The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-03
BELMONT COLDLY GREETED
HE LEFT ONE MEETING ~ 4 HrRRf
OSLY TO MEET ANOTHER FROST.
Cookers Candidate. In the Thirteenth Energies
From His Temporary Retirement ana
Again Temps Pate ~ n Spclibinder-Same
Old Speech and the same Old Nesult,

Again Temps Fate NJ n Spclibinder-S same
Old Speech and the same Old Result
After being in retirement for almost a week
ollie Belmont, who wants 10 80 TO Congress
from the Thirteenth district and who has the
nomination from Nir. Croker, reappe1red upon
the platform and made two speeches last nlrht'
llc made one, a very short one, In 1eIr ICE Jar
den To a small audience, the greater part OF
which came 20 SEQ what the little millionaire
who wants TO step into the shoes OF Jefferson
Nj. Levy looks like. and the other to a
largo audience in Wendcl's Assembly Rooms
on Fo-ty-fourth street. between Eighth ana
Ninth avenues The audience at the latter
meeting was not a particular one. \ iarse
part of II slept peacefully In the rear OF tie hai
while Mr. Belmont spoke. The part thai was
awake applauded n little at times, but for me
most part was utterly Indifferent TO what Mr..
Belmont was trying TO convey in the Snort
broken. icrky sentences IN which he spoke.
As a relief it turned to conversation and the
chairman wns obliged to rap his gavel sharply
n number Of times when the hum Of CONVEX
sation grew 50 loud that he couldn't keep track
of what ollie was saying
There was one little group in The rear at The
hall that npplnudcd vigorously every tim" ME-
Belmont opened his mouth. II DIDN'T mhlt'r
what h" SId. the applause came. Tn" mystery
Of their enthusiasm was solved when MIR Hell
mont left Ia" hall and got into his carriage,
Thcmcu who had done the appiludiug gathered
around tho carriage and reminded the clndi-
date Of what they had done for him, suggest
Ing At IN" slm" tim" that a It'll" change would
coma ia handy. Nr. Belmont was surprised.
but decided thu he'd hoitor pay for the a%Uulnn~"
- he threw a haadtGi nt silver among the men
and then drove away with his party.
A. IL "a $1,000 go. d.. .lH.a4ls
over ou tine West Side. principally along the
waterfront. where he has made glad the heart
Of the dock rat by referring to senator pluukitt
a. TINT peerless statesman, and TO Tom Nc
Manus a. that sterling typo of American mutl-
hood Mr. Belmont dldn't try, any OF tins
last uight bCcHl~r hc wa not talking 20 dock
rats In Terrace Garden, Where Maurice
IIOllhan, tOlnml~slurCr OF iubIlc lln-
his cohorts of the Twenty-fourth distric,.
some rci,on Mr. belmont did not taxi TO ,hr
audience any NOR" than II seemed 10 take to
him. The lack "i applause disturbed him
h" did. His speech is not Reproduced here,
because I'm the present campaign lie l. using
but one speech. and he made that one in fun
Il. little later At the meeting in the Fifteenth
district. II" only gay" part ui II at Terrace
charity Commissioner John " Keller was
su"aklng at Wendell, Assembly Rooms. when
applaud and when the people saw lin clap
his hands they applanded too. MIR Belmont
wore u frock coat and a, silk hat, II" shook
dignltarieS on N" stage and then sgt down 10
wait for his turn to come ON" Myers, who
treat in store for IT, In having tho candidate
for congress to address It. Anaui1S wasn't
it in WIN Myer. C%ntnlins t9e later Na'I;
Of n Democrat. a man 81 means. hut ore who
IN times Of diatr"ss h4~ n"vor forgotten the
poor man. !c has always boon willing -
share with the DOOR man the wealth lie aN-
CURED A. "A citizen ~ this State"
as TthI"'nrIeh' he had a weak back, IL" waited Al FOR
the icehic APPLAUSE to cease, meanwhile held-
ing over toward the audirgce and trout
i H"n it for t" ,h a d %aPm%a-- mil Of Nj. '' H"lS
come this, unexpected welcome ~aid
he. My fellow citizens. he great battle #
now lined up for the final struggle GA Soy Il
II i Wa not ~, TIE mnmln"th clmrais fun
il would no; he hard To- f~orotall the result A.
il Is ~ believe that Tho r"opl" are So reused
over TIE mosn,tudc Of he issues that they VIII
to you and ask YOU for your SUPPORT IN this
Cnmpaign we do II because we ar" lighting the
pcollH from whom all government should
emaulto'
Up TO this point; Mr. Belmont had sr9rued
a number of times To siv" the people a chance
audience preferred To stay pent NJ, Mr.. Bel
mont said that there cam" a "ghAr~tly' day.
when 'n' news on lit' bIbNllL w OF IN' Mll'lt
reached this country. Who WaS II that de-
iuandoi vengeance? who was il that demanded
that our honor should be indicated? Was IL
the moNopoliel or the PEOPLE? Tell me which
was it," fdeld -iiencol
II seemed to discourage Mr.. Belmont that
did not get a rise uut Of .OnJe one on this.
and he soon -witched On ~ the trust. lie
said that Mckinley was their slave and that
all tho Republicans wanted Wa "A man in the
Whit" House o. do th",r bidding. He diln't
say whose bidding h. would do II hv any agCi-
dent he should be sent t. Congress. which
party il honc-t in IL fight against the trusts"
Mr. Belmont. 'Ee1d tn" platforms
md YOU will soc. The trust l. akin to nec"s-
4ity. why Is the trust akin u necessity Be
cause IL knows no IIW.
Mr. Belmont waited some time for the shricks
of laughter which II was Quite evident TO him
ought to ba the reward Of his wit Bat
the LAUGHTER never Carp" he had shot over
the heads Of the audience. They didn't see
tho Joke AT AL
MIR belmont resumed when his diSappoint-
ment over the GOODNESS of his audience had
worn oil somewhat and said that the ltrpub-
licquS were trying to chang" the fundamental
of our Government. They were
dong IL by protecting slavery in the island
of SIlu. making war on the III plnos.. putting
a tariN on goods from Porto Rico and Ccding
land to England without the consent of Com
grcss. As these w"rc all matters that tho
n audience was not particularly Interested IN II
made no demonstration over them. Nr Bel
mont talked some more about IN" Constitution
and then quit. He was applaudcd most when