New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-04
DOM MERY
"SEC"
CHAMPAGNE NATURE (Vin Brut).
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uniform quality"
MR.. OTTENDORFER RESIGNS
HE RETIREs AS PRESIDENT OF THE GER
MAN-AMERICAN UNION.
JOHN w GOFF ENDORSED As THE ANTi-TAMMANi
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR SETH LOW
Al sO MENTIONED


r,ittea Of the German American Reform Union at
Terrace Garden, Fifty-eighth-st. and Lexington
ave. last evening. the assemblage was caieu I'D
order BY August Winter. and Edward j. H. Tam
sen was made temporary chairman In the alb
sence Of President Oswald Ottendorfer. Herman
Rosnn,hal was secretary Carl Schurz became
the chairman later Among others present were
Or. J. II. Senner. Commissioner of lminigratioh'
f. O. Dntman DR. f. f. Iloegber. Louis Wind
muller Arthur Won Brescn. Or. Ludwig Sachs.
Edward Crosse. Herman BIDDER, Percival knauth
and Gustav H. Schwab
Mr. Rosenthal read the following letter from
President Ottendorfcr;
The reading OF the stenographic minutes Of NE
last meeting Of the Executive COMMITTEE oi the
German American Reform Union shows 'hAi
ISLANDERS have been spread out against m" ana
that in cons"4uence ~ my POSITION as hi't'f %
ceritv OF my sympathy with the principles 81 your
organization have been doubted N%s2lu'lonS
adopted which had been submitted by "t',-
GERS OF the Executive committee ana when
caused great deal Of Indignation aig led 10
far as am personally concerned my silent con
tempt FOR such ISLANDERS would b., me oill @mSNor.
but il cannot be denied mat the .Hhh o.. III. ~
man-Amcrcan Reform Union woiiid fFrat} SuH',
thereby. such result mus be stoileI ui,,rr a..
circumstanoes The most slinph Ait' ... 'Jc,r
way is that resign ihe rosiuon OF rcs'I"n'i
have done in the past. TO use az my I'M ~, Nv,
against corruption in our pubic No. ana 20 iI,r
HnT n,@'T o party machnS polite v H.
best OF my ability support III" German. American
Mir schurz said that the r,siena'on should nat 'r
accented AMI Mr. Crosse declared that Mr.. often
dorf,r would not withdraw &. Mcssrs. Schwab' Won
Brescn Kuauth. Tamsen and Hofrber ""r' ap-
pointed 4 committee to wait upon NJ otic'l'fi'r
1nd trv 10 induce him to with lraw his rcsiSnaton
Mr. Schwab mo"el that ali district organization"
have the RICH; to ndorsc candidates for legislative
bodies Of any party. provided The canliIlies were
pledged to work and vote against TammanF Hall
This was adopted after much debate.
The following resolutions iniorsing John W. Con
as the anti-Tammany canllat" for Mayor w't'
passed:
whereas The sirugg:c against The abuses In The
municipal government and The aimnls'tl',n ol
Justice In the C!iy u SEQ fgik as 'n'{ ar ~ H.
present time represented hy IAnn'Il NJ Cf" ~
successfully carried through only II pr N''m~ff.
has demonstrated that he NJ; Only posros@es me
good viii. but also the couraf" ana ne nrrI4itY.
the instruments u our municipal c'rrnpuon ana
above an the ability t. root Il ont. without WIG
lie a kn.fa without blade
whereas Nr John " Con in his pa.' c.roGr. ana
esr3i 10y hi , %|rS Ss5nl i,nb, taa h.
possesses Tho sail attributes ana qualifications I'D
Wher,a, Mr J1an v G,n has shown himself -
bc an absolutely hon's, anI admirably f''ui' 'h'F-
Kr.oiyci. Tina, 'he German. >Weri,,n Reform
,ina Gpm,nS as he cnni6ate ~ Mayor vao gives
the fullest guarantee f'r the "raii'au'n '. me 'n'
nc.pai government anil for The cG..nt Suppression
OF The system Of crime. which llminntr1 ana 49,
nIon hereby nstr,i-,s - C1nfor,icc Commi.t~c t.
rrnn1sc MIR Jonn " con a. 10" c,nlidlt. Or
Mayor 10 all 'hc other Organizations which ar" 10
I,aW ana - use T.. best N ,r,. 10 max Mr. John
W cor tho Standard bearer o. Tho municipal re-
form movement
Go,thnf KRAFT spoke In favor Of Mr s,hurz 40
candidate for Mayor hu- Mr. schurz said Dc was
not available as he lived H. wos'ch's'"r County.
+ O. Dottman favored IN Endorsement f'r Mayor
OF President sch Low. ~ columbia co.i"sc whose
II was resolved that the Conference c,mml"ee
seyenty inform /. Of the Enforcement ~ Mr.. CON
and report back - the General committee ~
meeting 70 he called 10 receive the report
d. Senner offered long resolution coni'mnlns
the American Protective Association. ana mad
ionged and cxctei debate, ATTENDED at times by
considerable confusion. the resolution was referred
to the Executive COMMITTEE Tor formulation ana
Yesterday. and delegation ~ a scnr" ~ @o. com
prising the Conference 'gmmittee q tha, orsanizl-
tee a Seventy yesterday afternoon at no q Nassau
i Sinner I3rrg Wf sc gsra M Of mmsrs
ton Herman Rider. Dr. + ". Hoerber. Theodore
ihc S:w.York STATE democracy. as we'll az Of the
German American Reform Union.
Smith Gustav H. Schwab. W. Harris Roomc. VIII
lam -. Hornblo~er. Simon Sternc. Joseph Lnroclue.
George l.. Riycs. J.. l.. Deiane'd " Trayers Jerome
At the conference which lasted several hours.
Arthur Won Brlcscn. Or. Hoerber and Herman Ril-
der all most Of the talking. The burden Of their
argument that IT would be better To- nominate
A Democrat than n Republican for Mayor Mr..
Rlldcr in his speech said that he would have been
willing 30 support Seth Low for Mayor. but hs
efforts In that line met with very cordial Response
on the part OF Republicans. Neither Mr.. Kii1"r
nor any Of his colleagues was disposed To accept
any Republican except Mr.. Low.
The full Committee Of seventy VIII meet today
at 3 D. IN. at No. ~ Nassaust
In response TO the Committee OF Seventy's invita-
ton the subcommittee Of the cOnferen'" Com
mttee appointed by the Anti Machine Republican
Convention on Monday night called AZ the Ftth
Avenue Hotel last evening The committee con
sisted OF John r.. Milho.and chairman: II. &.
Piercy. Of the With District william +. Daly. ~
the Xth, William II. Huber OF the With. Peter II.
Mcdonald Of the XVIII. Moses q. Byers OF tho
XIXth; John Stiebing. OF the Win. Dr. Burke. OF
the INth; Louis j.. Bremen. Of the NNIlth. and
Major Southworth. second vIce-presIdent OF the
County Committee.
The visitors were received by Charles stewart
Smith General Horace Porter. g. &. Beaman and
the rest OF the Committee Of Seventy present About
hour and half spent In conference. The
tMachine men declined t. say anything Of what
took place but seemed 20 be entirely satisfied as
they returned to the State Club 10 report the
General Conference Committee.