New-York tribune., 1900-08-24

xzus4 Distr4cr between the followers Of Gruber
and Austin has vanished ike frost under hot
sun. The Gruber1tes are out for scalps and red
Austin blood and there win assuredly be one
Assembly district il this city where apathy will
not prevail
Ny tezt this evening. brethren Of the
EEst-~
And then the jolly Gruber, his face wreathed
with smiles, waited I'll the spearmen and bow
r1en Of his phalanx got through laughing.
Ny text this evening" he repeated. VIII be
IS follows
The highest duty OF the Republicans OF the
XXIst Assembly District is 70 have large Re
publican me5orities OF Election Day
'4r Plat and NJ Austin want 10 make
Gruber the paramount issue in this Assembly
district" said the speaker They care more 70
defeat me al the primaries Tuesday next
than they DO 70 have united party on election
day So far as I an concerned, II 7 de-
feated a. the primaries. III go back into the
ranks. take my musket, and aim II straight at
the Democrats. (Applause.)
Senator Platt and 7 are both Republicans.
He is an older man than I an and he holds
Z fa- greater position OF responsibility than
7 90. but far my capabilities go they are
al given u the service Of the Republican party.
So far as I have earned money from the prao-
tee Of law I give # freely 10 the upburding
q the Republican party. and the corporations
donft give me cent" CApplause and laughter)
PLATT BEHIND THE FIGHT
Nj. Gruber then spoke bitterly OF being de-
prived of the election district officers through
the Vaccinations OF Charles O. Mas working
under Plarr's direction. and continued:
Pls.t Is behind ms fight He says ne'n pay no no
attention 70 VIA Ne say 81 III s
stand for Gruber He won't stand for Gr4ber did
Re say Wei. I say he's got 70 stand for Gruber!
NJ Gruber said this IN the most impassioned
manner, and the effect upon his hearers was
electric Men Jumped 70 their feet all over the
hall, cheering and yelling like lunatics, and kept
up the din fo- fully FIVE minutes Mr.. Gruber
continued.
Repaboens Of the x5zIs3 Assembly District This
and Senator'S 70 me REPUBLICAN party for years
and Z Senator Plat doesn't want TO stand for
Gruber ne doesn't want 70 stand for success
Again there was wfld cheering and demonstra-
tons q approval
= was accused ot being against Roosevelt in
1895" SAID M Gruber q accuse Platt OF being
against Roosevelt in 1907" (Another scene.)
Why Go men become Republicans IN this
Tsnrany ridden city, unless Il be from prtn-
ctple and conviction? It means something 10
stick by the Republican party in this city.
Would Platt ever have become leader in this
ctyT asked the speaker (Cries Of Not on
your Efel" ''Nevert'D
IN 1897, against the sentiment Of this dis
rr1ct- took my medicine ike little man. and
taxed for Tracy and worked for Tracy, while
al the time the district was for Seth Low. Why
Is this Hght made against me- Why am 7 20
Dc wiped out? Wei, III tell you why. II is he
cause I have my opinion Of boodling in politics,
and have always expressed my opinion Of those
VINO sell legislation 10 the highest bidders,
snd"-
Here the audience broke out with cheering.
and nothing could be heard for minute.
And II that IS treason, make the most OF it"'
shouted Gruber. shaking his fist al imaginary
Pisrt II the back Of the hall
PREDICTS END OF BOssIsM
we shan not always So one hundred and
fifty AsEemblymen and Senators sit ike deaf
uutes al Albany and take their directions from
a boss" continued Gruber- And we know that
Independence and honesty mean isolation, and If
you don't believe it ask John Ford"
Turning 70 printed sheet, upon which he
had extra -s Nj Gruber read.
The Rep lican organization Of this Assembly
LAWSON. Ford, Olcott. stevens, Mathews. Rau
enemies not because ! dld not favor @ mem OF 1 De
cause they nave not prosPereC, but because. SUD
pose, raey do not want 70 be accused OF Deihe
NJ austin says that Qusg is our Of politics ph IN IN
---s --sA---- d--A --t--- ma Il VIZ $50
Wiz ask Nj Austin where he was Yesterday
next He was IL Quiggs Office, at No 100 Broao-
way At the March primaries they paid 80 -
Tor votes, and they did more 70 corrupt the fran
cnlse n this city than any politicians IN THIS or
any other city. There nothing they won't DO
1c1esT dishonest. to accomplish their purposes
George Ensddeu removed from MS q a day
900 II the Custom House because he was with
ne. Joe Cock. for ten years loyal Republican
Joe Cook, win q wife ana child % support and
iI need q work was removed from his position
5ecause he for me. and my older brother,
WIN VIE and four children dependent on him
a1 his e 50 Job taken away from him by Repub-
cans But Snedden hasn't starved Cook hasn't
aFEed. and my friends not begging, and
eEl be fighting for their rights Republican
1Zens long after Thomas c. Platt has been
Hept OF the face Of Republican politics
BLOW AT AUSTIN AND FALLOWS.
Again there an outbreak Of cheering OF
he fighting character The spea ker continued:
DIG boss the district when austin nonli-
latec2 II I did I made darned poor Job OF IT.
AaugLrer-l llld 7 hnse II when EaLLoMs vas nnni-