New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-18
sTRAUS MAY WITHDRAW.
op1ECrs TO BEING SACRIFICED FOR
HILL.
,r,DI,Rs IN THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR
AVER MS THREATs-THE PRINTING OF THE
GRACE LOCAL TICKET ON AN OFFICIAL
pEMoCRATIC BALLOT CAUSES
THE TROUBLE.

GRACE LOCAL TICKET ON AN OFFICIAL
pEMoCRATIC BALLOT CAUSES
THE TROUBLE.
-,. ronmany leaders at a late hour last
-, r,ere IN state of doubt whether they had
ysvoralty candidate or not Nathan Straus'
'..,r candidate for Mayor, had been running
'-.urd all day serving notice upon the bosses
= nit him in nomination that If the deal De-
-, pu and Grace 0hat was the way Ma
',.n mt ~ was carried out he would wlthdra"
~ the ticket. Nathan's brothers, oscar ana
,,or assisted him in this work OF notilcatioh
"a assured prominent Wigwam men Wherever
~ could be found that Nathan meant H.
yO,bing would keep him from getting OUT Oh
W." 100 axcept the immediate abrogation of
tho "Hill-Grase deal
"s .h,s of course. was meant the arrange
-, announced on Tuesday by the state ma
80 managers that the Committee OF Seventy 5
.,.,a, headed by William /" Strong for Mayor
,,opd be printed upon an ofilclai bailot with
-. ull State ticket Mr. StrauS ana MS I'M
..os,ate friends calculated that the printing OF
co,ors, Strong's name on a regular Demo-
..o,,c official ballot would cost Straus ana the
r,.rmanv ticket the loss of 10000 votes at least
Yesterday was as bright and beautiful day
=. has dawned in this city this fall, but the Tam
e., % sLies have not been so overcast since 'he
MAJ. h.oicu hscau TIE spasms which attacked
sr randilats for Mayor were catcnihS, ana
.srs .nsn nightfan il was hard to find a Tammany
,aSsr who had not got nj ol some h'hu. \
e.sri.v of them were inclined To the opinion
n"!'r " ctraus was "Only throwing out stin
,,"r-' and that he had no real intention OF de-
a,rSrg the nomination Nevertheless theE re-
Ssn,sS that he had not Yet puolshed ms leltei
" scrsntance. that his language when informed
" '. nis nomination last Saturday at his Cnlon
Scrare headquarters was vague ana eVaslVe anu
,Sat n he should conclude to leave them IN inc
i,rch AT this critical period they might as Wen
throw up the sponge anu ie' ''0
ton 60 by default
Mr.. STRArS WAKES Up.
Tho fact'was that it was not until yesterday
,sa, Mr. Straus fully realized that he had peeh
made the candidate for Mayor simply TO De
knocked down in the interest OF David b. HiIi.
He remembered the pledge the Iammany dele
aa,as noads To- Hill al Saratoga. that they would
ssc-,6ce their municipal ticket 10 elect hlnl 10
Mr. Straus and his brothers the Iainhahy cnlel'
nra,ended 10 be dreadiuily indignant at the STATE
managers who, acting under mn oruers' nau
agresd 10 the demand Of Grace for the printing
~ the strong city ticket on a Democratic oihciai
haIot and they waXed hot as they denounced
tho scheme as one Of the bascst pieces OF po-
Ncal treachery they had ever known. but Mi,
Straus remained uhdppedseu' anu O' -
keep up his 'biuh ,, c.
Things looked so desperate when MT Straus
Nrst asserted his purpose 10 retire that fonce
Commissioner James j. Maruh anu eA-.i.s ~
Chamherain Thomas c. 7. Grain were sent 10
hunt IN Senator Hill and acquant him with the
last deplorable phase of the Newly situauoh
Mr. Hill was to speak at GloversViiie last hisnt
The Tammany envoys intercepted their cahui-
date for Governor at Utica as ne was taxing
train for his last evenings destination. anc py
the time they had reached Fonda they had laid
before him the fact that Tammany stood on me
and hot 81
alone could save her They left the train at
Fonda and telegraphed the result Of their mis-
sion to the Committee Of Eight at Mr. Straus >
headquarters, in the Union Square Hotel:
A large collection IF specially invited Wigman
leaders in session there last evening brood
ing over the disas rOus aspect Of the contest
when the answer which Mr.. Hill had made ar
rived Ii signed by Commissioner Martin
and told without any attempt to break the force
Of the blow, how Mr. Hill bluntly and positively
refused 70 alter his "a ker" with Mr.. Grace In
any way or shape The Wigwam leaders were
reminded Of the frightful odds which Mr. h II had
10 meet and Were upbraded with want Of cour-
age and with willingness to surrender before
the battle fought There was little said after
Mr.. Martins dispatch was read. and the con-
ference soon ended. with scattering Of as heavy
hearted and badly frightened Il cotene OF poll
tcans as New-York City ever saw.
THE CANDIDATE REFUSES TO TALK
Mr. Straus was seen before he left his head
quarters, an ask,I Il he still adhered to his
Intention Of retiring hut he declined to answer
any questions. Ex-Mayor Grant denied that Mr.
Straus would withdraw and said that he had
never had any intention Of doing SO IL was IN
umated by some last night that his letter Oh
acceptance would be delayed for some DAYS yet
Mr.. Strauss brother, Isidor. the Congressman,
is strongly in favor Of Nathan's Withdrawing AT
once. Many other close friends Of the candidate
are OF like mind. They believe that ne mas
been put up 10 be slaughtered, and they can
see only defeat for him ii he remains in the
held. There were rumOrs last night that NE had
stnt his letter Of declinatiOn 10 the N0tncatloh
committee. but the report was denied.
So far the only literature which the Straus
press bureau has uttered was typewriter
statement containing several pages OF hguTes 10
show that the members OF the Committee OF
seventy were not possessed Of much wealth.
as mad been popu.arly supposed Fourteeh, IL
was said. had sworn off their personal assess
nenis, four were not assessed and eight others
ether did not appear in the City Directory or
We're down as living in ew-Jersey. Brooklyn
Mount Vernon or somewhere else beyond the
city lines
William r. Grace paid another Of his visits
Y Democratic State headquarters yesterday
when Mr.. Grace came out from the presence
o. NJ. Hilps representatives. his eyes shone
.annously through his highly polished spec
tacls and he chuckl-d audiby as he said:
It's all fixed, boye. | am able to say to you
Nstively that the local ticket Of the Seventy
whkh we are supporting will go upon the reg,
uiar Democratic State ticket. | have never had
any coubt that this would be the outcome but
am able to state it now in positive terms. The
oecison was reached this morning and Is hnal.
our organization is locally supporting Colo
he Strong for Mayor, who, everybody knows Is
Republican but that does not prevent us from
giving Senator Hill and the Democratic State
.' aehe' our hearty aid. Nor Is there any neon
'ss.ency In our attitude.
.,Nr. Grace made public yesterday the resolu-
soa passed by the Executive Committee Of the
nS.sie Democracy on october Is, indorsing the
pemocratic State ticket and pledging earnest
support to it.
WARM ASSURANCES OF SUPPORT.
ANrLTAMMANY DEMOCRACY LEADERS CALL on
MR. STRONG
yesterday was busy day al the headquarters OF
W. L. Strong no fusto, ca ndi1afe for MayOr Gen