The evening times., 1898-10-26
HUMOR OFnPHE CAMPAIGN
Political Stereopticon Artists
in an Amusing Duel.
FUN FOR GOTHAM CROWDS
Sharp-Witted Democrats Steal n
March on the Republican FLASH
light ManipuiatOr and EmblazOn
Their Notices and Jtbcs on the
Screen of Their Opponents.


New York Oct 26.-There was "a ster-
eopticon duel in upper Broadway last
night which kept the home-going thea
ter crowds laughing for two hours.
One stereopticon has been operated for
about two weeks from the roof of
building on the northeast corner of
Broadway and Thirty-seventh Street.
From it pictures of Col. Roosevelt and
the other Republican nominees,
and Republican motoes, tell
ing what that party thinks of the
Democracy, all interspersed with adver-
tisements, have been projected on large
white screen on the side of the higher
building at No. 1880 Broadway. 1t is op-
Grated by man named Brewer. The
building on which the screen hung is said
to be owned by Vice President Hobart.
The building department ordered the
screen taken down, but for some un-
known reason it has remained, and
Brewer held undisputed sway until last
night, when he found his field invaded in
a most surprising manner.
Tammany Hall sought to establish one
of its stereopticons somewhere In the
same neighborhood, but upon investiga-
ton it found that no place was availa-
BILE. Republican emissaries had obtained
| temporary control of every wall in the
| neghborhood, and Brewer and the Re-
publican managers were content.
Emanuel G.. s. Hart, at the instigation
Of Tammany, went quietly to work and
rented room on the top floor of No. 1868
| Broadway which is on the southeast cor
ner of Broadway and Thirty-seventh
| Street. and yesterday installed an electri-
cal protector in front of one of the win
| dows over which he had hung a heavy
| curtain, for purposes of seclusion. From
| the window he had an uninterrupted view
| of the Republican screen, though perhaps
! seventy-five feet further away from 1t
| than Brewer.
Brewer went to work last night as
| usual as soon as II was dark. He ran
| his list of slides through the machine
| showing Roosevelt. Woodruff and the
other candidates pictures, and then be-
gan throwing hot literary shot into the
! Democratic camp
Elect Augustus and keep the business
| in the family" Every vote against
Roosevelt will be applauded in Spain"
| were flashed on the screen, and the crowd
watching in the street cheered
| Hart drew the curtain aside. trained his
machine on the Republican machine.
| and. getting the range well, waited. Soon
| there appeared on the screen.
Croker is New York Aguinaldo.'
| Hart fished among a pile of slides.
and put one in his machine. Hardly
| had the crowd read the reference 10 the
! Tammany leader when directly below it,
| standing out in fiaring black letters, ap
! peared the words:
"Platt is New Yorks Weyler"
This surprised the crowd but II roared
| with laughter. There was CONSERVATION
| on the roof. The Croker epigram shook
on the screen as If nervous hand held
| the slide. Then IL was withdrawn. So
was the other one.
There was short wait Brewer was
! probably convincing himself that his eye
| sight was defective Confidence having
| been restored, L ere flashed out:
Van Wyck II any other name would
| still spell CROKER" Below It ap-
peared: Roosevelt now spells his name
| P-L-A-T-T"
Brewer burst out of his house and look
! ed wildly around. He followed a pencil
/ of light overhead and 1t led him 10
Hart's window. Then he understood. He
! hurled imprecations up al Hart. and then
sent messenger TO tell him that he
! would have him arrested for maliciously
| interfering with his business if he did
| not turn his stereopticon off the Repub-
| ruthlessly hurried out of the building by
| Hart's men.
! Brewers men then tried throwing coal
from his roof probably intending to dam
age Harts stereopticon. One or two
pieces went flying in the window, but they
did no damage. A policeman was appeal
ed to. He climbed to Brower's roof and
the coal throwing stopped
The crowd in the street increased and
IoIo 60, Al,
er turned again to business, and they
| read:
"All Van Wycks look alike TO Croker
| Hart added, And so does every other
| honest citizen
And so 1t went. Brewer showed a pic
| ture of Schley. Below II appeared "A
Democrat" Then he flashed, Honesty is
the State issue Roosevelt breaches" Hart
continued it with. The Republicans only
want the rest of the canal appropria ton
Then they will retire"
1t was difficult 10 reconcile these state
ments as they appeared on the screen:
Roosevelt's round robin saved sick sol
diers" 'Teddys toughest riding was in
Mulberry Street"
Takes Teddy to twist the tigers tail;'
But, Teddy, look out for the tigers teeth
and claws
Where did Croker's Tammany regiment
do its fighting?" Black would not accept
Tammany's offer to furnish a brigade"
So the duel continued until nearly mid
night. 1t was declared draw, and both
sides withdrew. Hart laughs a Brower's
threats to have a triple-expansion light
that will completely eclipse Brower's.
When seen after the battle last night
Hart was jubilant. When asked as to his
rights in the matter he said that he had
obtained the privilege of throwing his
slides on the south side of the Hotel Nor
handkerchief, by the way, is about two
blocks away-and it was not his fault il
he sometimes made mistake and de.
pressed his light too much.
| BroWer could not be found