mind and con.
repy plng i whieh Il Is proper that authoritative
slrst,Will Seth Low withdraw,
:s;eteondEWhy did the Citizens Union deciin. Mr.
.Third-A question privately asked: VIII anv can.
aidate upon the Citzens Union ticket be expected
expenses Of the campaign? "s 'e"'""7
81 ! VII dispose Of the last question hrst becaus.
have to say. ' ''
! an Instructed by my friend. Mr. Tod. the treas
WeF 9f N" Finance Committee. TO say that no
candidate will be asked or desired to make any
pecuhary contribution 10 the campaign fund: and
furtherm,r re, a public audit will be made OF his ac-
rount and that he will tell the public how much
money lie has received and how and for wha,
purposes II was expended. This. you know gentle
men, viii be new departure in political manage
ment and hope it VII! be q good example for
certain men who have deposited party funds In
their own names and sent their individual checks
TO their friends without accounting to the members
even OF their committees
In answer TO the question: "Wlll Mr. Low With
draw recently replied to this question that
''Death alone would cause Mr.. Lows Withdrawal"
] repeated this answer TO Mr.. Low. and he gave
his assent 10 the statement. His presence here IL
additional confirmation.
I hold that the public is entitled to a reasonahl.
answer to the question. Why the Citizens Union
did not confer with Mr.. Qugg." In all times a.
grave crisis either in public private affairs. con.
ferences in order unless there grave and
convincing reasons why such conferences should
not be held II man robs ME OF my pocketbook
I should be expected TO confer with him 10
the justice or propriety Of the ownership % the
pOcketbook.
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LIST OF vICE-PRESlDENTs.

The vice-presidents for the meeting MOST u
whom were present and many Oh "hoih were a.
,,.a h,. ,beir wives were the following;
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Colonel William i. Brown. one or the r''pF'r-
tors Of The Daily News" yesterday forwarded
To the Wigwam his resignation as member o'
the Tammany Hall Executive Committee ana
chairman of the Press Committee Of that body.
His letter. which has it's origin in Mr.. Croker $
return to absolute rule in Tammany fiaD ana
his ayow4d purpoee TO nominate for District
Attorney Thomas 7. Grady. was addressed to
Iohn G. Sheehap chairman Of the Tammany
Hall Finance Committee and - "a follows
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VAN WYcK's HEADQUARTERS

Judge Van Wycks campaign headquarters
we're opened yesterday They are at the Hotel
Harthold!. Broadway and Madison Square.
where tie Bryan and Sewall headquarters were
last year Judge Van Wyck's campaigners oc-
cupy the apartments on the second floor Of the
lou
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tContinucd on fourth pnscJ
The herald., 1897-05-27
EVERLASTING LIFE
DR.. Munhall Discourses on the
Hereafter

A large audience was present in
Simpson tabernacle last night to hear
Dr. Munhall on Everlasting Life" The
speaker said: am sure there is not one
of you but what believes you will have
everlasting life if you seek it. He that
overcometh shall have his name writ
ten in the book of life. Christ said
HE that keepeth my word shall not
see death. 1 am the resurrection and
the life; whosoever believeth on me-
though he die, he shall live again." What
you call death is not death. 1t is only a
change of condition, for a few years at
most; then they will rise again. The
psalmist said, Though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
shall fear no evil, for thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me-" We have no
power to resist this monster death. He
comes and we must go. But since
Christ grappled with death and tri-
umphed over the grave and rose from
the tomb, he took away its terrors.
They that sleep in Jesus shall rise again
to be forever with the Lord; beyond
the vicissitudes and sorrows of this life
there Is home for those who live for it,
In the after meeting tonight DR.. Num-
hall will preach to railroad men.
The herald., 1897-05-27
PERSONAL

John L. Tierney. representing the
well known New York firm OF James
McCreery & Co., silk importers, arrived
in the city. yesterday.
Mrs. J. J. Browne and family of Dem
yer have returned from Santa Monica
and are again at the Hollenbeck. They
will leave for Catalina in a few days.
Joe Cawthorne, John ]. Braham, John
Page, and Miss Sadie Martinot and Miss
Carrie Behr. the principal members of
the Excelsior. Jr.." company, are at
the Hollenbeck.
E. Lee Hall, prominent shoe manu-
facturer Of Minneapolis, Is a guest of
the Hollenbeck. Mr.. Hall is connected
with the North Star Shoe company, one
OF the largest concerns in the northwest
Matt Berry, the old-time theatrical
man, and the manager of the Excelsior.
Jr.." company, who commenced an
engagement at the Los Angeles theater
last night, is at the Hollenbeck, accom-
panied by his wife and sister-in-l
Miss Nellie Strickland
The herald., 1897-05-27

