The sun., 1900-07-20
MONDAY M'KIyLEY MEETING.
Commercial Travellers Crowd to 10 and All
Hands Sing the star Spa ngled Banner"

Commercial Travellers Crowd to IL and Al
Hands Sing the 'Star-spansIed Banner"
Tho Commercial Travellers Mckinley and
Roosevelt Club OF 1871 Broadway opened Ia
campaign for sound money and prosperity
with big meeting at It's headquarters yester-
day noon. As there had been some delay In
fitting up the headquarters. the officers OF the
club thought that the attendance might not be
large They found out half an hour before the
meeting opened that there was going TO be
more OF crowd than the big main hall would
hold President Ferd nand Ziegel. Of the club,
had band which played patriotic airs at the
door until the crowd became so large that the
band had TO 60 inside and take seats behind the
rail In order TO get room to play.
MIR. Negel made the first speech. In the courss
OF which he said that no element OF the sound
money strength had been more useful in the
campaign OF 1906 than the commercial men,
whose work had contributed materially TO the
election OF Mckinley a. d Hobart.
welcome you. gentlemen" he said. with
the announcement that We are open here ready
for the serious business OF the campaign and
"Ses Tn as vii ~Ss Ssad sa hS sa
through this campaign for the success OF McKin-
ley and Roosevelt, Here In these headquar-
ters We shall have daily meetings. az which the
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our friends. Among those who will address US
will be Gov Roosevelt"
The crowd cheered en- thusiasti ticaIy when Gov
Rooseyelts name was mentioned Then Mr.
Ziegel introduced Charles X. Treat, Collector OF
Internal Revenue. Mr. Treat made a short
speech. In which he said:
There are no men who are more useful and
succe .sful as political scouts than the COM
merciai men. his great body includes the
men who reach every part OF the country.
every VILLAGE and every hamlet telling Of sue
p.sl NJ fat nj nFpR nra nd VA fft Nnu
get the gossip, the local informa tion, the true
feeling OF all the nation. and see the country In
all its phases, which go to make IL UP as
whole You know from exper ence what the
performances OF the Republican party have
fulfilled, he and his crew are as discreditsd as
senator John Ford said that no voter In the
United States would like 10 see reputation and
the flfty-cent dollar. Then MIR Ford took UP
imperialism and said that the plight OF the
Americans in China now and the proximity OF
American forces to the scene Of action fully
justified the Republican policy Of expansion.
or trusts Mr.. Ford said:
You never saw trusts organize under Demo-
cratic administration. They didn't organize un-
der Cleveland, and as a result there came to
this country the greatest depression that II has
that the people are willing and anxious to put
their money into these gigantic enterprises.
The Democrats don't mean anything when
they seize these evidence OF prosperity to at
sincerity In Kansas City, where Brother Gus
Van Wyck. with his Ice Trust stock sticking
out OF his pocket, was put on the Resolutions
COMMITTEES ee 10 draft an antitrust platform"
Edwin A. Hartshorn, the other speaker OF the
day. called particular attention to the wisdom
OF not swapping horses while crossing a stream
Think OF what man like Bryan would do"
he said. III he were confronted by the great
questions Of State ap diplomacy which
Mckinley haste meet now, He wants to give up
the dearly bought Philippines to an Aauinaldo,
who would have slit the throat OF every Ameri-
can II he had come into power. Where Is the
patriotism OF Americana II man like Bryan,
who denounces the sending OF troops to China
TO save the lives Of our citizens. elected Presi
dentP"
Senator Ford called for the band to play ''Ths
Banner" and asked the audience
to sing 1t. Every man rose and sang the
national anthem. The meeting was far moro
and its attendance was lager than
any Of the managers had hoped. Another
meeting will be held this noon.
The club met after the meeting. gave q vote
Of thanks to President Zie2el and his stan for
the successful management OF the first meet
ing. and decided to hold the meetings daily.
This Executive Committee was appointed to
help In the work: Ferdinand Ziegel. chairman
Carl Scheuer. vlce-chairinan: NJ. Bernstein, sec
retary: n l.. Wilson, G. M.Nau Rensselaer,, John
Weber, Thomas H. Cobb. John Madden, r. Nc
Guire, Nelson Van Kleek. NJ. }. Gilroy and 5. b.
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