The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-11
Low CALLS FOR A TlLDEN.
FROM BROOKLYN, HE THINKS
SUCH A LEADER MUST COME.

Speech, Comparing Murphy 10 Tweed
and Met lellan 70 Van Wyck--GrOut and
FOrnes, He Says. Are No Use 10 Fusion
In spite Of a dismal accompaniment OF
wind and rain the fusion fight opened II
: Brooklyn last night with rousing meeting
h the Clermont avenue rink In that borough
IL was addressed by Mayor Low, Borough
President Swanstrom. Frederic W. Hin
richs, who has taken the place o.
Edward NJ. Grout as The fusion iomir &c
for Comptroller, and City Chamberlain
Elgin r. l.. Gould. Twenty-Five hun dreo
people crowded into the audit orium ard by
their cheers sshow ed hat there is 10 lack Of
enthusiasm for the fusion cause in the
borough
When Mayor Low and his party reached
the rink there was scarcely vacant seal
In the place The rink itself had beer
deliberately decorated with flags and bunt
ing, and in every seat was small American
nag.
Time and again during the evening the
enthusiasm ran so high that the audience
arose as one man and waved the flags az
they cheered, making a stirring spectacle
Mayor Low was received as he had not
been received In Brooklyn at any time
during the campaign Of two years ago
Whatever his popularity may be in other
parts Of the city. it is certainly secure in
Brooklyn, and he has reason to be proud
Of the welcome his old townsmen gave to
him last night
When the Mayor came in shortly after
q o'clock. accompanied by Mr.. Hinrichs
and DR.. Gould, the band struck up Hail
10 the Chief and vaialy tried TO make
itself heard above the roar Of welcome
which the crowd sent at the Mayor.
When the applause subsidized somewhat
end the crowd saw tn at the tall, slender
gray haired man with the Mayor was Mr.
Hinrichs. who jumped in at the last momena
TO take place on the fusion ticket, made
vacant by circumstance with which the
Brooklynites showed by their kissing of
tho name OF Mr.. Grout that they had no
sympathy, there was repeated applause
for him as we'll as for the Mayor
Mayor Low spoke as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN ANp, FELLOW CITIZENS; The
events which have led UP, to the present cam
Pa!gn are unprecedented In the history OF
american politics. From the moment that
their relations with Tammany involved.
not a Endorsement which left them free.
but the acceptance OF nomination which
II became impossible for them to remain upon
the fusion ticket. II the situation. az it de-
vsioped could could have been s met in any other
but nothing can be clearer than that under
the circumstances no other course would
have saved the cause. Tor the fusion campaign
necessarily involves uncompromising hos
Ollty TO TRmmany and all its works.
rsaoee thhersto1e IN entering upon this
and MIR. Mcclure AS candidates for Comp
Uoller. and President OF the Board OF Alder
pen. for they are men whose names mean
ttee:t on their part against the same foe, In
this campaign the enemy Is Tammany Hall
What. then. is the nature of Tammany Hall?
nas n Ssf1 o ysro sSd defined HsDGss Nj
petite. More lately it has been spoken of
g a stencil " the nostriis." and a financial
fned his own object in politics to be TO work
for his own pocket all the time. MIR. Croker
IN saying this simply avowed with somewhat
more frankness than usual the animating
motive OF Tammany Hall.
n, TAMMANY SELF SEEKING.
because Mi. Croker is living on his profits
IN England. nor because Mr. Murphy has
transferred his activities from the Dock
hoard hoard. te F,ourteenth Street Behind Murphy
are not inconsistent with commereialism
in politics. 1t is the same powerful. self
seeking n organization that it always has
pehss. Three times in thirty years its I'M
Roverna BILE greed has made the city OF New
tk Tn WIS oser whsn q ,3roah
hfs millions, again when the Loxow com
mittee revealed the city's shame, and again
H when yop yourselves hurled II from office
Such things do not reCtT accid 'ntaly. They
Espest themssIyes because the nature Of
many, germ inevitably breeds municipal
disorder and municipal CORFU tion. pre-
s s!ss1Y = the smallpox bacillus produces
n . os = a e. ~S de WE
%sb t. al ptntIo Of ths Msyo os G
Won os sSs oty anS at the sns same m Of
1nmmG; my. Brooklyn BY nStneI it
.hoS IT, 4aa Tipa spoSss
man has been pleased to describe as a de-
orss city an tsp that Is
entirely fatal to its plans: and so it has taken
upon itself this year. if possible. to destroy
the Democratic organization OF this borough,
TO the end that every Democratic official
In New York shall take orders direct from
Tammany Hall. In, my Judgment the city
has never been confronted with so great q
danger, FOR II Brooklyn can lie TammanyiZed
a. well as Manhattan and The Bronx. we
shan see the Greater Tammany as, well as
the Greater New York. and the disgraces
Of the past. will pale before those that shall
shame the future.
MCCLELLAN AND VAN WICK
gravity Of the danger, it is only necessary
e consider the character OF its nominee for
Mayor, Mr. Mcclellan and the circumstances
81 his nomination; Against his, personal
0hAraCfHF n I no kan
but his conception Of his obligations to the
psssibie. Is precsely that " Of MayoT Van
in his ease--not only to his own ' reputation
but also to the city--all the world knows
Mr.. Mcclellan appreciates that all his prefer
naent has come to him through, the favor
recQGnizes his obligations by obedience to
their orders Let us see how far this has
carried IRE MN: 49,, wh., ,,o o,,,n, .,.
with Indignation at the evils which had been
pyrtured under, Mayor Van Wyck. Mr..
Mcclellan used these words: we meet here
istratlon that has been presided over so ably
and so successfully by that answering and
fearless Democrat, Robert 4 Van Wyck
osAn ay' wSSS 10 ap S Ss We have have
honor
TIE nomination this year Of the man who
said that il a challenge thrown In the face
Of the city by Tammany Hall 1t amounts
TO . demand that the CITY shall admit that
the Red Light district. with all It's horrors
version Of the police force from force ' the the
object of which il to enforce the law into an
organisation for the systematic sale of law
was thing ,hs to be commented and that. IL
dishonesty In the public service is a spirit
10 be fostored and sustained by public APP
provsl, instead Of being visited with the
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