The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-14
A RALLY IN THE BOWERYs
REPUBLICASs HAVE ATTENTIVE
AUDIENCES THERE.

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Grnber Caught hlsht on "hcn ne 'aIheo
About foor ringers "nnno, I'm
rrahe'' " "rseho " "H.
'o"P"''" ""' =" $50
During the week that the downtown mead
quarters OF inc I1epuoncan ''uo hu7 oe'n Nv
1872 Bowery there have Deen rou'ihg m'elhss
every afternoon ana evening ~ y e7'lIha''u
that the total attendance during the week
has been over lo'Up' ana the He''lhg 'ha' WIS
| held last evening Increased inns to'alby nearly d
thousand more Every Seat III w ia' WIS
occupied 'he alsleS were phckeu 'u' "nu '"oN'
VINO were standing III IL solu mass u' III" rear
oil the room ut tlhes o'etllo"eu o"' o" '"e
@ Long belore lh' cua'rHluh OF any
J OF The speakers arrived the nan was lu' 10 '"o
mint, ana they had 70 emo" una push the'' way
down the packed aisle tS D'7I 'hey 'ouu'
Gen. frahols ' "reehe' CHAIRMAN u '"e
Kebubncah county 'omiI,l''e'' WIS we 'rN'
speaker after Mr.. Alfred T.. OhHch' a. chhIr-
man Of the meeting had called 'he mouse 10
order in a little speech IN wh'ch ne told lhe
audience about Gen "reenes career AT Wet
Point and In the army III IuOa ana the fH'hP
pines.
Gen. Greene. said Mr.. oinineh' ~ oe
leader OF the hepubllcan party III thls county
IL Is but natural that we should compare MN
with ms opponent Tue leader OF the Dcihoc-
racy In New YORK me comparison Is a sharp
one Take the beginning ol thelr Respective
careers and come down To sllI laler da'eS
ana what 90 We nhd! we Hhd 'ld'
when the leader oil the Democracy was a
brIiSer In FIRST avenue the leader OF me lI"-
publicans was a cadet at West Point when
the leader Of the Democracy was In politics
for his own pocket every time the leader of
49, pa,,,niioans n,,, a,L,i,, 70, hts cour,r,,
tue h"puohcais was hth''hs ioi h' 'o""'S
on the shores Of Luzon "
II was all Of five minutes after this send-oT
before Gen Greene could make himself heard
FOR the cheering, and when at last the audience
| Ind shouted and hand-clapped itself tired the
ueHer"' Shuhs out nv Hpee'" W Wv p"'',
argumentative sort that caught the crowd at
tho start 1t was a typical Fast Side audience
o the pe,'eI so'', NM y, y 'n VI ~ 'non
in 1t evidently were workingmen and were
| there with the Crime Of the shops and
faotorios s,m unon ,hem Rut n s,nmn
iuo'prleS SUI ulon 'neni, !" a a,'"o
speaker could not have wanted "A better AS
atsu"ent ~ puGN ga, hpd 49, H%p - p m,n
or humor. But it was an audience that was
no, disposed TO stand any nonsense. Scattered
a more or less developed case of
Bovery drunk inclined to be CONVEX
1870 n " - eoa ,I"n.,
sational. Their nelghbors addressed themin
selected language on the alternative Of keep
I'M, mic, or haIny ~turrad ont " opo drunk
"s '" - ana :. rI'
a. a matter OF lact' was let out ana az COL
Gage. who has charge of the headquarters.
900 laodiry him gantIv I'm, Arrlv
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toward the ooor' ne was mlo,hed "
various forcible combinations OF language
h 1ssd d sS ~ iS. ' T6Ss w as the mot on R"T shade n OF
disturbance during the evening. although
at one time there was a queer catering noise
on the extension roof at the rear. But that
| overflow meeting People who lived In the
houses near by were gathering about near
the skyli2ht where they could hear the speak
ing and the music
shortly before Gen. Greene finished there
was a comInotion AT the rear OF the hall near
the door IL began with hand-Clapping and
| with cheers that cane down the audience
like a wave 1t was Col. Abraham Gruber
who had come in late and was making ms way
toward the stage. You could not see the Col
ing down the aisle by, the storm
entire of the greeting which kept even pace
with him. and, which. when he at last emerged
TO view on the steps leading to the platform.
broke out into "A general upfOar OF
| applause converting the meeting Tor
a moment into a Grubcr demonstration
Gen Greene concluded by introducing Col
Gr1ber as an East slider ana as a living reiu-
tation OF Mr., croker statement that the poor
young man had no Chance Of coming 70 the
| front under a Republican administration
Col Cruber got another. ovation when he
stepped 10 the front and stll another one when
he said that he was born and raised In f1fth
street and was from the loins Of the East side.
IN iS9? Il was free trade with the Demo-
Gratis, in 1900 II was Tree silver, and ! fully an
| ticipated that in 1900 IL would be free love.
Mr.. Bryan still insisting that the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio OF 10 To |