New-York tribune., 1897-08-17
CITIZENS UNION ENROLMENT


FIGURES TO BE REPORTED TO THE En-
EC1yTIvE COMMITTEE TO-DAY.
NOW THE LOW CANVASS HA BEEN CONDUCTED
EVERY SIGNATURE THAT OF RESIDENT
VOTER AND ALL CLASSES ARE
REPRESENTED.
The Committee on Enrolment and District o'sa'
,zation OF the Citizens Union will make de'a''eu
report TO the Executive Committee wh'ch nce''
at No q Nassau-st this afternoon. John Il. rihe.
the chairman OF the irstnamed committee hao
completed the report yesterday, ana II was s"e'
to the press last evening. In full as ioho"S'
haru 81 %s5 divided among thirty-hve districts the
average per district being oyer siA r,Hr rshn s
nearly two thousand There has been staauai M W
crease in membership during the last month ne one
july H. and another the XIXth has added So but
OF the district work has pen ond erors
to secure enroments have been t9mpVrain! sr re
pended 4 many cyos Of Of 6fe Se ow caass
the number Of applications for memnersn,p Is now low
received daily. and the indications are that this
number will grow steadily. A consideraole prop1r or
come members Of the Union. The frequent meet
ings which beng held under inc directi9pm p ol m
his M pssnIt as every meeting unfaiineiy brings in
more new members The district headquarters are
kept open every evening. and in some cases ior hc
oniire day. and are much frequented The district
officers are calling for campaign literature. anu APP
parently distribute TO advantage, any ailo,he m
that is sent to them. The demand among d the
working people for information about ene sy as
well the attendance at the meetings. SEEMS ~
indicate a very widespread ana ih'eisei' "'e'e''
in the subject
THE LOW CANVASS.
The canvass which was undertaken to test the
popularIty of Mr. Low candidate for Mayor
seems TO your committee TO have placed that dues-
ton beyond all possible doubt Inc pailotS III
favor OF Mr.. Lows nomination have been signed
by 7O3is voters In this city and the Bronx IN addl
ton to 10 6Os from brooklyn. 63 from Queens ana
their SIGNATURES These figures are in addition 10
copving ali the signatures slips. arraneing
them alphabetically and comparing tr.in. SO nat
lure has been subjected TO the closest scrutiny'
and all which appeared TO be OF douDtui a,rI
OF which there have been hut few. have generally
been betrayed by the hanGwri,ins ana "a ,ho ,hny
had been detected has deferred the attempt ~
We'll as the knowledge that we intended TO 1r vSry
the the ssn%gTsF 3It ~ appoint Sar only
known TO be resPons0Ie ana n at The rate Of three
or five cents per signature, as stated IN some OF
the newspapers The statement TO that effect Zee,
was absolutely without foundation. and every list
as It came in was carefully examined ny on, DIV, VI
our officers or by the chairman OF the district.
A number OF names on each list was seecteo III
random for personal investigation and CLERK.
who unknown TO the canyasser was cetain desafn
TO call upon these individual sgners ana asct. ta"
the genuneness Of the SIGNATURES @ ms igna,1as
ton has almost invariably proved ,ns hoya been
shown TO be fictitious to have been forged M the
canvasser who made the return has beeh peer ,Ho or,
been thrown out. go that every signature on our our
lists represents resident voter inc canvass m fa ma
way and the Bowery. among the st ores ana among ns
the tenement houses ana iactopes dsrsd '"o"s" 'o'
DIVERSE CLASSES REPRESENTED.
r,. larger nroportion of the signatures has come
from the tenementho houses. but the signers IN
clude laborers postmen. policemen. mechanics
clergvmen lawyers printers. doctors-every I'M
aginabe trade is represented Some or the lS's
come back to grimy with the smoke OF the gas
works; others which were signed In the s'aush'e'
houses bear obvious traces. People OF the most
diverse political views are among the signers ana
among those who have helped to secure signatures
one group Of five men who have WORKED toge,nea M
was Composed of a free-tracer, high-tarin man a
this instance fair illustration OF the DIVERSITY
OF opinion on National issues which exists among ,h
municipal issues represented Dy me NE, hers
are many foreigners among the signers ana .ne
character Of the handwriting indicates that large
proportion Of the signers are laborng men. h ~.
remarkable feature OF the canvass has & been fe me
readiness with which all who have been Hsked haye &
signed A small percentage favoring Mi; ~ Lom W.
nomination have refused to sign through fear OF los
ing business or through dread or poniical piessuie'
I'M, there have been few refusals that II Il evil
dent that the number Of signatures can be incrtaseI
aImos, Indefinitely II the canvass Is continued ana
extended We are daily In receipt OF applications
for ballots and Of letters from business men ana
others asking why they have not had all opportunity
TO sign A very large number OF signatures have
been turned in by the district committees ann Dy
volunteer canvaesers. men and women VINO nave
gone about among their friends. ,,
The total number OF signatures to the Low paios M .
thus FAR received amounts as above stated to So 26l,
ana the enrolment 2 337, making total OF lO3 o's
The nomination ana election Of Mr.. Low as Mayor