The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-28
Mr. QBEcS FIGURING
Msv Jerks Republican Chairman
Estimates Traoy's Vote.
A BIG CAMPAIGN FUND FOE LOW.

The Secretary Of the Citizens Union
Issues an Address Urging Citizens
to Send No More Contributions,
Having Plenty OF Money on Hand.
New York. Oct. 2s.-Following a long
caucus of Republican district leaders
yesterday President Quigg, Of the Re-
publican committee, gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
1.-THE Republican organization has
carefully canvassed the vote In every
election district of every borough In
the new city. Several assembly dis,
tricts have been canvassed two times,
and some have been canvassed three.
Each Of these repeated canvasses
shows that Tracy's strength 10 grow
ing and that Lows support, which has
never been large. becomes smaller every
day. There ere only two districts In
New York city In which Mr.. Low will
have any substantial Republican sup
port. These are the Twenty-seventh
and the Twenty-eighth. In the Nine
teenth he will not have 1000 votes,
and three-quarters of what he does will
be Democratic. The net effect Of Mr..
Lows candidacy will be to increase
the majorites Of the Republican party
over Van Wyck. Lows vote will be
smaller than Van Wyck's in each dis
trict We shall carry New York for
Tracy by just about the plurality over
Van Wyck which was obtained by
Governor Black last year over Porter.
I'm Brooklyn the situation is similar
to the situation in New York, but the
proportion of Democrats to Republi.
cans in Lows following will naturally
be smaller than 1t Ii here. The pro-
portion will be about half and half
The plurality for Tracy over Van Wyck
will be greater in Brooklyn than in
New York. and is likely to reach 10000
Lows vote will leave the two great
parties, as to comparative strength. In
just about their normal conditions, but
Georges vote will SO reduce Van Wycks
as to give us for Tracy q first rate
plurality" - .....
J. Kennedy Tod. the secretary of the
Citizens Union, has issued a statement
to the public saying that further con-
tributions to the Unions campaign
fund are not needed. The statement
says:
1.-THE peoples response to the appeal
of the Citizens Union for contribution
to its campaign fund have been SO
numerous and generous that the
treasury now contains all the money
which can be legitimately expended
between now and election day. No
candidate on the Citizens Union ticket
has contributed. directly or indirectly,
one cent to the treasury, nor have
contributions of corporations been So
licited or accepted. Further contribu
tons are unnecessary. and the sur
plus fund they would now create would
be an embarrassment to the finance
committee"
Cooper Union was never before the
scene Of such q strange political meet
Ing as that which took place there yes
terday afternoon. The majority of
those at the meeting were women, and
women from Murray Hill and Riverside
drive and West End avenue, at that.
Women came In carriages, which were
left standing all around the Bowery
and Fourth avenue. The women were
adherents Of the Women's Municipal
of Seth Low. and the meeting they got
up was designed to show what they
could do in political way, even If
they did not have votes The speakers
were Mayor Strong and Joseph H.
and they were enthusiastically
greeted.
Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago, acompa-
MED by his cabinet. a brass band and
nearly 800 members of the Cook county
Democracy. all wearing silk hats and
smiles of various degrees of breadth,
arrived here today for a three days
stamping tour of greater New York.
Leaders Of the party declare that the
fight will be exclusively against George.
In 1894 Mr.. George made several
speeches for John q. White, who was
running for congress in the Second dis
trict on the populist ticket The cleo
ton resulted in the defeat of John J.
Hanrahan, the Democratic nominee,
and the election Of Lorimer, Republi-
can,