The record-union., 1898-03-06
IN THE METROPOLIS.
A DAILY WAR CRY-NEw YORK
SENTIMENT NOW.
The Theaters-The Vizcaya-A $50
cial Democracy" Meeting
Debs' Speech.

Debs' Speech.
Special Correspondence Record Union)
NEW YORK. Feb 2S,--The chief
object of interest and subject of dis
cussion during the past week has been,
as may be imagined, the state Of our
foreign relations This condition OF
affairs is not remarked because it IS
peculiar to the metropolis alone, but
because of certain circumstances rela-
tive to our old young friend. the cent
sensational and our now departed visit
or the Vizcaya.
Young Mr. Dana, who like his famous
father, takes an especial delight in let
ting loose the batteries Of his journal
istic sarcasm has dubbed the Jour
nal's" editor THAT entreprising young
man. and upon every occasion (to the
huge enjoyment of its readers who are
inclined to regard with a moderate con-
tempt. patrons of such papers as the
sJournaP). the Sun proceeds to chas.
tise the "enterprising young man" un-
mercifully.
However anomalous it may appear,
this cent sensational does not seem to
suffer by its character and in fact it
may be taken as indicative of the sem
timent of the city as being for war
that the paper, since the Havana dis
aster. has taken first rank in popularity,
though it's common designation is now
the Daily War-Cry."
It's endeavors to raise a subscription
for monument to the dead Maine
sailors are, however meeting with gem
eral favor here and in a measure at
tones for its other shortcomings. The
subscriptions are numerous and many
extremely liberal. A large number of
local theatrical managers have united
with the idea of giving monster" ben
eft performances in all the great cit
ies of the Union.
Another praiseworthy enterprise of a
like nature is that of the 'Telegraph's"
in organizing a benefit performance at
the Metropolitan Opera house. This
took place yesterday Sunday and was
a success in every sense of the word.
The funds obtained are to be devoted to
the relief of the families Of the Names
dead
The theater excitement and enthusi-
asm mentioned in the preceding letter,
continued all through the week just
past At the Academy of Music the
other evening Rose Coghlan, by quot
ing at fitting point in her own lines,
a portion of Captain Sgsbee's first mes
sage. threw the great audience into an
indescribable frenzy Of excitement At
the Herald Square Theater the Whitney
Opera Company have created a special
scene in the Normandy Wedding"
which represents Dorothy Morton as q
Goddess of Liberty guarded by a file of
marines and a brass field piece. With
the colors in her hand she sings a pa
triotic song composed for the occasion,
and. the event never fails to cause the
biggest and noisiest kind of demonstra-
ton on the part of the audience. Most
of the theaters have similar scenes en-
acted nightly and old-timers say such
displays upon the stage have not been
known since the early sixties.
The Vizcaya which left supposedly
for Havana Friday, left behind certain
ly no disagreeable impressions if it
failed to produce any agreeable ones.
Captain Eulate observed keen appre-
citation of the delicacy of his situation.
and the effort of the sensational press
to misinterpret his words and actions
met with ignominous failure. It is
said that as his ship turned her prov
seaward the Captain let loose a carrier
pigeon to the city. kissing the birds
crest as If flew, as a token of good will.
This may be only Spanish polteness
but it's not dsagreeable at the most
Who has heard of the Social Democ-
racy? It's fame in the East is yet to
be, and as far as the rest Of The coun-
frr- fes oil I'll g.,
ton points TO the same condition of
affairs. OF course the organization is
still in it's infansy, and therefore its
leader, who is already more or less
famous personally, has grounds for
hope.
About two weeks ago. seedy individ-
uals stood upon the corners of the
East Side distributing circulars which
announced among other things. that
"the time was ripe" which remark was
not altogether pointed to the befuddled
average intellect, it being quite well
known to this section of the country
that the times which are green are
present in prospect only. However, the
statement that a certain Eugene W
Debs would address a mass meeting a
Cooper Union on the evening of F'ebru
dFS ZiSl, NdS IcdSJlldpiy CAedt anu
thus ii was that the evening in ques-
ton found the writer and about 5000
others at the appointed place.
Foreigners as a general thing seem to
be more attracted by social problems
and theories than we Americans, which
fact was we'll illustrated by the presence
of Europeon faces and tongues TO the
extent of about a four-ffths proportion
of the attendance. Curious to state
many could neither speak nor under
stand English; some of the latter spent
the time before the speaking commenced
in reading newspapers printed in He
brew which an unemployed garment
worker was peddling outside.
The doors opened about half an hour
before time and the few hundred in
waiting made a wild rush 10 get inside,
whereupon the police, who seemed to be
expecting trouble, made a similar on
slaught in the opposite direction which
resulted to many enthusiastic foreigners
in something more than injured feelings.
Mr. Debs, or as his comrades famil
iarly spoke of him, Debs, was late in
appearing and to pass the time the as
semblage engaged in desultory conver
sation and such remarks as these floated
around in a dialect that the writer could
not hope to initiate: "Debs is a good
man: / saw him out in Chicago four
years ago. This newspaper talk is no
good; there won't be no war-the Gov