The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-14
HoEBER SPEAKS FOR Low.
The Coroner Opens the Citizens Union CAM
pnIEn In Astoria.

In the stronghold of Patrick Jerome Gleason,
who is himself something of a candidate in the
Mayoralty contest, the campaign of Seth Low
was opened last night by Coroner Hoeber.
Some 200 persons gathered at the Astoria
SchuetZenbund Hall, Steinway avenue and
Broadway. Long Island City, and tried to listen
to speeches, in which effort they were hindered
by the pipings and thumpings of a fife and
drum corps that marched around and around
the building.
Chief OF the speakers OF the evening was Cor.
oner Hoeber Of this city. but before he was in.
tr0duced certain preliminaries had TO BIO per.
formed. A German gentleman called the meet
ing to order and charmed his hearers with an
enunciation of a political principle which he
must have invented himself on the spur of the
moment, viz, that the proper man for Mayor
political following behind him" Such, he dc.
9S,sreG; amid enthusiSsm, was Seth Low;
tho Chairman introduced the speaker OF the
said Coroner Hoeber, which / shall do But
don't suppose from that that / can't speak Eng.
lish, a, some of the newspapers would have
Give 4 to us in English. too" shouted q
voice, There's plenty of us here that amt
.Tn repeat what I say in English afterward."
said the Coroner so that everybody will have
Then he spoke in German, and at the conclu-
sion made q speech III English which, he said,
was In substance n repetition.
when / was askedS come here. said tho
Coroner, II was told that l thereby imperilled
my chances for reorganization as Coroner. but l
have never been Influenced by considerations
Of that kind, and I'm too old to begin now. In
this coming election it is a dishonest attitude
to maintain that we must follow party politics,
With that kind Of politics the administration
or city affairs has nothing to do. Our city ad-
ministration in all its departments is much
better run on nor. partisan PRINCIPLES. Ro-
garding tho Rtines law, while ! don't attach
so much Importance to that as do Others, l can
still understand the dissatisfaction Of the Ger.
mans with 1t. 1t Is your right to pledge every
Assemhlyman and Senator against 1t before
you. vote for him., and then you will get it re-
peaied. But the Mayor OF the city has moth
liked 70 influence tho police in regard to the
law; Roosevelt says to him, You mind your
business and III mind mine some say that
the Germans Will vote for Tammany Hall he
cause OF us opposition to the Itaines law. That
Y q foolish attitude. Remember always that
the mayor has nothing TO do with making the
lay; That Is the work OF the Legislature.
Il am here TO urge you to stick by the Citi.
ems Union. They have nominated a man In.
Gependently OF his political principles, He hns
tnoWh no craftsmanship and will show none, l
aont know whom tho Republicans Will nOmi-
nate. ! have a slight idea that they will In.
would be the last to ask you to vote against
MIN, except that ! will say that a good man
committed To no party action Is better than a
soSu man elected on II partisan platform"
rLoquent applause greeted the Coroner's re-
snarks' other ~speakere We're Henry Wciss.
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