Evening star., 1898-10-21
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Present Issues.
GERMANS FOR ROOSEVELT
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
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last night. The crowd was there without
question, and there was plenty of bowling
during the first part of Mr.. Hills 1SOO0-
word arraignment of the last state admin
tstration; but the same old cut-and- dried
arrangement of ready-made enthusiasm
was painfully evident.
1t is but fair to say that Hills speech
was a mastery document and that the
Tammany crowd intend to play it as their
strongest card is evident from the fact
that afternoon wigwam paper was out
in the street with portions of the document,
together with a glaring introduction pune
tuating it with cheers, etc.a least three
hours before the speech was delivered.
These papers were rushed up town to the
vicinity of Durland's Riding Academy,
where Colonel Roosevelt was holding forth,
and loud-voiced venders moved through
the masses endeavoring to offset the effect
of the republican orators words with this
premature publication.
Effort Lacked Success.
The effort not very successful, al
though it was shrewdly planned There
was too much enthusiasm in the crowd
because there was a novelty introduced
into the campaign tonight In the shape of
a parade by the Roosevelt Volunteer Cam
pafgn Rough Riders" AS the procession
neared the speaking stand the enthusiasm
grew. swelled by the sidewalk spectators,
who had caught the patriotic infection
The Rough Riders costumes started every
body to shouting, and this continued until
the meetings closed.
Over in Brooklyn. Van Wyck's home.
Roosevelt stock has risen several points
above par as the result of his four big
meetings last night, and it is safe to say
that former Senator Hills lengthy docu-
ment did not lose the colonel one enthu-
Sastic supporter.
Every let
lyn republican headquarters today. The
managers said that the enthusiasm shown
last night cannot be duplicated by the
democrats. At each of the four mass meet
1ngs almost as many people were turned
away as got inside. The enthusiasm shown
was not of the machine-made variety,
either. 1t was spontaneous and epidemic
When Chairman Dady was asked what he
thought of the visit Of Colonel Roosevelt
he said: u
The meetings need no boistering up
They speak for themselves But will say
that | have never seem the people SO
aroused as they this fall. From all [
hear. each of last evenings assemblageS
was attended largely by democrats, which
is pleasing sign. We hear of lots of men
who have always voted the democratic
ticket who intend to vote quietly for Col
onel Roosevelt Many Of them cannot at
ford to be openly for him for business rea-
sons. The power of Tammany Hall to
make or mar is tremendous. I think /
of thing keeps up. I always thought he
would win by safe plurality, but it looks
as if 1t would be cyclone. There is
much regret that overflow meetings were
not arranged last night. Fully 1900 peo-
pie We're turned away
ROos> Welt to Take a Rest.
Tomorrow Colonel Roosevelt is to speak
in Poughkeepsie, and then he will go to
his home in Oyster Bay to rest Saturday
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state. AS result of his visit to head
quarters today it was arranged that Col
onel Roosevelt was to be relieved of all
routine work from now on until the close
of the campaign.
1t appears that Tammany in claiming the
German vote, was counting her chickens
too soon. Prominent German-Americans
from all parts of the state are raIlying to
the support or the republican candidate. A
canvass OF all the districts where the Ger
man element predominateS was begun to-
day under the auspices Of the German
American republican central committee.
and from now on speeches will be delivered
nightly at the district headquarters of the
subcommittees of the organization A
great mass meeting of German-Americans
Is to be held on the evenis of November /
at Cooper Union.
What will probably be the largest meet
ing OF the campaign, will be the one in
favor of Justices Daily and Cohen tomorrow
night. The secretary has been deluged by
requests for tickets from people in all sec
tfons in life, who have been aroused by
Crokers attack on the purity of the bench.
Tammany's Desperate Measures.
Every effort Is being made by Tammany
to make this meeting a failure. and with
this object in view the records of the men
who are announced to speak have been
carefully scrutinized. Every incident in
the lives of these men that could possibly
be presented in an unfavorable light has
been dug up, old letters resurrected and
ancient records searched. Every man."
one of these friends of the Tammany can
d1date Is reported to have said, has done
something that he would not like the pub
lie to know, and our business is to find out
what this something is, and hold it as re-
serve ammunition, to be exploded over the
heads of our opponents at the first attempt
on their part to make definite, particular
charges. Letters from one of the prominent
men announced TO speak-just the kind of
letters Leventritts friends were looking
for-were found in the possession of Lev
entritt himself. These letters were written
in 1883, when similar charges against Mr..
LeVeltrltt were made, and in them the
writer indorsed Mr.. Leventritt in the friend
liest way. He even went so far as to aban-
don the formal My Dear Mr.. Leventritt,"
and addressed the Tammany lawyer as
Dear Dave"
The writer of these letters has been noti-
fed of their existence, and Leventritt's
friends now confidently expect that the
writer will be 'unable'H to- speak tomorrow
night. What the writer's name is they win
not disclose at present. Even Mr. Root and
MI Choate, they say.jWiil not venture to
denounce Leventritt iile very strong terms
before the meeting. III, 2s
In the meantime Croker'ss effort to get up
new bar association has apparently fizzled
out. The forty-eight hours which Charles
strauss gave himself to get up a new bar
association at the request of Richard Gro
ker expired at 10 o'clock this morning. At
that time Strauss was to have announced
his committee on organization. and list of
n MT n, ,,,~1,0,
who had applied for membership in the new
association. But Mr.. Strauss did not keep
his promise. and his associates were some-
what alarmed at the fact.