New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-03
THE BOWERY STIRRED UP.
RATIFICATION OF CROKER HEARTILY
APPLAUDED.
Ro1.sING MEETING IN THE WINDSOR
rurArRE-rRANK MOSS. THE REV.
Mr.. sLIcER, HAL BELL AND

r,sa.-e No. 45 Bowery, last evening he would
hove heard some plain truths about himself, ex-
,rsssed In good Anglo-Saxon. which would not
ssve been at oil 10 his liking. They don't like
ecker IN that part OF New-York, and they don't
x,e,,ate 10 say exactly what they think OF him.
&, &C, night the Republican Club held mass
.as,,nc In the Windsor Theatre. and II one
rov ,udce from the enthusiasm and deep hatred
- Tanmany Hall manifested throughout. the
1-111th Assembly District Is going to DO itself
c,ss,, on Election Day. The meeting was the
cn,e< Republican rally Of the campaign on the
lever East Side. and the house was filled to the
soers long before the time set for opening. Ad-
MISSION was by ticket only. and this insured the
absence % the Tammany rowdies who have
disturbed other Republican meetings Of this
campaisn.
Among the speakers Of the evening were
Charles H Treat Collector OF Internal Revenue:
r-ank Moss the Rev. Thomas r. Slicer Hal
pau lanes W Halves and Otto A. Rosalsky
r.. presiding officer Collector Treat and
when he rose 10 open the meeting he found
marked house IN front Of him. In spite OF the
Tar. tina: the star, was an hour late Mr. Treat
began by reminding the people Of the East Side
,ou they had suffered financially and In their
homes from Tammany rule. and how II meant
n,uch more 10 them than merely change in
administration He contrasted the king Of Tam
many Hall with General Tracy In a way that
brought out cheers and Kisses. and then he Wig
ororslv denounced the Tanmany administration
-o- its many promises made before election, but
not fulfilled after election.
NJ Halves. who followed described the pres
or, government OF the city as an illegal irregu-
Is- 5espotisrn devoted TO the enrichment Of one
man. and far worse than a regular despotism
such as exists IN Russia
Hal Bel reciied the history O. Tweed's down
fall and then turned 10 Mr. Croker
The Tweed q to-day" he said. has escaped
jail only because ne is a private citizen and
holds no public Office and our great fight should
Re % make a law that fits the case Of Dick
Croker liken him TO Nero. whom historians
char,aby call insane. But Croker is not in
cane. He Is a most precious villain, a brigand
with his pistol at the head Of every honest
citizen"
While Mr.. Bell was speaking. ex-Police Com
missioner Charles H. Murray. Charles S. Adler
and the Rev. Thomas R. slicer came in and
were loudly cheered
Croker is different from other men, said
NJ slcer. who spoke next. mot in his eyes.
s.4e a AIS ~ icSs ONN HVdAN 14C say .
he never had dollar thu was not his. Nor
did he. The pirates pllase is his when he gets
H. II you should put Croker and his crowd
alongside Of body like the Chamber Of Com
nerce of this city what do you suppose they
would look like? They would look like the last
emaining trace OF this summers fly against
the wall paper
otto A. Rosalsky devoted his speech mostly to
-.
)nce he said:
The minute We get Dick Croker where We
want him. We'll throw him into States prison.
He'll serve a term there, and all the Tamnany
attorneys in this city won't be able TO get him
,ut."
The audience. which was composed largely Of
Hebrews and Germans. and was thoroughly
Of that part OF the East Side had
ppauded earnestly every denunciation OF
'roker from the time the meeting began. When
,ir. Rc~alsky made his prediction there was a
lers.ct storm Of cheers. followed by Kisses
Mr.. Moss was the next speaker He had been
recognized at once when he entered the hall and
had been enthusiastically received. and when he
stepped forward to speak he received another
thunderous mark of the East Side approval. He
said IN part.
II Was just year ago on the other side Of the
B0Wery that began TO make Croker talk and
think many Of you remember ii. Little did We
then dream how wide he would open his mouth
before we got through with him. and who knows
iioW what ne may still do in the days TO come?
might De sarcastic or arouse your resentment
tc-nisht but wish 10 dwell on a deeper mean
lg which l see in all this. l realize that
81. engaged IN a large and noble work-the work
Of saving cur city.
Il was only few years ago. although IT seems
ohg 10 mems minds, that the fortunes Of
'ouhtTy We're launched right here In this city. |
mean the inauguration Of Washington. Think
y those times and OF that man so fine and noble
NAT n VIII always live in history. Then think
y the man who rules this city to-day, but in
'uch different way. who makes men bend low
before him, a thing which Washington would
ever have done Defiant in his power. insolent
Z his "ffr0ntery and stated with spOils when l
asked him who he thought was the most power
hi man in New-York City to-day he said II
Srow % 10 one who Yields more power than
myself"
All We had there not the President Of a ma
Ion but the boss Of great city, Of our inpe-
-al city l have thought TO myself. To what
pass have come. Is this the city in which
" ashington was inaugurated?" Yes. ii is and
I has been besmirohed, not by my questions TO
Scharl Croker but by the answers which he
has ma le them
l have always liked the idea OF text in
sermon or an address. or any sort OF public
appeal When my friends said. Don't call
Croker al the beginning OF the committees
'ttings you will have an anti-climax
'aid "Ant!-climax be hanged, / want that
ext" And l got IL. In the first days Croker
'aid ne was working all the time for his own
pocket. and he said that 10 the victor belong
he spoAs Richard Croker himself is the text,
.nd I'll make him preach the whole sermon. and
III be content If only those things he says will
ing louder and louder In the ears OF the people
IS the days and weeks and months 90 by. He
iEaps MS life blood from your own homes.
rom your own fresides and hearthstones He
las brought IL about that fathers and mothers
AVE seen their children suffer what is worse
nan death. and ne and his followers glory in
e. he races his horses on the blood money
aher from the dance halls concert halls.
'fotnels and what not which are founded ana
encouraged by him. and which drag your chill
'ren down TO shame.
want 10 illustrate that text in the work or
ne Mazet Committee. ! believe you have under
tood this investig alton from the first; i believe
'ou nave a better conception and truer appre-
nation q II then anybody else.
NY friends have asked me II / cared about