The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
IN COL. WARNINGS MEMORY.
A SPLENDID MEETING AT COOPER
UNION Asst NIGHT. e.

The Cooper Union meeting last night in
memory Of Col. George f.. Warning, Jr., filled
tho great hall to overlooking. Among those
present we're: Bishop Potter. former Mayor
william l.. Strong. Seth Low. Dean ]. Howard
Van Amringe OF Columbia. Charles r. Hubbell.
Carl Schurz John Il. Parsons. Recorder GofE.
Horace L. Deming. Felix Adler, Richard WIT
son Glider. John j. Faure, DIR. Abraham jacob.
Edward Cary. Jacob Riis and Reuben Simonds.
Several hundred school children. members OF
n score OF clean-streets leagues, were In the
audience. They marched into tho hall while
Seth Low was speaking and were greeted
with cheers. John i. Parsons. former President
Of the CITY Club. presided, He announced that
subscriptions to the Waring fund amounting
to S25, 900 had already been received, and he
had no doubt that 100000 would DO quickly
raised when popular subscriptions were asked
for. This announcement was greeted with IN
~roarious applause. All through the meeting
tho enthusiasm was remarkable. Former
Mayor Strong and Bishop Potter received ova-
tions. and every mention Of the names OF Col.
Warning and Col. Roosevelt brought forth
rounds OF applause.
Letters of regret were read from the Gov
ernor-elect. Archbishop Corrigan, DR.. Lyman
Abbott, Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell. Julia
Richman Father Walter Elliot. Jacob Il. Schiff
and former Mayor Abram S. Hewitt. Col.
Roosevelt wrote:
1T is with the utmost regret that 1 find
myself unable to be present at tho memo
rial meeting in honor of Col. Waring.
II I had been given any warning l should.
Of course. have refused all engagements In
order to 20. but as it is l have received my
invitation but forty-eight hours before the
meeting and am already engaged for q dinner
which was put off until the 22d expressly to
suit my convenience. and secure my attend
ance. and which. at this late date. it is. OF
course. out of the question for me to decline
attending. i exceedingly regret this, for l
particularly desire, in some public way. to bear
testimony to tho exceeding Importance OF the
work dono by Col. Waring: not merely for the
city Of Now York. but for the cause OF good
government generally. l had the good for
tune to be intimately associated with him
during the time that he was doing that work.
and l appreciate the Importance OF his duties
attendant upon 1t. The city OF New York owes
him a great debt. and no less a debt Is owe
him by the friends OF good government in all
the cities OF the Union. for he showed what 1t
was possible to do in a great municipal depart
ment."
Short addresses we're made by Seth Low.
Bishop Potter. DR.. Felix Adler. former Mayor
Strong. Carl Schurz, Reuben Simonds. and
Jacob A.. Riis.
MI. LOW Stlu lHdb SOl. 1 d q ~ .
standard below which New York might fall.
but because OF Col. Warnings work New York
| could never fall to the level at which he found
It. His administrators of the Street Cleaning
Department had called attention to the need
| of u system Of municipal government under
which men OF such high abilities should re-
| main in Office at the pleasure OF the people.
tApplause.l
Bishop Potter paid a warm tribute to Col.
Warnings character. He said that a man who.
like Col. Waring. could face the ridicule Of
millions and hold to his high purpose was n
! man of exceptional character. Col. Warning
was an obstinate man when he knew he was
right. Bishop Potter. in referring to the death
OF Co. Warning. said that nothing that he had
ever done was finer in quality or spirit than his
last service for his country.
Ex-Mayor Strong told some anecdotes Of
Col. Warnings administration and then read
a memorial prepared by his associates in
the Strong administration. 1t was signed
by William L. Strong. Francis NJ. Scott.
Ashbel z. Fitch. John Jeroloman. Theodore
Roosevelt. John 2. Faure. Robert ]. Wright.
Edward P. Barker. Avery D. Andrews.
Arson G. McCook. Edwin Einstein. Charles H.
7. Coils, Thomas Sturges. Charles Bulky
| Hubbell. George b. Fowler. John Proctor
Clarke. and George Moore smith. This memo
| rial, which was adopted by the meeting. fol-
lows:
Col. George E.. Waring possessed many rare
| and noble traits emitting him to the love. the
respect and the admiration of his fellow men.
A high sense Of duty. an untiring cour-
age. an utter absence Of self regard in
following the path whittier duty called him.
n marvellously clear-sighted appreciation Of
essentials in any work he undertook, an I'M
dauntcd enthusiasm that preserved pure and
indebted his high ideals, a fertility of resource
that converted obstacles into steps forward. a
stantly and unafTectcdly TO the affection. the
suffering or the Joy, OF others. q Keen and
a anse' soms Of the echaracteristics that have
marked his entire career as soldier. as civilian.
as scientist; in public and in private life His
Kind. was ever a controlling motive, Ihnndred
times he risked his own life to save the lives OF
him and TO whom he was himself unknown. He
died II nero's death, not upon the field OF battle
such nelds-but, as he would have preferred to
die. in the enort to rescue a great city from IN
IeGtion Ioi and disease i sa se;rs Mnau q ah death gra,t p tri smGh "a e
he achieved In this city for health and clearly
living, has served to em9ph fma e as perhaps =, Was a
debt due to Col. Waring from tho citizens Of
The condition of New York's streets was a
by-word. 1t was not only that the streets wero
an offence to the eye; they were a direct men
the high death rate in the, congested quarters
OF the city, the crowded wards OF the hos
pitfalls. the widespread ravages OF p~revert-
able disease: l. had become almost Ar axiom
cleaned and kept cleaned; Col. Warlng was
PIT in charge 81 s en,n %1rk mn 5ne street. streets were
no longer an eyesore; in the eongested tome
the clean and wholesome playYgropnds Of the
saved by the diminished death rate; the .ad-
vance OF preventable disease was changed into
u retreat.
Col, Warning did all this, but he did more.
His methods were SO simple yet so effective
that he demonstrated TO- every citizen o! New
owe its health and cleanliness to extra
ordinary or exceptional measures. but to an
Independent. fearless perform ance of duty.
with an eye single to the performance Of TIC
his WI work thai, the administration Of a
always be successful II conducted on the
same lines and for the samo objeets
established the standard by which the
practical administration of Il city's bus
mess may DO judged and measured not for
United States. His was constructive work of
air ,iniefrati6 What his lanartmnnt did anv