The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-18
EARLY BIRDS FOR OFFICE.
CANDIDATES FoR CITY HoNoRs TEE
COMING AUTUMN

Ds-oer.ne rs-.ibnue--N-. eo-v.rs No
Logger Apprsv.a ~ the Repubilesss-
The Ex.Presidsst or Typogrsphiesi
Unisa No. o-ssth Lew ss Co-promiss.
Once only In the long political history OF New
York have the Republicans been strong
enough to elect one Of their party tHsvemeyer.
| elected In 1872, was Democratic Mayor and
that was away back in 1891 when. In q
| triangular contest with the two Democratic
factions only 900 votes apart, 0pdyke. Re-
publican. was chosen by the slender plurality
OF O13 This rear the Union League Republi-
cans are for nominating straiRhtout Republic
can candidate from their long list OF elieibles.
whereas the rlstt- Mill ndites are for taking
up Labor" man and giving him Repub-
lican endorsement. Until i've months ago
high slated Republican was Samuel Gompers.
President OF the Am srican Labor Federation;
but his disastrous run for delegate to the Con-
stltuttonal Convention showed the Repubn-
cans the hollowness OF his support. and they
have since turned to ex-Presidsnt o. Donnelliof
| Typographical Union No. u.
Just now among political gossips the field
for the N,yoralty nomination Of Tammany 10
| between three candidates Mayor Gilroy. Mr..
| George b. Mcclellan. and County Clerk Purroy,
| who is supposed TO be ambitious Of higher hon.
| ors than those Of the place he now holds. That
pays $4,000 year. and on the LIST Of Janu-
airy next when the Mayor elected in Novsm-
Der 10 inaugurated. Mr.. Purroy will have
served two OF the three years Of his term.
For Recorder on the Tammany ticket
| Frederick Smyth and for Judge OF the Superior
Court. Charles II. Truax. are deemed certain
| to be renom mated. Both were elected at the
! same time, in November. 1880. when Garfield
| was chosen President on the Republican and
| Grace Mayor on the Tammany Hall ticket.
For the office OF sheriff. which becomes vacant
in December for q full three-ysars' term. Mr..
Sexton lie ineligible. and Judge Diver. hereto
| fore a candidate, is regarded as being out OF
| the running through the divisions In his own
district. Patrick Keenan, and Lawrence Del
mour are now the favoritea
Tho Grace or state. Democracy has always
in it's leader. Mr. Grace. q perennial candidate
for Mayor John W. Goff is its candidate for
EeGordsr, and pSossible Sheriff csndiiats ia
and poiisd i. 3I2 Votes The oBrien Democ noe
racy ia not devoid Of candidates on PINCH
from time to time. 81 nee is45. as a Msyofsity
possibility, Ex-senator o, BIien hima.lf. having
friends say, a hankerine Tor the ofiice again
even Il . Republican Legislature cuts down
S1 @Hq nygIs sSGe
po,l sns tsine syorsiy oSndid.t. in the
organizing gsn1ss o. fhe moSe%s, ,h hesms man
lated s Good "G" % 3 club. put np csaai.
date. there are those who believe that ex-Cor-
poration Counsel Beekman would be It's
favorite.
One Mayoralty candidate whose aspirations
have nuite recently been discussed 10 Presi-
dent Seth Low OF Co um bia college as q pos
sible fusion" candidate, uhom the two kepu0-
lican factions could without humiltstinR con-
sSGS e GOOD SSpa naT.
ment cluh., the Psrkhurs,E ocisty, and similar
conner from BROOKLYN, Of which he was Mayor
from January, 1882. to January. 1886. hut that
think. impair his Svsilae,Iity much il there is
to be q Greater Now York.
Until the Republican factions get together
ing where the preference for the Rspu bllcap
nomination will lie. but the Republicans have
always list Of professional eligibles TO choose
Depsw. Charles s. smith. Edwin Einstein.
Horace Porter Henry Glsws cSrneI.qs Van Van
who think that soiidity. could be given
the Republican county ticket By rnnnLng
is strong with those Germans who know
PaPlon ana 70 polisiss le ls7g and Ss7S Hres.t
is. It 10 generally believed. q candidate for the
that ., Drn: In p {.
ran against Frederick smyth In 1880 The
tbs PeSpe SSS. to n
to withdraw the candidate. aterward.
C2reDe5s are to he elected this year in place place
Is serving his frat term schultzs is near tho
close OF his second. shea 10 tho Tammany
leader In the Thirtieth district; Schultze is a
can Democracy. Bot expected to he re:
nominated. but, probably. Shea will. and
Schultze will not be.