work for the city. Clayton answered
that he had carried out one contract
that on Wall street, and Mr.. Hutchison
then asked that the street stsperintend-
ent be sent for.
In the meantime Assistant City At
torney Crutcher come Into the chamber,
and he further explained the law, saying
that the council had the power to re-
tect any bid not accompanied by cer-
titled check. or a bonl satisfactory to
that body.
Deputy Street Superintendent Nor
ford then stated that contract had
been awarded Clayton. but that he
had almost Immediately assigned it,
and SO far as he knew he had never him
self done any work for the city.
Councilman Toll raised the point that
this was immaterial. when Councilman
Hutchison replied."I think It is material
When a man comes before this body
and tells palpable lie. I think that
we should take cognizance OF the fact"
There was more talk on the same
general lines. when the motion to de-
fer passed and the chair appointed
Messrs. Nickel, Toll and Blanchard to
the bondsmen.
On motion of Councilman Nickel. the
city engineer was instructed to pre-
The herald., 1897-05-27
Informal Conclave

In an informal conference held re-
Gently between William H. knight,
some of the members of the council and
one of the city attorneys, in the latter's
office the suggestion was made that as
the Los Angeles Railway company is
about to lay heavier rails on Spring
street, it would not only be an admira-
BILE time to have Spring street repaved,
but that while the street is torn up for
the laying of rails Mr.. Knight remarked
that It would also be an excellent op-
portunity and an advisable move for
very many reasons to put in an UNDER
ground conduit for telegraph, telephone
and electric light wires. Those present
expressed themselves as in entire har-
mony with both suggestions and assev-
Grated that such action would meet with
the unqualified approval of large num-
ber of citizens, but one of the council
men implied with deprecatory wave
Of his hands that such a condition would
The herald., 1897-05-27
,hurch. residing in the parsonage next

church. residing in the parsonage next
to the church.
The retiring disposition Of Mr.. Rindge
is shown In his work in building this
church. He authorized the construction
Of the building some two years since,
but provided that there should never
be any debt against the church, and that
all bills should be paid every Saturday
night during the period OF construction.
When the church officials got ready to
lay the cornerstone. Mr.. Rindge was
invited to be present and participate
In the ceremonies, but he declined to do
so. When the church was dedicated.
about one year ago, he was invited to
attend the dedication services. but he
again declined to be present. In fac..
he never saw the church building until
several months after the dedication.
The reason for thus absenting himself
on these two important occasions was
that he did not like to have people
point him out as the man who was do
ing this work.
Mr.. Rindge has another very original
proposition on hand. 1t Is proposed to
sell the old church building, which Is
small,and have it removed from the
rear end of the lot. 1t is then proposed
to plant one tree in this church lot of
every variety of tree mentioned In the
Bible. This question has been very
carefully investigated. There are sixty
different trees mentioned in the Bible.
OF these varieties samples can be had
of each with one exception. This one
exception is the tell, which, UP to dafc,
cannot he recornized as anv tree now
known. However, an extensive corra-
spondence is being carried on with
learned men in all parts of the world.
and If this tree can be found sample
of 1t will be obtained for the Santa
Monica Methodist church arboretum.
Such men as Mr.. Rindge are very
scarce 1t is safe to say that he will
never have strike in any one Of his
factories. Such man is also good
illustration of practical Christianity.
The herald., 1897-05-27
City Hall Notes

The assessment for the sidewalking
of Pico street between Maple avenue
and San Pedro street is now ready in
the office of the street superintendent.
The total amount is s130.46. c. C. Mer-
ritt, jr., is the contractor.
Mayor Snyder was not at his office
yesterday, being confined to his house
by sickness. President Silver has not
|yet recovered sufficiently to attend to
his duties, and City Assessor Seaman
lis also on the sick list
Notice iss posted on the bulletin board
in the fire chiefs office ordering a drill
for Sunday morning at o'clock, in which
the following companies will partict-
pate, under command of Captain Lam
non, engine companies Nos. and and
hook and ladder truck B.
A. l., Like and other property owners
have filed protest to the council against
the action of the Superintendent OF
| Streets in accepting the work done on
| Connecticut street. Protestants allege
that the work is not UP to specifications.
The herald., 1897-05-27
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Beet Sugar, Christian Endeavor and
San Pedro Discussed

