New-York tribune., 1905-11-12

Mavor Mcclellan take hrm position 1or AdIr
count Of the votes cast on Tuesday. a letter
from Dr. Parkhurst was read also. and one 1ron
Mr. Hearst. Mr Hearst was advertised as the
star attraction OF the evening, but he sent
,etter instead. and 1t was read Just In time to
save the meeting from disruption by the eruption
of Cox. 1t follows:
lam advised Of your intention to meet and pro-
test against the frauds that marked the casting
and the counting OF the ballots on Tuesday thank
YOU on behalf OF many thousands of citizens de.
Of the right to vote or Shs MhHse o. Votes @ eSts
city which cannot endure peryersion OF 1T its s,ar Will
otsr My CITIZEN ne r ne did no. at
desire the office that was given me by the citizens ms
glad Sh were It possible for me- a. an honorable
to evade the responsibilities that the Office Of Mayor
.ss ps aoss Drs'so, that iss peepe
make farce Of our system of government and re.
the secret sohen,ing of coroorations and their
agents. ,,ox .., ,n .,.
extraordinary vote poIsd without Roieai orga,ni, mi,
zation or any other agency save PUBLIC . a
ps ar Of @ rule a by ys
The election Of tuesday was Powerful protest
against corrupt political methods and dishonest city
The crime. committed at this election prove how
I am glad that your public spirited action viii
ton. have doubt as to the outcome Of the
protest that you are to make 1t s not conceivable
crime that if tolerated must be Utterly destructive
OF Gar have pact Of That the courts will
with this most serious offence against the WHOLE
enSRis eenees sassdiy asainst ae ahe individu
At the same time nd acton ana Of
and Paiteans in ii the past safn s too us en
nobodvs aS SiiSi5l business in ssOie at all S''
/ propose to make it my particular business to to
Tuesday last punished-if that can be brought
leg TO so t ON ha that ae day
be dsfranchiseo by the criminal methods OF
desperate and defiant bosses.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CHEERED.
The man who got the reception of the even
ing was the Rev. DR.. Robert s. Macarthur and
he got it by his references to President Roose-
veIt He spoke of the Presidents love for a
square deal and said that he the greatest
man on earth to-day, and the audience agreed
with him, and took five minutes to tell about it.
The only man who waved the red flag was
Colonel Alexander S. Bacon, the last speaker
He declared that the people demanded falr
election, and said that they would battle the
city's flag in blood, if necessary, to get 1t. BY
that time all the in the front of the hall
trying to find out what was going on IN
the back OF the arena (there was a great deal or
interest all the evening in mysterious do1ngs IN
the back of the halD, and only few heard the
coloneIs bloodthirsty statement He got square
by telling at length q story dealing with Lon
don music hail. animal trainer and q boa con-
strictor, and Mr.. Holt declared the meeting ad-
journed before the next man could get his over
coat off.
The announcement Of the affair gave the
names of a large number of we'll known men as
v!ce-presidents. Among these was EDWARD M
Shepard who spoke for Mcclellan In the
paign He was much incensed last night that
he should have been named as one OF the orf1-
GERS of the Hearst meeting. He believed In
clean election. he said. but he had nothing to
do with this affair." and no one had any right to
use his name in connection with It, He added
that a number of the other men who had been
mentioned as vice-presidents had called him up
in relation to the matter. and were also, much
provoked that their names should have been
used without their permission