New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-20

will accept your conditions. no matter who the
man may be that is dHecteo OF "Hoi' "' 'NiN
Mr. Grant returned: Upon those conditions
! accept the nomination. and | may nave soile.
thing further 10 say when Snail co'i'ii"'''
TO YOU In writing
Tho candidate was cordially invited to 60
around to the Wigwam with the suo-comfhit'ee'
hut he declined to do He probably had no
| desire 10 meet the mob which he knew was con-
rregated there. but he based his excuse on 'ne
INDISPENSABLE fact that II was important that ne
should go to work al once.
LETTERS FROM sTRAUS.
While the committee was with Mr. Grant al the
Union Square Hotel Mr.. Strauss letter OF
dcclnation and his letter to Senator Hill known
as his ultimatum were made pubic at lam
many Hall. They were as follows;
TO the Chairman of the Executive Committee
Dear Sir: / cannot too highly express my appre-
| nation as the candidate OF the Democratic party
! for Mayor of the city OF New-York. e....u,,,r no.
! The distinction was all the more hattering. ne
cause the nomination rendered to me without ,m
any pledge either expressed or iInpnGi. iu1 h
| | have never had the slightest doubt apout inc
| election of the candidate placed on your ticket
simply obey the dictates of my conscience IN WIFI
NV reasons You viii hni more fully set forth in
me m Candidate for Governor Of the
! state. but to which have received no Write" re-
Though personally out of the race, my efforts for
the success Of the ticket will be continued Wl'nou'
| facte1 and all the campaign material coilertea al
| my headquarters with the headquarters "se"' are
are at your disposal
Mr. Strauss letter to Mr.. Hi is as follows:
Dear Sir: trust that you have declined T. allow
vour name TO be placed any other ticket In TINS
! county tnan the regular Democratic ticket upon
eXpeGt TO stand as the candidate Of the Demo
cratic party for Mayor. but shall positively decline
10 rnn If YOU overthrow the political standing Of the
Democratic party in this county by permtttig youl
name to appear your ticket with RepuDiicdi'
candidate FOR Mayor.
The Executive Committee again assembled
| in the Wigwam. and arranged to ratlfy the
nomination of Mr. Grant with the Others on the
ticket on Tuesday evening at Tammany Hall.
| The names of the speakers announced We're c:-
| Governor Waller, of Connecticut; DanleI y.
Lockwood candidate for Lieutenant-G Governor;
Frederic X. COUGert. Perry Belmont, +. hiery
| Anderson and John Boyd ThaCher.
A letter from Senator Charles J. Faulkner OF
| West Virginia. addressed to Mayor Giroy was
read Mr.. Faulkner. as chairman OF the Demo
cratic Congressional Committee. deplored IN the
| letter the growing probability that thc I'cn'o
| Gratis would lose a number of Congressman IN
this city. and wanted to do something TO avert
! the catastrophe If he could do anything 10
save a few members to the Democrats 'he
Senator said that he would come TO NeW-1ork
next Tuesday, if they would send him w9rd'
! MI Faulkner's letter was referred To Mr. Mar
tin. the chairman. who will answer IT,
AN AGREEMENT WITH +. p. OLCOTT
After Mr. Grant had gone through the cere-
| mony with the notifying committee area'E
described he tod a Tribune reporter that ne
had determined to take the Tammany nomina-
ton out II a sense Of duty To the DEM. Ia';'
party Of the city. Of the state ana OF tle Wh'''
| country. He also hoped he said, 10 assist soma
hght." ,.,. ,,.v.non
| which YOU wrote the night Of the county con
vention. Ostensibly to prevent the convention
being stampedrd t. YOU. mat you Gou. "a n's
| enter politics because you had mace an ayr
ment not to DO 50 with business frienis. NHAt
did you mean by that, Mr.. Grant? MI Grant
Il win explain just what meant. l had
| entered into an agreement with Frederic J.
| Ocott president OF the Central Trust Com
| many ard a friend Of his to devote my time
for two years 10 the care OF enterprises III
which we are jointly Interested Whatever
business ability possess was Therefore thelrS
| 10 command AS soon, however as MI Stiau"
! made definite his purpose TO withdraw from tn
| Tammany Hall ticket. representatives. OF that
| organization called upon me ana urked w u"
! take the nomination In his stead ! t'ld tht'
! | could not DO it. Being pressed. hnaliy * %
planned to them my business Arrangement Just
| as have told it TO you. re brought an
toe influence they could bring To bear on MI.
| Olcott Mr. Olcott called upon me this morn
ing and told me substantially that ! had re-
ceivcd too many favors from the democratic
uartv not 10 respond to any call II might make.
| lie said that he would cancel the agreement
between US. and that h. believed II was my
duty to run that 1t was Tor the lh''res,S ~
the Democratic party That shouId run. am
going to run. | shall run in he interests OF
.sba wbnl4 Democratic party ! shall run in
the interests. as J believe IT oi me people 81
the city OF New-York. shall run In the inter
csts of the political organization with WHO'S.
fortunes have been identified ever since !
reached manhood. and which believe to pc AZ as
l'purc political organization as ever was
formed In this or any other city. DO not pre-
tend that il is perfect that II embodles an
coodness but do believe that ii has. through
10 members who have been placed in Office
| during the last six years, given the city 81
New-York a better administration OF us al
| fairs than has been gwen 10 any o'heF CIT! !"
"Will you object to placing the names Of Hi
and the Democratic state candidates on me par
lots OF the New-York Committee OF seventy sup
1 ported by the Republicans and Anti-Tdmmany
Democrats" was asked.
mo" was the reply. Il have said that would
run in the interests Of the Democratic party
repeat IT, do not upon how many tickets
the names Of our regular State nominees aif
placed. This is not the year to discuss surn
question. | want the Democratic state u,Kr'
elected want to help elect it, want to helI
in the triumph Of Democratic principles ..,.
Mr. Grant added tina. he took the nomination
!, this time without making a single pledge
MAYOR Gilroy heard Of Mr.. Grants nomination
without any exhibition Of feeling. Asked MIA
. | he had u say about II, ne TcpncI' Hd'c NUN
| ing TO say whatever"
County Clerk Puroy said when told that Grant
had accepted the nomination:
That's all right The men who got TamInany
into the hole are the ones who should pull hei
out" - .
trict which nominated W.ssig for the Assembly
deried last night that Wissg was going 10 b,
forced off the ticket. He said:
He is still on the ticket and he's going to stay
on"
A THOROUGH TAMMANY MAN.
Hugh j. Grant was born in 1855 in West
; Twenty-seventh-st. His father was "A successful
liauor-dealer. who invested his savings in rea
! estate and became wealthy. The elder Gran
, extended money avishly on the education OF hi!
son who was an only child After attending
4 | public school and Manhattan College Hugh wa!
r sert 10 Europe wher. he studied German
French and music. He came back To New-Yo rl
when about seventeen years old, ana finished hi
| education at 81. Francis Xavers College, where
!. | he snent fOur Ncars. AfterMard he studied Ia