The board of directors of the Los An
geles chamber of commerce met yes
terday afternoon at 3:15. There were
present the following directors: Messrs.
Bluett, Duque. Forman, Klokke, Mar
riner, Mathuse, Mckinley, Newberry.
Patterson, Vetter, Waters, Willard and
Adams. President Forman occupied
the chair.
]. Ross Clark, manager Of the Los
Alamitos Sugar company, was elected
to membership.
A communication was read from Rob-
tive committee of the international gold
mining convention, requesting the
chamber to appoint five delegates to at
tend the convention to be held in Den
yer the 7th, Sth and 9th of July. The
chair was instructed to make selec-
ton of five members that will be suita-
Bile to serve as delegates.
Leonard Merrill brought before the
board a full account of the proposed
visit of the delegates to the Christian
Endeavor convention, and asked the
chamber to assist in receiving them and
entertaining them during their stay III
the city. He also asked that they be
furnished desirable printed matter to
be distributed at the Los Angeles head
quarters in San Francisco. The chair
assured Mr.. Merrill that the chamber
would exert it's best efforts to assist
the local organization in entertaining
the visitors.
Col. Holabird appeared before the
board and gave an outline of plan
that he was formulating for the estab-
lishment of several beet sugar facto-
ries within the vicinity of Los Angeles,
and also a sugar refinery.
A strong telegram was ordered sent
to the president of the United States on
the situation at San Pedro.
The herald., 1897-05-27

The city council met in adjourned ses-
eioM yesterday afternoon with Council
nhah Ashman in the chair. and all the
ssembers present. except President Sill
yer, the principal business for consider
alton being the award Of the. Central
avenue improvement contract.
After granting several petitions OF
electric, Companies for stringing wires,
the following report Of the board Of pub
lie -works,-signed by Messrs. Blanchard
and Mathuss. was presented:
Your board of public works, to whom
were referred the bids for the improve
niert Of Central avenue from the south
line of the right of way of the Southern
Pacific company to the south boundary
line of'the city, beg leave to report rec
ommending that the bid of S. b. Clayton
at 66 cents per lineal foot for grading
and, grayeling;. 20 cents per lineal foot
for curb; cutters, IS cents per lineal foot
sidewalks, 91a cents per square footi
crosswalks, 80 cents per linal foot. be
accepted and the necessary resolution
Of award adopted.
Councilman Toll moved that the re-
port De adopted. when Councilman Girl
der moved that the bids be rejected, but
there was no second.
ExlCity Attorney Mcfarland then ad-
dressd the council, urging that the first
report of the board of public
works, awarding the contract ito.
George Rheinschild be adopted. Mr.;
Mcfarland argued that Mr.. Rhein-
schild was entitled to the award,
for, the reason that on the face of it,
the work could not be done at the fig
ures named in the lowest bid, that of S.
B. Clayton, which was $4,000 or more
The herald., 1897-05-27

under the next lowest bid, which evil
IDENTIFY showed that mistake of some
kind had been made. 1t the matter OF
the next lowest, that Of F. c. Harmon.
which was only sos below that of
Rheinschild,, Mr.. Mcfarland claimed
that his bid was irregular, in that the
principal had failed to sign the bond
attached to the contract, and therefore
: his proposals was no bid at all. This
being the case the action of the council
in awarding the contract should be con-
flrmed or the bids should be re-
advertised,
Cd After some further talk, Mr.. Clayton
was called before the council, and ques-
toned al some length as to his ability to
carry out the contract in case it was
awarded to him. Mr.. Clayton declined
to state who his bondsmen would be,
but intimated that he thought he could
get the backing necessary to do the
work. He admitted that he had done
but little work in the city, but though.
he was competent to do the work. He
admitted that he had made a mistake
saying that his bonds had been stolen
for an hour or two one morning, and
further that he intended to put in some
ether items, but had not done so. Mr..
Clayton made anything but a favorable
impression on the councilmen, declining
to give any definite information as to
his financial backing. his ability to carry
out his contract, or anything else.
lu Councilman Blanchard explained why
the board of public works had passed
7Clayton's bid, and awarded the con-
, tract to Rheinshild. They had consid-
cred Clayton an irresponsible bidder, and
thought they had a right to award the
contract as they had done. Now that
they had been told that under the law
they had no discretion but award the
contract TO the lowest bidder unless he
had been declared irresponsible, they
thought that they would either have to
give the contract to Clayton or read
Nertise.
T. Councilman Toll gave his colleagues
the cold law of the case, citing an opin-
Ion of the supreme court in support of
his position. This opinion held that the
council was compelled to award the con-
tract to the lowest bidder, unless such
bidder rad defaulted on a previous con-
land was unreliable, and this ac-
isfion must be formally taken by the
council. as
2 There was another. long debate, in
. which Clayton was handled without
:, gloves, after which Councilman Nickel
Jmoved that the vote be reconsidered by
. Which the contract had been awarded
and action deferred until Monday next
u the board of public works in the mean
time to investigate the reliability OF
ClaytOn's bOndsmen
" Councilman Hutchison wanted to fur.
!. ther question Clayton, and he was called
shefore the. council when Mr. Hutch.
ison asked him if he had ever done any