The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-27
WIGWAM FORGOTTORATIFY
BIG MEETING GIVEN OYER WHOLLY
TO ABUSE or MLzET.

Not q Single Tammany Candidnte's Name
Mentioned by Any. OF tho speaker
GrahS's Vulgar Attack on Albany and the
Northumberland Meeting Frost.
Fireworks and music by couple OF brass
bands were the chief preliminary features OF
the ratification meeting in Tammany Hall last
night. A noticeable feature OF the meeting was
that not single speaker within the hall men
toned at any time the name OF a single ono Of
the candidates whose nominations the m Getting
was called to ratify.
The meeting was given over almost entirely
to abuse OF Assem- bl lyman hTazet. Long before
It was over It was made clear that the whole
strength OF Mr.. Croker and his understrappsrs
was to be devoted in this campaign. to defeat
ing Mr.. Mnzet for reelection In the
Nineteenth district Senator Grady. who
made the principal speech OF the evening.
acknowledged the open existence here OF all
classes Of vice. rs has boon charged
They say" said Mr.. Grady. casting up his
eyes. that gambling houses are allowed to
exist here openly. They say that places worse
than gambling houses also exist here.
I'VE have the haunts OF vice and illegitimats
resorts. but there Is no place OF this sort so
bad in this city but that I wi II show you its
counterpart In any Republican community un-
dor the sun"
The speaker also said that II resorts Of this
class were not allowed to flourish in Albany the
Legislature would never have quorum to do
business.
Randolph GugRenheimer. Chairman OF the
meeting. set the pace by denouncing the Mazet
Committee and declaring that 1t was appointed
solely for revenge because Mr.. Plat had failed
to get the Astoria Gas bill through the Legs-
lature. He called Gov. Roosevelt a Pecksnin
and said lie had whitewashed the canal frauds
After Thomas T.. Smith had read the platform
| and resolutions and Charities Commissioned
Keller had spoken his little piece. District
| he said he had advised tho heads of city de-
| partments that tho Aazet Committee was
had declared his Willingness to 20 before it.
Bpt this sort oil thing must stop: contlin as
a committee be permitted to sit In thi. city
| without being taken into custody as Violators
Oliver H. P. Belmont also denounced Mazet.
| declar ring that 1t was IA disgrace that New York
| should be made to wash its dirty linen In pub.
In conclusion Mr. Bslm ont said: '.Bofore sit
down, let me ask you not to forget the iinpor-
tant reason for gaining decisive victory on
Frst-To defeat Mazet for detaminE tho good
Seccnd-To get control OF tho Assembly to
Ps to Hs end hat ws eventually gain
| rule. municipal ownership OF public franchises.
and build our own tunnel
| ofianding Bryan in the White House in 1900.
| At the overflow meeting outside the hall there
were four stands, two OF which were arranged
as traps for the foreign born voters. City
| Magistrate ZeIler presided over the German
| stand opposite the Academy OF Music.
1Coronsr Antonio yucca had the Italian stand
| in Irving place. He had hardly spoken five
| words in his native language when one-hnlf OF
| the crowd left and they did not come back
| The other two stands did poor business also
George W; Blair and James W. OBrien pre-
| sided and about fifteen speakers appeared In
succession on each stand, The audience mum
| bered not more than 300 persons when Il
was largest at $50 o'clock. and 1t
| lack OF enthusiasm was the most Encouraging
| feature from the Tammauy point OF view. Not
| even the name OF Bryan could elicit any
applause worth speaking Of. The whole affair
| look cd very much like a funeral.